Month January 2022
Governor Phil Murphy on Monday compared unvaccinated individuals to drunk drivers. “I think it is selfish,” Murphy said in response to a reporter’s question over whether being unvaccinated is selfish. “I think there are obviously some people who have a… Continue Reading →
Less than two weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics, a few dozen COVID-19 cases in Beijing have prompted authorities to test millions of people in the capital and extend that to anyone buying cold medicine. The tough new… Continue Reading →
Wall Street bounced back from a steep sell-off late in the session to close higher on Monday, with bargain hunters pushing the indexes into positive territory by the closing bell.… Read more » The post Wall Street Reverses, Ends Higher… Continue Reading →
A letter signed by Dati Leumi Rosh Yeshivos on Friday expressed support for bnei yeshivos who refuse to donate blood via Magen David Adom due to the omission of “mother” and “father” from the MDA donation forms, and encouraged them… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — After an unnerving rash of violence in his first three weeks in office, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the city would step up efforts to seize illegal guns and institute a multi-pronged plan to… Continue Reading →
For fully vaccinated travelers, crossing into England will soon be a bit easier. British Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps said Monday that people who meet that criteria will no longer have to take a coronavirus test within two… Continue Reading →
The highest-ranking Arab Muslim in Israel’s police force has taken leave, the police said Monday, after video emerged showing him tripping over a stabbing victim as he left the scene… Read more » The post Top Arab Police Officer Takes… Continue Reading →
Israel’s health minister said on Monday he did not think Israel will offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose to most people after the government made it available to over 60s… Read more » The post Health Minister Says 4th COVID… Continue Reading →
Israeli extremists carried out a rock-throwing spree in a Palestinian town near Shechem on Monday night in which three people were injured and a number of cars were damaged and… Read more » The post Gantz Condemns Extremists Attack on… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a major challenge to race-based affirmative action in the nation’s college and universities, setting the stage for another long-sought win for conservatives.… Read more » The post Supreme Court Signals It May… Continue Reading →
Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was “reckless” and “outrageous” when he suggested things are worse for people today than they were for Anne Frank, the teenager who died in a Nazi concentration camp after hiding with her family in… Continue Reading →
Mayor Eric Adams released a series of policy proposals Monday, aimed at easing the surge of gun violence in New York City. “Gun violence is a public health crisis that… Read more » The post Adams Announces Policies to Stem… Continue Reading →
A known hate group traveled to the Miami Beach area and scattered antisemitic pamphlets in Jewish areas over the weekend. The pamphlets claimed the coronavirus pandemic is a Jewish plot,… Read more » The post National Antisemitic Group Behind Hateful… Continue Reading →
BEJING (JTA) – China became Israel’s largest source of imports in 2021, surpassing the United States, according to data released by Israel’s National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. Last year, Israel imported $10.7 billion in goods from China, compared with… Continue Reading →
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish LOT airlines whose passengers included four Polish members of the European Parliament made an emergency landing at a German airport Monday after suffering cabin pressure loss. The plane was flying from Warsaw to Brussels… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The man who shot two New York City police officers in a Harlem apartment, killing one of them and putting another in critical condition, died Monday of injuries sustained when a third officer shot him, a… Continue Reading →
Personnel from Homeland Security are in Lakewood today checking on Shuls in response to the incident in Texas where a gunman held multiple people hostage. The personnel went around to multiple Shuls, and handed out flyers to urge Shul-goers to… Continue Reading →
People who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer allowed in France’s restaurants, bars, tourist sites and sports venues unless they recently recovered from the virus. The new law came into effect Monday requiring a “vaccine pass” that is central… Continue Reading →
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Pentagon said Monday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has put up to 8,500 troops on heightened alert, so they will be prepared to deploy if needed to reassure NATO allies in the face of ongoing Russian… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) – NY 1 is reporting that Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has passed away at 77. Sources close to the family say former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has passed away at 77. — Zack… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the passing of former NYS Speaker Sheldon Silver at the age of 77. A native of the Lower East Side, Silver was a longtime supporter of and defender of numerous causes important to the… Continue Reading →