Month June 2023

This week, Rabbi Yair Hoffman of the Five Towns Jewish Times sat down with MK Ofir Sofer, the new minister of Aliyah and Integration in Israel’s government.  Minister Safir was an invited guest at Nefesh B’Nefesh’s Homecoming Event in Englewood, New… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A New York Times report Wednesday night revealed details of an emerging deal between the United States and Iran regarding the Iranian nuclear program. In recent weeks, reports have been circulating of quiet negotiations between the… Continue Reading →

MANHATTAN (VINNews) — Jewish activist Dov Hikind, along with other community leaders, held a rally Wednesday, calling for the ouster of those in charge at CUNY Law School who support antisemitism. The rally, held outside the CUNY chancellor’s office in… Continue Reading →

(AP) – After more than two decades as America’s best-selling beer, Bud Light has slipped into second place. Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager, overtook Bud Light in U.S. retail dollar sales in the month ending June 3, according to Nielsen… Continue Reading →

Family getting up: Tuesday (6/20/23)Morning R’ Yochanan Raphael Bulkason

Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:30 amMincha: 9:00 pmMaariv: 9:30 pm

NEW YORK (JTA) – What happens when the country’s premier newspaper names a hole-in-the-wall kosher falafel joint as one of the 100 best restaurants in New York? Hundreds of people show up every day, creating lines that occasionally snake out… Continue Reading →

Illinois (JNS) – Chicago Cubs first baseman Matt Mervis is selling T-shirts and hats emblazoned with his nickname spelled in Hebrew to raise money for the Israel Association of Baseball. “It’s a great cause to help grow the game in Israel,”… Continue Reading →

MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez filed paperwork Wednesday to launch his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, jumping into the crowded race just a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump appeared in court on federal charges in Suarez’s… Continue Reading →

(AP) – Pennsylvania will truck in 2,000 tons of lightweight glass nuggets to help quickly rebuild a collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and crews will work 24 hours a day until they can reopen the critical commercial artery,… Continue Reading →

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Jurors in a federal court in New Jersey have awarded $25.6 million to a former regional Starbucks manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished by the coffee chain after the high-profile… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — Joseph Borgen, the orthodox Jewish man who was beaten by a mob in a hate attack in Manhattan, told a courtroom he couldn’t “fathom” why his attacker got a plea deal from the Manhattan DA’s… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) – A grand jury has indicted former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train, ABC News is reporting. The exact charges will not be unsealed until Penny… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has rejected an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, voting to turn aside a Republican attempt to fine the Democrat over his comments about former President Donald Trump and investigations into his ties to… Continue Reading →

WARSAW (JNS) – “Forgotten Exodus,” a multimedia initiative to collect and share testimonies of Jewish Poles forced to flee the country in 1968, launched last month in London. This history is generally overlooked, according to Daniel Schatz, a visiting researcher at… Continue Reading →

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — A woman whose car was captured on video vaulting into the air over a tow truck and crashing onto a Georgia highway says she’s recovering after spending two weeks in a hospital and undergoing several surgeries…. Continue Reading →

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre said Wednesday that she saw her right arm “get blown open in two places” by a gunman and cried “Mommy” after her 97-year-old mother was shot and killed next to… Continue Reading →

A new discovery regarding how melanoma spreads has a group of Israeli researchers confident that their findings will contribute to the development of a vaccine against the deadly form of skin cancer. The study, by a team of researchers from… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday after having raised it 10 straight times to combat high inflation. But in a surprise move, the Fed signaled that it may raise rates twice more this… Continue Reading →