Month September 2022
JERUSALEM (AP) — The online travel agency Booking.com said Monday it plans to add warnings to listings in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, becoming the latest foreign company to wade into one of the world’s most contentious debates. Booking.com said it… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) – Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein joined with the leadership of Brooklyn Public Library to unveil hundreds of new books, including many culturally sensitive publications, which will be added to the collections in each of the three Brooklyn Public… Continue Reading →
LONDON (JTA) – As Britons poured out their sadness over the death of their 70-year queen, they deposited tributes to her all over London — including at a garden designated for memorializing victims of the Holocaust. Grace Dean, a reporter… Continue Reading →
Speaking to CBS News’ 60 Minutes program on Thursday for an interview that aired Sunday night, President Joe Biden attempted to downplay the rate of inflation, which was shown to have risen to 8.3% last month. “Mr. President, as you… Continue Reading →
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — In movie theatres and pubs, on giant screens and smartphones, people watched and pundits droned on as Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in London flooded the airwaves live across time zones and continents. On the other side… Continue Reading →
The United Arab Emirates will launch its first lunar rover in November, the mission manager said Monday. Hamad Al Marzooqi told The National, a state-linked newspaper, that the “Rashid” rover, named for Dubai’s ruling family, would be launched from the… Continue Reading →
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Monday announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Turkey — the latest sign of warming relations between the two countries following more than a decade-long rift. Irit Lillian, a senior diplomat who has been… Continue Reading →
A U.S. aircraft carrier is to visit South Korea this week for its first joint training with South Korean warships in five years, officials said Monday, in an apparent show of force against increasing North Korean nuclear threats. The USS… Continue Reading →
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California mother of two was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to a three-week, multi-state search before… Continue Reading →
R’ Chananya Chollak, president of Ezer Mizion, at a recent visit to the US. He is seen receiving brachas and support from leading Rabbonim urging the public to get a swab test that can potentially save many Yidden across the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister on Monday vowed to begin production at a contested Mediterranean natural gas field “as soon as it is possible,” threatening to raise tensions with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. Yair Lapid’s announcement in a statement… Continue Reading →
Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch… Continue Reading →
CBS’ 60 Minutes aired an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday in which he refused to acknowledge the truth of the Holocaust, saying it needs “to be investigated and researched” whether it actually happened. He also denied Israel’s… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Harav Moshe WeinstockBrother
A Jew was lightly injured on Sunday evening after an Arab assaulted him in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Arab slashed him in the face with a glass bottle and then broke the bottle on his head. One report… Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — The number of people killed on U.S. roadways fell slightly from April through June, the first decline in two years as roads became more congested as the pandemic eased. But the government says the number of deaths… Continue Reading →
Who will live?? Last year, when I recited “U’nesaneh tokef”, I didn’t dream that less than a year later, I’d be pleading for life… Last year, on Rosh Hashanah, I didn’t dream that I’d fear Yom Hadin like I do… Continue Reading →
Who will live?? Last year, when I recited “U’nesaneh tokef”, I didn’t dream that less than a year later, I’d be pleading for life… Last year, on Rosh Hashanah, I didn’t dream that I’d fear Yom Hadin like I do… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president headed on Monday to New York, where he will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly later this week, saying that he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden on the sidelines… Continue Reading →
A Kentucky man who killed three students and injured five more in a school shooting a quarter century ago has a chance at parole this week. Michael Carneal was a 14-year-old freshman in 1997 when he fired a stolen pistol… Continue Reading →