Month June 2023
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday expressed doubt that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who made a veiled critical comment about Israel’s plan for judicial reform on Tuesday, has any knowledge about what she’s condemning. Speaking at an Israeli… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli security forces on Wednesday detained two Bedouin residents of the Negev on suspicion of stealing some 26,000 rounds of ammunition from a military base. The ammunition, which was stolen from a bunker in the Tze’elim training… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Sunday (6/11/23)Morning Mrs. Naomi SteinharterWIfe R` Osher SteinharterSon R` Yisocher SteinharterSon R` Boruch SteinharterSon R` Yossi SteinharterSon R` Mordechai SteinharterSon Mrs. Miriam Leah BlitzDaughter Mrs. Pessi HollanderDaughter R` Yitzchok SteinharterBrother R` Bernie SteinharterBrother R` Shmuel SteinharterBrother Mrs…. Continue Reading →
In an effort to address the alarming increase in drug overdoses across New York City, officials have introduced a unique solution: vending machines catering to drug users. These machines, strategically placed in some of the city’s most drug-infested neighborhoods, offer… Continue Reading →
AZERBAIJAN (JNS) – The Jewish community in Azerbaijan dates back to antiquity. Every group in Azerbaijan has its own synagogue, Rabbi Zamir Isayev, the chairman of the Georgian-Jewish community of Azerbaijan, told JNS in an exclusive interview last week. “They… Continue Reading →
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OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. Susan Louise Lorincz,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Boeing said Tuesday that deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner have been delayed again by another manufacturing issue, the latest in a string of setbacks affecting the two-aisle jet. The company said it is inspecting fittings on… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are using a grand jury in Florida as part of their investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach property, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Lexmark printer company once commissioned Dr. Aric Sigman, a British psychologist, to write a study about fonts and how the use of a particular font might influence what the reader thinks about the… Continue Reading →
PARIS (JNS) – Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich met in France on Tuesday with representatives of Jewish communities and organizations, as well as representatives of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund and the Jewish Agency. During the meetings, Smotrich discussed the… Continue Reading →
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration said Tuesday that three dozen migrants whom the state flew from the U.S. southern border to California on private planes all went willingly, disputing allegations by California officials that the individuals… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, sending school recesses indoors and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Ivan Menezes, one of the most influential figures in the global drinks industry over the past few decades and who was widely admired for his commitment to diversity, has died following a short illness. He was 63…. Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) – On Tuesday evening at Cipriani Wall Street, over 1,500 people gathered in support of United Hatzalah of Israel, the world’s largest fully volunteer emergency medical service (EMS) organization. Keynote speaker Robert Kraft, CEO and Chairman of… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Air India plane flying from New Delhi to San Francisco landed in Russia after it developed an engine problem, officials said on Wednesday. The plane, a Boeing 777 carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew members,… Continue Reading →
CANADA (JTA) – A German-born sergeant in the Canadian Army was fined roughly $2,200 and given a “severe reprimand” after joking about the Holocaust while conducting an infantry training course. But the 38-year-old officer was not demoted, even though a… Continue Reading →
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence promised “the best days of the greatest nation on earth are yet to come” in a video released Wednesday formally launching his campaign for the Republican nomination for president. “Different… Continue Reading →
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday rushed supplies of drinking water to flooded areas from a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine as officials weighed where they might resettle residents who relied on the breached reservoir on the Dnieper River… Continue Reading →
WARSAW (JTA) – The chief rabbi of Poland sent an angry letter to the mayor of Kazimierz Dolny, condemning the eastern Polish town for throwing a festive children’s bubble party on the site of a former Jewish cemetery where the… Continue Reading →
MONTREAL (AP) — Northern Quebec’s largest town was being evacuated on Tuesday as firefighters worked to beat back threats from out-of-control blazes in remote communities in the northern and northwestern parts of the province. According to the province’s forest fire… Continue Reading →