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A Jewish Guide To Biden’s Possible Picks For His Administration

Whoever is nominated would likely signal the direction that the next White House would take on issues relevant to the relationship between America and Israel, including combating anti-Semitism, Diaspora Jewry, Mideast relations, the Iranian threat and more. By: Jackson Richman As President-elect Joe Biden forms his upcoming administration, certain positions should spark interest in the […]

Coronavirus News

NYC Virus Rate Stays Below School-Closing Line, For Now

By: Jennifer Peltz Students, parents and teachers continued anxiously watching New York City’s coronavirus test results as the latest figures Saturday fell under the city’s threshold for shutting down school buildings, but the mayor warned that the city was at a “crucial” point in fighting the virus’ resurgence. Mayor Bill de Blasio cautioned parents and […]

Election 2020 News

Bloomberg’s Big Spending Struggles To Sway Election Outcomes

By: Brian Slodysko After pouring more than $1.2 billion of his personal fortune into presidential politics this election, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has little to show for it. His only win during a short-lived Democratic bid for the White House was in the territory of American Samoa. And after pledging to spend “whatever […]

Election 2020 News

Pompeo Launches 7-Nation Tour in France

Pompeo will visit Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria, becoming the first secretary of state to visit communities in this region of Israel. By: AP Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Saturday in Paris, at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East. The trip is aimed at shoring up the […]

Coronavirus News

Biden Faces Tough Choice of Whether to Back Virus Lockdowns

By: Alexandra Jaffe Joe Biden faces a decision unlike any other incoming president: whether to back a short-term national lockdown to finally arrest a raging pandemic. For now, it’s a question the president-elect would prefer to avoid. In the week since he defeated President Donald Trump, Biden has devoted most of his public remarks to […]

Coronavirus National News News

Scientist Behind Pfizer Vaccine: Will Bash COVID ‘Over the Head’

By Sandy Fitzgerald(NEWSMAX) The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will “bash the virus over the head” and end the spiraling pandemic, the billionaire scientist behind the companies’ breakthrough says. “If the question is whether we can stop this pandemic with this vaccine, then my answer is: yes because I believe that even protection only from symptomatic infections […]

Coronavirus

CDC Admits COVID Lockdowns Sparked Surge In Children’s Mental Health Issues

A report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the lockdown has played a negative impact on children’s health(LINK) The report, based on information from a subset of hospitals in 47 states, “provides timely surveillance data concerning children’s mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Compared with 2019, […]

Israel News News

Report: Israel eliminated senior Iranian al-Qaeda figure in Iran

(INN) The New York Times reported that three months ago, Israel eliminated al-Qaeda’s No. 2 in Iran, Abdullah Ahmad Abdullah, at the request of the United States. According to intelligence sources, the senior was shot dead on the streets of Tehran on the anniversary of the 1998 attack on the United States embassies, of which […]

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