Month July 2021
PHOENIX (AP) — Groups connected to prominent supporters of former President Donald Trump have raised $5.7 million for Arizona Republicans’ election audit. Doug Logan, CEO of Cyber Ninjas, the firm hired to lead the audit, ended months of silence about… Continue Reading →
Other vehicles in the neighborhood left unlocked were burglarized.
The three Israelis who were arrested three weeks ago by Nigerian authorities for alleged contact with Biafran separatists were released from prison and are now safely back in Israel. Pro-Israel activist Rudy Rochman, filmmaker Andrew Noam Leibman and French-Israeli journalist… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Eight years after a judge ruled New York City police violated the constitution by stopping, questioning and frisking mostly Black and Hispanic people on the street en masse, people in communities most affected by such tactics… Continue Reading →
For the second time this year, President Joe Biden has cleared his schedule to accompany his wife, Jill Biden, to a medical procedure. The first lady was walking along the… Read more » The post Jill Biden Sent to Hospital… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In 2011, Itzik Shmoli was a prominent social activist and student leader who had fought various battles against the Israeli government regarding rights of Holocaust survivors, rights of all Israelis to tributes received from natural gas fields,… Continue Reading →
As Tokyo hosts a no-crowd Olympics in the shadow of the coronavirus, Rabbi Mendi Sudakevich is feeling disappointed, Ynet reported. Rabbi Sudakevich, who has been the Chabad shaliach in Tokyo for 20 years, was expecting to host masses of Israelis… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Ted Cruz is blocking the advance of a bill that would promote normalization between Israel and Arab states because it includes language enshrining a two-state solution as the preferred U.S. outcome to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Cruz… Continue Reading →
The Bennett-Lapid coalition was confronted with another threat to its plans for an economy- and coalition-stabilizing 2022 state budget on Thursday. This time the refractory note came from within Yair… Read more » The post Minister Makes Budget for Ethiopian… Continue Reading →
At an inaugural Central America Forum for Israel on Thursday, regional leaders issued joint declaration calling for a united stance against surging global antisemitism, including support for the IHRA international… Read more » The post Central America Forum for Israel… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declared on Thursday that Israel will continue retaliating with military strikes for each arson balloon launched by terrorists in the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. Bennett… Read more » The post Bennett Says No Letup in… Continue Reading →
See below a message today from the man who started Bike 4 Chai, Dovid Egert. See also footage from the the launch of Bike 4 Chai by Dovid Egert in 2009.
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a message for Jewish New Yorkers: If you want to be fully vaccinated by Rosh Hashanah, you need to get your first Pfizer shot by Monday. “If you… Continue Reading →
In a show of support, multiple prominent leaders gathered to honor New York and New Jersey law enforcement officials for going beyond the call of duty to save countless lives while keeping the community safe during the pandemic. Community leaders… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Tuesday (8/03/21)Morning R’ Yehoshua LenchSon Mrs. Toby KurschDaughter
Some 72 percent of Israelis aged 60 and over say they intend to get their third COVID-19 vaccine dose when it becomes available next week, according to a Channel 12… Read more » The post Over Two-Thirds of Over 60s… Continue Reading →
Mayor Bill de Blasio urged Jewish New Yorkers to get vaccinated as soon as possible, so they can be fully vaccinated in time for Rosh HaShanah. “If you get the… Read more » The post Mayor Urges Jewish Community to… Continue Reading →
Passengers on a recent Delta flight from New York to Tel Aviv were outraged when they were served Ben & Jerry’s ice cream for dessert, Yisrael Hayom reported. Most of the ice cream melted as passengers chose not to eat… Continue Reading →
ISRAEL (JNS) – Three Jewish filmmakers who were detained by Nigerian security forces nearly three weeks ago have been released and returned to Israel. Rudy Rochman, Andrew Leibman and Edouard David Benaym were in Nigeria as part of their work… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of people gathered in Kolomyya, Ukraine on Thursday to attend the heartrending levayos of the three yeshivah bochurim killed in a plane accident on Wednesday. The three niftarim were in Ukraine as part of a larger group of bochurim… Continue Reading →