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Analysis: RNC night 2 was a surreal event featuring fringe right-wing figures, a naturalization ceremony, and a presidential pardon

Analysis: RNC night 2 was a surreal event featuring fringe right-wing figures, a naturalization ceremony, and a presidential pardon

  The second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention was a made-for-TV affair featuring a naturalization ceremony and a pardoning. President Donald Trump used… Read More ›

Biden Says He’d Shut Down Economy If Scientists Recommended

Biden Says He’d Shut Down Economy If Scientists Recommended

  ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would follow public health advisers’ advice if they called for a national shutdown should… Read More ›

FDA okays unproven plasma treatment for COVID-19 after political pressure from the White House

FDA okays unproven plasma treatment for COVID-19 after political pressure from the White House

  The FDA on Sunday announced an emergency authorization for the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19. The unproven treatment involves injecting plasma from… Read More ›

Elul and Embarrassing a Child

Elul and Embarrassing a Child

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com It is now the month of Elul – the time when we ask mechila for what we may have… Read More ›

The Arab world is fed up with the Palestinians

The Arab world is fed up with the Palestinians

Opinion: As these nations come to conclusion that ‘Palestinian problem’ is not an asset but a burden, they will no longer entertain every Palestinian whim,… Read More ›

1st complete strontium isotope map of Israel tracks ancient human migration

1st complete strontium isotope map of Israel tracks ancient human migration

New study of rock and soil samples taken from entire span of Israel provides first comprehensive database for archaeologists to perform ‘forensics’ on movements of… Read More ›

Hailing ‘new era with Arab world,’ Netanyahu says others will follow UAE’s lead

Hailing ‘new era with Arab world,’ Netanyahu says others will follow UAE’s lead

Touting ‘full and formal peace’ with advanced, innovative Gulf nation, PM notes Israelis will soon be flying direct to Abu Dhabi; insists annexation plan is… Read More ›

Iran’s judiciary calls to file lawsuit against ex-US envoy Brian Hook

Iran’s judiciary calls to file lawsuit against ex-US envoy Brian Hook

The State Department announced that Eliott Abrams, the US special envoy to Venezuela, will take up Hook’s post in addition to his own.   An… Read More ›

Trump signs executive actions after stimulus talks break down on Capitol Hill

Trump signs executive actions after stimulus talks break down on Capitol Hill

President Donald Trump tried to assert executive power by signing four actions Saturday, one of which will provide as much as $400 in enhanced unemployment… Read More ›

Polish-language Newspaper In Toronto Blames Jews For The Pandemic

Polish-language Newspaper In Toronto Blames Jews For The Pandemic

TORONTO (JTA) – A Polish-language newspaper in Toronto has published an article blaming Jews for the coronavirus pandemic. B’nai Brith Canada, an organization that fights… Read More ›

Hospitals in Beirut were so badly damaged by the explosion that many can’t admit new patients

Hospitals in Beirut were so badly damaged by the explosion that many can’t admit new patients

  A massive explosion that destroyed buildings and killed at least 100 people in Beirut on Tuesday damaged some city hospitals so badly they can’t… Read More ›

IDF finds gun, more explosives left behind by would-be attackers on Syria border

IDF finds gun, more explosives left behind by would-be attackers on Syria border

Senior military officers meet UN officials at site of foiled attack in Golan Heights, say Syria will be held accountable for violence   The Israel… Read More ›

Netanyahu tells world leaders Israel aiming to mass test for coronavirus

Netanyahu tells world leaders Israel aiming to mass test for coronavirus

Netanyahu shared that Israel is testing as many as 30,000 people a day for SARS-CoV-2 and that “we will still be able to increase the… Read More ›

Knesset panel debates cops’ use of water cannons at anti-Netanyahu protests

Knesset panel debates cops’ use of water cannons at anti-Netanyahu protests

Committee chair rebukes police for not sending a representative involved in the practice; demonstrators to picket police minister’s home Tuesday evening   A Knesset committee… Read More ›

8 pro-Iranian militants killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes last week

8 pro-Iranian militants killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes last week

The death toll is expected to continue to rise due to a number of injured people, including some in serious condition.   Eight pro-Iranian militants… Read More ›

Thousands rally against PM over coronavirus, corruption charges

Thousands rally against PM over coronavirus, corruption charges

Over 2,000 people take to the streets of Jerusalem once again, protesting near Netanyahu’s official residence as well as the Knesset; restauranteurs set up free… Read More ›

Mass protests are warnings for Israel’s government

Mass protests are warnings for Israel’s government

Opinion: The people have grown tired of the empty promises and politicking; on Saturday thousands marched to protest the government’s handling of the economic crisis… Read More ›

In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, thousands rail against Netanyahu, COVID-19 policies

In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, thousands rail against Netanyahu, COVID-19 policies

Protesters block roads during hours of rallies in 2 cities; some clash with police in capital; 13 Tel Aviv demonstrators arrested after officer pepper-sprayed, torch… Read More ›

The Trump administration just pulled coronavirus data out of the CDC’s hands, and it means Americans can’t see where hospital beds are filled

The Trump administration just pulled coronavirus data out of the CDC’s hands, and it means Americans can’t see where hospital beds are filled

  On Wednesday, US hospitals stopped directly reporting coronavirus capacity, staffing, and supply-related data to the CDC. Instead, they now send information directly to the… Read More ›

Want To Pray With A Synagogue Minyan? Sign This Covid-19 Waiver First.

Want To Pray With A Synagogue Minyan? Sign This Covid-19 Waiver First.

  POTOMAC, MD (JTA) – If you want to pray with a minyan at Beth Sholom Congregation in Potomac, Maryland, the synagogue has a page… Read More ›