Month August 2022
BOSTON (AP) — There is a silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has frustrated farmers, dried up rivers and reservoirs, and brought water use restrictions and brush fires to the region. The arid conditions have benefited… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid joined international leaders on Wednesday in eulogizing former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91 after a lengthy struggle with disease. “Mikhail Gorbachev was… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden on Tuesday forcefully defended the FBI as the agency and its employees have come under withering criticism and threats of violence since executing a search warrant at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence earlier this month. “It’s… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 20 companies and individuals operating across the Middle East that it says are involved in financing the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The sanctions are directed against what the Defense Ministry described… Continue Reading →
A collective herculean effort from the Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol (RNSP Shomrim), Chesed Shel Emes, Achiezer, the Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula, and Rabbi Eitan Feiner of the White Shul will result in the halachic kevurah of a… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 2:00 pmMaariv: 8:45 pm Mrs. Chava Zelda WohlbergWife Family is sitting at 21 Dinev Ct #202 monroe NY10950 Mr. Assaf WohlbergSon will be sitting motzie shabbos til Sunday 12:00 noon at his boro park… Continue Reading →
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity, according to a court document obtained Wednesday. It was the second such… Continue Reading →
The Justice Department will no longer allow political appointees to go to fundraisers and other campaign events under restrictions handed down Tuesday that are aimed at maintaining the department’s independence from politics. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is currently overseeing… Continue Reading →
President Yitzchak Herzog visited the mosdos chinuch in the city of Elad on Wednesday in honor of the beginning of the Elul zeman and the start of the school year. While visiting Yeshivas Torah B’Tifarta, a large yeshivah with over… Continue Reading →
The Army said Tuesday it has grounded its fleet of about 400 Chinook cargo helicopters after fuel leaks caused a “small number” of engine fires. Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said the Army has identified the cause of the leaks and… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from a storage room at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from a storage room at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the… Continue Reading →
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said her officers have increased patrols near shuls in Williamsburg due to a recent increase in antisemitic attacks in the area. “In the wake of these senseless attacks, we deployed round-the-clock house of worship cars to… Continue Reading →
The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling by nearly a year from 2020, according to a government report being released Wednesday. In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourned Wednesday as the loss of a rare leader who changed the… Continue Reading →
The author of an influential report 50 years ago challenging the idea of unlimited economic growth said Tuesday that rising inequality coupled with climate change could lead to social collapse in some countries unless wholesale changes are made — paid… Continue Reading →
NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight, after engine trouble halted the first countdown this week. Managers said Tuesday they are changing fueling procedures to deal with the issue. A bad sensor… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Sunday (9/04/22)Morning R’ Tzadok JoselitFather Mrs. Pessie JoselitMother R’ Ephraim JoselitBrother R’ Yehuda JoselitBrother Habachur Chesky JoselitBrother Habachur Ari JoselitBrother Habachur Chaim JoselitBrother Habachur Dovid JoselitBrother Hayeled Shlomo JoselitBrother Mrs. Tziri WeidermanSister Miss Devorah JoselitSister
U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling by nearly a year from 2020, according to a government report being released Wednesday. In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the estimated American lifespan has… Continue Reading →
The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Munich Olympics have reached a deal with Germany over a long-disputed compensation claim, the German government said Wednesday. Earlier this month, the families had threatened to boycott… Continue Reading →