Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Hospital staff infected with coronavirus in air released from ventilator

Hospital staff infected with coronavirus in air released from ventilator

“Infection in the coronavirus ward is something we are very afraid of.”   A doctor and two nurses at Sourasky Medical Center may have been… Read More ›

To hell with public trust and personal example

To hell with public trust and personal example

Opinion: The prime minister’s complete silence over Likud minister Gila Gamliel’s lockdown breach and her lies about it prove once again that Benjamin Netanyahu is… Read More ›

New Jersey governor: Trump fundraiser ‘put lives at risk’

New Jersey governor: Trump fundraiser ‘put lives at risk’

  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s fundraiser at his Bedminster golf club hours before he announced he had contracted the coronavirus was wrong… Read More ›

Trump tweets that he’s leaving the hospital and says ‘don’t be afraid of Covid,’ a virus that’s killed over 209,000 Americans

Trump tweets that he’s leaving the hospital and says ‘don’t be afraid of Covid,’ a virus that’s killed over 209,000 Americans

  President Donald Trump in a tweet on Monday said he would leave Walter Reed hospital at 6:30 p.m. ET. In the process, he once… Read More ›

Sukkot in the shadow of corona: 7,643 new cases reported on Friday

Sukkot in the shadow of corona: 7,643 new cases reported on Friday

Currently, there are 70,941 active cases of the virus in Israel, 849 who are in serious condition, among them 201 who are intubated.   As… Read More ›

American, United To Furlough 32,000 As Time Runs Out On Aid

American, United To Furlough 32,000 As Time Runs Out On Aid

  FORT WORTH, TX (AP) — American Airlines and United Airlines say they will begin to furlough 32,000 employees after lawmakers and the White House… Read More ›

Trump signs spending bill to keep government open until December 11

Trump signs spending bill to keep government open until December 11

President Donald Trump early Thursday morning signed a spending bill to keep the government open until December 11, according to a tweet from White House… Read More ›

Israel’s modern Yom Kippur debacle

Israel’s modern Yom Kippur debacle

During the first wave of the virus, Israel bought thousands of ventilators because it thought that’s what was needed. Did it recruit or train staff… Read More ›

Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu as fines issued for violations

Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu as fines issued for violations

Fines issues to demonstrators for violating social distancing rules * Knesset to reconvene to limit protests following failure to pass bills   Tens of thousands… Read More ›

Ministers said to agree on full lockdown, more severe than Israel’s first

Ministers said to agree on full lockdown, more severe than Israel’s first

Reports: Measure will last until October 10; demonstrations limited to 1km from home; synagogues to shutter except for limited prayers on Yom Kippur; cabinet convenes… Read More ›

Cabinet approves coronavirus economic relief package

Cabinet approves coronavirus economic relief package

The cost of the approved plan is estimated at NIS 10.5 billion.   After a lengthy debate, the government on Monday night approved the plan… Read More ›

Trump pledges to tap woman for court, pushes Senate to move on pick

Trump pledges to tap woman for court, pushes Senate to move on pick

US president says he’ll nominate successor to Ginsburg before November 3 vote despite Democratic opposition: ‘We win an election and those are the consequences’  … Read More ›

Kosovo’s Jews Cheer Their Muslim-Majority State’s New Deal With Israel

Kosovo’s Jews Cheer Their Muslim-Majority State’s New Deal With Israel

  PRISTINA (JTA) – For Flori Dedoni, a member of the tiny Jewish community of Kosovo, the news that his country is establishing formal diplomatic… Read More ›

Analysis: Trump renews climate fight in visit to fire-ravaged West Coast

Analysis: Trump renews climate fight in visit to fire-ravaged West Coast

For weeks, President Donald Trump was largely silent on the wildfires that have charred more than 3.3 million acres in California, triggered Oregon officials to… Read More ›

TikTok owner ByteDance rejected Microsoft’s bid for the app’s US operations, Oracle reportedly chosen as US ‘technology partner’

TikTok owner ByteDance rejected Microsoft’s bid for the app’s US operations, Oracle reportedly chosen as US ‘technology partner’

  Microsoft announced Sunday that TikTok owner ByteDance rejected the company’s bid to acquire the US operations of the popular video app. “ByteDance let us… Read More ›

CNN Chief Jeff Zucker Praises Trump In Leaked Audio, Wanted To Give Him A Weekly Show

CNN Chief Jeff Zucker Praises Trump In Leaked Audio, Wanted To Give Him A Weekly Show

WASHINGTON — In leaked audio revealed by Tucker Carlson on Tuesday evening, CNN chief Jeff Zucker is heard praising Donald Trump, calling him “The Boss,”… Read More ›

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 ›