Month May 2021
Israeli media reported on Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet had approved the truce, on the basis of what one official was quoted as calling “quiet in exchange… Read more » The post Reports of Ceasefire Agreement appeared… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Al-Jazeera channel reports that Israel has informed Egyptian mediators that it will cease its military operation in Gaza Friday. No official confirmation has yet arrived from Israeli media sites but during previous operations in Gaza the… Continue Reading →
Attorneys for the state and for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd ’s death appeared before the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Thursday as prosecutors sought to add an additional charge to the case. Thomas Lane, J…. Continue Reading →
The Biden administration’s $4 trillion economic agenda is at risk of getting tangled up in the calculations of Congress’s budget scorekeepers. Where the Treasury Department sees improved tax collection generating… Read more » The post Biden’s Tax Math for $4… Continue Reading →
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli media say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet has approved a unilateral cease-fire to halt an 11-day military operation in the Gaza Strip. The decision came after heavy U.S. pressure to halt the… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] YERUSHALAYIM • BNEI BRAK • BEIT SHEMESH • BEITAR • LONDON SHAS YIDEN HAS CHANGED THE WAY THE TORAH WORLDVIEWS MASTERING SHAS & KNOWING IT B’AL PEH THE UNIQUE SHAS YIDEN SYSTEM SHOWS RESULTS 160 DAYS MORE LEARNING per year than… Continue Reading →
BEIRUT (AP) — A senior Hamas official said in an interview Thursday that he expects a cease-fire between the group’s Gaza branch and Israel within a day, but warned that Hamas has “no shortage of missiles.” Osama Hamdan also told… Continue Reading →
Mortgage rates rose this week, pushing the benchmark 30-year home loan to the 3% mark for the first time since mid-April. Signs continued of the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession and a burst of inflation rattled stock markets. Mortgage… Continue Reading →
NEW ZEALAND (JTA) — Israeli soccer player Tomer Hemed scored two goals for his New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix in a crucial match on Sunday and celebrated in Jewish style: with an Israeli flag and a kippah. Following his first… Continue Reading →
Israeli law enforcement authorities have given a comprehensive accounting of their response to widespread civil disorders in recent days. The Justice Ministry cited approximately 110 indictments filed against 174 Israeli-Arabs… Read more » The post Police Indict 110 in Recent… Continue Reading →
Ford is forming a joint venture with one of its battery suppliers that will build two North American factories to make batteries for roughly 600,000 electric vehicles per year by the middle of this decade. The deal with SK Innovation… Continue Reading →
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In this fourth war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, the Islamic militant group has fired more than 4,000 rockets at Israel, some hitting deeper in Israeli territory and with greater accuracy than ever… Continue Reading →
Anyone who gets vaccinated at a state-run vaccination site in New York next week will receive a lottery scratch ticket with prizes potentially worth millions, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo tries… Read more » The post Vax and Scratch: NY Offers… Continue Reading →
The New Seminary invites you to a Virtual Open House. Learn about a Master’s Degree in Childhood & Special Education, leading to two NY state certifications from one degree! As an exclusive collaborative program of PACE University, TEAM Education Services… Continue Reading →
The White House says that reports of a move toward a cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip are “clearly encouraging” but cautioned that… Read more » The post White House Finds Peace Moves… Continue Reading →
Since Thursday morning, the IDF has struck approximately 30 rocket launching posts in the Gaza Strip, located above and below ground, several of which were armed and aimed at Israeli… Read more » The post IDF Strikes Additional Military Targets,… Continue Reading →
With the generous contributions of hundreds of community members, friends, and patients, the Sefer Torah written as a tribute in memory of Dr. Harvey Hirsch Z”l, and as a continued Zechus for his colleague, Dr. Chaim Kaweblum, was completed last… Continue Reading →
Israel on Thursday announced a cease-fire in the bruising 11-day war against Hamas militants that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip and brought life in much of Israel to a standstill. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the cease-fire… Continue Reading →
According to a report in Al-Jazeera, Israel has informed the Egyptian mediator that they are willing to unilaterally cease-fire against Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. The Al Arabiya news site said that Egypt is expected to… Continue Reading →
A frum woman in London was driving to a friend’s home this week from her home in Hendon when two cars with Palestinian flags rammed into the back of her car, Jewish News reported. The woman’s four-year-old son, who was… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday narrowly approved $1.9 billion to fortify the Capitol after the Jan. 6 insurrection, as Democrats pushed past Republican opposition to try to harden the complex with retractable fencing and a quick-response force following… Continue Reading →