Month July 2021
Bat Yam mayor Tzvika Brot on Thursday instructed the city’s education authorities to prepare to administer COVID vaccinations for high school students at city schools when the 2021/22 school year… Read more » The post Bat Yam Mayor Announces City… Continue Reading →
The U.S. military is warning about what analysts have described as a major expansion of China’s nuclear missile silo fields at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Washington.… Read more » The post U.S. Warns China Is Building… Continue Reading →
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described the Delta variant of the coronavirus to be as contagious as chickenpox and could cause severe illness, The New York… Read more » The post CDC Internal Report Says Delta… Continue Reading →
An Israeli-owned merchant ship reportedly came under attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, the British military said Friday, offering few other details about the incident. Israeli… Read more » The post U.K. Defense Ministry: Israeli Ship… Continue Reading →
There were 2,140 new coronavirus cases in Israel over the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry announced on Friday morning. The ministry announced that 91,202 tests were conducted and that… Read more » The post Over 2,000 New COVID Cases… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday the negotiating process with Iran to revive a 2015 nuclear deal could not go on indefinitely, and that the ball is in… Read more » The post Blinken: Iran Negotiations Cannot Go… Continue Reading →
Israel’s prime minister on Thursday announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated. The announcement by Naftali Bennett makes Israel, which launched one of the world’s most successful vaccination drives… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden is announcing strict new testing, masking and distancing requirements for federal employees who can’t — or won’t — show they’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus, aiming to boost sluggish vaccine rates among the millions of Americans who… Continue Reading →
Several people were injured Thursday when a building at a Bensalem auto dealership collapsed under severe weather, authorities said. The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down in Bucks… Read more » The post Several People Injured as Tornadoes… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street gave Robinhood a cool reception Thursday in the online broker’s debut in the stock market that it helped reshape by bringing millions of new investors. Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc. slumped 8.4% in their… Continue Reading →
MIAMI (AP) — Hospital admissions of coronavirus patients continue to soar in Florida with at least two areas in the state surpassing the previous peaks of last summer’s surge, prompting calls by local officials for the governor to declare an… Continue Reading →
TAIPEI (JNS) – Taiwan’s Jewish community announced the expected December opening of an extensive center to serve tourists and locals alike. The Jeffrey D. Schwartz Jewish Community Center will house a synagogue that can hold more than 100 people, a… Continue Reading →
The accident occurred at the intersection of Cedarbridge Avenue and Clover Street. No serious injuries were reported.
DETROIT (AP) — Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice on military issues in Washington and a staunch supporter of the auto industry back home in Michigan during his record tenure in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 87…. Continue Reading →
Ninety Knesset MKs, representing a wide political spectrum, signed a letter to Unilever on Wednesday slamming Ben & Jerry’s boycott of Yehuda and Shomron. The letter, initiated by Yesh Atid MK Merav Ben-Ari, stated: “This decision to boycott towns and… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s return to almost normalcy is slowing down Amazon’s pandemic-induced sales surge. The online behemoth on Thursday posted better-than-expected second-quarter profits. But it delivered sales results that came in short of expectations and offered a… Continue Reading →
BELARUS (JNS) – A charity organization is working to create a memorial with Jewish gravestones that have been discovered around Belarus, Israel Newsstand reported. Jewish headstones from the former Brest-Litovsk Jewish cemetery, which is today a sports field, began resurfacing… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The founder and one-time executive chair of Nikola Corp. was freed on $100 million bail Thursday after pleading not guilty to charges alleging he lied about the electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup, duping novice investors including… Continue Reading →
A man in his 50s was critically injured on Thursday in an accident between his vehicle and the Jerusalem Light Rail near the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem. For unknown reasons, the driver plowed into the light rail as it… Continue Reading →
BOSTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Thursday it will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled the moratorium would only be extended until the end of… Continue Reading →
Lakewood and surrounding areas are currently under a Tornado Warning, with a confirmed Tornado reportedly observed just west of Toms River. Much of New Jersey is under a severe weather threat Thursday evening, with heavy rain, wind, and the potential… Continue Reading →