Month June 2021
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that a teenager who insulted her school on social media had the right to do so, and that the school’s punishment of her violated her… Read more » The post Supreme Court Rules 8-1 In… Continue Reading →
The former Blue and White and Yesh Atid MK Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh, who made waves in Israel when she became the first female Druze Knesset member, will now break even more barriers when she becomes the Jewish Agency’s first Druze emissary… Continue Reading →
An electrical issue is believed to be the cause of the blaze which destroyed the Picnic grocery in Lakewood, the owners told TLS exclusively. According to investigators, the blaze apparently started in an upstairs electrical appliance – possibly caused by… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses that endured shutdowns and lower revenue during the COVID-19 outbreak now must contend with another crisis: spiking prices for goods and services that squeeze profits and force many owners to pass the increases along… Continue Reading →
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is signaling that she is poised to create a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, pushing closer to a partisan investigation of the attack after Senate Republicans blocked the creation of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the decision to destroy the family home of a detained Palestinian accused of a deadly shooting. It rejected a petition by his estranged wife, who lives in the house with their… Continue Reading →
An investigation headed by the Republican-controlled Senate Oversight Committee in Michigan determined there was no voter fraud committed in the 2020 election, Axios reported. Furthermore, the investigation recommended that those… Read more » The post GOP-Led Investigation in Michigan Finds… Continue Reading →
MILAN (AP) — A 21-month-old child was found alive Wednesday in the bottom of a ravine after spending two nights alone in the woods near his home in Tuscany. The boy was found when a TV journalist heard his whimpers,… Continue Reading →
A new poll on American attitudes toward a core conflict in the Middle East finds about half of Democrats want the U.S. to do more to support the Palestinians, showing… Read more » The post Poll: Many Democrats Want More… Continue Reading →
New York City will expand in-home vaccinations to “anyone who wants one,” Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday, marking the latest push to make immunization more convenient as the prevalence of the delta variant rises stokes new concerns. The presence… Continue Reading →
Marking the 40th anniversary of Operation Opera – the Israeli Air Force’s attack on the nuclear reactor in Iraq – the Defense Ministry on Tuesday published a series of classified… Read more » The post 40 Years After Osirak Strike,… Continue Reading →
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, who ran for a third term while under indictment in a campaign finance case and under fire for her handling of a police killing, was defeated… Read more » The post Councilman Defeats Indicted Rochester Mayor… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities have thwarted what they called a “sabotage attack” targeting a civilian nuclear facility near the country’s capital, state TV reported Wednesday, as details about the incident remained scarce. The attempted attack against a building… Continue Reading →
The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to get younger Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 as the White House acknowledges it will miss two key vaccination benchmarks and as concern grows… Read more » The post White House Falls Short of… Continue Reading →
The Israeli government today has decided to postpone the reopening of its borders to vaccinated until August 1st, according to reports. The government had planned to allow vaccinated tourists into the country starting July 1st. Thousands around the globe had… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Board of Education will be distributing Kosher Gelbstein’s food boxes, facilitated by Sodexo, beginning at 3:30 pm today and lasting until supplies are exhausted. Children under the age of 18 who do not receive free lunch from their… Continue Reading →
Israeli officials on Wednesday decided to postpone the entry of international tourists from countries with low coronavirus rates for at least a month (August 1st at the earliest) over the recent surge of COVID-19 in Israel. A meeting was held… Continue Reading →
Warren Buffett is resigning as a trustee from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The announcement comes weeks after Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they were divorcing after 27… Read more » The post Warren Buffett Resigns From Gates… Continue Reading →
Anat Kimchi, z’l, of Maryland, was stabbed in the back in broad daylight over the weekend while on a visit to friends in Chicago and died from her wounds. Kimchi, 31, a resident of Montgomery Country, was a doctoral student… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel is suffering a steep rise in cases of Covid-19 , particularly among schoolchildren, with the main affected areas being the towns of Binyamina and Modiin. 164 students have tested positive for COVID-19, and 16 staff, according… Continue Reading →