Month September 2019

View this post on Instagram Firefighters return to the scene on East 8th Street this morning for rekindling. A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) on Sep 23, 2019 at 5:20am PDT

Flu season is right around the corner, and it is time to begin taking steps to keep yourself and others from getting sick this year. Running from October through early spring, the flu kills thousands of people each year, and… Continue Reading →

Sofia — Bulgaria’s Jewish community opened its first Jewish school in over 20 years. The opening last week of the Ronald S. Lauder Day School in Sofia is a significant development for the some 6,000 members of the Jewish minority… Continue Reading →

An Iranian government spokesman said on Monday that all legal steps had been completed for the release of the detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero but that he did not know… Read more » The post Iran: Legal Steps for British… Continue Reading →

Russia has officially declared a former Kremlin official alleged to have been a CIA informant missing and is looking for him, according to an entry in the Interior Ministry’s database,… Read more » The post Russia Formally Declares Alleged CIA… Continue Reading →

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced widespread criticism from politicians and lawmakers concerned about the anti-conservative bias of the social media platform as well as its monopolizing the market. On Thursday Zuckerberg himself went to Washington to meet with some… Continue Reading →

Israel’s sanctions on the Palestinian Authority for funding terrorism is having a dramatic effect on the PA economy, the World Bank said in a special report. According to the Bank,… Read more » The post World Bank Report: PA Economy… Continue Reading →

Hong Kong cleaned up on Monday and train services in the city resumed, after another weekend of sometimes violent protests that saw pro-democracy activists vandalize a railway station and a… Read more » The post Hong Kong Mops Up After… Continue Reading →

Last week, WeWork, the shared-space startup which has grown exponentially over the past few years, decide to delay its much-anticipated stock-market listing, amid speculations that the company is overvalued. Issues of corporate governance and leadership have also come to the… Continue Reading →

Blue and White may be the biggest party in the Knesset – but it’s head, Benny Gantz, is not the choice of most Knesset MKs to form a government. But… Read more » The post Job Without a Taker? Both… Continue Reading →

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that new U.S. sanctions, under which Iran’s central bank was blacklisted for a second time, pointed to U.S. “desperation” in the face of… Read more » The post Rouhani: Iran Resists Sanctions, Drives… Continue Reading →

The United Arab List on Monday formally rescinded its support of Benny Gantz as the first candidate to form a government. UAL head Ayman Odeh had previously reported to President… Read more » The post UAL Rescinds Gantz Recommendation; Netanyahu… Continue Reading →

About 50,000 tourists are stranded in Greece, mainly on islands, after British travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed, a Greek Tourism Ministry official told Reuters on Monday. The tourists, mainly British,… Read more » The post Thomas Cook’s Collapse Strands About… Continue Reading →

Police said in a statement that they were dedicating extensive resources to scooping up illegal weapons in the Arab sector. In 2019 alone, police have so far confiscated 3,661 such… Read more » The post Police Find Illegal Weapons at… Continue Reading →

Britain believes Iran was responsible for an attack on Saudi oil facilities and will work with the United States and European allies on a joint response, Prime Minister Boris Johnson… Read more » The post Johnson: U.K. Believes Iran Was… Continue Reading →

Most Asian share markets slipped on Monday as investors waited for more clarity on Sino-U.S. trade talks, while oil gained more than 1% as Middle East tensions remained elevated. Market… Read more » The post Asian Shares Ease on Geopolitical… Continue Reading →

Tehran – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to the sending of U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia as “posturing” in an interview on Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “I think it’s posturing. I think it’s all going the… Continue Reading →

Greenwald Caterers on E.8th St in Lakewood, was destroyed in a massive fire. The roof has collapsed and the building is completely destroyed.  More details as they become available. The post Breaking: Greenwald Caterers in Lakewood in Massive Fire appeared… Continue Reading →

Jerusalem – Leah Goldin, mother of captured Israel Defense Forces’ soldier Hadar Goldin, is scheduled to address the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva later this week, where she will call on the international community to help return her son’s… Continue Reading →