Month March 2020
[COMMUNICATED] Bais Yaakov Ocean County has just two more days to raise the funds needed to move into their new building before Pesach! The parents our working around the clock to ensure the future for their daughters and for Lakewood. CLICK… Continue Reading →
Stocks plummeted once again on Thursday after President Donald Trump and the Federal Reserve both failed to quell concerns over the economic slowdown stemming from the coronavirus, leading to a historic drop for the U.S. markets. The Dow Jones Industrial… Continue Reading →
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday called for a sweeping national response to the coronavirus outbreak, chiding President Donald Trump for a response he said was woefully insufficient and warning that the widening public health… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market had its biggest drop since the Black Monday crash of 1987 as fears of economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis deepened. The Dow industrials plunged more than 2,300 points, or 10%. The sell-of… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Torah Umesorah Vaad Roshei Yeshiva has released the following statement: We have been asked, in light of the pandemic spread of the terrible coronavirus, whether yeshivos and day schools should close down until the danger… Continue Reading →
Iran’s foreign minister demanded Thursday that the United States immediately halt what he called a “campaign of economic terrorism” and lift sanctions, saying they have made it increasingly difficult for the country to export oil and virtually impossible to import… Continue Reading →
We have been asked, in light of the pandemic spread of the terrible coronavirus, whether yeshivos and day schools should close down until the danger of infection has passed. It is our opinion, at least as of now, and at… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Interior Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri called on Thursday for the establishment of a national emergency government to fight the coronavirus, and stressed that to do so would mean putting… Read more » The post Deri Calls for National Emergency… Continue Reading →
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I landed in Israel from Spain today, but I’m feeling good. Do I need to go into isolation? Yes. The Ministry of Health orders that you must stay quarantined for 14 days, beginning from the day of departure from the… Continue Reading →
LOUISIANA (JTA) — A Louisiana man was arrested for allegedly spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti on a local synagogue in 2018. Caine Zander Brown, 20, of Jefferson Parish, was arrested Tuesday for vandalizing the Northshore Jewish Congregation. Two swastikas and a cross,… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar found themselves in an awkward moment: How do you a greet a fellow world leader in the midst of a global viral pandemic? The two made the mutual… Continue Reading →
The following email was sent Thursday to parents of bachurim in Yeshivas Mir-Yerushalayim: Dear Parents, As per the request of the Rosh Hayeshiva Shlita, Rav Asher Arieli and Rav Yosef… Read more » The post Message to Parents of Bachurim… Continue Reading →
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Starting July 1, 2020, the New Jersey Paid Family Leave Insurance Benefit (FLI) will increase to 12 paid consecutive weeks per year, and Intermittent Family Leave Insurance (FLI) will increase to 56 paid days per year. Also, the FLI weekly… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump incorrectly stated in his address to the nation that the health insurance industry has agreed to waive patient co-payments for treatment of COVID-19. The industry has not made such a commitment. Instead, insurers agreed… Continue Reading →
Israeli officials have decided to close down the country’s schools to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was expected to inform the nation in… Read more » The post Israel Closes Schools Until After… Continue Reading →
Gatherings with more than 500 people will temporarily be banned in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday when announcing one of several “dramatic actions” to contain the coronavirus. The governor said the ban would start for most places at… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump, in an explosive tirade on Monday, urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to encourage Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to do more to stimulate the economy, two officials familiar with the exchange said, revealing the president’s mounting fury… Continue Reading →
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has announced her remarriage, just four months after her marriage fell apart following an allegation she was having an affair with her political consultant. Omar posted the news of her new… Continue Reading →
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday the state would ban all gatherings with 500 or more people to battle the coronavirus. The governor said the ban would start for… Read more » The post New York State Bans Gatherings… Continue Reading →