Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Where’s the beef? Jewish women led New York City’s kosher meat riot of 1902

Where’s the beef? Jewish women led New York City’s kosher meat riot of 1902

‘The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902’ by Scott D. Seligman recalls a highly organized consumer uprising led by Lower East Side immigrants fed up… Read More ›

Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dead From COVID-19

Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dead From COVID-19

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Luke Letlow, Louisiana’s incoming Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only… Read More ›

UK regulator approves Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

UK regulator approves Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

London – UK regulators have approved the use of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, which is cheaper and easier to distribute than some alternatives and… Read More ›

‘Fast food’ bar unearthed in Pompeii: What they were eating as Vesuvius erupted

‘Fast food’ bar unearthed in Pompeii: What they were eating as Vesuvius erupted

Duck, pig, fish, snail… and wine with crushed fava beans were on menu, archaeologists say, as first hot-food-drink eatery — known as a thermopolium —… Read More ›

Netanyahu is no longer the master of the game

Netanyahu is no longer the master of the game

Opinion: The prime minister is facing a challenge from a former ally who is a skilled politician in his own right, and despite the normalization… Read More ›

Netanyahu claims pandemic will likely be over in Israel ‘within a few weeks’

Netanyahu claims pandemic will likely be over in Israel ‘within a few weeks’

PM asserts that lockdown, combined with vaccination campaign, can make Israel the 1st country to overcome coronavirus crisis   As Israel prepared to enter a… Read More ›

Gantz, Netanyahu said to agree last ditch bill to delay budget, stave off vote

Gantz, Netanyahu said to agree last ditch bill to delay budget, stave off vote

With Knesset set to dissolve Tuesday night, Blue and White propose legislation for a two-week delay on budget to allow more time for talks to… Read More ›

Israel’s post-pandemic health disaster

Israel’s post-pandemic health disaster

Opinion: Before we start rebuilding our lives without social distancing, we will have to wade through the destruction and devastation left by virus that decimated… Read More ›

‘Worst hacking in US history’: Agencies said to fear nuclear networks accessed

‘Worst hacking in US history’: Agencies said to fear nuclear networks accessed

‘They got into everything,’ one official says, as federal authorities express growing alarm over breadth and depth of intrusion into government networks, likely by Russian… Read More ›

UN Security Council approves new UN envoys to mediate Middle East, Libya

UN Security Council approves new UN envoys to mediate Middle East, Libya

Tor Wennesland succeeds Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov who has spent the past five years as the UN mediator between Israel and the Palestinians.   The UN… Read More ›

Biden, Harris Named Time Magazine’s ‘Person Of The Year’

Biden, Harris Named Time Magazine’s ‘Person Of The Year’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time magazine has named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris its “Person of the Year.” Time’s editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says… Read More ›

US blacklists Chinese triad boss ‘Broken Tooth’ in latest round of anti-corruption sanctions

US blacklists Chinese triad boss ‘Broken Tooth’ in latest round of anti-corruption sanctions

  Hong Kong – The United States government has placed sanctions on Wan Kuok-koi, a notorious gangster and triad boss known as “Broken Tooth.” Wan… Read More ›

Georgia Senate GOP Push For End To No-Excuse Absentee Voting

Georgia Senate GOP Push For End To No-Excuse Absentee Voting

  Atlanta (AP) — Republicans in Georgia’s state Senate are calling for an end to absentee voting without cause and want to ban ballot drop… Read More ›

Israeli Company Launches Pilot Program To Help Solve Problem Of Textile Waste

Israeli Company Launches Pilot Program To Help Solve Problem Of Textile Waste

  JERUSALEM (JNS) – Re-Born Global, Israel’s first platform for a circular economy in textiles, has launched Re-Born Textiles, the first circular management system for… Read More ›

Biden picks retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defense, source says

Biden picks retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defense, source says

  President-elect Joe Biden has selected retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, the former commander of US Central Command, to be his secretary of defense, a… Read More ›

Plotting the future: Trump kids even look to profit from their father’s fallen legacy

Plotting the future: Trump kids even look to profit from their father’s fallen legacy

It was Thanksgiving, but instead of being seated at an elaborate table dressed with gold silverware, expensive china and a buffet of chilled seafood, turkey… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia blasts Iran for accusation it played part in killing of nuke chief

Saudi Arabia blasts Iran for accusation it played part in killing of nuke chief

After Iranian foreign minister alleges ‘conspiracy’ between Riyadh and Jerusalem, Saudi minister says Tehran is ‘desperate to blame the kingdom for anything negative’   RIYADH,… Read More ›

Nevada Doctor’s Selfie Used To Claim COVID-19 Is A Hoax

Nevada Doctor’s Selfie Used To Claim COVID-19 Is A Hoax

  RENO (AP) — A photo of a hospital’s alternative care site in Reno, Nevada, is being misrepresented on social media to fuel the false… Read More ›

Justice Department investigating potential presidential pardon bribery scheme, court records reveal

Justice Department investigating potential presidential pardon bribery scheme, court records reveal

The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House or related political committee in exchange for a presidential… Read More ›

Top health officials agree Americans who traveled for Thanksgiving should get tested. But this is where they differ

Top health officials agree Americans who traveled for Thanksgiving should get tested. But this is where they differ

Top health officials on Sunday called on Americans to get tested for coronavirus after Thanksgiving travel as an important measure to help mitigate the virus’… Read More ›