Month May 2022
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A group of Reform women are suing the B’Chadrei Charedi news website for blurring their faces in pictures. The Israel Religious Action Center said Wednesday it was seeking NIS 345,000 ($100,000) in damages for a picture B’Chadrei… Continue Reading →
The House passed legislation late Wednesday night that would bolster federal resources to prevent domestic terrorism in response to the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. The 222-203, nearly party-line vote was an answer to the growing pressure Congress… Continue Reading →
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi announced on Thursday afternoon that she is resigning from the coalition due to the “unbearable police violence toward worshippers at Har HaBayis and at the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shereen Abu-Aklah.” Prime Minister Naftali… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Lag Ba’Omer festivities at Meron had a somber feeling in the wake of last year’s tragic stampede. The festivities were opened with the traditional lighting by the Boyaner Rebbe but prior to the lighting, 45 candles… Continue Reading →
The Department of Justice has given the green light to National Guard members on active duty for their states to join labor unions, despite a U.S. law that makes it a felony for military personnel on active federal duty to… Continue Reading →
The bears are rumbling toward Wall Street. The stock market’s skid this year has pulled the S&P 500 close to what’s known as a bear market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in Ukraine and a slowdown in China’s… Continue Reading →
A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed civilian. Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin could get life in prison for shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head through… Continue Reading →
The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down the constitutional right to abortion has unleashed a wave of threats against officials and others and increased the likelihood of extremist violence, an internal government report says. Violence could come… Continue Reading →
A 911 dispatcher has been placed on leave and may lose her job after allegedly hanging up on an supermarket employee hiding during this weekend’s shooting rampage in Buffalo, New York. “Termination will be sought” for the dispatcher at a… Continue Reading →
As President Joe Biden embarks for Asia on Thursday, he’s facing a new risk at home for the economy and his Democratic Party: a global slowdown caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the pandemic shutting down Chinese cities and… Continue Reading →
On Lag Ba’omer, 45 tear-stained candles will light the flames of the bonfires. Lives lost, homes shattered – the tragedy in Meron still reverberates throughout the Jewish world. A year later, Am Yisrael is mourning. Yossi Kohn is one of… Continue Reading →
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s considering a run for Congress after a legal battle over the state’s political maps opened up a seat in Brooklyn. The two-term Democrat, who left office at the end of… Continue Reading →
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President Joe Biden’s top health official tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the latest member of his Cabinet to be infected with the virus. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive while visiting Berlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of… Continue Reading →
NEW JERSEY (JNS) – In Jewish tradition, Lag B’Omer is supposed to mark the end of a 33-day mourning period. For one New Jersey family, it will forever be a day to reflect on loss. Last year, 19-year-old Donny Morris… Continue Reading →
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NEW YORK (AP) — Massachusetts on Wednesday reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada, and health officials are looking into whether it is connected to small outbreaks in Europe. Monkeypox is typically limited… Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency has dispatched a team to investigate the possibility that a Tesla involved in a California crash that killed three people was operating on a partially automated driving system. The National Highway… Continue Reading →
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,100 points and the S&P 500 had its biggest drop in nearly two years Wednesday, as big earnings misses by Target and other major retailers stoked investors’ fears that surging inflation could… Continue Reading →