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January 21, 2021 at 10:26 am
‘Will We Ever Return To Pre-Covid19 Norms?’ Executive Directors Convene To Address Post Pandemic Synagogue Life
55 Synagogues From 13 U.S. States and 3 Canadian Provinces Join Orthodox Union Conference
NEW YORK – As the world continues to vaccinate and look toward the future after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Orthodox Union, the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, convened executive directors from 55 North American synagogues to begin to gear up for the re-opening of full community and synagogue activities.
They discussed the challenges brought upon by the pandemic as well as how their communities, rabbis and youth program leaders were able to provide innovative programming in ways that ensured the sa...
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January 21, 2021 at 8:58 am
Biden has said US would return to Iran deal if Tehran resumes compliance
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki addressed the incoming administration’s plan for limiting Iran’s nuclear capabilities in her first press conference, given Wednesday after US President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Biden has stated his willingness to return to the Iran nuclear deal, signed in 2015, if Tehran resumes strict compliance with the agreement.
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“The president has made clear that he believes that through follow-on diplomacy, the United States seek...
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January 21, 2021 at 8:53 am
With 82,401 active cases in the country, 1,132 Israelis said in a serious condition
Israel added 8,174 new COVID-19 coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday morning.
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Out of the 93,283 tests conducted in the past 24 hours, nine percent returned positive, the authorities said.
The death toll throughout the pandemic rose to 4,179 -- an increase of 37 fatalities against the figure published on Wednesday morning.
Read more at i24
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January 21, 2021 at 8:51 am
Two suicide blasts reported in busy market area in vicinity of Baghdad's al-Tayaran square
At least 28 people were killed and 73 wounded following a suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi military reports.
According to some of the available reports, two suicide bombers activated their devices at the busy Shorjah market in the Iraqi capital.
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The number of casualties is expected to go up in the coming hours as the first responders work on the scene, with the attackers choosing a popular shopping area for Baghdad residents.
No g...
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January 21, 2021 at 8:47 am
President Biden on Wednesday took action to have the U.S. rejoin the Paris climate accord, following through on a campaign pledge to recommit to the Obama-era agreement on his first day in office.
The move reverses former President Trump’s withdrawal from the pact. For several months, the U.S. was the only country in the world that wasn’t a party to the accord.
“A cry of survival comes from the planet itself, a cry that can’t be any more desperate or any more clear,” Biden said in his inaugural address, listing “a climate in crisis” as one of the many challenges facing the U.S.
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January 21, 2021 at 8:44 am
Number is nearly four times the pre-crisis level but well below the peak of almost 7M hit earlier this year
The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits remained elevated last week as a surge in COVID-19 infections and new restrictions to help curb the spread of the virus weighed on the labor market's recovery.
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Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show 900,000 Americans filed first-time jobless claims in the week ended Jan. 16, slightly lower than the 910,000 forecast by Refin...
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January 20, 2021 at 9:51 pm
Emergency crews responded to a fallen military helicopter that crashed during a routine training mission Wednesday evening, in upstate New York, authorities said.
Three soldiers on board were killed in the crashed, according to a local News 8 reporter.
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January 20, 2021 at 9:38 pm
Democrats swore in three new senators on Wednesday, officially handing the party the Senate majority for the first time since they lost the chamber in the 2014 elections.
Newly minted Vice President Kamala Harris swore in Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff (D) and Raphael Warnock (D), who defeated GOP Sens. David Perdue (Ga.) and Kelly Loeffler (Ga.) in the Jan. 5 run-off elections.
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Harris also swore in her successor as California senator, former California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who will hold the se...
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January 20, 2021 at 9:35 pm
Before leaving office, former President Trump signed a memorandum extending US Secret Service protection by six months for all his children, according to a senior US official.
Typically the protection applies to children up to age 16 but by signing the memorandum, the US Secret Service will be able to provide protection to all his children.
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Read more at CNN.
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January 20, 2021 at 9:32 pm
Hours before President-elect Biden will take the oath of office, 17 House Republican freshmen sent a letter congratulating him and saying they are hopeful they can work across the aisle.
“After two impeachments, lengthy inter-branch investigations, and most recently, the horrific attack on our nation’s capital, it is clear that the partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans does not serve a single American,” the letter states.
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Among the signatories were two House Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump last week — Rep. ...
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January 20, 2021 at 9:27 pm
President Biden participated in his first signing ceremony as commander-in-chief on Wednesday, shortly following his historic inauguration.
From the President’s Room at the US Capitol, Biden put his name to an inauguration proclamation, plus two lists of nominees to cabinet and sub-cabinet positions.
Later Wednesday, Biden is expected to sign 17 executive actions.
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Those decrees will roll back some of the signature positions of the Trump administration, immediately ending the travel ban on nations with terrorism concerns and ceasing constructi...
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January 20, 2021 at 9:07 pm
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon proclaimed former President Donald Trump’s bid for the White House in 2024 has already begun.
Hours after receiving an 11th-hour pardon from Trump, Bannon threw down the gauntlet on his show, War Room: Pandemic, ahead of now-President Biden’s inauguration.
“President Trump is going to take the White House back in 2024, and that starts today,” he said Wednesday morning. “And it starts with this show, and I don’t care if they don’t like it. I don’t care if the mainstream media doesn’t like it. I don’t care if the Democratic Party doesn’t like it, I don’t care if the state oligarch apparatus doesn’t like it. We’re going to put it in your grill e...
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January 20, 2021 at 9:05 pm
The Big Apple’s coronavirus vaccine supply is running so tight that a short delay in deliveries from a key pharmaceutical company, Moderna, has forced City Hall to reschedule at least 23,000 appointments for inoculations, officials revealed Wednesday.
Officials said the affected 23,000 New Yorkers had made appointments through the city Health Department’s 15 vaccination ‘hubs’ — and would be offered new appointments via emails within a week, contingent upon the availability of the vaccine.
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Appointments made through the ...
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January 20, 2021 at 8:59 pm
The Senate confirmed President Biden’s pick to lead the sprawling U.S. intelligence community, delivering the newly inaugurated president his first Senate-confirmed cabinet secretary.
Avril Haines is the first woman to become director of national intelligence, a job that oversees 18 intelligence agencies and units, including the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.
The Senate voted 84-10 to confirm Ms. Haines, with only Republicans opposing her nomination.
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Mr. Biden’s aides have said it is imperative for the new president...
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January 20, 2021 at 8:55 pm
Vice President Harris to act as tie-breaker in split Senate
Vice President Kamala Harris swore in two Georgia Democrats and one from California on Wednesday as the newest members of the US Senate, making the Democrats the party in control of the upper house.
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Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock beat Republican opponents in run-off elections on January 5. California's Alex Padilla replaced Harris after she relinquished her seat to become vice president.
The influx of two new Democrats makes the Senate deadlocked with Republicans at 50-50, but the vice p...
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January 20, 2021 at 8:46 pm
'Tyrant's era came to an end and today is the final day of his ominous reign,' Rouhani declares
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani hailed the end of his US counterpart President Donald Trump's tenure on Wednesday.
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A "tyrant's era came to an end and today is the final day of his ominous reign," he declared in his televised remarks, accusing Trump of fostering "injustice and corruption."
He also addressed President-elect Joe Biden, who is set to be inaugurated later on Wednesday, urging him to bring the US back into the 2015 n...
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January 20, 2021 at 8:44 pm
In 2015, then-Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on behalf of the United States of America.
In 2016, the Brookings Institute hosted the 13th Annual Saban Forum, titled ''Challenges for the Trump Administration in the Middle East.''
One of its headliners was the former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. During the forum, Kerry was interviewed by Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine.
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During the interview with Goldberg, Kerry stated:
''There will be no se...
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January 20, 2021 at 3:42 pm
U.S.Ambassador to Israel paid a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem as he ended his term under the Trump administration
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"I’m ending my diplomatic mission the way I started", Friedman wrote, "at the Western Wall praying for my family & for the United States, Israel and their unbreakable bond"
