Month March 2020
ROME (JTA) A well-known painter in Italy unveiled on Facebook an oil painting depicting an anti-Semitic blood libel. Giovanni Gasparro uploaded “the Martyrdom of St. Simon of Trento for Jewish ritual murder,” which shows several Jewish men and women, some… Continue Reading →
The director of Lakewood Bikur Cholim, R’ Yehuda Kaszirer has released an urgent message to the Lakewood community. In an audio message given to YWN, Kaszirer pleads with people to not make Minyanim and listen to Rabbonim and doctors. More… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Dr. Mark Allen Respler Z”L, a well-known urologist who lived in Boro Park. He was in his mid sixties. Dr. Respler worked at Ahava Medical & Rehabilitation Center. He leaves behind… Continue Reading →
Staring today, the Lakewood DPW resident drop-off will have extended hours – from 7:30am and closing at 11pm. These hours are for Monday through Friday only. On Saturday and Sunday, the resident drop-off will be open from 7:30am until 3pm…. Continue Reading →
[Public Notices]
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, and the entire New Jersey congressional delegation, today called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a third federally-backed COVID-19 testing site that would expand access to tests to over one… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) Doctors from around the world are reporting cases of COVID-19 patients who have lost their sense of smell, known as anosmia, or taste, known as ageusia. The director of the University of Florida’s Center for Smell… Continue Reading →
[Submitted by Deja New] Dear Lakewood community – Thank you for your partnership in bringing beautiful and affordable clothing to thousands of families! A few important updates: 1. Deja New is continuing to accept clothing and accessories at our drop-off… Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump attacked General Motors Friday, alleging that the company promised to build thousands more breathing machines than it can deliver for coronavirus patients and that it wants too much money for them. “As usual with… Continue Reading →
Acting with exceptional resolve in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2-trillion rescue package Friday, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy and health-care system… Read more » The post House Passes $2.2T Rescue Package,… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump and elected leaders in New York are clashing again over the depth of the state’s coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile, the outbreak is taking its toll on the state’s… Read more » The post As Coronavirus Toll Mounts in… Continue Reading →
A New York City subway driver was killed and several other people were injured early Friday in a fire on a train that is being investigated as a crime. Fires… Read more » The post New York Subway Driver Killed… Continue Reading →
WATERBURY, Conn. (JTA) — If there is a Jewish utopia today, the place where I live could be it. Waterbury has a unique mix of “black hat” yeshivish families and Modern Orthodox ones living side by side in a city… Continue Reading →
Stocks fell Friday on Wall Street as investors waited for Congress to deliver a big financial rescue package aimed at cushioning ailing businesses and households from the coronavirus crisis. The… Read more » The post Stocks Move Lower on Wall… Continue Reading →
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, while the number of infections in the United States surged to the most in the world… Read more » The post Boris Johnson Tests Positive for… Continue Reading →
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is questioning the constitutionality of Gov. Gina Raimondo’s directive allowing state police to stop vehicles with New York license plates. The Democratic governor on Thursday called the measure extreme… Continue Reading →
Maimonides Medical Center in Boro Park has set up a tent outside its emergency room outside its emergency room on Fort Hamilton Parkway between 48th and 49th Streets, for emergency… Read more » The post Maimonides ER Triage to Be… Continue Reading →
The Ocean County Sheriff’s Office in partnership with the Ocean County Police Chiefs Association has established a decontamination site in Berkeley Township off of the Garden State Parkway for emergency response vehicles. “We opened the site earlier this week and… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – An Israeli American who advised Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign is challenging Jerry Nadler in the Democratic primary for the veteran lawmaker’s congressional seat in New York. Jonathan Herzog would be the youngest congressman at 25 and… Continue Reading →
Listen to the message below released today.