Journalist Bari Weiss skewers New York Times in her resignation letter

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-07-14/bari-weiss-new-york-times-resignation

“Bari Weiss never actually got fired, she is in fact quitting because she’s mad that all the people at the Times who don’t like her *didn’t* get fired. But they’ll still turn this into some kind of crusade to protect people from firing,” tweeted comedian Arthur Chu. “Which is at least consistent, because Bari Weiss herself LOVES trying to get people fired.”

“To say I’m against cancel culture is massive understatement but there is a difference between criticism and getting someone fired. @bariweiss quit, she wasn’t fired. She quit because people hurt her feelings. Seems snowflakey to me. You can’t cancel other people’s speech, either,” tweeted “The Young Turks” host Cenk Uygur.

Judith Miller: Rise and fall of New York Times writer Bari Weiss — a victim of far-left intolerance

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/new-york-times-bari-weiss-judith-miller

Weiss’s departure was quickly hailed by her many critics within and outside of the paper on social media, among them Glenn Greenwald, who has called her a “hypocrite” for her alleged efforts to suppress Arab professors while in college, and for her defense of Israel and some of its controversial policies as a newspaper writer.

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Unemployed Should ‘Find Something New,’ Urge Heirs to Fred Trump’s Fortune

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/find-something-new-trump-donald-ivanka-unemployment.html

The White House has started a new campaign urging Americans who have bad jobs or no jobs to “Find Something New.” Ivanka Trump, who has spearheaded this initiative, explains, “There has never been a more critical time for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to be aware of the multiple pathways to career success and gain the vocational training and skills they need to fill jobs in a changing economy.”

Statistically speaking, in fact, you probably will not find something. The labor market is suffering two simultaneous crises: a pandemic that directly prevents a lot of economic activity from taking place and a broader failure of demand rippling through the rest of the economy. The more than 10 percent of working-age adults unable to find regular work are jobless not because they lack the skills for the needed jobs but because there is not enough demand for labor.

 

Ivanka Trump, White House Blasted For ‘Tone Deaf’ Campaign Telling The Unemployed To Find Jobs

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/07/14/ivanka-trump-white-house-blasted-for-tone-deaf-campaign-telling-the-unemployed-to-find-jobs/#63dc86935275

Multiple social media users pointed out that the “Find Something New” campaign launched on the anniversary of Bastille Day, a turning point in the French Revolution that led to the dissolution of the country’s monarchy. Those same users also likened Ivanka Trump’s involvement with the campaign to Marie Antoinette’s infamous “Let them eat cake” remark—and the storming of the Bastille was a pivotal event that led to her eventual beheading.

Poway Chabad Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein pleads guilty to tax fraud

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/poway-chabad-rabbi-yisroel-goldstein-pleads-guilty-to-tax-fraud-635092

 The rabbi who lost a finger in a shooting attack on a Chabad synagogue in Poway, California, in 2019 pleaded guilty to tax fraud.

 

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein pleaded guilty Tuesday in a scheme in which donors contributed to his synagogue but then got most of the money back, enabling the donor to claim a tax deduction. A charging document detailing the scheme was unsealed in federal court in San Diego, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The scheme resulted in more than $6.2 million in fraudulent donations, resulting in a $1.5 million loss to the federal government. Goldstein could face up to five years in prison.

Understaffed and underpaid: Israeli nurses prepare to strike

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/understaffed-and-underpaid-israeli-nurses-prepare-to-strike-635084

 Israeli nurses are preparing to go on a nationwide strike amid a severe shortage of medical workers and an explosion in the number of COVID-19 patients after the country reopened and many people tossed aside their masks.

Israel is in the thick of its second wave of infections and is averaging more than 1,600 new cases daily this week.

 

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Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students amid pressure from colleges

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-rule-foreign-students-online-classes

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it is withdrawing a proposed rule that would have forced foreign students to return home if the college courses they were enrolled in were to be held entirely online when colleges reopen in the fall.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced last week that those on F-1 and M-1 student visas would need to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online when they reopen in the fall. If they do not, they could face deportation proceedings.

In a statement to students, Harvard President Larry Bacow said that the policy “came down without notice -- its cruelty surpassed only by its recklessness.”

“It appears that it was designed purposefully to place pressure on colleges and universities to open their on-campus classrooms for in-person instruction this fall, without regard to concerns for the health and safety of students, instructors, and others,” he said.

Fox News McEnany: Coronavirus has little effect on kids, they're not driving transmission cycle

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany discusses push to reopen schools with Harris Faulkner on 'Outnumbered Overtime.'

http://a.msn.com/09/en-us/BB16JfeO?ocid=scu2

Israeli virus numbers

https://datadashboard.health.gov.il/COVID-19/?utm_source=go.gov.il&utm_medium=referral

this is the official page of the Israeli heath department

Israel peaks again: More than 1,600 new coronavirus patients in one day

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/israel-breaks-daily-record-again-with-1681-new-coronavirus-cases-634987

 At the meeting, the National Security Council offered its recommendations: Summer camps should return to a capsule system or close entirely if they cannot manage to do so; synagogues, yeshivas, pools and workout centers – even at hotels – should be shut down; restaurants should revert to takeout only; and gatherings should be limited to 10 people.