Month August 2022
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Eliyahu Cohen, a great-grandson of Rabbi Chaim Kanievski Zts’l and Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman Zts’l, has been remanded in custody on suspicion of establishing an “underground group”, including preparing makeshift explosives in his yeshiva room. Cohen, a… Continue Reading →
The Orthodox community currently faces a critical shortage of licensed male speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to treat the infant through geriatric population. Now, with the introduction of the Speech Therapy degree track, this will no longer be the case! Jobs are… Continue Reading →
A bull escaped from its pen early Monday, setting off a panicked scene in the streets of a central Israeli city before entering an office building and evading capture for half an hour as it scampered through the hallways. Bank… Continue Reading →
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanded a halt to “nuclear saber-rattling” on Monday, saying the world is at a “maximum moment of danger” and all countries with nuclear weapons must make a commitment to “no first-use.” The U.N. chief told the U.N…. Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – CNN’s Dana Bash has what she calls “a very, very Jewish response” to the question of why she’s hosting a special for her network on antisemitism in America. “The bad news is there is antisemitism in… Continue Reading →
VERMONT (JTA) – A federal judge denied ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s attempt to get its parent company Unilever to stop selling the brand’s ice cream in the West Bank. Andrew L. Carter Jr., a U.S. District judge in… Continue Reading →
Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives — a key step toward opening a fall booster campaign. The Food and Drug Administration ordered vaccine makers to tweak their… Continue Reading →
HaRav Amichai Eliyahu, the grandson of the Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Mordechai Eliyahu, z’tl, and the son of the Rav of Tzfas, HaRav Shmuel Eliyahu, announced on Sunday evening that he is joining Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party. Eliyahu, 43,… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will leave the federal government in December after… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge Monday to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Florida estate earlier this month until a neutral special master can be appointed to… Continue Reading →
The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views… Continue Reading →
Channel 13 News reported on a moving family event and the love and devotion that 13 siblings showed to their brother with special needs Simchale, who has Down syndrome, is the seventh child in the Lizrovitz family of 14 siblings…. Continue Reading →
The 10th Congressional District seat is up for grabs and 12 different candidates are vying to fill it. The ballot is replete with names of those who defend BDS, want to defund the police, and support extreme left-wing ideology. And… Continue Reading →
NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers since it began nearly six months ago, a general said, and the fighting Monday showed no signs that the war is abating. At a veteran’s… Continue Reading →
Shin Bet head Ronen Bar flew to Cairo on Sunday in an attempt to calm the crisis in relations between Egypt and Israel since the Egyptian-mediated cease-fire talks to end Operation Breaking Dawn. Bar met with Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas… Continue Reading →
Authorities have been searching for days for an Arizona woman reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters in Utah’s Zion National Park as strong seasonal rain storms hit parts of the U.S. Southwest. National Park Service officials said rangers… Continue Reading →
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dorsey helped found, according to a court document. Twitter… Continue Reading →
“Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter insisted Sunday that he’ll still be rooting for CNN even after his show was canceled this week, but stressed that it was important for the network and others to hold the media accountable. CNN gave… Continue Reading →
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which hits the half-year mark this week, has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers, a general said, and the fighting Monday showed no signs that the war is abating. At a veteran’s event, Ukraine’s military chief,… Continue Reading →
HaRav Shneur Yitzchakov, a Chabad shaliach in Ra’anana, was stabbed on Sunday by a 17-year-old Arab. Rav Yizchakov told Radio 103FM that he had just finished counseling a couple at their home and was waiting to cross the street at… Continue Reading →