Articles by: JewishNews-Aryeh

Persian Jews in US come out of the closet, breaking long-held community taboos

Persian Jews in US come out of the closet, breaking long-held community taboos

Recent years have seen rapid change as more LGBTQ community members speak up, leading to wider education, acceptance, and more events and resources for themselves… Read More ›

Cypriot president cancels Israel trip as COVID-19 cases surge

Cypriot president cancels Israel trip as COVID-19 cases surge

Nicosia says visit by Nicos Anastasiades pushed off because of coronavirus concerns, as Cyprus prepares to open tourist season after removing Israel from low-risk group… Read More ›

American Airlines Bans Man Who Refused To Wear Face Mask

American Airlines Bans Man Who Refused To Wear Face Mask

  DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines has banned a man who was kicked off a plane for refusing to wear a face covering, among the… Read More ›

The Tulsa arena that’s hosting Trump’s rally is asking the campaign for its plan to keep people safe from the coronavirus because they still haven’t received one 2 days before the event

The Tulsa arena that’s hosting Trump’s rally is asking the campaign for its plan to keep people safe from the coronavirus because they still haven’t received one 2 days before the event

  President Donald Trump is scheduled to take the stage at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night for his first campaign rally… Read More ›

Study: Elevators Not Risky for Catching Virus, but Crucial to Take Precautions

Study: Elevators Not Risky for Catching Virus, but Crucial to Take Precautions

  NEW YORK (Newsmax) – Although many people returning to work fear that taking the elevator is a major way that the coronavirus is transmitted,… Read More ›

Moderna to start final testing stage of coronavirus vaccine in July

Moderna to start final testing stage of coronavirus vaccine in July

Testing the vaccine in older adults with be critical because this group is at higher risk for the most severe effects of the virus, and… Read More ›

DC Guard Members Test Positive For COVID-19 After Protests

DC Guard Members Test Positive For COVID-19 After Protests

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the D.C. National Guard have tested positive for COVID-19 in the wake of the mass protests across the nation’s… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s annexation folly

Netanyahu’s annexation folly

Analysis: Claiming sovereignty over parts of the West Bank is not in Israel’s best interests; the prime minister wants the land but not the people… Read More ›

Netanyahu vows all settlements will be annexed July 1, but other lands may wait

Netanyahu vows all settlements will be annexed July 1, but other lands may wait

Meeting with West Bank mayors who have refrained from trashing Trump plan, PM also quoted saying that the territory conditionally offered to Palestinians doesn’t constitute… Read More ›

Trump Takes Jabs At Maine’s Democratic Governor During Visit

Trump Takes Jabs At Maine’s Democratic Governor During Visit

  GUILFORD, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump used his first visit to Maine as president to lob jabs at the state’s Democratic governor on… Read More ›

Rumor That A Los Angeles Chabad Is Fueling Antifa Gets Brief White House Amplification

Rumor That A Los Angeles Chabad Is Fueling Antifa Gets Brief White House Amplification

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — A Los Angeles synagogue found itself having to deny misinformation about the George Floyd protests after a rumor spread — and… Read More ›

Mattis tears into Trump: ‘We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership’

Mattis tears into Trump: ‘We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership’

  Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Wednesday castigated President Donald Trump as “the first president in my lifetime who does not try to… Read More ›

White supremacists, Soros, ‘Russians,’ and antifa blamed for US protests

White supremacists, Soros, ‘Russians,’ and antifa blamed for US protests

Despite lack of evidence, conspiracy theories advanced by politicians and commentators on the Left and Right seek to argue that protests were organized by professionals… Read More ›

Trump to sign executive order on social media Thursday, says spokeswoman

Trump to sign executive order on social media Thursday, says spokeswoman

Trump’s latest dispute with social media emerged after Twitter flagged one of Trump’s tweets this week.   U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive… Read More ›

Pandemic brings smaller, subdued US Memorial Day observances

Pandemic brings smaller, subdued US Memorial Day observances

Coronavirus forces Americans to honor war dead, and virus fatalities, with online tributes and small processions instead of parades as outbreak’s US death toll nears… Read More ›

First fuel tanker from Iranian flotilla reaches Venezuela’s economic zone

First fuel tanker from Iranian flotilla reaches Venezuela’s economic zone

Washington is considering measures in response, a senior US official said without elaborating.   The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela… Read More ›

Iran leader accuses UAE of ‘treachery’ after first direct flight to Israel

Iran leader accuses UAE of ‘treachery’ after first direct flight to Israel

Etihad Airways flies 16 tons of aid for Palestinians via Tel Aviv, but Khamenei says Gulf states ‘betray Palestine by supporting Israel;’ calls for armed… Read More ›

Senior MKs scramble to meet Netanyahu hoping for ministerial posts

Senior MKs scramble to meet Netanyahu hoping for ministerial posts

Likud rebels held up swearing in Thursday, Netanyahu seeking to placate Dichter, Hanegbi, Saar   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to meet with Likud… Read More ›

Hundreds attend funeral of slain IDF soldier

Hundreds attend funeral of slain IDF soldier

Father of Amit Ben Yigal mourns loss of only son, saying ‘I don’t have anything else’; Defense Minister Bennett vows troops will ‘find the terrorist’… Read More ›

West Bank annexation will be the end of Israeli-Jordanian peace

West Bank annexation will be the end of Israeli-Jordanian peace

Opinion: By annexing parts of the West Bank, Israel would put the Hashemite Kingdom at risk of an influx of Palestinians and it should protest… Read More ›