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Jessica Rosenworcel answers a question during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2020. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

January 22, 2021, 5:39 am

Biden names Jessica Rosenworcel, a net neutrality champion, as acting FCC chair

Jewish official is an outspoken defender of measure on internet providers, which was repealed by the Trump administration

By Ron Kampeas

The interior of the Holocaust Museum of Porto, January 2021. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Porto/ via JTA)

January 22, 2021, 5:25 am

Jewish community shaped by Inquisition opens Portugal’s first Holocaust museum

Opening ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, facility reflects a resurgence as the number of Jews in the country hits 3,100, up 75% from 20 years ago

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Syrian Air defenses respond to alleged Israeli missiles targeting south of the capital Damascus, on July 20, 2020. (AFP)

January 22, 2021, 5:16 am

Syrian media reports Israeli airstrikes near western city of Hama

Syria’s state media says air defenses engaged ‘Israeli aggression,’ no immediate reports of casualties

By TOI staff

Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, right, faces reporters as Governor Charlie Baker, left, looks on during a news conference in Boston, July 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

January 22, 2021, 4:37 am

Biden names Massachusetts official Steph Pollack to senior roads post

State’s transportation secretary, an Orthodox Jew, to be appointed as deputy administrator of the Federal Highway Administration

By Ron Kampeas

US President Joe Biden's pick for national intelligence director Avril Haines listens during a confirmation hearing before the Senate intelligence committee in Washington, January 19, 2021. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

January 22, 2021, 4:17 am

Avril Haines confirmed as Biden’s director of national intelligence

US president’s 1st confirmed Cabinet member becomes first woman, first Jew in role

By Ron Kampeas

A farm worker receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, California, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

January 22, 2021, 3:59 am

Biden orders mask-wearing, travel clampdown in new war on COVID

US president signs 10 executive orders to curb uncontrolled US outbreak, warning that death toll likely to hit 500,000 next month

By Sebastian Smith

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters at the US Capitol in Washington, January 21, 2021. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

January 22, 2021, 3:33 am

Chuck Schumer is now Washington’s highest-ranking Jewish elected official ever

New York senator acknowledges his roots as he becomes new Senate majority leader; longtime ally to Israel, Jewish communities aims to make more history

By Gabe Friedman

Guests attend the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

January 22, 2021, 2:25 am

Joe Biden’s inauguration was replete with anxiety, and a lot of it was Jewish

The trepidation threading through the Washington ceremony was acknowledged in verses, authored by Jews, in speeches and songs

By Ron Kampeas

A police car after an attack by an ultra-Orthodox mob in the city of Bnei Brak, January 21, 2021. (Israel Police)

January 22, 2021, 1:01 am

Netanyahu vows action after ultra-Orthodox mob protesting lockdown injures cop

PM says ‘we will act with a heavy hand’ after policewoman hurt in Bnei Brak; incident comes amid near-daily clashes over enforcement of virus rules

By TOI staff

Then-US Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, talk before a dinner at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)

January 21, 2021, 11:49 pm

At odds on Iran and settlements, Netanyahu and Biden can still avoid a brawl

While US and Israeli administrations disagree, there are ample reasons to believe they can avoid repeating the fights of the past and find a constructive way forward

By Lazar Berman

A pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries in Waltham, Massachusetts, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

January 21, 2021, 11:12 pm

Senior health official: UK virus variant putting pregnant women at greater risk

Sharon Alroy-Preis says ‘there is a certain change in the nature of the pandemic,’ also attributes surging ultra-Orthodox infection rates to British strain

By TOI staff

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks in New York, October 25, 2019. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

January 21, 2021, 10:47 pm

Facebook to let oversight board decide on future of Trump ban

Social media giant defends move to suspend former president from platform, but says it will refer final decision for ‘independent judgment’

By Barbara Ortutay

Illustrative: Radio broadcasters at Army Radio headquarters in Jaffa, on March 27, 2014. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)

January 21, 2021, 10:33 pm

Defense minister to take army out of Army Radio, approving longtime IDF request

Military has for years been asking for the station to be removed from its purview, seeing it as expensive, anachronistic and an ethical headache

By Judah Ari Gross

Kais Saied, the president of Tunisia, arrives at the Palace of Carthage, October 23, 2019. (Houcem Mzoughi/Wikimedia Commons)

January 21, 2021, 10:17 pm

Tunisian president denies claims he made anti-Semitic remarks

Kais Saied’s office denounces ‘propagation of false information’ after Conference of European Rabbis accuses him of blaming Jews for country’s instability

By Agencies

Amal Abo Alqom, resident of the Bedouin village of Segev Shalom and founder of the non-profit Women for Themselves. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

January 21, 2021, 10:09 pm

Bedouin women’s activist who backed polygamy joins Ya’alon’s Telem

Ex-defense chief’s party denies Amal Abo Alqom supports plural marriages, after clip surfaces in which she said she wouldn’t mind her husband taking a second wife

By TOI staff