London – Gone, at least for now, are the halcyon days when strong military and political ties between Britain and the United States meant that Washington could assume it had a staunch partner for standing up to a foreign foe. Dating back to World War II and including joint actions against Kosovo, Afghanistan and the [...]

New York – Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, will officially enter the 2020 race for president Thursday morning, NBC News reported Wednesday, citing a spokesperson for De Blasio. After making his formal announcement, he will then travel to Iowa and South Carolina for multiple stops over the course of four days, during [...]

Monsey, NY – Jews are being persecuted as disease carriers amid the outbreak of measles, a New York haredi Orthodox rabbi said at a symposium with leaders of the anti-vaccination movement attended by hundreds of haredim. “We Hasidim have been chosen as the target,” said Rabbi Hillel Handler, a Holocaust survivor from Monsey, a Rockland [...]

Washington – Attorney General William Barr tried out a little contempt humor on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with interesting results. The setting was the National Peace Officers Memorial Day service Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol. Barr and Pelosi were in the crowd waiting for President Donald Trump to arrive. Barr approached Pelosi, shook her hand [...]

Tehran, Iran – The commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday: “We are on the cusp of a full-scale confrontation with the enemy,” the Fars news agency reported. Major General Hossein Salami, named head of the force last month, added: “This moment in history, because the enemy has stepped into the field of [...]

Eagle Pass, TX – New photos capture the dramatic rescue of a 7-year-old boy from Honduras who nearly drowned in the river separating the U.S. and Mexico until Border Patrol agents rescued him. The San Antonio Express-News reported Wednesday on the rescue of four adults and five children who tried to cross the Rio Grande [...]

Warsaw – Poland’s religious and political leaders should unequivocally condemn antisemitic behavior following a number of troubling events in the country, the head of the World Jewish Congress wrote on Wednesday. Ronald S. Lauder criticized “the sight of protesters on the streets of Warsaw chanting anti-Jewish and anti-American slogans”, and the burning of an effigy [...]

Washington – President Donald Trump is using a Capitol Hill ceremony for fallen law enforcement officers to criticize some big-city prosecutors he asserts don’t go after criminals who pose a severe threat to public safety. Trump also called for the death penalty for killing officers. And he made an apparent reference to the case of [...]

A capacity audience filled the Harvey Morse Auditorium at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, on Monday 13 May 2019. The event, “Addressing Mental Health Issues in the Community,” was sponsored by the American Friends of Mayanei Hayeshua’s Mental Health Center, Israel’s only culturally-sensitive Community Hospital. The evening opened with Mr Zvi Ryzman speaking about [...]

Washington – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has expanded his lead over a wide field of candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination by 5 percentage points since he entered the race in late April, according to a monthly Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll released on Wednesday found 29% of Democrats and independents said they [...]