Month August 2022
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Even as the global supply and prices of infant formula have begun stabilizing, for thousands of Israeli families, the cost of the critical nutritional staple remains overwhelming. In response, the National Food Security Initiative, funded by the… Continue Reading →
BALTIMORE (VINnews) — The Baltimore Jewish community remains in shock, after the devastating murder of Aryeh Wolf z”l. Aryeh, 25, was shot last Wednesday while installing solar panels in a dangerous neighborhood of Washington DC. The African-American shooter fled the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that it was reducing flights in the area around New York City because of lack of staffing. Departing and arriving flights could be delayed up to two hours at John… Continue Reading →
Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but this year the grass is at a standstill. That’s “very nerve-wracking” when you’re grazing 600 to 700 cattle,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A once-prominent neurologist convicted last month of sexually abusing patients killed himself Monday at a New York City jail, two people familiar with the matter said. Dr. Ricardo Cruciani, 68, was found unresponsive in a shower… Continue Reading →
Motty Glustein, the brother-in-law of Shoshana Glustein, a’h, who was killed along with her two young daughters in the accident last week in Jerusalem, described the horrifying moments in which he realized that his relatives were killed. “I was there… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections in Wyoming and Alaska on Tuesday could relaunch the political career of a former Republican star and effectively end the career of another — at least for now. Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is the vice chair… Continue Reading →
AUGUSTA (VINnews) — A large metal object crashed to the ground on Friday, apparently from an airplane. The sleeve-like object, weighing about 6-7 pounds, landed several feet from Maine’s Capitol building. Several people were nearby and witnessed the incident, however… Continue Reading →
The Taliban on Monday marked a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul, a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation’s Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country. Bearded… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Baila Sebrow, host of The Definitive Rap sat down with the show’s Israeli Correspondent Barry Shaw and International Public Diplomacy Director at The Israel Institute for Strategic Studies. As always Barry gives a full account of details… Continue Reading →
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s primary energy provider is ready to launch a powerful new technology, just ahead of the busiest weeks of the Atlantic hurricane season: a new fixed-wing drone designed fly into tropical storm force winds… Continue Reading →
The top executive at Pfizer, a leading producer of COVID-19 vaccines, has tested positive for the virus and says he is experiencing very mild symptoms. Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said Monday that he started taking Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill treatment… Continue Reading →
The IDF revealed on Monday that its forces uncovered and neutralized an attack tunnel dug by the Hamas terror organization from the northern Gaza Strip into Israel. The tunnel, which had two separate routes, was dug dozens of meters underground… Continue Reading →
A storm of condemnation arose in Israel in the wake of an investigative Maariv report on Friday revealing that Reform MK Gilad Kariv (Labor) and Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai (Labor) engaged in shady practices in order to funnel tens of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Despite being a minority population in Israel, Arab drivers are responsible for over half of fatal road accidents, an Israel Police report revealed this week. On intercity roads the numbers are even higher, with Arabs found to… Continue Reading →
The top executive at Pfizer, a leading producer of COVID-19 vaccines, has tested positive for the virus and says he is experiencing very mild symptoms. Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said Monday that he started taking Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill treatment… Continue Reading →
British drug regulators have become the first in the world to authorize an updated version of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine that aims to protect against the original virus and the omicron variant. In a statement on Monday, the Medicines and Healthcare… Continue Reading →
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A wooden bridge over a river in southern Norway collapsed early Monday, with a car plunging into the water and a truck getting stuck on a raised section. The drivers of both vehicles were rescued and… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Friday (8/19/22)Morning R` Josh ZernSon Mrs. Chaya EpsteinDaughter Sitting at main address until Tuesday afternoon
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian official Monday denied Tehran was involved in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, though he sought to justify the attack in the Islamic Republic’s first public comments on the bloodshed. The remarks… Continue Reading →