Agudath Israel, the largest ultra-Orthodox umbrella group in the United States, has filed an injunction with the U.S. Supreme Court to block Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s October orders restricting attendance at houses of worship to 10 or 25, depending on local coronavirus infectivity rates. Agudath Israel argues that the governor’s restriction specifically targets the Jewish community….
(JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call Tuesday that the ties between their countries would remain strong. “The president-elect noted that he expects to work closely with the prime minister to address the many challenges confronting our countries,” Biden’s transition team said in a statement following the…
U.S. President Donald Trump considered striking Iran’s nuclear capabilities in his last weeks in office, but senior advisers said he shouldn’t do it. According to a report from the New York Times, U.S. officials told Trump that Iran’s nuclear material stockpile had grown, citing a United Nations watchdog group. The stockpile had gotten 12 times…
Jewish history and culture will be included in the Arabic-language curriculum for Moroccan primary school students. The decision, approved by Morocco’s king, Mohammed VI, is an effort to “perpetuate the Judeo-Moroccan legacy as an integral part of the Moroccan identity,” according to a joint statement from the American Sephardi Federation and the Conference of Presidents…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel’s U.S. ambassador said President-elect Joe Biden should not have the U.S. reenter the Iran nuclear deal. At least the one that was signed in 2015, when Biden was vice president. “I think it would be a mistake,” Ron Dermer said Monday at a forum Monday when asked if the U.S. should…
Christiane Amanpour, the veteran foreign correspondent and host of her own show on CNN International, aired an apology at the end of her show Monday night after she received pushback for comparing the Trump administration to Kristallnacht in a show last week. “I should not have juxtaposed the two thoughts,” Amanpour said. “Hitler and his…
(JTA) — A new synagogue is planned to open in Babyn Yar, the park in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv commemorating a ravine where the Nazis and their collaborators murdered more than 30,000 Jews. The new synagogue will open in 2021, the state news agency Ukrinform reported last week, ahead of the 80th anniversary of…
New York State’s Education Department has restarted the process of examining what constitutes “substantially equivalent” education in New York private schools. It’s a question that’s been at the center of a battle between Orthodox institutions and NGOs in New York City for years, but was stalled due to the pandemic outbreak. On the one side…
A former fighter pilot, 62-year-old millionaire Eytan Stibbe is set to join a 2021 scientific mission to the International Space Station. An exciting day at Beit HaNasi. Godspeed to you, #EytanStibbe and thanks to @RamonFoundation for supporting the initiative. Go in #peace, return in peace. We’re waiting for you here at home ??#Space pic.twitter.com/xzPTklC4Km —…
Madison Cawthorn, the newly elected congressman from North Carolina who was criticized for selfies he took at Hitler’s vacation retreat in Germany, is a zealous Christian. And the 25-year-old firebrand conservative and part-time preacher is trying to convert Jews and Muslims. In an interview with Jewish Insider published Monday, Cawthorn said he has read through…
Georgia Sen. David Perdue, the Republican incumbent in a runoff against Democrat Jon Ossoff declined another debate before the Jan. 5 special election that will decide the winner — and will be represented at the event by an empty podium. David “empty podium” Perdue https://t.co/bARdzKVQvm — Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) November 16, 2020 Ossoff called Perdue…
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