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January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
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U.S. Senate to Begin Work on COVID-19 Relief as Early as Next Week
Navalny Defiant as Russian Court Rejects Arrest Appeal
New Biden Healthcare Orders Begin to Unspool Trump Policies
Wisconsin Assembly to Vote on Repealing Statewide Mask Order
Jobless Claims Drop; Still at 847,000 as Pandemic Rages
NYC Vaccine Sites to Reopen in Anticipation of Supplies Arriving
NY AG Says Cuomo ‘Severely Undercounted’ Nursing Home Deaths
Iran Says U.S., Not Tehran, Should Act First to Resolve Nuclear Deal Row
Israel Funds Single Outgoing Flight Each Day
Economy Shrank 3.5% in 2020 After Growing 4% Last Quarter
GameStop Slugfest Spreads as Calls for Probe Build
Israel to Supply Air Force Fighter Jets to Top Aces for U.S. Air Force Training Services
Study: Pfizer Vaccine Only Slightly Less Effective Against S. African Mutations
Report: Netanyahu Trying to Arrange Visit of Moroccan King Ahead of Elections
FOCUS: How Many Variants of the Coronavirus Are There?
We Want the Shots We’ve Ordered, U.K. Says, as Europe’s Vaccine Row Sharpens
Russia Detains Allies of Jailed Opposition Leader Navalny
Edelstein: Lifting the Lockdown Now Would Be ‘Highly Irresponsible’
S. Korean PM: N. Korea, U.S. Should Aim for Initial Nuclear Freeze
Blinken Stands by Demand Iran Return to Nuclear Deal Before U.S. Does
WHO Team in Wuhan Departs Quarantine for COVID Origins Study
Pakistan Court Orders Man Accused in American’s Death Freed
Blinken: U.S. Committed to Israel’s Security
Man Arrested After Anti-Semitic Attack in Belgium
Simcha Goldin to Knesset Committee: Freed Hamas Prisoners Are Building Tunnels With Cement From Israel
BD’E – Harav Yitzchak Lasker, Zt”l
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
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California Discloses Math Behind Easing Stay-At-Home Order
Advocates Urge Biden, Congress to Leave Section 230 Intact
U.S. House Data Not Ready Until April, States’ Data After July
Cuomo to Address Possible Reopening of NYC Indoor Dining on Friday
Stocks Have Their Worst Day Since October as Big Tech Sinks
Pompeo Lands Spot at Think Tank Amid Speculation Over 2024 Presidential Ambitions
Wisconsin Pharmacist Accused of Destroying Dozens of COVID Vaccine Doses to Plead Guilty
U.K. COVID Variant Identified in 26 States
Joint List Has “Terrible Meeting”
Bernie Sanders’ Mittens, Memes Help Raise $1.8M for Charity
Gantz Admonishes IDF Chief
Sudan Wants Signing Ceremony with Israel at White House
Court: NJ Transit Due $300 million in Sandy Damage Coverage
Fed Leaves Policy Unchanged as Economic Recovery Appears to Moderate
Biden Pauses Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia, UAE
Barge of Waste from Gowanus Sinks Back Into Gowanus
U.S. Terrorism Alert Warns of Politically Motivated Violence
Russian Lawmakers Approve Extension of Nuclear Arms Pact with U.S.
Biden Forming a Commission on Supreme Court Reform
Israel Refutes Accusations of Vaccine Discrimination Against Palestinians
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Fiat Chrysler
Nominee for UN Ambassador Condemns BDS
Luxembourg Signs Restitution Deal for Holocaust Victims
Knesset Votes to Extend Lockdown Without Raising Fines
Report: Yehuda and Shomron Population Surged During Trump Era
Germany Remembers Auschwitz Liberation in Parliament
Biden to Target Drilling, Fossil Fuel Subsidies
MTA Loses $5M Each Month That It Delays Fare Hikes
NY Civil Rights Advocates Back Facial Recognition Ban
Blinken Confirmed as Biden’s Secretary of State
Stocks Fall Sharply on Wall Street, Led Lower by Tech Stocks
Gov’t to Meet Thursday on Extension of Lockdown
English Lockdown Set to Last Until at Least March, Johnson Indicates
Moderna to Deliver Another 200 Million Doses by Summer
In Warning to Iran, U.S. Bomber Flies Over Persian Gulf
Sefer Torah Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day in Germany
U.K. Plant Producing AstraZeneca Vaccines Partially Evacuated Over Suspect Package
International Team Disables World’s Most Dangerous Malware
UAE, Bahrain Call for Joint Stance With Israel in Approaching U.S. on Iran
BD”E: Harav Moshe Alexander Zusha Kinstlicher, Zt”l
Rouhani: Israel Needs to Understand That Trump Is No Longer President
EU Asks AstraZeneca to Publish Vaccine Contract as Supply Row Deepens
NYPD Officer Shot in the Bronx
Tefillos Requested for Harav Chaim Wosner; Hospitalized in Serious Condition
Minister: Israel-Sudan Signing Ceremony in Washington ‘Within Months’
Three Toronto Shuls Hold Adopt-a-Kollel Virtual Renewals Amid Lockdown
Austrian and Slovakian Shoah Survivors to Get Vaccine on Auschwitz Liberation Day
Senate Republicans Unite Behind Failed Effort to Challenge Trump Impeachment Trial
Poll Gives Likud Solid Lead; Majority Would Prefer Chareidim Excluded From Coalition
The Chicago Center Steps Up to the COVID Crisis
Senate Confirms Antony Blinken as 71st Secretary of State
7,737 New COVID-19 Cases in Israel, Slight Drop in Serious Patients
Murphy’s Top Message to Biden? Ramp Up Vaccine Production
Alaska to Investigate Issuance of Offensive License Plate
Vermont Sen. Leahy Taken to Hospital for Observation
French Doctors: Don’t Talk on the Subway, to Limit COVID Spread
Questions Over Death of COVID Vaccine Recipient in California
Capitol Officials Blocked Request for National Guard Before Riot
Video-Rank Choice Voting in NYC to Begin
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 |
י"ג שבט תשפ"א
Biden Orders End of Federally Run Private Prisons
Justice Department Rescinds ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Rule
And the Trees Answered, Amen
Tefillos Urged for Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski
Tell-the-Truth Diplomacy
Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial: Lots of Fascinating Questions But Few Answers
Labor Leaves Coalition But Its 2 Ministers Stay
IDF Chief to US: Don’t Go Back to Iran Deal
Biden Holds First Call with Putin
NYC Running Low on Vaccines; Appointments Delayed
Judge Bars Biden From Enforcing 100-Day Deportation Ban
Old Meds for New Ills — Redux
NYC Pension Funds Divest from Fossil Fuels in Green Energy Push
IDF Will Return Cows That Strayed Over Lebanese Border
Lockdown Not Working As Expected
Court Disallows Arbitrary ID Demand from Ethiopians
France Warns Iran Needs to Make Gestures for Revival of Nuclear Deal
Attempted Mugging of Hatzalah Member in Crown Heights
Senate Filibuster Fight Cools, but Battles Ahead
NY Assembly to Pass Bills Protecting Workers, Small Business
Internet Outage Hits Northeast for Several Hours
U.S. to Reopen Palestinian Mission Offices
Montreal Health Officials Apologize to Jewish Community Over Changing Guidelines
Netanyahu Proposes Special Budget for Fighting Crime in Arab Sector
School Reopenings in Doubt as British Variant Spreads
Mayoral Candidate Kathryn Garcia Wants to Get NYC ‘Moving Again’
Head of Mission Arrives in Morocco
China CDC: Inactivated COVID-19 Vaccines Can Be Upgraded for Variants in 2 Months
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Trial Results to Be Published
U.K. Eyes Quarantine Hotels for Travelers to Curb Variants
Billionaire James Dolan Funds Educational Ad Blitz Before Mayoral Primaries
Edelstein: No Serious Cases Among Israelis Given Pfizer Shot
WHO Experts Issue Recommendations on Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
Veteran Activists Campaign for Biden’s Immigration Reform
U.K. Jobless Rate Highest Since 2016 as Second Lockdown Hits
With a Conflict Over Iran Looming, Israel Sends New Envoy for the Post-Trump Era
Angry Farmers Storm India’s Red Fort in Huge Tractor Rally
Britain Confident That Vaccine Makers Will Deliver for Both U.K. and EU
Iran: Biden Won’t Have Infinite Time to Rejoin Nuclear Deal
Biden More Bullish on Vaccines, Open to 1.5M Shots Daily Goal
Israel Records Record Number of Daily Coronavirus Deaths
Iranian-American Facing Spying Charges Arrested as He Tried to Leave Iran
Attempted Stabbing Attack Near Ariel Thwarted
Tefillos Requested as Rosh Yeshivah Harav Yitzchak Sheiner in Serious Condition
Israel Unemployment Soars
U.N. Chief Urges Global Alliance to Counter Rise of Neo-Nazis
Netanyahu Proposes Extended Lockdown, Gantz Opposes
Japan’s Shionogi Sells Coronavirus Drug Rights to U.S. Biotech BioAge
Israel Delegation to Sudan Discusses Normalization
Under Biden, China Faces Renewed Trade Pressure
Tornado Leaves Several Injured, Homes Damaged in Alabama
Biden Doesn’t Believe Trump Will be Convicted at His Impeachment Trial
Dept of Sanitation Issues ‘Snow Alert’ for NYC for Tuesday
Rudy Giuliani Sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 Billion
Trump Impeachment Goes to Senate
Monday, January 25, 2021 |
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Janet Yellen Wins Senate Approval as Treasury Secretary
Ex-White House Press Secretary Sanders Launches Governor Bid
Minimum Wage Boost Likely Headed for Budget Reconciliation Bill
Hawley Seeks Probe of Democrats for Ethics Complaint Against Him
Schumer Sees COVID-19 Relief Bill Passing in 4-6 Weeks
Senator Leahy to Preside Over Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Pompeii’s Museum Comes Back to Life to Display Amazing Finds
New Jersey Launches Live Hotline to Address Vaccine
U.S. Virus Numbers Drop, But Race Against New Strains Heats Up
EU Pressures AstraZeneca to Deliver Vaccines as Promised
Lapid Lands Just Ahead of Ben Gurion Lockdown
Effort to Put Tubman on $20 Bill Restarted Under Biden
Snow Expected in Tri-State Area Tuesday
Early Data Show Vaccine Even Better Than Advertised
NYC Restaurant Week Features Takeout, Supports Struggling Small Businesses
Justice Department Watchdog to Probe Election Results Interference
Mayor: With Enough Doses, NYC Could Vaccinate 500,000 a Week
California Lifts Virus Stay-at-Home Orders, Curfew Statewide
Rabbanim Condemn Violence, Officials Work to Restore Calm
Biden Officials Hope to Restart Talks with Iran, With Israel’s Input
Joint List Coming Apart
BoI Bashes PM’s Stimulus Plan
Edelstein Talks Down Quick Exit from Covid
Supreme Court Ends Trump Emoluments Lawsuits
EU to Hold off on new Russia Sanctions if Navalny Released
Oxfam Warns of Record Global Increase of Inequality
Biden Signs Executive Order to Boost Manufacturing
Ohio Senator Not Running in ’22 Over ‘Partisan Gridlock’
Russian Hack of U.S. Agencies Exposed Supply Chain Weaknesses
Job Losses From Virus Four Times as Bad as ’09 Financial Crisis
Supreme Court Ends Anti-Corruption Lawsuits Against Trump
Dominion Voting Systems Sues Giuliani for Defamation
Moderna Confident Its Vaccine Works Against Variant Strains
Bill That Would Increase Fines for Violations of COVID-19 Restrictions Passes First Reading
Dr. Fauci: Prep on Vaccine Variant Upgrade Has Begun
China Tackles Pandemic With Mass Construction Once Again
Deadliest Day of Coronavirus Patients; Ventilated Patients at All-Time High
House Sending Trump Impeachment to Senate, GOP Opposes Trial
Johnson: Risk of ‘Vaccine-Busting’ New Variants Prompting Tougher U.K. Border Control
Health Official: Ben Gurion Airport Must Stay Closed for Month
Ten China Gold Miners Confirmed Dead After Others Rescued
Biden Pushes Elusive ‘Buy American’ Goal With New Federal Contract Guidelines
Former Trump WH Press Secretary Plans to Run for Gov. of Arkansas
Poll: Likud Grows Stronger as New Hope Falters; Still No Outright Coalition
Chareidi MKs: Marginal Groups Stain the Residents of Bnei Brak
Hidden Bunker Discovered in Warsaw Ghetto; Pairs of Tefillin Found
China Says U.S. Military in South China Sea Not Good for Peace
White House Begins Talks With Lawmakers on COVID-19 Relief
Lakewood Briefs – January 24, 2021
Hatzolah Treats Several People at Fire in Madison
Sunday, January 24, 2021 |
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Lockdown May Not Lift All At Once
Indonesia Says it has Seized Iranian and Panamanian Tankers
China Surpasses U.S. in International Investments
El Al to Refund Tickets Canceled by Lockdown
Biden Chief of Staff Commits to ‘100 Million Doses in 100 Days’
Harav Pinchos Dovid Horowitz, Zy”a, Bostoner-Chuster Rebbe of Boro Park
Harav Shlomo Zalman Brizel, Zt”l
Rabbi Moshe Rapps, Zt”l
Rabbi Yehudah Kelemer, Zt”l
Netanyahu Proposes Economic Jumpstart