Month August 2021

President Joe Biden said Sunday the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others from the Kabul airport accelerated this weekend, although it remains vulnerable to threats posed by the… Read more » The post Biden Says U.S.-Led Evacuation From… Continue Reading →

In a last attempt to save their daughter’s life, Avraham and Chaya Fixsler called on the government to intervene, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Friday. “We ask Boris Johnson and [Health Secretary] Sajid Javid to intervene and request the Trust reconsider… Continue Reading →

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Dr. Yehoshua (Joshua) Weinstein, who dedicated himself to many community issues and institutions, was niftar suddenly in Yerushalayim on Shabbos, 13 Elul, 5781/August 21, 2021, after suffering a massive heart… Read more » The post BD’E — Dr. Yehoshua (Joshua)… Continue Reading →

YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of Dr. Joshua (Yehushua) Weinstein Z”L the founder of Shema Kolainu-Hear Our voices, a school and center for children with autism, who was suddenly niftar on Erev Shabbos in Yerushalayim after… Continue Reading →

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent his second-to-last day in office projecting an image that he is still in control, and still fully engaged as the state dealt with heavy… Read more » The post Gov. Cuomo Says Storm Won’t… Continue Reading →

A new study confirms what many have suspected all along: the popular blue surgical face masks used by nearly everyone do barely anything to prevent the spread of Covid-19.  The study, conducted by the University of Waterloo in Canada, found… Continue Reading →

Israelis who are planning vacations in these days of the Delta variant are taking into consideration first and foremost, how pandemic conditions will impact their trips. While price was still… Read more » The post Covid Concerns Crowd List for… Continue Reading →

Palestinian police on Sunday said they arrested 24 people protesting the government’s response to the death of a prominent political activist while in the custody of Palestinian security forces. The… Read more » The post Palestinian Authority Arrests 24 Protesters… Continue Reading →

China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that could threaten its hopes of increased prosperity and global influence. The ceremonial legislature on Friday amended the Population and… Continue Reading →

Austria’s conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz opposes taking in any more people fleeing Afghanistan now that the Taliban have seized power, he said in remarks published on Sunday. Austria took in… Read more » The post Austria’s Kurz Says He Opposes… Continue Reading →

Two former Torrance, California officers are facing vandalism charges after they allegedly spray-painted a swastika on a car they impounded, the Los Angeles County District Attorney announced Thursday. More than a dozen other officers have been placed on leave after… Continue Reading →

Tropical Storm Henri hit the coast of Rhode Island Sunday afternoon, packing high winds that knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and bands of rain that led… Read more » The post Tropical Storm Henri Makes Landfall… Continue Reading →

I generally write opinion pieces based on different things that I observe that don’t necessarily have anything to do with me. This time, however, it’s personal. And while it’s directed at one individual specifically, it applies to everyone. I am baruch… Continue Reading →

The U.S. military is considering “creative ways” to get Americans and others into the Kabul airport for evacuation from Afghanistan amid “acute” security threats, Biden administration officials said, and the… Read more » The post Biden Planning to Give an… Continue Reading →