Frum News From The Greater Lakewood Area

Month February 2020

Iran’s State Media: Hardliners Win All Seats for Tehran

Iranian hardliners have won all 30 parliamentary seats in the capital, Tehran, state media reported on Sunday, but officials have yet to announce the voter turnout from the nationwide elections… Read more » The post Iran’s State Media: Hardliners Win… Continue Reading →

Is There a Mitzvah to Build the Bais HaMikdash Now?

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Since it is one of the three Mitzvos found in Parshas Trumah (#20), it is an opportune time to pose the question:  Is there currently a Mitzvah in building the Bais HaMikdash? The answer,… Continue Reading →

ANALYSIS: Sanders’ Big Nevada Win Narrows Rivals’ Path to Democratic Nomination

Bernie Sanders‘ convincing win in the Nevada caucuses signaled his campaign is gathering strength and reaching voters who had previously eluded him, putting him on a path – for now… Read more » The post ANALYSIS: Sanders’ Big Nevada Win… Continue Reading →

Kinneret: Only 99 Centimeters to Go Until Full

As of Sunday morning, the Kinneret was higher than it has been at any time in the past 15 years, the Water Authority reported. The lake is now just 99… Read more » The post Kinneret: Only 99 Centimeters to… Continue Reading →

Israeli Economy Grew 4.9% in Q4, 2019

The Israeli economy roared ahead in the fourth quarter of 2019, growing 4.9%. That was over 25% better than the 3.8% growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2018. The… Read more » The post Israeli Economy Grew 4.9% in… Continue Reading →

Gantz: If I’m Indicted, I’ll Resign

If he is indicted on corruption charges due to his involvement in the Fifth Dimension (Meimad Hachamishi) scandal, he will immediately resign, Benny Gantz said in an interview Saturday night.… Read more » The post Gantz: If I’m Indicted, I’ll… Continue Reading →

S. Korea Leader Calls for ‘Unprecedented’ Steps to Stop Virus

South Korea’s president has put the country on its highest alert for infectious diseases and says officials should take “unprecedented, powerful” steps to fight a viral outbreak. President Moon Jae-in… Read more » The post S. Korea Leader Calls for… Continue Reading →

Magnitude 5.7 Quake Hits Turkey-Iran Border Area

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the Turkey-Iran border region early on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said, although Turkey and Iran said there were no immediate reports… Read more » The post Magnitude 5.7 Quake Hits Turkey-Iran… Continue Reading →

IDF Eliminates Two Terrorists at Gaza Border

The IDF Sunday morning confirmed that soldiers had shot two Gaza Arab terrorists who placed a bomb at the border fence. Soldiers observed the terrorists laying the device along the… Read more » The post IDF Eliminates Two Terrorists at… Continue Reading →

Nearly 200 Israelis in Isolation Over Coronavirus

As of Sunday morning, some 200 Israelis were in isolation over fears that they were exposed to a tourist group from South Korea, a number of whom have been diagnosed… Read more » The post Nearly 200 Israelis in Isolation… Continue Reading →

DEA Agent Accused Of Conspiring With Cartel

A once-standout U.S. federal narcotics agent known for spending lavishly on luxury cars and Tiffany jewelry has been arrested on charges of conspiring to launder money with the same Colombian drug cartel he was supposed to be fighting. Jose Irizarry… Continue Reading →

NASCAR Had Paramedic In Newman’s Car 35 Seconds After Crash

A paramedic was treating Ryan Newman inside his car 35 seconds after the ruined and flaming vehicle came to rest after a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500. NASCAR gave a brief timeline Saturday of the response… Continue Reading →

Judge Halts Plan To Move Virus Patients To California City

A court temporarily blocked the U.S. government from sending up to 50 people infected with a new virus from China to a Southern California city for quarantine after local officials argued that the plan lacked details about how the community… Continue Reading →

UN: 100,000 Civilians Casualties In Afghanistan In 10 Years

A United Nations report says Afghanistan passed a grim milestone with more than 100,000 civilians killed or hurt in the last 10 years since the international body began documenting casualties in a war that has raged for 18 years. The… Continue Reading →

Helicopter Pilot In Kobe Bryant Crash Had FAA Violation In 2015

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into a Southern California hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, was reprimanded five years ago for flying without permission into airspace while he had reduced visibility, according to a Federal Aviation Administration… Continue Reading →

Opioid Settlement Still Elusive As Some Lawyers Criticize It

WEST VIRGINIA (AP) — State attorneys general are finding a national settlement over the toll of opioids to be elusive, as some lawyers for state and local governments are renewing public criticism of the proposed deal with a group of… Continue Reading →

Detainer for Mordechai Samet Removed, Eligible for Home Confinement in Six Months

When Mordechai Yitzchak Samet was convicted of financial crimes in 2002 and sentenced to 27 years in federal prison, the judge called the case “extraordinary”, and there was little hope… Read more » The post Detainer for Mordechai Samet Removed,… Continue Reading →

Ex-US Envoy To Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch Has Book Deal

NEW YORK (AP) — Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling account of alleged threats from Trump and his allies, has a book deal…. Continue Reading →

The US Holocaust Museum Asked New Yorkers For Their Family Artifacts From WWII. Here Are 9 Incredible Donations

NEW YORK (JTA) — A hand-drawn portrait of a young man in a French internment camp. A photo of a Jewish girl who survived the Holocaust by hiding in a monastery. A letter detailing efforts to improve life for Jews… Continue Reading →

Is Taharat Hamashpacha only for Religious Women? Definitely Not!

Most women, even irreligious women, go to the Mikvah every month.  In Israel, a kosher local Mikvah is not a self-understood amenity.  Because localized Mikvahs are not a given, the current revolution of building Mikvahs has seemingly gone unnoticed.  The… Continue Reading →

U.S. National Security Adviser Denies Russia Boosting Trump Reelection

U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser denied that U.S. intelligence officials have warned that Russia has been interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign to boost Trump’s re-election chances. “I… Read more » The post U.S. National Security Adviser Denies… Continue Reading →

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