Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages India

Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages India

New Delhi – While hospitals plead for life-saving oxygen and Covid-19 patients die in their thousands, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing ahead with… Read More ›

The state has left the Haredi sector at the mercy of its leadership

The state has left the Haredi sector at the mercy of its leadership

Opinion: The horrible disaster on Mount Meron demonstrates how the state opts to not involve itself in the sector’s ‘business’ in exchange for political peace… Read More ›

Rivlin said set to ask Lapid to form coalition, won’t give mandate to Bennett

Rivlin said set to ask Lapid to form coalition, won’t give mandate to Bennett

Reports say president believes tasking Yamina leader with building a government would be tantamount to giving Netanyahu a second chance   President Reuven Rivlin will… Read More ›

The world is in the midst of its worst Covid crisis so far. It didn’t have to be this way

The world is in the midst of its worst Covid crisis so far. It didn’t have to be this way

A year ago, when the Covid-19 pandemic was still in its relative infancy, the head of the World Health Organization stressed that a global approach… Read More ›

Kanye West Sneakers Fetch Record $1.8M At Private Sale

Kanye West Sneakers Fetch Record $1.8M At Private Sale

  NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of prototype Nikes worn by Kanye West during his performances of “Hey Mama” and “Stronger” at the Grammy… Read More ›

How the US went from having one of the worst Covid responses to being a global leader in vaccinations under Biden

How the US went from having one of the worst Covid responses to being a global leader in vaccinations under Biden

Washington – For the last 100 days, President Joe Biden and his top advisers have mounted an urgent, wartime effort to get millions of coronavirus… Read More ›

‘Jews Are Jews And They’ll Deal With Jews,’ Chicago Lawmaker On Trial For Corruption Allegedly Said

‘Jews Are Jews And They’ll Deal With Jews,’ Chicago Lawmaker On Trial For Corruption Allegedly Said

CHICAGO (JTA) — A powerful Chicago lawmaker on trial for corruption allegedly made a derogatory comment about Jews in a newly uncovered wiretapped conversation from… Read More ›

Netanyahu is losing his magic touch

Netanyahu is losing his magic touch

Opinion: After Likud’s failure to win control of all-important Knesset Arrangements Committee, which would have provided Netanyahu with power to advance legislation to ensure his… Read More ›

Top Iran official: Power fully restored at Natanz, enrichment renewed

Top Iran official: Power fully restored at Natanz, enrichment renewed

Ali Akbar Salehi, head of country’s atomic agency, claims enrichment at key nuclear site never stopped following blast blamed on Israel   Power has been… Read More ›

Bitcoin suffers flash crash following week of crypto hype

Bitcoin suffers flash crash following week of crypto hype

New York- After a hype-filled week for cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin experienced a flash crash over the weekend, plunging nearly 14% in less than an hour, from… Read More ›

Ontario Retracts New Restrictions That Drew The Ire Of Many

Ontario Retracts New Restrictions That Drew The Ire Of Many

  TORONTO (AP) — Ontario’s premier retracted restrictions Saturday that banned playgrounds and allowed police to require anyone not at home to explain why they’re… Read More ›

The world’s biggest vaccine producer is running out of Covid-19 vaccines, as second wave accelerates

The world’s biggest vaccine producer is running out of Covid-19 vaccines, as second wave accelerates

In India, the world’s biggest vaccine producer, millions of people are waiting for Covid-19 vaccines amid a devastating second wave of infections. India typically produces… Read More ›

Fauci: Israeli COVID-19 study misleading on vaccine effectiveness

Fauci: Israeli COVID-19 study misleading on vaccine effectiveness

Fauci explained that the while the S. African variant can break through the vaccines, they are still effective at preventing serious illness and death.  … Read More ›

South African variant can ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says

South African variant can ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says

‘We found a disproportionately higher rate of the South African variant among people vaccinated with a second dose, compared to the unvaccinated group;’ researcher says,… Read More ›

Israel may have reached a ‘sort of herd immunity’ from COVID, expert says

Israel may have reached a ‘sort of herd immunity’ from COVID, expert says

Eran Segal says virus cases down 97% since January as result of successful vaccination drive, additional restrictions can safely be lifted   Israel may have… Read More ›

Britain’s Prince Philip, Long-Serving Consort To Queen Elizabeth, Dies At 99

Britain’s Prince Philip, Long-Serving Consort To Queen Elizabeth, Dies At 99

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Prince Philip Mountbatten, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her consort for the nearly 70 years of her reign, has passed… Read More ›

‘Mexican standoff’ gave Netanyahu his win

‘Mexican standoff’ gave Netanyahu his win

Analysis: By refusing to throw his lot in with Lapid, Saar effectively made the PM the inevitable choice to form the next government; he had… Read More ›

Netanyahu to meet Bennett Thursday, vows to seek end to ‘cycle of elections’

Netanyahu to meet Bennett Thursday, vows to seek end to ‘cycle of elections’

Officially tasked with forming government, Likud leader reportedly trying to enlist ‘defectors;’ also said considering coalition backed from outside by both Smotrich, Ra’am’s Abbas  … Read More ›

Naftali Bennett and Lapid meet on forming new gov’t, talks to continue

Naftali Bennett and Lapid meet on forming new gov’t, talks to continue

The meeting come as both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lapid look to woo the Yamina leader in talks to form a government after the… Read More ›

Happy 10th birthday Iron Dome

Happy 10th birthday Iron Dome

Opinion: Despite its undeniably steep cost, the missile defense system has proven again and again that it is a life-saving guardian of the south, even… Read More ›