Month November 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last conversation Sandra Torres had with her 10-year-old daughter was about her nervous excitement over whether she’d make the all-star softball team. Hours later, Eliahna Torres was one of 19 children and two teachers massacred at… Continue Reading →
Outgoing Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman again engaged in his favorite pastime on Monday of attacking and inciting against the Chareidi sector in Israel. Speaking to the press at a Yisrael Beiteinu meeting at the Knesset, Leiberman ignored the fact that… Continue Reading →
It took many years but finally came to a culmination this Sunday. The Culver El Affordable Housing Development, just constructed in the air space of an elevated train tracks torn down during the 1970s, was first proposed in the 1980s… Continue Reading →
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jason Greenblatt didn’t take lightly to former President Donald Trump meeting with antisemitic rapper Kanye West and white supremacist Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago. “For Donald Trump to dine with notorious white supremacists and unrepentant bigots, I think… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Fidelity Charitable is getting into NFTs, the digital images that are registered on the blockchain, despite a torrent of bad news from the adjacent world of cryptocurrencies. The nation’s largest grantmaker is sponsoring a raffle that… Continue Reading →
Republican officials in a rural Arizona county refused on Monday to certify the 2022 election, despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count, amid pressure from prominent Republicans to reject results showing Democrats winning top races. State election officials… Continue Reading →
The Haifa District Court on Monday sentenced Adham Bashir, a 25-year-old Arab-Israeli, to ten years in prison for his involvement in the attempted lynching of Mor Janashvili during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021. Bashir, who pleaded guilty,… Continue Reading →
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian general on Monday acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests, giving the first official word on casualties in two months. That estimate is considerably… Continue Reading →
Former President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that his endorsed candidate in the Arizona gubernatorial election, Kari Lake, be “installed governor” despite her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs. Lake lost a razor-thin election with Hobbs, and with no evidence of… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed ready Monday to side with a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others convicted of corruption related to an upstate economic development project dubbed the Buffalo Billion. Both liberal… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While other technology companies lay off workers and try to cut other costs amid a post-pandemic comedown, Shutterfly CEO Hilary Schneider is gearing up for a busy holiday season. Orders are pouring in for the digital… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday said Donald Trump “demonstrated profoundly poor judgment” and called on him to apologize after the former president had dinner last week with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper… Continue Reading →
Days after flocking to stores on Black Friday, consumers are turning online for Cyber Monday to score more discounts on gifts and other items that have ballooned in price because of high inflation. Cyber Monday is expected to remain the… Continue Reading →
Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX spreads outward. In a Monday filing for bankruptcy protection in New Jersey, where it is based, BlockFi claimed more than… Continue Reading →
QATAR (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were spotted mingling with powerful Qataris at the World Cup soccer tournament in Doha on Friday. The distinguished couple posted numerous pictures of their family enjoying the event and… Continue Reading →
GONDAR (JNS) – Twelve Ethiopian Jews in the city of Gondar graduated last week from a first-of-its-kind course to train them as shochtim, or ritual slaughterers. The program was part of a joint initiative between local community Rabbi Menachem Waldman… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that Russia has abruptly and without explanation postponed the scheduled resumption of arms control talks this week. The State Department said Russia had “unilaterally postponed” a meeting of the Bilateral Consultative Commission… Continue Reading →
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities said Monday. The eruption began late Sunday night… Continue Reading →
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is in the fight of his political life, grinding through the promises and proposals, cajoling and deal-making necessary to win over reluctant colleagues whose support he needs to become House speaker. Every new commitment from McCarthy… Continue Reading →
When you’re in pain, it’s easy to feel alone, especially if no one seems to be hearing your cries for help. Through understanding, someone in pain can truly heal. Together, the Nevonim team works to embody that concept—to be a light to… Continue Reading →
The Islamic Jihad terror organization on Monday threatened to assassinate Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir. “Ben-Gvir’s fate will be like that of Rechavem Ze’evi,” an Islamic Jihad spokesperson said, referring to the late minister who was murdered in 2001 by… Continue Reading →