JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis who are concerned about a warming climate have a new tactic: using cut-out photos of the prominent teen climate activist Greta Thunberg to shame their colleagues for using plasticware. In workplaces across Tel Aviv, people are placing pictures of Thunberg, 16, in their kitchen areas next to disposable forks, knives and […]

JERUSALEM(VosIzNeias) — Dubai, the United Arab Emirates biggest and most cosmopolitan city, which also houses the tallest building in the world, will be the official host of the 2020 World Expo. To mark the international nature of the occasion, Dubai is expected for the first time to allow tourists holding Israeli passports to attend the […]

EASTCHESTER, NY (VosIzNeias) — The Vernon Hills Shopping Center has been sold for $125 million. The five building shopping center in Eastchester, NY was purchased by a company owned by Jewish billionaire Ben Ashkenazy. Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. acquired the property from limited liability firm associated with the owner and developer, Bianco & Pepe Inc. of […]

NEW YORK(Vosizneias) — Journalism is not usually considered a dangerous trade unless you’re a war journalist in Iraq or some other battle zone. But for the journalists who covered the 9/11 attacks at ground zero, it is becoming increasingly apparent nearly twenty years after the event that they intentionally endangered their lives to cover the […]

MENLO PARK (AP) — California’s attorney general disclosed an ongoing probe into Facebook privacy practices Wednesday as investigators sought a court’s help in getting documents and answers from Facebook. The California probe, one of many legal inquiries into Facebook, began as a response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and grew into an investigation into whether […]

GREER, SC (AP) – Coworkers of a woman left walking 12 miles (19 kilometers) home from work after her car broke down have helped buy her a new vehicle. Josh Lewis and his boss noticed 60-year-old Darlene Quinn on foot several times as they drove home from FedEx near Greer, Lewis said. They began offering […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Three U.S. Orthodox Jewish organizations have sent separate letters to President Donald Trump asking him to end Jonathan Pollard’s parole so he can take care of his cancer-stricken wife. Pollard, 62, a U.S. Navy civilian analyst who spied for Israel, said he cannot accompany his wife, Esther, to chemotherapy or help […]

NEW YORK (AP) — My desperation to see Ariana Grande in concert created the perfect trap. Instead of seeing her sing about love and loss, I got sucked into an online ticket scheme that cost me $75 and a big chunk of my pride. Con artists often get away with scams like these because digital […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli paramedic for Magen David Adom in the Tel Aviv area delivered three babies in 48 hours. Issachar Weiss, 24, started at 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the suburb of Givatayim and arrived to find the baby crowning. He called on the mother to push and delivered the baby. At about 5 […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has resigned effective immediately following the preliminary findings of an internal investigation that found “managerial issues” that need to be addressed. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric made the announcement Wednesday. He said Pierre Krahenbuhl, commissioner-general of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency known […]