Month August 2022
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Aaron Geller was mostly happy to have gotten into medical school anywhere. But after four years studying in a program for American students at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, he was grateful not only to be a… Continue Reading →
Taiwan is high on the summer travel list for U.S. members of Congress on their August recess this year, as U.S. lawmakers make a point of asserting American support for the self-governed island despite objections from China. The payoff photos… Continue Reading →
Warren Buffett’s company bet more on high-tech darling Apple and e-commerce giant Amazon during the second quarter, while also investing billions in old-school oil producers Occidental Petroleum and Chevron. Berkshire Hathaway detailed all its second-quarter investments Monday in a new… Continue Reading →
Dear Save Maimonides, I have been sitting here in the Maimonides ER with my teenage daughter since 1 AM waiting for an ultrasound. It’s hard to believe that in the entire hospital there is only one person in the radiology… Continue Reading →
Dear Save Maimonides, I have been sitting here in the Maimonides ER with my teenage daughter since 1 AM waiting for an ultrasound. It’s hard to believe that in the entire hospital there is only one person in the radiology… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a memoir coming out this fall. “Bibi: My Story” will be published Nov. 22, three weeks after parliamentary elections are to be held in Israel. “Born a year after… Continue Reading →
Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing told a judge Monday that they have rejected plea deals that would have resulted in three-year sentences, setting the stage for trial in October. Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng… Continue Reading →
ASKONIM AFFECTED: GM Recalls 484K Suburbans, Tahoes, Escalades and Yukons Over Third-Row Malfunction
General Motors is recalling more than 484,000 large SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem that can cause the third-row seat belts to malfunction. The recall covers Chevrolet Suburbans and Tahoes, Cadillac Escalades and GMC Yukons from the 2021… Continue Reading →
BROOKLYN (VINnews) — Dan Goldman leads a crowded field of candidates in the Democrat primary for New York’s 10th Congressional District, which includes Boro Park. In a new poll from PIX11/Emerson College Polling/The Hill, Goldman was chosen by 22% of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Transport Minister Merav Michaeli caused an uproar after her controversial decision to send covert supervisors to buses in chareidi cities in order to determine that there is no ‘feminine exclusion’ taking place, with women being forced to… Continue Reading →
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says prison officials ordered him to serve at least three days in solitary confinement, citing a minor infraction, in retaliation for his activism behind bars. A post about the punishment appeared in Navalny’s social… Continue Reading →
The Kleinerman family received a message on Tuesday that the IDF will be participating in the search for Moishe, who is now missing for 143 days. This is very happy news for the Kleinerman family who has been pushing for… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed no regret Tuesday for the deadly attack by Palestinian militants against Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics half a century ago, countering that Israel had committed “Holocausts” against Palestinians over the years…. Continue Reading →
Prosecutors in Atlanta on Monday told lawyers for Rudy Giuliani that he’s a target of their criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts by then-President Donald Trump and others to interfere in the 2020 general election in Georgia, one of Giuliani’s… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration said the new regulation cuts red tape by creating a… Continue Reading →
The United States and South Korea will begin their biggest combined military training in years next week in the face of an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which has been ramping up weapons tests and threats of nuclear conflict against Seoul… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — On August 15, 2022, at approximately 8:23 p.m., the New York state police responded to U.S. Route 6 in the town of Woodbury for a report of a three-car collision with entrapment and serious injuries. The… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Today, the 19th of Av, is the 5th Yartzeit of one of the tzaddikim of the Five Towns /Far Rockaway community, Rav Aharon Brafman zatzal. He was a Tzaddik in every sense of the… Continue Reading →
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines has agreed to buy up to 20 supersonic jets and put down a non-refundable deposit on the planes that are still on the drawing board and years away from flying. Neither American nor the manufacturer… Continue Reading →
Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Monday evening that his party will be running independently in the next election instead of merging with Betzalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party. The move wasn’t a surprise for the public as there have… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The theory has preoccupied antisemites and pro-Israel strategists alike: If an anti-Israel political candidate loses, it’s because of pro-Israel money. That theory came close to being disproved last week when Rep. Ilhan Omar, perhaps the most prominent… Continue Reading →