Month December 2021
Trump supporters are calling for an “intervention” with the former president over his now-staunch support for the Covid-19 vaccines, including the booster shots. “He needs an intervention from a friend,” pro-Trump radio host Wayne Allen Root told conspiracy theorist Alex… Continue Reading →
Some Lakewood girls schools have canceled school for tomorrow due to the lack of bus drivers and teachers, though LSTA busing will continue. Last week, numerous Lakewood girls schools canceled Friday due to the lack of busing because of drivers… Continue Reading →
Some Lakewood girls schools have canceled school for tomorrow due to the lack of busing. Last week too, numerous Lakewood girls schools canceled Friday due to the lack of busing because of drivers off for the holiday. When the holidays… Continue Reading →
Widespread noncompliance with the Green Pass restrictions has turned to open defiance, as some businesses are threatening to go on strike if the government doesn’t cancel the new rules. The… Read more » The post Retailers Threaten to Strike Over… Continue Reading →
Afghanistan’s former president said he had no choice but to abruptly leave Kabul as the Taliban closed in and denied an agreement was in the works for a peaceful takeover,… Read more » The post Ex-Afghan President Says Had No… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a famous talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses: ɚ why it took so long to present Moshe’s pedigree ɚ from where the hailstones originated ɚ Basya’s arm, Vashti’s tail, Moshe in outer… Continue Reading →
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — United States navy vessels seized 385 kilograms (849 pounds) of heroin in the Arabian Sea worth some $4 million, in a major bust by the international maritime operation in the region, officials said Thursday…. Continue Reading →
Elevated numbers of flight cancellations stretched into another day Thursday, as carriers continued their scramble to get travelers to their destinations amid a coronavirus spike that has led to staffing… Read more » The post 1,000 Flights Canceled Thursday as… Continue Reading →
A Palestinian man was indicted for an attempted terror attack on two Jews walking past Damascus Gate a week and a half ago, The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. The… Read more » The post Palestinian Indicted for Attempted Stabbing… Continue Reading →
Israel and Saudi Arabia both took part in a multinational virtual conference on cooperating to fight the omicron variant, according to media reports on Thursday. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and… Read more » The post Israelis, Saudis Join Omicron Zoom… Continue Reading →
Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates moved slightly higher in the final week of 2021. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark, 30-year home loan… Read more » The post Mortgage Rates Tick Up But… Continue Reading →
ANTWERP (JTA) – Dozens of soccer fans in Antwerp, Belgium, were filmed giving Nazi salutes while chanting about Hamas and gassing and burning Jews. Police are investigating the videos, which appeared on social media earlier this week. The incident appeared… Continue Reading →
Mayor-elect Eric Adams was asked at a press conference on Wednesday whether he would bend to demands made by certain individuals that yeshivos must increase the teaching of secular studies subjects to their students, in accordance with New York state… Continue Reading →
Most parents think their child is one in a million, but in this case in Israel, it was absolutely accurate. Elle Ladovich, who was born with two uteruses – one divided completely into two, each with its own cervix –… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash announced on Thursday evening his endorsement of a fourth shot of coronavirus vaccines for immunocompromised individuals “due to concerns that they are more vulnerable”… Read more » The post Fourth Covid Shot Greenlighted for… Continue Reading →
On Thursday, Israeli authorities sent all foreign travelers that arrived from “red” countries such as the United States and United Kingdom to quarantine hotels. Chaim V’Chessed reported that the vaccination… Read more » The post Foreign Travelers Sent to Quarantine… Continue Reading →
Does the Covid-19 virus care how people behave? The CDC’s latest guidance on isolation and quarantine periods act like it does. In an appearance on CNN, CDC Director Rachelle Walensky said that her agency reduced the recommended quarantine time for… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – As the Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads across Israel, scientists in the country are worried about a new infectious disease threat: an avian flu that has killed thousands of wild birds migrating through Israel in the… Continue Reading →
We are all familiar with the fundraising telethon, whereby a group of volunteers gather to make phone calls to raise funds for an organization’s crowdfunding campaign. The Chesed Fund regularly supports the planning and implementation of these types of events,… Continue Reading →
NORTH DAKOTA (VINnews) — Living in California, Chicago or New York I don’t think I ever imagined that one day my family and I would be busy traveling the country’s 19th largest state, bringing Torah to North Dakota’s 1,000 Jewish… Continue Reading →
New toll rates will take effect on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway at 12:00:01 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. After a series of public hearings, the NJTA Board of Commissioners approved annual increases of up to… Continue Reading →