ISRAEL HAYOM/Exclusive to JNS.org – After a several-month period of keeping interest rates steady at 0.25 percent, the Bank of Israel on Feb. 23 lowered the rate to 0.1 percent, the lowest in Israel’s history.
The new interest rate is 0.4 …
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2/26/15
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JNS.org – A New York City-based federal jury on Feb. 23 ordered the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to pay $218.5 million in reparations to American citizens who were targeted by terror …
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2/26/15
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Women face special challenges when planning for retirement. Because their careers are often interrupted to care for children or elderly parents, women may spend less time in the workforce and earn less money than men in the same age group. As a …
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BARBARA KENERSON
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2/13/15
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If you’re receiving benefits based on your own work record, your benefits will continue. If you’re receiving spousal benefits based on your former spouse’s work record, those benefits will generally end upon your getting remarried, but you may …
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BARBARA KENERSON
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12/18/14
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JNS.org – A recent discovery in a study by Israeli researchers might allow for the early detection and possible prevention of colon and uterine cancers.
Among populations of different backgrounds in Israel, the study – conducted by …
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12/18/14
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JNS.org – A malignant lung tumor was removed with just one incision for the first time in Israeli history by doctors at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
In an operation that usually requires multiple incisions, Drs. Danny Fink and …
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12/18/14
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New York – Nov. 11, 2014 – El Al Israel Airlines has announced the first-ever nonstop service between Boston’s Logan International Airport and Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport, more firmly connecting Massachusetts and the New …
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12/4/14
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We all know men and women are different in some fundamental ways. But is this true when it comes to financial planning? In a word, yes.
Everyone wants financial security. Yet women often face financial headwinds that can affect their ability to …
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BARBARA KENERSON
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12/4/14
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Today, retirement planning/living is not about what you make, it’s what you keep. For decades investment advisers have focused on assembling asset accumulation models for clients, applying theories around historical market returns to help prepare …
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Andrew Miller
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11/21/14
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Children are a special blessing and their arrival brings boundless love and joy into our lives that you can’t put a price on. But adding a child to the household impacts the family budget – and women especially – in very measurable ways. …
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BARBARA KENERSON
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11/7/14
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