Month February 2022
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman and officials in the ministry have drafted a series of measures directed exclusively at the chareidi community, according to Channel 13 on Monday night. The proposals… Read more » The post Liberman Takes Aim at the… Continue Reading →
Children under the age of 12 will be allowed to enter Israel as long as their parents are vaccinated, beginning March 1st. This new relaxation of COVID-19 restriction means they… Read more » The post Unvaccinated Children to be Allowed… Continue Reading →
The Kremlin signaled Monday it is ready to keep talking with the West about security grievances that led to the current Ukraine crisis, offering hope that Russia might not invade its beleaguered neighbor within days as the U.S. and Europe… Continue Reading →
By Aharon Ben David. Yesterday, there were over 70,000 fans at the Super Bowl LVI (56) between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. The stadium said everyone in the stadium would be… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A high-speed Amtrak train headed from Boston to Washington with more than 100 passengers lost power and got stuck in New York City for several hours Monday, railroad officials said. The Acela train left Boston on… Continue Reading →
The Russian expression “tanks don’t fear mud” is common enough that it’s been the title of a short-lived Russian television series and can be found stenciled on car windows. And it’s yet another reason why any Russian decision to invade… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett landed in Manama, the capital of Bahrain on Monday night, on his first official visit to the country. (Video Credit: Itay Beit-On (GPO)/Sound – Nir Sharf… Read more » The post Bennett Arrives in Bahrain for… Continue Reading →
The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Monday a state district court claiming Meta… Continue Reading →
The billionaire who launched on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up, aiming for an even higher orbit. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman announced Monday that he will make another private spaceflight launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…. Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED]Dear brothers!Thank you for the interest and concern of all of you for our situation in Ukraine.The pressure in our community is undoubtedly very great.Our role as emissaries and rabbis, is first and foremost in these hours, to encourage, strengthen,… Continue Reading →
Police reinforcements were being sent to the still-tense Yerushalayim neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Monday night, where a third night of unrest was threatened, according to The Times of Israel.… Read more » The post More Police Sent to Tense… Continue Reading →
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zalenskyy, in a speech to his nation Monday, said this upcoming Wednesday will be the “day of the attack.” “We are told that February 16 will be the day of the attack. On this day we will… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Whoopi Goldberg returned to “The View” on Monday after a two-week suspension for remarks about the Holocaust, expressing surprise at some people who had reached out to her during her absence. Goldberg had been criticized for… Continue Reading →
After an initially lukewarm response to urgent calls from Israeli leaders to leave Ukraine “before it’s too late,” Israelis in the country were heeding the warnings in larger numbers on… Read more » The post Israeli Exits from Ukraine Gain… Continue Reading →
When asked about the possibility of Israeli gas exported to Egypt and Jordan making its way to Lebanon, Israeli energy minister Karine Elharrar speaking at an industry event on Monday… Read more » The post Energy Minister Says ‘So Be… Continue Reading →
Four years after 17 people were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, families and gun control advocates are pressing President Joe Biden to do more to address gun violence. One father of a victim killed in… Continue Reading →
In an extraordinary gesture, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi gave a personal welcome to Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar in a convention hall in Cairo on Monday. In footage of the… Read more » The post Egyptian Leader Honors Israeli Minister… Continue Reading →
Aiming to improve relations between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve, Assemblywoman Angela McKnight sponsored a bill that would mandate community roundtable discussions on police relations in New Jersey. The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee advanced the… Continue Reading →
The perpetual tension in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah flared after a Jewish resident’s home was firebombed on Friday night, incinerating the home. Arabs threw Molotov cocktails in the house, including the room where the toddler normally sleeps,… Continue Reading →
An Israeli protest convoy inspired by demonstrations in Canada against coronavirus restrictions drove along the main highway linking Tel Aviv and Yerushalayim on Monday. Vehicles made their way to the… Read more » The post ‘Freedom Convoy’ Comes to Israel… Continue Reading →
Diplomatic efforts to head off what U.S. officials have warned could be an imminent Russian attack on Ukraine entered a new round on Monday. Russia’s top diplomat advised President Vladimir Putin to continue talks and Germany’s chancellor met the Ukrainian… Continue Reading →