Month February 2020

[Public Notice] Lakewood School District will hold a Nonpublic Consultation Meeting on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 10:30 a.m., in the Auditorium of Lakewood High School, located at 855 Somerset Avenue, Lakewood, NJ 08701 The purpose of the consultation meeting… Continue Reading →

The Congressman was hosted by Rabbi Aaron Kotler.

BERLIN (AP) — The German Cabinet has approved a bill that will require social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube to report certain hate speech to the police. According to the bill passed by ministers Wednesday, internet companies will… Continue Reading →

On Sunday, Feb. 2, South Florida communities were privileged to host a unique and exceptional program called the Tefillin Awareness Project–Hanacha K’Halacha. Developed by Mr. Avrohom B. Schachter, a Brooklyn… Read more » The post Hanacha K’Halacha in Boca Raton,… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] In times of darkness, human nature is to look for hope. In today’s world, where there are so many displays of selfishness and greed, it uplifts us to look at the heroes of klal yisroel. The individuals who despite life’s… Continue Reading →

Cathay Pacific, which has been flying between Israel and Hong Kong since 2017, announced Wednesday it was suspending flights on the route. The suspension, as of now, will begin on… Read more » The post Cathay Pacific Suspends Flights to… Continue Reading →

MIAMI (VINnews) — A Jewish woman was one of 2 casualties, after a vehicle slid off a ferry into the water off the coast of Miami. Miami Fire Rescue and the U.S. Coast Guard responded on Tuesday after a they… Continue Reading →

A Jewish woman was one of two who were tragically killed after the car they were in plunged off a Miami ferry into the waters off an exclusive island with a members-only club. Miami Fire Rescue and the U.S. Coast… Continue Reading →

At the foot of Mount Olympus, army aviation forces from Greece and the United States are taking part in a live-fire exercise with attack helicopters, marking deepening defense ties between… Read more » The post Greece, U.S. Hold Live-Fire Drill… Continue Reading →

U.S. homebuilding fell less than expected in January while permits surged to a near 13-year high, pointing to sustained housing market strength that could help keep the longest economic expansion… Read more » The post Housing Starts Drop; Building Permits… Continue Reading →

A new study finds that New York and New Jersey are losing more residents than any other states. The career website Zippia looked at the population data from the Census’ American Community Survey to determine the states with the largest… Continue Reading →

A new study finds that New York and New Jersey are losing more residents than any other states. The career website Zippia looked at the population data from the Census’ American Community Survey to determine the states with the largest… Continue Reading →

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that he believes his recent meeting with a U.S. senator had spooked the Trump administration because it was an opportunity to talk directly to “the American nation.” Mohammad Javad Zarif met… Continue Reading →

[Submitted by a Menahel in Lakewood] Dear fellow TLS readers, My first cousin has run a successful Kiruv organization in the Galil for many years. The organization’s needs increased along with its growth, and in order to expand the program,… Continue Reading →

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LONDON (AP) — Surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin during the procedure. Doctors for violinist Dagmar Turner, 53, mapped her brain before the surgery to identify areas that… Continue Reading →

Ido Segev, a 31-year-old Israeli citizen, and three other people were killed on Wednesday in Australia when two small planes collided mid-air north of Melbourne, Australia. One of the planes, which belonged to a nearby flight school and held an… Continue Reading →

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said the “top levels” of the Malaysian government long suspected that the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 almost six years ago was a mass murder-suicide by the pilot…. Continue Reading →

Last week, a grand jury indicted Mashon Wilson for leaving the scene of the 2018 accident on County Line Road in Lakewood that killed Yechiel Feingold z”l, and for causing a death while driving with a suspended license. This isn’t… Continue Reading →

Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected US president, a top adviser says. Bloomberg would put Bloomberg… Continue Reading →

SEATTLE (AP) – Boeing said Tuesday that it found debris contaminating the fuel tanks of some 737 Max jets that it built in the past year but was unable to deliver to airline customers. A Boeing official said the debris… Continue Reading →