Month February 2020

A man intentionally drove a car into a crowd at a Carnival parade in a small town in central Germany, injuring around 30 people including children, officials said Monday. The driver, a 29-year-old German citizen who lived locally, was arrested… Continue Reading →

For the first time ever – live in Brooklyn – Regal Productions is proud to present “The Silver Skates” a unique musical theater performance on ice! Enjoyed by 6,000 women and girls in Eretz Yisroel and 4,000 women and girls… Continue Reading →

In an unforeseen consequence of the coronavirus epidemic, Israeli retailers were said to be bracing for a shortage of matzos when Pesach arrives. That’s because a large number of Israelis… Read more » The post Matzah Shortage Foreseen in Coronavirus… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com THE QUESTION: [posed by a visitor to the White Shul from Eretz Yisroel] The White Shul in Far Rockaway has an early mincha and maariv minyan for older folks and for those who feel… Continue Reading →

As coronavirus has surfaced in Italy, the Health Ministry on Monday recommended issuing a travel warning for that country. The Foreign Ministry was expected to release the warning following a… Read more » The post Health Ministry Recommends Warning Against… Continue Reading →

In a special operation by the Israel Airport Authority (IAA) and the Health Ministry to send all South Korean tourists in Israel back home due to fear of the coronavirus, 622 South Koreans left Israel on Sunday night. There were… Continue Reading →

Fish-To-Dish announces a “double your impact challenge” to encourage people to help feed the needy, where for every $5 donated to Masbia to buy a loaf of gefilte fish, they… Read more » The post Fish-To-Dish Challenge: Gefilte Fish Donations… Continue Reading →

In an effort to help address the increasing shortage of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in New Jersey, Assemblywomen Angelica Jimenez and Britnee N. Timberlake have sponsored legislation that would make it easier for applicants to obtain EMT-Basic certification if they… Continue Reading →

The press recently villifed high-interest financing as exploitative and predatory. Yet, savvy entrepreneurs use these tools to prosper. Here’s the truth. “Merchant cash advance.” “High-interest loans.” “Short-term loans.” “Bridge loans.” For business owners and individuals looking for quick, alternative funding… Continue Reading →

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The widow of Kobe Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband and her 13-year-old daughter last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant in Los… Continue Reading →

The White House is readying an urgent budget request to address the deadly coronavirus outbreak whose rapid spread is spooking financial markets and restricting international travel. The request is still being developed but is likely to come this week, a… Continue Reading →

Firefighters from federal and New Jersey agencies battled a forest fire for a second day early Monday in a popular hiking area that is crossed by the Appalachian Trail and… Read more » The post Crews Battle Fire in Park… Continue Reading →

A couple who went missing in the woods of Northern California for a week survived by drinking from a muddy puddle and eating fern fronds, said rescuers who had given… Read more » The post Couple Lost in Woods Survived… Continue Reading →

Frumie Cisner remembers the first time she witnessed a Holocaust survivor picking through trash — how the woman scavenged a box of baked goods from a dumpster in front of… Read more » The post Women Holocaust Survivors Find Joy… Continue Reading →

The new virus took aim at a broadening swath of the globe Monday, with officials in Europe and the Middle East scrambling to limit the spread of an outbreak that showed signs of stabilizing at its Chinese epicenter but posed… Continue Reading →

[Public Notice] Lakewood Board of Education will be holding a Nonpublic Consultation Meeting for Non-Public School Administrators, Parents/Guardians & Staff on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at the Lakewood High School Auditorium 855 Somerset Ave. Lakewood, NJ Topics… Continue Reading →

On Motzoei Shabbos Parashas Mishpatim, at the annual melaveh malkah of the Kehillah of the Bais Horaah of Lakewood that is under the auspices of Harav Shlomo Miller, a new… Read more » The post Kehillah of the Bais Horaah… Continue Reading →

Israel’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country will obviate a rescheduling of the March 2 elections, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ said on Monday. “The… Read more » The post Coronavirus Won’t Derail Israeli Elections… Continue Reading →

Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for food stamps and… Continue Reading →

BEIJING (AP) — Need a trim in Beijing? You might have to wait. Even getting a haircut has become a challenge in China now that most barbershops are temporarily shut to avoid public gatherings amid the virus outbreak. Customers must… Continue Reading →