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Opinion: Covid-19 Hit My Orthodox Israeli Town Early And Hard. Coming Together Helped Us Stop The Spread.

Opinion: Covid-19 Hit My Orthodox Israeli Town Early And Hard. Coming Together Helped Us Stop The Spread.

  KIRYAT YEARIM, ISRAEL (JTA/CAROL UNGAR) — Lately, the media has been flooded with stories of Orthodox Jews who are derelict in following pandemic protocols.… Read More ›

Trump claims he is now immune to the coronavirus and has ‘a protective glow’ — but the science is not that simple

Trump claims he is now immune to the coronavirus and has ‘a protective glow’ — but the science is not that simple

  President Donald Trump claimed that he is “immune” to the coronavirus in a Fox News interview with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. Though experts think… Read More ›

Analysis: Here’s how you know Donald Trump is panicking about the 2020 election

Analysis: Here’s how you know Donald Trump is panicking about the 2020 election

The best way to understand what Donald Trump is thinking and feeling at any given moment is his Twitter feed. And right now, Trump’s Twitter… Read More ›

IDF strikes Hamas target in Gaza after rocket launch

IDF strikes Hamas target in Gaza after rocket launch

This is the first launch since 13 rockets were fired at Israel during the White House signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords establishing normalized relations… Read More ›

John Hagee, prominent pro-Israel evangelical pastor, ill with COVID-19

John Hagee, prominent pro-Israel evangelical pastor, ill with COVID-19

Son says 80-year-old founder of Christians United for Israel recovering after illness was detected early   SAN ANTONIO  — Prominent megachurch pastor and conservative activist… Read More ›

Donald Trump and Melania have tested positive for COVID-19

Donald Trump and Melania have tested positive for COVID-19

  President Donald Trump tweeted early Friday morning that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive for COVID-19. The White House physician… Read More ›

Israeli zealots of any stripe cannot have the upper hand

Israeli zealots of any stripe cannot have the upper hand

Opinion: The weeks of protests against the prime minister have not succeeded in bringing about a change and organizers should not allow radicals among them… Read More ›

Jewish Democratic group’s ad compares Trump era and 1930s Germany

Jewish Democratic group’s ad compares Trump era and 1930s Germany

JDCA says message that ‘hate must be stopped’ will target Jewish voters in swing states; American Jewish Committee calls clip ‘offensive’ The Jewish Democratic Council… Read More ›

Op-Ed: Who by plague? Far fewer, if we can rediscover a spirit of mutual responsibility

Op-Ed: Who by plague? Far fewer, if we can rediscover a spirit of mutual responsibility

COVID doesn’t distinguish between Orthodox and secular, left and right, Jew and Arab. But it does have its limits. Whatever our leaders’ failures, we, the… Read More ›

Feeling snubbed over Israel deals, Abbas seeks extremist allies

Feeling snubbed over Israel deals, Abbas seeks extremist allies

Analysis: With Arab League refusing to condemn UAE, Bahrain agreements with Israel, the Palestinian president has decided to strengthen relations with Hamas and Islamic Jihad… Read More ›

3 New York Hasidic Jews die of COVID-19 as cases in Orthodox communities mount

3 New York Hasidic Jews die of COVID-19 as cases in Orthodox communities mount

Patients pronounced dead hours after arriving at Borough Park hospital; source familiar with victims laments communal denial that led to spike   Three members of… Read More ›

Amazon is launching a new cloud gaming service that lets you play hit video games directly from your phone, TV, or computer

Amazon is launching a new cloud gaming service that lets you play hit video games directly from your phone, TV, or computer

  Amazon announced Luna, a free video game streaming service that lets you play hit games on your phone, computer, and other streaming devices, on… Read More ›

US Execution Planned Of Killer Who Said Witchcraft Drove Him

US Execution Planned Of Killer Who Said Witchcraft Drove Him

  CHICAGO (AP) — A former U.S. soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse in a bid to… Read More ›

Analysis: Donald Trump gives himself an ‘A+’ for his handling of the coronavirus. Uh, what?

Analysis: Donald Trump gives himself an ‘A+’ for his handling of the coronavirus. Uh, what?

Very soon, the United States will mark a somber milestone: 200,000 Americans will have died from the coronavirus. How did President Donald Trump commemorate this… Read More ›

The Fauci interview: How to ‘keep your immune system working optimally,’ gather safely, and get by until summer 2022

The Fauci interview: How to ‘keep your immune system working optimally,’ gather safely, and get by until summer 2022

  Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks that we’ll probably never get rid of the coronavirus entirely. Still, he’s pretty confident that by 2022, Americans should be… Read More ›

Abraham Foxman Endorses Biden, Calling Trump A ‘Demagogue’

Abraham Foxman Endorses Biden, Calling Trump A ‘Demagogue’

  NEW YORK (JTA) – Abraham Foxman, the former longtime leader of the Anti-Defamation League, has broken his tradition of not endorsing political candidates to… Read More ›

WALMART PLUS ARRIVES: The retail giant unveils its long-anticipated $98 annual membership offering free grocery delivery and fuel discounts as an alternative to Amazon Prime

WALMART PLUS ARRIVES: The retail giant unveils its long-anticipated $98 annual membership offering free grocery delivery and fuel discounts as an alternative to Amazon Prime

  Walmart is launching Walmart Plus, a membership program costing $98 annually, nationwide on Tuesday. Many analysts see Walmart Plus as a direct competitor to Amazon Prime,… Read More ›

Private jet owners said to have told Netanyahu they didn’t want him to use plane

Private jet owners said to have told Netanyahu they didn’t want him to use plane

PM’s office denies report that after public outcry Udi Angel’s management team balked at Netanyahu family’s use of private aircraft for trip to sign normalization… Read More ›

Curfews fall on 40 cities, infection rate surpasses 3,500 in a single day

Curfews fall on 40 cities, infection rate surpasses 3,500 in a single day

Gamzu, Edelstein enter isolation after staff members test positive   Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu will spend the next day working on his recommendations for… Read More ›

Israel’s government must take responsiblity

Israel’s government must take responsiblity

Opinion: The elected officials have made every mistake in dealing with the pandemic, giving in to dirty politics, populism and incompetence; a lack of courage… Read More ›