Month February 2023
NEW YORK (JTA) – New York City’s comptroller sent Yeshiva University a letter regarding the Modern Orthodox institution’s ongoing court case against a student-led LGBTQ organization on campus in an apparent attempt to pressure the university into allowing the club… Continue Reading →
Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog found uranium particles enriched up to 83.7% in Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear site, a report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press said. The confidential quarterly report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency… Continue Reading →
Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog found uranium particles enriched up to 83.7% in Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear site, a report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press said. The confidential quarterly report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency… Continue Reading →
AZERBAIJAN (JNS) – Timur Natalemov, the caretaker of two, 19th-century synagogue buildings in the remote northern Azerbaijan town of Oghuz, died on Feb. 24. A family member told JNS that he was 66 years old. Azerbaijan, a nation of about… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Target plans to invest as much as $5 billion this year expanding services for customers, including a drive up service for returns, renovations at 175 stores and improvements in online shopping. The Minneapolis retailer announced the… Continue Reading →
Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed the false allegations by former President Donald Trump and his allies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that he didn’t step in to stop them from… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. government bans on Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reveal Washington’s own insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. The U.S. government “has been overstretching the concept of national… Continue Reading →
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president announced Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a major plant in the industrial hub of Monterrey in northern Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the promise came in phone… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem and Heritage Minister Meir Porush informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that he is resigning from his position as minister in charge of the Lag B’Omer event at Meron in 2023. Porush wrote in a letter to Netanyahu:… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 5:30 pmMaariv: 6:00 pm Mrs. Rose StamlerWife Mrs. Miriam IndichDaughter Mrs. Raizy VerschleiserDaughter R’ Tuvie StamlerSon
Parts of the Northeast are gearing up for what could be very heavy snow Tuesday, after tornadoes and other powerful winds swept through parts of the Southern Plains and the Midwest, killing at least one person in Oklahoma, and some… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Monday (3/06/23)Morning R` Yedidya HirtenfeldFather Mrs. Chaya (Agnes) HirtenfeldMother R` Mordechai HirtenfeldBrother Mrs. Esther FriedmanSister Mrs. Malky WeissmanSister Mrs. Miriam ShainSister
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Holding the bulky brick cellphone he’s credited with inventing 50 years ago, Martin Cooper thinks about the future. Little did he know when he made the first call on a New York City street from a… Continue Reading →
China on Tuesday said it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the origins of COVID-19, after questions about how the pandemic began received new attention. Most recently, the U.S. Department of Energy assessed with “low confidence” that… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday said it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the origins of COVID-19, after questions about how the pandemic began received new attention. Most recently, the U.S. Department of Energy assessed with… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – The U.S. administration said on Monday that it expects Israel to prosecute those who participated in the Huwara riot following the murder of two Israeli siblings in the Palestinian town, and to compensate those whose homes and… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Knesset member Avi Maoz resigned his post as deputy minister on Monday, citing a lack of intent on the part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to honor its coalition agreement. However, the right-wing lawmaker and head… Continue Reading →
Four people suffered injuries related to smoke inhalation due to a fire that broke out on Hamefaked Street in Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon. The fire occurred in a storage unit in the basement of a building and broke through the… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 5:40 pmMaariv: 5:55 pm Mrs. Suri Schwarzmer Wife Rabbi Yitzchak Schwarzmer Brother Mrs. Briendy WiessmandelDaughter Mr. Mendy Schwarzmer Son Sitting at this location until Tuesday evening. From Wednesday and on will be at 4358… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 5:40 pmMaariv: 5:55 pm Mrs. Suri Schwarzmer Wife Rabbi Yitzchak Schwarzmer Brother Mrs. Briendy WiessmandelDaughter Mr. Mendy Schwarzmer Son Sitting at this location until Tuesday evening. From Wednesday and on will be at 4358… Continue Reading →
(VIN PODCAST EXCLUSIVE) — In this fascinating and informative interview with Yaakov M, Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz, Maggid Shiur and Rav of Yeshiva Ohr Sameach, offers analysis and clarity on many contemporary issues including: May women wear a lace-top sheitel? Should… Continue Reading →