NAZARETH, Israel (AP) — When election results confirmed that an Arab alliance had emerged as the third largest bloc in Israel’s parliament, its leader Ayman Odeh reached for the Old Testament, tweeting in Hebrew from Psalm 118 that the stone which was rejected had become the cornerstone. His message: The Arab community, long shunted to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer and a man he was trying to arrest were both shot and killed during a struggle early Sunday in the Bronx. The NYPD identified the slain officer as Brian Mulkeen, age 33. The officer was shot three times, possibly with his own gun, as he […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in President Donald Trump’s outreach to Ukraine and the administration’s attempts to keep a whistleblower complaint from Congress. Trump repeatedly told Ukraine’s president in a telephone call that Barr and Trump […]

JERUSALEM (VIN) – The terrorists who murdered 17-year-old Rina Shnerb and wounded her father, Rabbi Eitan Shnerb and brother Dvir near Ein Bubin spring in August have been captured in a joint operation between the IDF and Israeli Border Security. Three terrorists were arrested in connection with the attack. According to reports, the terrorists are […]

New York (JNS) – Human instinct may be to swat, run away or do a frantic little dance to avoid contact with bees, but like most small living creatures, they have more to fear from us than we them. In fact, they have much to lose; it’s true that when a worker bee—the ones people […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation, according to a U.S. official. The official said Volker told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House severely restricted distribution of memos detailing President Donald Trump’s calls with foreign leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman, after embarrassing leaks of his conversations early in his tenure, a former White House official said. The White House’s handling of Trump’s calls with foreign leaders […]

SAN DIEGO (JNS) – When students returned to the San Diego Jewish Academy just a few weeks ago, they were greeted not only by new teachers, but new classmates as well. “For the coming school year, we have a total of 600 to 625 students—a significant increase over last year,” said head of school Chaim […]

“It’s a great development as she will have to answer very specifically what about my critical tweets crossed a line,” said Hikind During the two-hour hearing today held in federal court, Dov Hikind testified about the nature of his tweets that led to him being blocked by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. He asserted his right to access […]

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The speaker of Wisconsin’s Assembly wants the governor to cancel a special election primary that falls on Dec. 30, the last day of Hanukkah. Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican, “respectfully demanded” that Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, move the date. “It is unnecessary to require Wisconsinites to exercise their civic duty to […]