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Local New York News

Paternity Case Has Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Running for the Hills

By: Pat Savage Forget the drug addiction, sleeping with his one-time sister-in-law, being tossed out of the Navy and cozying up to the Ukrainians and Chinese. Now it has come out that former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter — allegedly – liked to visit a strip join in Washington, D.C. There, the reports allege, […]

Arts & Culture

Judaism Reclaimed: Philosophy and Theology in the Torah

(Mosaica Press, 2019), by Shmuel Phillips Reviewed by: Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein In this outstanding book, Shmuel Phillips examines various facets of Torah and Judaism from the so-called “rationalist” viewpoint. He puts that approach to Judaism in perspective by offering an uncensored presentation of Maimonides’ views without cherry-picking passages to match a certain preconceived notion […]

Arts & Culture News

DiCaprio Denies Accusations About Funding Fires in Amazon Rainforest

By Hadassa Kalatizadeh Leonardo DiCaprio seems to have more than paparazzi to worry about. President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has accused the 45-year-old Hollywood actor and environmentalist of funding the fires that have recently ran rampant in the Amazon rainforest. On Saturday, Mr. DiCaprio made a statement dismissing the President’s false accusations, and reaffirming his […]

Local New York News

Staten Island Tourism Gets Boost from Empire Outlets Mall

By Ted Brooks The Empire Outlets mall has become a big deal on the world stage. The mall opened in May, and since then shoppers from around the world have come by the hundreds of thousands. Its nearly 30 retailers include Nike Factory, Levi’s and Nordstrom Rack. Empire Outlets is “a category-defining retail destination and […]

International News News

Jeremy Corbyn: The Jew Haters’ Candidate

By: Jaspar Kilmeyer New research makes it clear that Jeremy Corbyn’s most ardent supporters ‘more likely to be anti-Semitic’. A YouGov poll found that more than one in three (35 per cent) of those who “strongly like” the Labour leader agreed with four or more statements deemed to be anti-Semitic, while 58 per cent held […]

Local New York News

NJ Plagued with Far Right Extremist Elements; Arrests Made

By: David Mallory Far right extremists in New Jersey are causing law enforcement to step up their efforts to find and stop them. Looking into the phenomenon, the New York Times is reporting that “The arrests of the two men rocked law enforcement officials in Sussex County, raising fears that far-right extremism is growing in […]

International News News

France Passes Historic Bill Equating Anti-Zionism with Anti-Semitism

Edited by: TJVNews.com On Tuesday, the international community expressed a mixture of shock and dismay when the French National Assembly passed a bill which rules that anti-Zionism is tantamount to the egregious scourge anti-Semitism, with 154 lawmakers voting in favor of the bill while 72 voted against. The definition encompasses various manifestations of antisemitism including […]

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