Month January 2022

U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is growing increasingly isolated from some of her party’s most influential officials and donors after playing a key role in scuttling voting rights legislation that many Democrats consider essential to preserving democracy. Leaders of the Arizona… Continue Reading →

A 13-year-old Lakewood girl who suddenly went into cardiac arrest while in class several weeks ago has been released from the hospital. The girl, Chaya Malka bas Batsheva Stern, was administered lifesaving CPR by her teacher and then by Hatzolah… Continue Reading →

On the eve of her 100th birthday Saturday, Ruth Salton told her daughter she was going one way or another to Friday night Shabbat services at Congregation Beth Israel, just days after a gunman voicing antisemitic conspiracy theories held four… Continue Reading →

On the eve of her 100th birthday Saturday, Ruth Salton told her daughter she was going one way or another to Friday night Shabbat services at Congregation Beth Israel, just days after a gunman voicing antisemitic conspiracy theories held four… Continue Reading →

The government approved Sunday the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the purchase of submarines and vessels. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett abstained from the vote. Fellow Yamina party… Read more » The post Gov’t Approves Submarine Inquiry; Bennett… Continue Reading →

The Central Bureau of Statistics last week reported that inflation rates in Israel reached 2.8% in 2021, while the consumer price index rose by 0.3% during the month of December.… Read more » The post Economists: Israelis Should Demand Higher… Continue Reading →

The U.S. Navy announced Sunday it seized a boat in the Gulf of Oman carrying fertilizer used to make explosives that was caught last year smuggling weapons to Yemen. The… Read more » The post U.S. Detains Smuggling Ship, U.K…. Continue Reading →

A Turkish court on Saturday ordered well-known journalist Sedef Kabas to be jailed pending trial on a charge of insulting President Tayyip Erdogan, CNN Turk said, targeting her with a… Read more » The post Turkish Journalist Arrested on Charge… Continue Reading →

Two months after MK Idit Silman (Yamina) claimed to have been attacked at the gas station, Police announced that the investigation will end without results. Police noted that cooperation on… Read more » The post Police Close MK Silman Attack… Continue Reading →

Heavy gunfire rang out at a military base in Burkina Faso’s capital early Sunday, prompting fears that a coup attempt was underway after weeks of growing frustration with the government’s… Read more » The post Heavy Gunfire Reported at Burkina… Continue Reading →

Israel’s COVID vaccination campaign has saved the lives of at least 20,000 Israelis, and if it weren’t for the vaccines, the country’s COVID death toll could have climbed as high… Read more » The post Health Official: Without Vaccines, Israel… Continue Reading →

For the second time in just a number of hours, an earthquake was felt in the north of the country. The second earthquake, which took place Sunday afternoon, was of… Read more » The post Second Earthquake Felt in Northern… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] Over the past several months, readers around the world have followed the story of 32-year old, mother of 5, Chaya Marian. Chaya was diagnosed with cancer shortly after the birth of her youngest child, and suffered rigorous treatments as… Continue Reading →

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has settled a class action filed against it by investors in the U.S. over the price-fixing affair in which the company was allegedly involved. According to Globes,… Read more » The post Report: Teva Settles Investor Lawsuit… Continue Reading →

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett intends to abstain during a vote in the Cabinet on Sunday on the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the submarine and vessel affair. Interior… Read more » The post Bennett Set to Abstain in… Continue Reading →

The United Arab Emirates has banned the flying of drones in the country for recreation after Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed a fatal drone attack on an oil facility and major… Read more » The post UAE Bans Flying of Recreational… Continue Reading →

The coronavirus pandemic led to a rise in antisemitism around the world in 2021, according to a report by the Diaspora Ministry that will be presented to the government on… Read more » The post Report Links Rising Antisemitism to… Continue Reading →

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected a British claim that Russia was seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and that former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev was being… Read more » The post Russia Rejects U.K. Claim of… Continue Reading →

New Yorkers can again choose to vote by absentee rather than face the risk of catching COVID-19 at polling sites through the rest of 2022 under a bill that Gov.… Read more » The post NY Expands Absentee Voting After… Continue Reading →