Month February 2022
A tanker owned by a Los Angeles-based private equity firm likely took part in the illicit trade of Iranian crude oil at sea despite American sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic… Read more » The post Group Alleges U.S. Firm’s Tanker… Continue Reading →
This incident would have been semi-believable a year ago, but it happened today, February 17, 2022. A Lakewood resident tells TLS he drove to the Lakewood DPW outdoor dumping site this morning, but upon arrival, the man standing there tells… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 5:15 pmMaariv: 5:35 pm Mrs. Shoshana Yaish Wife R’ Leeor Yaish Son Sitting at location starting on Sunday morning 2/20 R’ Yair Yaish Son Sitting at location starting on Sunday morning 2/20 R’ Elan… Continue Reading →
Russia has expelled Deputy U.S. Ambassador Bartle Gorman and Washington will respond to the move, the RIA news agency cited the U.S. Embassy in Moscow as saying on Thursday. It… Read more » The post Russia Expels Deputy U.S. Ambassador,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Louisiana citizen jailed for 100 years in 1977 for the attempted aggravated rape of 14-year-old twin sisters has been released after a judge declared that he was not given a fair trial when convicted. Vincent… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Antony Blinken changed his travel plans at the last minute on Thursday to speak at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine amid rising tensions over… Read more » The post Blinken to Unexpectedly Speak at… Continue Reading →
Syrian media reported on Thursday that Israel fired several surface-to-surface missiles overnight Wednesday at the village of Zakia near Damascus. There was damage to property but no casualties or injuries were reported. The strikes came only hours after Syrian President… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED]The Yidden of Kehilas Beis Ahron V’yisroel Kiev, Ukraine Are On The Run!War can start at any moment! We need your help NOW In these fraught and terrifying moments, dozens of families from the beautiful Beis Aaron kehillah in Kiev… Continue Reading →
High Court President Justice Esther Hayut fired back at MK David Amsalem (Likud) on Thursday, rejecting his claims of discrimination against Sephardim in top court appointments. On Wednesday, leading into… Read more » The post High Court President Denies Amsalem’s… Continue Reading →
As Israel’s number of daily COVID cases and seriously ill patients continue to drop, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with senior health officials on Thursday morning to discuss lifting almost all COVID restrictions by March 1. Bennett said at the… Continue Reading →
With the continuing threat of Russia invading Ukraine, a foreign policy crisis is colliding with one of President Joe Biden’s political vulnerabilities: Rising gasoline prices at home. Americans are already dismayed by Inflation at a 40-year high, and Biden is… Continue Reading →
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah recently made a secret visit to Tehran, Israel’s Channel 12 reported Wednesday. Nasrallah, who for years has been hunkered in a bunker in Beirut’s southern suburb… Read more » The post Report: Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Makes Secret… Continue Reading →
European Union leader held a short summit meeting Thursday to assess the chances of diplomacy to unlock the standoff over Ukraine and discuss sanctions in case Russia invades its neighbor.… Read more » The post EU Leaders Meet to Discuss… Continue Reading →
The number of new coronavirus cases globally fell by 19% in the last week while the number of deaths remained stable, according to the World Health Organization. The U.N. health agency said late Tuesday in its weekly report on the… Continue Reading →
The Board of Fire Commissioners of Lakewood Fire District No.1 along with Fire Chief Jonathan Yahr today announced the delivery of its new Fotokite Sigma tethered drone. The tethered drone weighs 2.6 pounds and incorporates both a high-definition camera and… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Religious Affairs minister Matan Kahane is working at numerous levels to effect a change in the law for Chief Rabbinate elections which would enable him to block a number of his most vociferous critics, including Rabbi Shmuel… Continue Reading →
A showdown appeared to be shaping up in Ottawa’s nearly three-week siege by truckers protesting the country’s COVID-19 restrictions as police in the capital warned drivers Wednesday to leave immediately or risk arrest. The big rigs parked outside Parliament represented… Continue Reading →
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is weighing a new benchmark for whether masks are still needed in the United States, and could change its guidance as soon as next week. Until now, the CDC has been recommending… Continue Reading →
NATO allies accused Russia of misleading the world by saying it was returning some troops to bases, reporting that Moscow has instead added as many as 7,000 more forces near its tense border with Ukraine. The alliance warned Thursday that… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses: ɚ why the rich could not give more than the poor. ɚ why the eigel worshippers demanded many gods. ɚ how a seemingly impossible miracle… Continue Reading →
Israel on Thursday dropped a Green Pass policy requiring proof of vaccination, recovery from COVID-19 or a negative test to enter some public venues, further rolling back restrictions as a… Read more » The post Israel Poised to Lift Most… Continue Reading →