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Coronavirus: Do health experts think the lockdown will work?

Coronavirus: Do health experts think the lockdown will work?

The lockdown is a ‘disaster for the country and the economy’   A total lockdown is death for the economy and was not necessary, according… Read More ›

Protests are important, but now is time to stop

Protests are important, but now is time to stop

Opinion: Israelis who wish to express their disappointment at the failure of our leaders to lead must shoulder their own share of the national responsibility… Read More ›

As a new outbreak grows in Brooklyn, mask-wearing appears to remain scarce

As a new outbreak grows in Brooklyn, mask-wearing appears to remain scarce

Virus cases are spiking in some New York Orthodox communities, but various factors are preventing widespread adoption of a practice experts say can help keep… Read More ›

An Orthodox Jewish Multiracial Family In Montana Wants To Break Taboos About Adoption

An Orthodox Jewish Multiracial Family In Montana Wants To Break Taboos About Adoption

  MONTANA (JTA) – In many ways, Chavie and Chaim Bruk are the archetype of Chabad emissaries. The couple live in Montana, one of only… 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 Ambassador to UN: Another normalization accord will come in next days

US Ambassador to UN: Another normalization accord will come in next days

A potential third Israel-Arab state accord comes following the recent normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.   United States Ambassador to the… Read More ›

This pandemic is a war like no other

This pandemic is a war like no other

Opinion: Unlike during military conflicts, Israel’s leaders have been found to be unprepared for the coronavirus outbreak, unable to recognize its danger and adapt, and… 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 ›

Too Much Candy: Man Dies From Eating Bags Of Black Licorice

Too Much Candy: Man Dies From Eating Bags Of Black Licorice

  BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half every… Read More ›

Elizabeth Warren, AOC blast Wells Fargo CEO for blaming ‘very limited pool of Black talent’ for the bank’s trouble hitting its diversity-hiring goals

Elizabeth Warren, AOC blast Wells Fargo CEO for blaming ‘very limited pool of Black talent’ for the bank’s trouble hitting its diversity-hiring goals

  In a June memo, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf wrote that efforts to recruit minority talent were stymied by a “very limited pool of… Read More ›

Coronavirus in Israel: 6,782 new cases on Tuesday, 11.4% of those tested

Coronavirus in Israel: 6,782 new cases on Tuesday, 11.4% of those tested

More restrictions expected Wednesday as coronavirus cabinet meets to decide outlines for protests and prayers.   The country is expected to be handed its latest… Read More ›

Israeli society, heal thyself

Israeli society, heal thyself

Opinion: Despite the lack of trust in the government, the people of this country must work together to reinvigorate a sense of mutual responsibility and… Read More ›

NYC authorities raise alarm as new virus outbreaks spotted in Orthodox areas

NYC authorities raise alarm as new virus outbreaks spotted in Orthodox areas

Health officials finger 6 neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens with spiking numbers for contributing one-fifth of all new cases in city, sparking fears of repeat… Read More ›

Cindy McCain Endorses Biden For President In Rebuke Of Trump

Cindy McCain Endorses Biden For President In Rebuke Of Trump

  PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden said Tuesday that Cindy McCain plans to endorse him for president, a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump… Read More ›

Elon Musk announces a $25,000 Tesla is in the works and details all the new battery technology the company is developing

Elon Musk announces a $25,000 Tesla is in the works and details all the new battery technology the company is developing

  Tesla’s delayed shareholder meeting and “Battery Day” kicked off on Tuesday afternoon outside the company’s Fremont, California, factory. Following a short formal portion of… 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 ›

Anti-Netanyahu protests have shot themselves in the foot

Anti-Netanyahu protests have shot themselves in the foot

Opinion: Holding what are essentially beach parties and packed holiday feasts while the rest of the country is locked down with either their nuclear families… Read More ›

Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be first Jew and first woman to lie in state at Capitol

Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be first Jew and first woman to lie in state at Capitol

Plan marks a departure from Jewish tradition, which dictates that a body should be buried within 24 hours, with some exceptions; justice to be buried… 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 ›