Month June 2021
This is a very dangerous time. Because of desperate long-term economic conditions (aggravated in part by the pandemic), three dictatorships are on the very edge of financial collapse— Hamas, Iran, and North Korea. Devious dictatorships often turn to desperate solutions… Continue Reading →
One of the rather minor by-products of the pandemic from which most of the country, baruch Hashem, seems to be emerging was the new familiarity among children and less-than-science-savvy adults with the word “antibodies.” Or, as a toddler of my… Continue Reading →
As the search for survivors continues at the site of the Surfside disaster, relatives of those missing endure an agonizing wait. As hour after hour ticks by, despair hangs heavily over the rubble of the building, with its shattered stones… Continue Reading →
For nearly 20 years, Bagram Airfield was the heart of American military power in Afghanistan, a sprawling mini-city behind fences and blast walls just an hour’s drive north of Kabul. Initially, it was a symbol of the U.S. drive to… Continue Reading →
Police in Kuwait have arrested a resident — an Egyptian man — for posting a video online in which he rants about bad weather and dust storms. The arrest underscored the country’s restrictions on expression and drew criticism on social… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders say they will oppose the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol — and have so far declined to say whether they will even participate in the… Continue Reading →
The Democratic primary for mayor of New York City was thrown into a state of confusion Tuesday when election officials abruptly retracted their latest report on the vote count after realizing it had been corrupted by test data never cleared… Continue Reading →
When health care leaders in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country began laying out a strategy to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, they knew it would be a tough sell with the Amish, who tend to be wary of preventive shots and… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving a pandemic-inspired nationwide ban on evictions in place, over the votes of four objecting conservative justices. The court on Tuesday rejected a plea by landlords to end the Centers for Disease Control… Continue Reading →
OTTAWA (JTA) – Reuven Bulka, the Ottawa rabbi dubbed “Canada’s rabbi” for urging his fellow Canadians to embrace kindness, has died at 77. Bulka died Sunday in New York, the Ottawa Citizen reported, where he had moved to be close… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams appeared to lose much of his lead in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City Tuesday, only to have the results thrown into question hours later when elections officials… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – Many of Twitter’s cryptocurrency zealots are often notorious trolls, but one particular thought leader stands out from the rest. He happens to be a rabbi. “Twitter people either use it to scream at each other and… Continue Reading →
PHOENIX (AP) — Officials in Arizona’s largest county plan to stop using voting machines turned over to contractors hired by Republican state senators for an audit of the 2020 election. The Republican-controlled Maricopa County Board of Supervisors agreed with Democratic… Continue Reading →
“The best way to understand how “Jewish” Surfside is is simply to stroll along Collins Avenue and count the shuls,” Rav Leibel Groner, the head of the Chevra Kadisha in Miami told Yated Ne’eman. Lists with the names of the… Continue Reading →
On January 20, 2020, a siyum haShas was held in Metlife Stadium. Yet this was no ordinary siyum haShas. In front of a crowd of 100,000 people, Reb Mendy Rosenberg finished Shas. It was a moving event – because Mendy Rosenberg has ALS…. Continue Reading →
The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has ordered automakers to report any crashes involving fully autonomous vehicles or partially automated driver assist systems. The move Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates the agency is taking a tougher… Continue Reading →
THE UNIQUE SHAS YIDEN SYSTEM SHOWS RESULTS 160 DAYS MORE LEARNING per year than the average kollel! Learning 7 DAYS/WEEK incl. erev Shabbos & Shabbos, erev Yom Tov & Yom Tov Each avreich completes a A MINIMUM OF 13,555 DAF a year 40 DAF A DAY… Continue Reading →
Nathan Beaver, a 30-year-old suspect, was arrested in connection to an anti-Semitic vandalism at Chabad on River, a Tucson synagogue, earlier this month. On June 7, members of Chabad on… Read more » The post Suspect Arrested in Vandalism of… Continue Reading →
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced that as of Tuesday afternoon, 12 bodies have been recovered from the collapse of Champlain Towers South Condominium. The number of people unaccounted for… Read more » The post Miami Dade Mayor: 12th Body… Continue Reading →
THE UNIQUE SHAS YIDEN SYSTEM SHOWS RESULTS 160 DAYS MORE LEARNING per year than the average kollel! Learning 7 DAYS/WEEK incl. erev Shabbos & Shabbos, erev Yom Tov & Yom Tov Each avreich completes a A MINIMUM OF 13,555 DAF a year 40 DAF A DAY… Continue Reading →