The interior of an 1876 synagogue that is the core of the new Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., June 1, 2023. (Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Photos) By Ron Kampeas June 2, 2023 WASHINGTON (JTA) – Washington, D.C.’s new Jewish museum features at least two notorious women from history. One is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first … [Read more…]
This story comes from our partner, 90.5 WESA. Germaine Gooden-Patterson has an air purifier set up in her bedroom, but it can’t stop the smell of air pollution from seeping into her Clairton home. “The smell is so strong that it wakes you out of your sleep at wee hours in the morning,” she said. … [Read more…]
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/JHWU45MIP5EHNBH2LWFBKX6NGY.jpg "NYC ‘respite centers’ now house some 2,500 migrants, often for days, despite short-term promise")
New York City’s so-called migrant respite centers are now housing more than 2,000 asylum seekers — and most of them have stayed at the sites for days despite promises from Mayor Adams’ office that the facilities would only be used for short-term accommodations, the Daily News has learned. The city’s newest respite center runs out … [Read more…]
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur and anti-woke asset manager turned Republican presidential hopeful, has a plan for ending Russia’s year-and-a-half war on Ukraine – sort of. The 38-year-old political newcomer will … [Read more…]
The inaugural Premier League Summer Series is heading to the USA in 2023 as teams will square off across multiple American cities in a brand new tournament. And now you can start to purchase your tickets to the Summer Series. If you registered for early access you can purchase tickets on pre-sale on Tuesday, April … [Read more…]
News By Bernadette Hogan and Olivia Land June 2, 2023 | 11:47am Five hundred cots have been set up and ready for use at a cavernous warehouse at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens as Mayor Eric Adams’ administration awaits federal approval to convert the space into a migrant shelter. New York City is … [Read more…]
Times gone by, romance between lovers ordered apart, and a government imposing tyrannical laws provide compiling plotlines for any great novel. Even more so when there are elements of truth. Award-winning Canberra author Robyn Cadwallader marries these elements in her newest novel, The Fire and the Rose. The book is set near the end of … [Read more…]
The USWNT 2023 World Cup jerseys have arrived and the Stars and Stripes will certainly stand out from the crowd at the tournament in Australia and New Zealand this summer. [ MORE: Schedule, how to watch, bracket for 2023 World Cup ] Vlatko Andonovski’s side are going for a third-straight World Cup title, something which … [Read more…]
Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday that the “Akhmat” group of Chechen special forces were waging an offensive near the town of Mariinka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. Together with the Wagner mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, troops from Russia’s Chechen Republic have been one of the main driving forces behind Moscow’s … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Washington, D.C.’s new Jewish museum features at least two notorious women from history. One is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, who was dubbed “Notorious RBG” late in her life by a cluster of fans. When the Capital Jewish Museum opens next week, it … [Read more…]