Israel Rolls Out Pfizer Covid Pill, Using Digital Health Records To Identify Those Most At Risk
As Omicron infections surge, Israel has begun rolling out a newly approved Pfizer drug, using digital health records kept on nearly every citizen to identify those who are at high risk from covid-19 and likely to benefit most from the treatment even before they become dangerously ill. Israel is one of the first countries to […]
Young Israel Partners With Jewish Security Firm To Safeguard Congregations From Threats
A new partnership between two Jewish organizations is aimed at preventing acts of terror against synagogues nationwide, specifically in the wake of increased anti-Semitic attacks. The National Council of Young Israel and the Community Security Service hope that their actions will encourage volunteers from other Jewish groups to take more active roles in protecting their […]
Dutch Government Ends Donations To Terror-linked Palestinian NGO
The Netherlands has ended its donations to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), following an external investigation into the Ramallah-based Palestinian NGO’s links with a terrorist organization, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLI) reported on Wednesday. The investigation followed UKLI questions and subsequent information submitted to the Dutch government and members of parliament as to […]
Meretz MK Blasted For Calling Homesh Residents ‘Subhuman’; Netanyahu Calls For His Dismissal
Israeli Deputy Economy Minister Yair Golan came under fire on Thursday for referring to the residents of Homesh in Samaria as “subhuman,” “despicable” and “a disgrace.” “These people keep resettling a place that has been legally evicted … they shouldn’t be there,” said Golan in a Knesset Channel interview. “Let’s not even mention the fact that the […]
Schumer Says He Was Targeted On Jan. 6 For His Religion
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday recounted being evacuated from the Senate chamber during the Jan. 6 attack, including a close brush with rioters who he was told made antisemitic remarks about him. “I was within 30 feet of these nasty, racist, bigoted insurrectionists. Had someone had a gun, had two of them blocked off […]
Kashrus Alert: Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts
Please note that Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts, which display a plain “K” symbol, are in fact treif as they contain gelatin.
Mother of Sole Survivor of IDF Helicopter Crash: ‘We’re Thankful for The Miracle That Happened to Us’
The mother of Capt. Ron Birman, the sole survivor of Monday night’s IDF helicopter crash off the coast of Haifa, spoke to Israeli radio on Wednesday, saying she and her husband are “thankful for the miracle that happened to us.” The helicopter’s two pilots, Maj. Chen Fogel, aged 27, and Lt. Col. Erez Sachyani, a […]
Feds Want Marathon Bomber’s COVID Payment To Go To Victims
Federal prosecutors want convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to use a $1,400 COVID-19 stimulus payment he received as well as other money held in his inmate trust account to help pay the millions of dollars he was ordered to pay his victims. In a filing Wednesday, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston asked a […]
WHO: Record weekly jump in COVID-19 cases but fewer deaths
The World Health Organization said Thursday that a record 9.5 million COVID-19 cases were tallied over the last week as the omicron variant of the coronavirus swept the planet, a 71% increase from the previous 7-day period that the U.N. health agency likened to a “tsunami.” However, the number of weekly recorded deaths declined. “Last […]
Kamala Harris Compares January 6 To Pearl Harbor And 9/11 In Anniversary Speech At The Capitol
On the one-year anniversary of the attack, Vice President Kamala Harris underscored the severity of the January 6 insurrection by comparing it to Pearl Harbor and 9/11. “Certain dates echo throughout history, including dates that instantly remind all who have lived through them where they were, and what they were doing, when our democracy came […]
