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Senate Republicans unveil a stimulus plan that implements $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits but leaves out direct payments

Senate Republicans unveil a stimulus plan that implements $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits but leaves out direct payments

  Senate Republicans rolled out a slimmed-down stimulus plan on Tuesday. It includes a $300 weekly federal unemployment benefit through December, $257 billion in small-business aid, and… Read More ›

Trump launches unprecedented attack on military leadership he appointed

Trump launches unprecedented attack on military leadership he appointed

President Donald Trump launched an unprecedented public attack against the leadership of the US military on Monday, accusing them of waging wars to boost the… Read More ›

High Holidays of discontent

High Holidays of discontent

Opinion: The government must end constant zigzagging on the restrictions it implements to counter the coronavirus pandemic; now is the time for officials to show… Read More ›

Kosovo’s Jerusalem embassy offer was available for years, but Israel was wary

Kosovo’s Jerusalem embassy offer was available for years, but Israel was wary

Pristina’s move to recognize the Jewish state is being hailed as a breakthrough, but it had long been courting Jerusalem, which balked at endorsing a… Read More ›

Diplomacy Marches On Its Stomach: One Rabbi Helps Cook Up Kosher Fare For UAE Delegation

Diplomacy Marches On Its Stomach: One Rabbi Helps Cook Up Kosher Fare For UAE Delegation

  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (JNS) – Top Israeli and American officials arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Monday departing… Read More ›

In Israel, the fall from middle class to poverty can be swift

In Israel, the fall from middle class to poverty can be swift

Opinion: The coronavirus pandemic and lack of economic safety net from the state has led to quick deterioration for many, with even Israelis from established… Read More ›

20,000 at anti-Netanyahu demo, including 200 hasidim; events in 17 world cities

20,000 at anti-Netanyahu demo, including 200 hasidim; events in 17 world cities

Jerusalem protest ends largely peacefully; group from Bratslav sect, angry over Uman pilgrimage, join in; man in passing car said to brandish pistol at Herzliya… Read More ›

Stabbing victim Rabbi Shai Ohayon laid to rest: ‘He was humble, kind and quiet’

Stabbing victim Rabbi Shai Ohayon laid to rest: ‘He was humble, kind and quiet’

Father of 4, killed in apparent terror attack, buried in Petah Tikva at funeral kept small by coronavirus restrictions; IDF troops raid suspected killer’s West… Read More ›

Israel’s politicians are fiddling while the south burns

Israel’s politicians are fiddling while the south burns

Opinion: Gaza incendiary balloons have set Israeli fields on fire and disaster is just a matter of time, but our leaders are too busy squabbling… Read More ›

Allegations of excessive police violence at rally spark calls for probe

Allegations of excessive police violence at rally spark calls for probe

Lawmakers say action needed after video shows senior officer shoving protesters in Jerusalem; police blame violence on demonstrators, say three officers injured   A video… Read More ›

Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump

Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump

From the Philadelphia ground where the American experiment was born, one former president — in a stunning prime-time address to the nation he once led… Read More ›

After Facing Threats, Kentucky Rabbi Set To Offer Educational Courses On Anti-semitism

After Facing Threats, Kentucky Rabbi Set To Offer Educational Courses On Anti-semitism

  LEXINGTON, KY (JNS) – After denouncing racist, anti-Semitic fliers left around his community earlier this month and then being threatened by a neo-Nazi leader,… Read More ›

What to watch on the first night of the Democratic convention

What to watch on the first night of the Democratic convention

The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday with a two-hour virtual event built on a theme of unity. It will be a convention unlike any… Read More ›

Analysis: Trump’s birther lie about Kamala Harris magnifies racist themes of his campaign

Analysis: Trump’s birther lie about Kamala Harris magnifies racist themes of his campaign

President Donald Trump once again drove the dignity of the American presidency into the ditch this week by raising a false and racist conspiracy theory… Read More ›

Israel’s democracy is stronger than Netanyahu

Israel’s democracy is stronger than Netanyahu

Opinion: The prime minister’s failure to dismantle the government by violating the coalition agreement with Blue & White proves that despite his unceasing search for… Read More ›

Atoning for anti-Semitic remarks, Cannon says he’s okay being ‘sacrificial lamb’

Atoning for anti-Semitic remarks, Cannon says he’s okay being ‘sacrificial lamb’

In online conversation with Jewish group, entertainer says apology has been just one part of process in making amends; reveals his great-grandfather was a sephardic… Read More ›

The White House reportedly quashed part of an intelligence report that showed Russia is helping the Trump campaign

The White House reportedly quashed part of an intelligence report that showed Russia is helping the Trump campaign

  The Trump administration reportedly pressured the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to delete part of a report that concluded Russia was aiming… Read More ›

Israeli aid should be on the ground in Lebanon, regional policies prevent it

Israeli aid should be on the ground in Lebanon, regional policies prevent it

In interviews I conducted in recent years, the Home Front Command described its new technological innovations to help map and locate survivors after a disaster.… Read More ›

Is IED incident a dangerous escalation on southern Golan?

Is IED incident a dangerous escalation on southern Golan?

Israel says it holds the Syrian regime responsible. This forms part of a wider context of two years of tensions along the Golan.   The… Read More ›

Israel’s new coronavirus czar is a light at the end of the tunnel

Israel’s new coronavirus czar is a light at the end of the tunnel

Opinion: Prof. Gamzu’s manner in his presentation of a national plan to combat the virus is not only a refreshing change of oversight for the… Read More ›