Month March 2023
ALAUSI, Ecuador (AP) — A massive landslide swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes, killing at least 16 people and sending rescuers on a frantic search for survivors, authorities said Monday. Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat… Continue Reading →
A pediatric surgeon who left The Covenant School in Nashville moments before a shooter opened fire, killing six people, says she is horrified by the gun violence that has plagued the U.S. Britney Grayson had just finished regaling children at… Continue Reading →
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Republicans need a candidate who can take out Donald Trump in a single, brutal swipe like the one Christie delivered to a different rival in 2016. Speaking… Continue Reading →
(JTA) — The most notable message Melissa Klapper got during her four-night run this week on “Jeopardy!” didn’t come because the Jewish studies scholar was unable to answer a question about Yom Kippur. It also wasn’t an unkind note from… Continue Reading →
A study has found that 80% of US workers may have their jobs impacted by artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The free AI chatbot can assist users in writing essays, creating diet plans, and applying for jobs, and has been hailed… Continue Reading →
A dramatic car crash on a California freeway was caught on camera last week, showing a car flipping through the air after colliding with a tire that had become airborne. The incident took place on Thursday on the Ronald Reagan… Continue Reading →
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The suspect in a Nashville school shooting on Monday had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance before killing three students and three adults in the latest in a… Continue Reading →
In a unique and moving event arranged by Eretz HaKodesh, gedolei Yisroel shlit”a recited Birkas Illanos on trees from the fields of Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael/the National Fund for Israel (KKL) that had been maintained according to the laws of Shmittah…. Continue Reading →
MONSEY (VINnews) — On Friday, NYS Senator Bill Weber awarded Naftali Schischa with a Liberty Medal, the highest honor that can be bestowed by a Senator, to recognize Naftali’s heroism at the Hatzoloh of Rockland Headquarters. On January 25, on… Continue Reading →
The United States is on track for its deadliest year yet, with the recent mass shooting at a Nashville private school – bringing the total up to 129. The country surpassed the grim milestone of 100 mass shootings on March… Continue Reading →
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislation to allow all K-12 students in the state to get taxpayer-funded vouchers for private schools, continuing a focus on education as he prepares to launch an expected Republican… Continue Reading →
FLORIDA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Conservative talk-show host Ben Shapiro posted a series of tweets Monday, offering his analysis of the underlying forces behind the judicial reform battle. A good explanation on the unprecedented political battle taking place in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORKM (AP) – New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faced the camera during a video call, pointing to a small, sky-blue lapel pin on his blazer. The pin is the symbol of a $25 million “Stand Up to Jewish… Continue Reading →
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general said Monday that his office has taken control of the police department in the state’s third-largest city, Paterson, less than a month after officers there fatally shot a well-known crisis intervention worker… Continue Reading →
MICHIGAN – (VINnews) Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib, a progressive Democrat known for her views on Israel, has been criticized on Twitter for falsely claiming that a fight between Palestinian teenagers in Jerusalem was actually an attack by the “violent apartheid… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – Israel’s embassy in Washington and its New York consulate announced on Monday that both will be closed in response to a strike called by the Histadrut, also known as the General Organization of Workers in Israel…. Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform. They… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan, saying he wanted to give time to seek a compromise over the contentious package with his political opponents. Netanyahu made the announcement… Continue Reading →
UKRAINE (JNS) – Every time 17-year-old Adrian Maydanich passed grocery-store shelves overflowing with kosher-for-Passover food in his Baltimore community, he stopped in his tracks. He could not stop thinking of Jewish people in Ukraine and the difficulties they will face… Continue Reading →
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three children were killed in a shooting at a private Christian grade school in Nashville on Monday, hospital officials said. The suspect is also dead after a confrontation with police. All three children had gunshot wounds,… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Friday (3/31/23)Afternoon R’ Noach SchwartzSon Starting Thu night in Boro Park at 1723 43rd St, 11204 until Fri 5:00pm Mrs. Jaine FriedmanDaughter Mrs. Chaya SegalDaughter Will be in Chicago at 2630 W Greenleaf. Fri hours: 10am –… Continue Reading →