More Than A Dozen Jews, But Not Sheldon Silver, Among Donald Trump’s Last-Minute Pardons
WASHINGTON (JTA) - In the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump awarded clemency to more than a dozen Jews who had been convicted of crimes — but not Sheldon Silver, the disg...
Watch: Youngest Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Captures the Moment, in Verse
NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — In one of the inaugurations's most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the w...
Biden Takes The Helm As President: ‘Democracy Has Prevailed’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed." He swore the oath of office to take the helm of a...
Work On Keystone Xl Pipeline Suspended Ahead Of Biden Action
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian company behind the Keystone XL oil pipeline said Wednesday it has suspended work on the pipeline in in anticipation of incoming U.S. President Joe Biden...
All The Jews Joe Biden Has Tapped For Top Roles In His Administration
WASHINGOTN (JTA) - President-elect Joe Biden filled the months before Inauguration Day lining up a slate of Cabinet secretaries, assistants and advisors, many of them Jewish.
Bi...
ZAKA Head Yehuda Meshi Zahav Slams Violators Of COVID-19 Regulations: ‘Worse Than Holocaust Deniers’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yehuda Meshi Zahav, the director and founder of ZAKA, lost his mother Sora Zisel to coronavirus this week, less than a month after his brother died from a ser...
On Day One, Biden To Undo Trump Policies On Climate, Virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first hours as president, Joe Biden will aim to strike at the heart of President Donald Trump’s policy legacy, signing a series of executive actions that r...
OU, Rabbinical Council Join Call For Day Of Prayer Amid Ongoing Pandemic
NEW YORK (JNS) - As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage throughout the world and within Jewish communities—and especially in light of the new virus variants discovered in th...
Photos: Indian Village Cheers For Harris Before Swearing-In As US VP
THULASENDRAPURAM, India (AP) — People in a tiny Indian village surrounded by rice paddies flocked to a Hindu temple, burst crackers and uttered prayers Wednesday hours before its d...
Trump Bids Farewell To Washington, Hints Of Comeback
WASHINGTON (AP) — His term at an end, President Donald Trump said farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted about a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter ...
Networks Stick With Trump In His Unusual Goodbye Speech
NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of Donald Trump's presidency, television networks left the mute button unused.
They covered Trump's farewell address at Joint Base Andrews, the openin...
Mega Millions Jackpot Now $970M; Powerball Up To $730M
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players will have another shot at the third-largest jackpot in U.S. history after Tuesday night's drawing didn't turn up a winner.
The Mega Milli...
Rabbi Gershon Edelstein : ‘Old, Young, Pregnant Women Can Take Vaccine, There’s Nothing To Worry About’
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, the Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh, has been asked a number of questions recently regarding vaccinations against COVID-19.
The first que...
Trump Pardons Israeli Officer Who Enlisted Spy Pollard
JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to Aviem Sella, the handler of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, as part of the outgoing president'...
Trump Commutes Shalom Weiss, Eli Weinstein, Dozens Of Others
WASHINGTON (AP/VINnews) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people, includi...
Blinken: Biden Administration Will Consult With Israel On Iran Moves
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of state, said that the United States would seek to return to the Iran nuclear deal but would...
Ontario Asks Biden For A Million Vaccines Amid Shortage
TORONTO (AP) — Canada won’t be getting any Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines next week and 50% fewer than expected over the next month, officials said Tuesday, prompting the lea...
Federal Court Strikes Down Major Trump Climate Rollback
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a last-minute slap at President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court struck down one of his administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks on Tuesday, sayi...
Video: Tlaib Calls Israel ‘Racist’ For Not Offering COVID Vaccines In Palestinian Territories
WASHINGTON (JNS) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) accused Israel of being “racist” for not distributing coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian territories, despite the fact that the...