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South Florida Mayor’s Proposal To Add Menorah To Holiday Display Sparks Outrage, Debate

South Florida Mayor’s Proposal To Add Menorah To Holiday Display Sparks Outrage, Debate

MIAMI SHORES (JNS) – A proposal by the mayor of the South Florida community of Miami Shores to place a menorah in the village town… Read More ›

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s longtime consort, will be laid to rest in low-key ceremony

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s longtime consort, will be laid to rest in low-key ceremony

London – Prince Philip, the late husband to the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II, will be laid to rest on Saturday next week, in a ceremony… Read More ›

‘May Prince Philip’s memory be a blessing’ – Israel expresses condolences

‘May Prince Philip’s memory be a blessing’ – Israel expresses condolences

“Prince Philip was the consummate public servant and will be much missed in Israel and across the world.”   Israeli officials expressed their condolences after… Read More ›

Netanyahu trial: Witness was asked to destroy all text messages on scheme

Netanyahu trial: Witness was asked to destroy all text messages on scheme

Witness: Accused ‘insisted that he destroy all text messages relating to the media scheme.’   During the second day of the corruption trial for Prime… Read More ›

How a secular scholar and some NY Hasidic Jews set up Duolingo’s Yiddish course

How a secular scholar and some NY Hasidic Jews set up Duolingo’s Yiddish course

Popular language-learning app has a bissel obstacles to overcome before hitting screens — with a side of bagels and schmear — on April 6  … Read More ›

Israel has no planned approach, response to ICC, with 9 days to go

Israel has no planned approach, response to ICC, with 9 days to go

Jerusalem’s response to the ICC is due on April 9, a month after ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda sent the letter notifying Israel that she is… Read More ›

Dominion Voting Sues Fox For $1.6b Over 2020 Election Claims

Dominion Voting Sues Fox For $1.6b Over 2020 Election Claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems on Friday filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, arguing the cable news giant falsely claimed in… Read More ›

Bipartisan Slate Of Senators Call On Biden To Maintain Tough Iran Posture

Bipartisan Slate Of Senators Call On Biden To Maintain Tough Iran Posture

  WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of senators called on President Biden to aim for an expansive deal that would severely limit Iran’s capacity… Read More ›

Biden says US faces battle to ‘prove democracy works’

Biden says US faces battle to ‘prove democracy works’

Washington – President Joe Biden cast challenges to the US from China, Russia and global shifts in stark terms Thursday, describing “a battle between the… Read More ›

Is Israel heading toward a fifth election? – analysis

Is Israel heading toward a fifth election? – analysis

Strategists in parties across the political spectrum admitted behind the scenes that with all due respect to the current race, they were actually already focusing… Read More ›

Exit polls cast doubt on Netanyahu path to right-wing government

Exit polls cast doubt on Netanyahu path to right-wing government

All 3 main TV channels say even with boost from former ally Naftali Bennett’s Yamina party, PM still falls short of 61 Knesset seats he… Read More ›

Police Chief Says Miami Partying “Couldn’t Go On Any Longer”

Police Chief Says Miami Partying “Couldn’t Go On Any Longer”

  MIAMI (AP) — Pointing to over 1,000 arrests in one of the nation’s top party spots, Miami Beach officials warned Sunday that the unruly… Read More ›

Spring breakers flock to South Florida while some residents worry about another Covid-19 surge

Spring breakers flock to South Florida while some residents worry about another Covid-19 surge

Veronica Pena says she’s spent the past year carefully navigating the Covid-19 pandemic in the mostly restriction-free state of Florida. The Miami Beach resident stopped… Read More ›

After Atlanta Massacre, Jewish Groups Rally On Behalf Of Asian Americans

After Atlanta Massacre, Jewish Groups Rally On Behalf Of Asian Americans

  ATLANTA (JTA) — Jewish groups are rallying in support of Asian Americans following a string of murders Tuesday at massage parlors in Atlanta that… Read More ›

Biden Declines To Call For Cuomo To Resign, Awaits Probe

Biden Declines To Call For Cuomo To Resign, Awaits Probe

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday passed up an opportunity to join other Democrats calling for the resignation of New York Gov.… Read More ›

Officials located December recording of Trump call in a trash folder on Georgia investigator’s device

Officials located December recording of Trump call in a trash folder on Georgia investigator’s device

Officials in the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office located a recently released recording of former President Donald Trump’s call to a state investigator in a… Read More ›

US officials say Israel has hit many ships taking Iran oil, arms to Syria: WSJ

US officials say Israel has hit many ships taking Iran oil, arms to Syria: WSJ

Report says Israel targeted at least 12 vessels linked to Iran since 2019, marking a new front in conflict   Israel has targeted at least… Read More ›

First results are in on COVID study of thousands of Orthodox Jews

First results are in on COVID study of thousands of Orthodox Jews

Dr. Avi Rosenberg, a renal pathologist at Johns Hopkins University and another author of the paper, said for Purim in particular, “the guidance all came… Read More ›

Vaxi Taxi Targets Vaccine Anxiety As UK Minority Uptake Lags

Vaxi Taxi Targets Vaccine Anxiety As UK Minority Uptake Lags

  LONDON (AP) — The Vaxi Taxi was a godsend for Leslie Reid. The 48-year-old stagehand wanted to get a COVID-19 shot, but he was… Read More ›

Australian Prime Minister apologizes to former staffer allegedly raped in Parliament office

Australian Prime Minister apologizes to former staffer allegedly raped in Parliament office

  Canberra, Australia – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized Tuesday to a former government staffer who alleged that she was raped by a colleague… Read More ›