By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 19 entities and individuals on Monday that it accused of providing support to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
“AIPAC congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their election victory,” said the pro-Israel lobby in a statement.
“The American people are entitled to an honest election: that means counting all legal ballots, and not counting any illegal ballots.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The move comes a week after the Trump administration reports that it intends to sell 50 F-35 fighter jets to the UAE.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Kamala Harris said the Biden-Harris administration would oppose annexation and settlement expansion, and reverse Trump's steps against the Palestinian Authority.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Several Jewish congressional members are expected to retain prominent leadership roles in the 117th Congress
By Josh Hasten
“Trump is a president who cares about the State of Israel and it is important for us that he continues for another term,” says Gush Etzion Regional Council head.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Trump administration has “isolated Iran ... recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital ... Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights [and] extended ... cooperation to Judea and Samaria,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Sean Savage
The platform had moved to ban several pro-Trump groups comprised of Russian American Jews, raising questions over the role social-media companies play in the current free exchange of ideas.
Menachem Zivotofsky who fought for the change was issued the first passport with "Israel" listed as his country of birth.
By Marc Gronich
What we don’t want to do is have people working in New York but not physically living in New York and as a result we lose that tax base. We have to be careful and delicate.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Someone that I’ve never met, never seen, hates me for a reason I can’t control, because of who I was born to be,” said Seth Blattman.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The few remaining buyers of Iranian crude oil should know that they are helping to fund Iran’s malign activity across the Middle East,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The left are calling for the expanding the Supreme Court, Biden would consider rotating judges to lower courts.
Israel's BlueGreen team was flown to Florida under the direct instruction of Florida Governor Ron de Santis, following previous successes in China, South Africa, Russia, Israel, and other locations in the US.
Jared talks to Ben about the accomplishments of the Trump presidency, and makes the case for four more years.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in educational institutions that receive federal funding.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program is seeking “information on the activities, networks and associates of Hezbollah that form a part of its financial support.”
Israel has made peace with Sudan.
The full transcript and video of the discussion between Trump, PM Netanyahu and Hamdok on the Israel-Sudan peace deal.
Both candidates made assertions that were inaccurate, taken out of context, or outright untrue. Just like in any normal presidential debate.
By Ariel Kahana
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam are said to be in Washington’s sights over their policies and affiliation with the BDS movement.
The governor is contributing directly to the spread of the virus of anti-Semitism. There’s no two ways about it. We see it, we hear it, we know it.
By Marc Gronich
The governor keeps telling anyone who will listen how close his father and he have been toward members of the Orthodox Jewish community for more than 30 years. The governor has to understand what was true once may not be true today.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Trump is preferred by 74 percent of Orthodox, 23 percent of Conservative, 20 percent of Reform, 3 percent of Reconstructionist and 14 percent of secular Jews.
“The Abraham Fund will tackle challenges facing the region and increase economic opportunity for everyone."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jewish leaders and groups, specifically the ultra-Orthodox community, have sharply criticized the two leaders for their enforcement of coronavirus restrictions amid a spike in cases.
The Vaccination Program prioritizes vaccination recipients based on science, clinical expertise, and public health.
"We are excited and together we will pray that God might lead us to peace and that we might reach our destination for good life and peace."
Carr: New York’s governor and mayor could have handled the situation far better with communities wanting to “worship and attend funerals.”
Facebook and TikTok, however, each sent a senior representative in the same week that Facebook also banned Holocaust denial on its platform.
NYPost: Twitter has refused to unlock The Post’s account unless the news organization deletes tweets about its own reporting on Hunter Biden’s emails.
President Trump says, "You still need help from the Boss!"
Segal said, Netanyahu called the timing of the infection a "disaster."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This represents the toughest sanctions on Hezbollah ever proposed by Congress,” said Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.).
'Don't vote for me.'
Lauder was allegedly sent on Trump's behalf, after learning that Joe Biden is opening lines of communications with Abbas.
Clinton’s emails are arousing resentment in moderate Arab countries as they demonstrate her apparent support for extreme Muslim elements in the Middle East and the chaos caused by the so-called Arab Spring.
By Israel Hayom
The Investigative Project on Terrorism’s two-part film disproves the “anti-Semitic, intersectional” narrative about the Israel Police force, promoted by groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Expiration Date: 2030. Thanks and love to all those who helped,” in a Facebook post featuring a picture of his new visa.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel and its supporters have expressed objections to possible sales, saying that could undermine Israel’s regional Qualitative Military Edge.
The Trump administration effectively cut off the regime from the worldwide fiscal system with an exception for humanitarian purposes.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A state administrative judge ruled in August that William Latson should be rehired, though reassigned. Donald Fennoy, superintendent of the School District of Palm Beach County, has recommended that Latson be reinstated and given $152,000 in back pay.
During the week of Sukkot, FIDF has been distributing tens of thousands of nourishing meals, personal hygiene kits, and other products.
As Governor Cuomo shuts down schools in Brooklyn, Orthodox Jews feel unfairly targeted.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This judgment is the first step in the pursuit of justice for Robert Levinson, an American patriot, who was kidnapped and subjected to unimaginable suffering for more than 13 years,” said his family.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Castro also wants to condition U.S. military assistance to Israel on the Jewish state not applying sovereignty to the Judea and Samaria.
By Marc Gronich
During a Tuesday news conference, the governor said he deeply respects and has close ties to the Orthodox Jewish community that go back more than 30 years. Cuomo said the crackdown results from love and respect for Orthodox Jews.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Osman Butt, 25, was charged with burglary and criminal mischief for allegedly breaking windows of the Shore Parkway Jewish Center.
Whether synagogues or “whether talking about black churches or Roman Catholic Churches, the community must agree to the rules,” insisted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Nizar and his wife, Ahlam Tamimi, were released from prison in 2011 in an exchange with Hamas for captured Israel soldier Gilad Shalit.
“While I applaud the historic normalization of relations between Israel and both the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, I firmly believe we must continue supporting Israel to ensure safety and security in the region."
Back in 2016, Chris Wallace asked President Trump if he condemns white supremacist, and then like now, the president condemned them.
Tischler told The Jewish Press that the city’s intent in holding the press conference in Boro Park (on 18th Ave. and 56th St.) was “to embarrass us.”
By Marc Gronich
If you look at those clusters and you look at those zip codes, you will see there’s an overlap with large Orthodox Jewish communities. That is a fact.
The veto enables the Department of Education to reconsider its ill-conceived plan to produce a divisive program of ethnic studies.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday handed over the first two Iron Dome missile defense batteries to the US Army, as part of an agreement between Israel and the US Department of Defense.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Halie Soifer of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, sought to dispel the notion that they were objecting to the substance, saying “the measure was manipulated using anti-Semitism for political purposes.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Shulem Lemmer will be interviewing U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir to gain more information to pass on to areas in New York that are seeing a rise in cases.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The enforcement process results in more communal division than unity, and significant time and resources,” said William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents, in a statement.
In response, San Francisco State University Professor Rabab Abdulhadi posted on social media: “We are not accepting Zoom’s caving in to Zionist and racist pressures. SFSU has an obligation to protect our classes.”
By Ariel Kahana
Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge “is a matter of U.S. law, not policy,” says U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
By Marc Gronich
When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, September 18, at her home in Washington, D.C., it was just around the time of shkiah – the beginning of Rosh Hashanah and Shabbos.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The president reiterated that the recent normalization and economic deals represent “the dawn of the new Middle East.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Having Chinese tanks, or Chinese air-defense systems or defensive missile systems in Iran in the first instance threatens the people of Iran, in the second instance, threatens the people of the Middle East, and the next people who come under threat are the people who live in Europe,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The deal reportedly must honor an agreement with Israel that guarantees a “qualitative military edge” over any Middle Eastern states that purchase U.S. weapons.
A joint statement by the US and Qatar on Friday on the strategic dialogue raised tensions in the Palestinian Authority and there is a growing understating that Qatar is becoming an important link in the implementation of American policy.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The move comes as the U.N. arms embargo on the regime is set to be extended indefinitely.
The coalition will work to underscore the significance of the Trump administration’s pro-Israel and pro-Jewish policies.
Despite his achievements—and the mention of his Jewish son-in-law, daughter and grandchildren—the U.S. president expressed astonishment that the Jewish vote “seems to be almost automatically a Democratic vote.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Poland is the only European Union member-state that has not adopted a national comprehensive private-property restitution law.
The designation has been criticized by some, including Al Jazeera Media Network, as being part of the newly signed Abraham Accords with Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“You can’t allow Iran to have more money, power and arms, and at the same time try to disconnect Hezbollah from the disasters it provoked in Lebanon,” says the U.S. secretary of state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The president said that he would be willing to sell the same arms to other Middle Eastern countries as well.
The Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six companies based in Iran, the United Arab Emirates and China for allegedly supporting Triliance’s continued involvement in the sale of Iranian petrochemical products.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Thousands of young adults from around the world have arrived in or are preparing to travel to Israel for a gap year, internship, study abroad, volunteer or professional training program.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The historic event will take place at the White House on Tuesday.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
AmazonSmile relies on the SPLC to determine which charities are eligible and which ones are “hate groups” and thus eligible or not for directed Amazon donations.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Throughout 2020, United has been the only carrier to maintain continuous daily service between the U.S. and Israel.
It was the day that changed America. It won't be the same again.
“Unfortunately, the Covid-19 crisis is here to stay, and therefore this dialogue is a unique opportunity for the NGOs to build up their impact on the field."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
With sanctions, America seeks to leverage reform in Lebanon, including ensuring that Hezbollah no longer has a grip on the government.
Since March, America has seen a surge in firearm purchases and increased difficulty in access to mental health care, especially in communities most affected by the virus.
The system's capabilities have been demonstrated in Israel, with confirmed interceptions of incendiary devices flown over the Gaza border by terrorist organizations.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jacob Blake Sr., father of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, appears to show a history of racist and anti-Semitic views.
“Basically, if you agree with the sentiment behind the Taylor Force Act, you don’t restore funding to the Palestinians,” said Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)
“You all are on the front lines ... people will heed your advice in ways they won’t mine as surgeon general,” Dr. Jerome Adams told Jewish leaders.
A university spokesperson told JNS that “an invitation to a public figure to speak to a class should not be construed as an endorsement of point of view.”
By Marc Gronich
The State University of New York’s College at Oneonta in the northern Catskills has been shut down for the next two weeks by the Chancellor of the State University system due to an outbreak of coronavirus on campus. Students and faculty returned to campus on Sunday, August 23. Since then, instead of registering for classes, […]
September begins the seventh month of the COVID-19 emergency food relief at Masbia Soup Kitchen Network. It will also be the beginning of a concerted effort to modernize the breadline. Due to the unprecedented 500% increase in demand since the start of the pandemic, the breadlines have been snaking around the block with hundreds of […]
Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin called the move “long overdue,” insisting that “Cyprus is a new hot spot. Cyprus is our ally. Those threatening Cyprus are not.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley will happen, but not in the near future, says senior adviser Jared Kushner.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The system will provide the army with commander hand stations, gunner hand stations and circuit cards for the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“NCSY was incorrectly referenced in a New York Times advertisement placed by BEND THE ARC.”
It turned out that in full accordance with the forecasts for 2010-2012 in the United States over the past 10 years, the number of anti-government demonstrations and street riots has increased significantly.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
California is dealing with massive blazes that have consumed more than one million acres (four million dunams) in one of the state’s worst fire seasons in recent history.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation called for unity.
Adherents to the conspiracy theory claim that the “liberal elite,” including Democratic politicians and Jewish billionaire George Soros, are part of a secret faction to overthrow the president.