Month April 2022
Their son may be on TV every night, but the parents of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have consistently declined countless requests for interviews about their own lives. The rabbi of their hometown of Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine’s east, however, is apparently much… Continue Reading →
Renewal, saving lives Yossi is distraught. The news was devastating. He struggled to hold the phone in his trembling hands. And thus begin the questions. “But, How”? “Im in the best shape of my life!?” “I feel… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Renewal, saving lives Yossi is distraught. The news was devastating. He struggled to hold the phone in his trembling hands. And thus begin the questions. “But, How”? “Im in the best shape of my life!?” “I… Continue Reading →
By Ron Benvenisti. The Holocaust has had a deep effect on society both in Europe and the rest of the world, and today its consequences are still being felt, both by children and adults whose ancestors were victims of this… Continue Reading →
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda denounced Russia’s war against Ukraine on Thursday as he joined Holocaust survivors and people from around the world at an annual observance at the former site of Auschwitz. “We are here to… Continue Reading →
Russia’s relentless digital assaults on Ukraine may have caused less damage than many anticipated. But most of its hacking is focused on a different goal that gets less attention but has chilling potential consequences: data collection. Ukrainian agencies breached on… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – A special project is now coming together to commemorate Israel’s most famous spy, Eli Cohen. The Eli Cohen trail in the Golan Heights stretches several kilometers from Quneitra, Syria, to the Hamat Gader hot springs in the… Continue Reading →
As Israel’s annual nationwide Yom Hashoah siren blared in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis, a Holocaust survivor was serving as sandak at his great-grandson’s bris – a poke in the eye to those who tried… Continue Reading →
Submitted: The Mishnayos Program is a new initiative for those who want to learn Mishnayos in a way that they will be able to have a kinyan in it. Having a proper kinyan in mishnayos is very important as the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for jobs in the… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden congratulated the 2022 national teacher of the year on Wednesday by offering a deeply personal story saluting school leaders who helped him overcome a serious childhood stutter decades before he had White House aspirations. “I wonder how… Continue Reading →
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The heads of the Strauss Group company held a press conference on Thursday evening and admitted to shocking revelations regarding the company’s operations in the wake of the salmonella finding and the largest recall in Israeli history. The conference follows… Continue Reading →
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An old, quake-damaged bridge collapsed under heavy vehicular traffic in a central Philippine town, killing at least four people who were trapped in about a dozen vehicles that plummeted into the river, officials said Thursday. An… Continue Reading →
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BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China’s capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. The city of 21 million has already ordered three rounds of mass testing this week,… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden has signaled he might forgive some student loan debt and further extend the federal moratorium on repayments, a lawmaker who discussed the issue with him said Wednesday. The White House was notably more measured about Biden’s stance,… Continue Reading →
A majority of U.S. adults say misinformation around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major problem, and they largely fault the Russian government for spreading those falsehoods. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up an effort to counter disinformation coming from Russia as well as misleading information that human smugglers circulate to target migrants hoping to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border. “The spread… Continue Reading →
Strauss Israel of Israel is voluntarily recalling the following Elite branded products: Elite Chocolate, Cakes, Wafers, Energy Grain Snacks, Energy Chocolate Rice Cakes, Chewing Gum and Toffee Candies, including all product codes currently on the US market. This recall does… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say the family of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has received a death threat and bullet in the mail for the second time this week. Israeli media say the target of the threats was Bennett’s 17-year-old… Continue Reading →