Month August 2022
Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in… Continue Reading →
The National Unity party reached an understanding with former religious affairs minister Matan Kahana regarding the kashrus “reform” he advanced under former prime minister Naftali Bennett, Army Radio reported earlier this week. As YWN reported, Kahana joined the National Unity party, comprised… Continue Reading →
Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli ordered the chairman of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Mass Transit System to carry out an analysis of the operational and budgetary implications of operating the Tel Aviv light rail system on Shabbos and Yom Tov. She… Continue Reading →
U.S. securities regulators are questioning Twitter about the way it determines how many fake accounts are on its platform. The Securities and Exchange Commission in June asked the company about its methodology for calculating false or spam accounts and “the… Continue Reading →
Stories of two mofsim attributed to the late Rosh HaYeshivah, HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen, z’tl, were the talk of the Chareidi community this past Nissan, Kikar H’Shabbat reported. The first incident became known when an avreich visited HaRav Cohen, z’tl,… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces Wednesday launched a rocket attack on a train station in central Ukraine on the embattled country’s Independence Day, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 50, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after warning for… Continue Reading →
Russian forces Wednesday launched a rocket attack on a train station in central Ukraine on the embattled country’s Independence Day, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 50, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after warning for days that Moscow might… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN (JNS) – A London-based Saudi news site reports that fighter jets, drones and mid-air refueling planes participated in recent drills while evading detection by Russian and Iranian radar. Israel and America simulated air raids on Iran and the seizure… Continue Reading →
First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent “rebound” case, after she tested negative for the virus over the weekend. President Joe Biden, who spent three days with his wife at their Rehoboth Beach, Delaware,… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Tuesday (8/30/22)Morning R’ Nusie RosenbergSon Mrs. Suri LebovitsDaughter 917-842-7781
As the media reports that the US is drawing closer to signing a nuclear deal with Iran, Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Tuesday that he will be flying to the US on Thursday morning to meet with US defense… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his long-awaited plan to deliver on a campaign promise to provide $10,000 in student debt cancellation for millions of Americans — and up to $10,000 more for those with the greatest… Continue Reading →
A 30-year-old Israeli was kidnapped on Tuesday by a local gang in the city of Sao Paulo in Brazil and was released overnight after his family paid a ransom. The Israeli was kidnapped when he went out to the street… Continue Reading →
Tens of Thousands of Jews from all walks of life streamed into Kiryas Joel Tuesday August 23 2022 for the 43th Yahrtzeit of the Satmar Rebbe, Reb Yoel Teitelbaum Zatzal, the founder of the Satmar Chasidic movement and namesake of… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday nearly $3 billion in aid to Ukraine as the country marks its Independence Day and six months of war, holding a muted ceremony Wednesday in the capital, Kyiv. World leaders have offered their support… Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. securities regulators are questioning Twitter about how it calculates the number of fake accounts on its platform. The Securities and Exchange Commission in June asked the company about the methodology for calculating the false or spam… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is headed to Harvard this fall as a teaching fellow at the university’s schools of government and public health. De Blasio, a Democrat who served as mayor from… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Tuesday (8/30/22)Morning R’ Yitzchok Zev WeinstockHusband R’ Yechiel Isaac WeinstockSon R’ Yankev Zev ItzkowitzBrother R’ Yechiel Isaac ItzkowitzBrother R’ Aaron Tzvi ItzkowitzBrother R’ Shlomo ItzkowitzBrother
Laura Loomer, a far-right agitator who became infamous for expressing her explicit support for white nationalism and calling mass shootings false flags, lost her Republican primary on Tuesday to represent Florida’s 1st Congressional District, failing in her bid to unseat… Continue Reading →
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Belgian-British teenager became the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small aircraft after he landed on Wednesday in Bulgaria, where his global journey kicked off five months ago. Mack Rutherford, who… Continue Reading →
The five-and-a-half year old girl who lost her mother and two sisters in the terrifying accident at Rav Shefa shares the experience* Top professionals have united to assist* The family’s home is packed with people coming to the shivah at… Continue Reading →