Month January 2021
Black and Latino New York City residents are receiving COVID-19 vaccines at far lower rates than white or Asian New Yorkers, Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged Sunday, as he vowed… Read more » The post Racial Disparities Seen in New… Continue Reading →
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican lawmakers in statehouses across the country are moving swiftly to attack some of the voting methods that fueled the highest turnout for a presidential election in 50 years. Although most legislative sessions are just getting… Continue Reading →
Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, thousands of people took to the streets Sunday across Russia’s vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. Over 2,700… Continue Reading →
The Vaad Harabonim of Queens has put out a statement urging all community members who are eligible to vote to do so in the upcoming special election for City Council… Read more » The post Queens Community Urged to Vote… Continue Reading →
It’s a fable for our times: Small-time investors band together to take down greedy Wall Street hedge funds using the stock of a troubled video-game store. But the revolt of online stock-traders suggests much more. The internet is shifting society’s… Continue Reading →
2020 was a year fraught with complex challenges, on both personal and professional levels. A year that was anything but simple. It brought extensive restrictions and the halt of international travel, which forced many would-be Jerusalem Estates customers to choose… Continue Reading →
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Qatari government on Sunday said it would provide $360 million in assistance for the Gaza Strip during the coming year, renewing a program that has helped reduce fighting between Israel and the territory’s… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than… Continue Reading →
Dozens of Israelis are in Frankfurt, waiting for flights back to Israel, which were put on hold when the current lockdown was extended. Frankfurt was chosen as the primary destination… Read more » The post Rescue Flights for Israeli Stranded… Continue Reading →
With great sadness Hamodia reports the petirah of Rabbi Dr. A.J. Twerski, zt”l. A tremendous talmid chacham, Rabbi Twerski was also widely respected in the secular world as an expert… Read more » The post BDE: Rabbi Dr. A.J. Twerski… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, a prolific author, prominent lecturer and trailblazing psychiatrist whose work on addiction, self esteem and other mental health issues was years ahead of its time died today of COVID at Laniado… Continue Reading →
PARIS (JTA) – A man who died in December reportedly left a significant gift for the French town that shielded his family and thousands of others from the Nazis during World War II. Erich Schwam, who died at 90 on… Continue Reading →
As a Kehilla, we have endured overwhelming tragedy over these many months. Again a tragedy of unbelievable scope, a young wife and mother plucked from her family. Bashie Rand was just 37 years old and in good health just two… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rabbi Dr. A.J. Twerski – beloved author, Talmid Chacham, and psychiatrist. He was Niftar after contracting COVID-19 last week and had been hospitalized in a a hospital in Eretz Yisroel. He… Continue Reading →
It is with much regret we inform you of the Petirah of Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski ZT”L. Rabbi Twerski was a world-renowned lecturer and author, who has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals for over 50 years. The world-renowned… Continue Reading →
Republican lawmakers in statehouses across the country are moving swiftly to attack some of the voting methods that fueled the highest turnout for a presidential election in 50 years. Although… Read more » The post GOP Lawmakers Seek Tougher Voting… Continue Reading →
When Erich Schwam passed away in December, his will had an unusual specification: hundreds of thousands of Euros were to be sent to the small southern French village of Le… Read more » The post Holocaust Refugee Leaves Fortune to… Continue Reading →
Brooklyn police and politicians have hailed a gun exchange program as a ‘tremendous success’ in getting illegal weapons off the streets. The premise is simple: community centers set up an… Read more » The post Brooklyn Police Gun Buyback Program… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A skier at the Romanian mountain resort of Predeal was startled to discover a brown bear chasing after him as he skied down the mountain. The scene was captured on video by shocked onlookers, who tried… Continue Reading →