One of the few copies of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world has sold for a super-sized, record-setting price. The issue of Action Comics #1 went for
A man shot the mother of his child and two of her daughters dead inside a Brooklyn apartment before turning the gun on himself, police said. The victims were shot
Iran shattered its daily record for new infections for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as cases soared to 20,954, a worrisome trend after more than a year of the country battling the worst outbreak in the Middle East. Iran’s severe surge triggered new movement restrictions in major cities Wednesday following a two-week public holiday […]
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of the Health Ministry’s Public Health division, said on Tuesday that despite a recent increase in Israel’s reproduction number, the pandemic is beginning to die out in Israel, Ynet reported. Israel R number, how many people each carrier infects, has increased from 0.52 to 0.78 but Alroy-Preis isn’t worried. “The […]
An Orthodox Jewish couple sued two New York City agencies that supervise affordable housing lotteries Tuesday, saying their family of eight faced religious discrimination when they were repeatedly rejected because of their family’s size. In the Manhattan federal court lawsuit, Chaim Katz and Chana Katz maintain they faced discrimination from two affordable housing lotteries when […]
Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit made a decision on Tuesday to indict former Balad MK Hanin Zoabi with criminal fraud offenses, subject to a hearing. The charges involve massive financial irregularities in
Coronavirus lockdowns last year shifted some anti-Semitic hatred online, where conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the pandemic’s medical and economic devastation abounded, Israeli researchers reported Wednesday. That’s raised concerns about a rise in anti-Semitism in the post-pandemic world. The findings, which came in an annual report by Tel Aviv University’s researchers on anti-Semitism, show that […]
New Yorkers over 16 years old can sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, a major expansion of eligibility as the state seeks to immunize as many people as possible.
North Korea, citing the coronavirus, has become the world’s first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics. It’s true that the North is extremely sensitive about COVID-19, knowing that a widespread outbreak in a country with an already battered health system could be disaster. But North Korea also has previously used big sporting events […]
Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday, an announcement coming just as
Efforts to bring the United States back into the 2015 deal on Iran’s nuclear program are to step up a gear on Tuesday as Iran and the five world powers remaining in the accord meet in Vienna while the U.S. is due to start indirect talks with Tehran. Friday’s announcement that Washington and Tehran would […]
Libyan authorities have quietly made a decision to convert the ancient shul in the Old City of Tripoli into a modern library, according to a report by Kan News, which obtained footage of the damage in the shul. In response to an inquiry, Libyan officials told Kan that the damage was caused by maintenance work to […]
The son of a California man who choked to death during an amateur taco eating contest at a minor league baseball game is suing the event’s organizers for negligence. Eighteen-year-old Marshall Hutchings’ lawsuit filed Monday alleges his father, Dana Hutchings, was not made aware of the risks and danger involved in an eating competition, the […]
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) chairman Moshe Gafni planned on informing President Reuven Rivlin on Monday that he will support other candidates to form a government if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is unable to form a coalition, UTJ sources told Kan News. Ultimately, Netanyahu associates convinced Gafni to recommend Netanyahu without any further statements. A Kan News […]
Champagne, lobster and no masks: That’s what a French TV documentary says is on the menu at one of multiple high-end “clandestine restaurants” catering to the Paris elite, in violation of nationwide pandemic restrictions. What’s even more shocking to the newly confined French public — and exhausted medical staff — is that one organizer claimed […]
Iranian authorities arrested several people on charges of “spying” for Israel and other nations, state TV announced Monday. An unnamed Intelligence Ministry official in the country’s eastern Azerbaijan province was quoted by state TV as saying that security forces had detained a group of people suspected of spying for Israel and other unspecified countries. The […]
Mrs. Hannah Porat was born in Munich, Germany. To a world-famous art-dealer, who she later discovered was a grandson of a jewish Cohen who intermarried with a german woman. PLEASE
As Israel’s successful vaccination program continues to result in a dramatically reduced infection rate, more and more hospitals across the country are closing their coronavirus wards. Laniado Hospital in Kiryat
North Korea said it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic. A website run by the North’s sports ministry said the decision was made during a national Olympic Committee meeting on March 25 where members prioritized protecting athletes from the “world public health crisis caused by COVID-19.” South Korea’s Unification […]
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid confirmed on Monday night that he offered to form a unity government with Yamina leader Naftali Bennett, with the latter serving first as prime minister
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