Month March 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Can my kids go on a play date? Is it OK if I visit the gym? In this time of coronavirus, once-easy questions have suddenly become complex. Here are some questions and answers about the “social… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) today announced that it will temporarily close its walk-in payment services for customers in Asbury Park, Wall, Lakewood and Rockaway, effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020, and waive late payment fees for at least the next… Continue Reading →
The U.S. stock market plunged more than 12% Monday for its worst day in more than three decades as voices from Wall Street to the White House said the coronavirus… Read more » The post Dow Dives 2,997 Points on… Continue Reading →
For the first time, a mother with coronavirus gave birth in Israel, on Monday at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Yerushalayim, the Jerusalem Post reported. The child was born… Read more » The post Baby Born to Mother with Coronavirus … Continue Reading →
The 23rd Knesset began its first day of work on Monday with a ratcheting up of the confrontation between the Blue and White party versus Speaker Yuli Edelstein. The party… Read more » The post Blue and White Moves to… Continue Reading →
Approximately 75 Lakewood Rabbonim, Dayonim and Doctors participated in a video conference to discuss the Halachic ramifications or coronavirus, as well as to prepare public policy for the pandemic. The meeting, held at the Bais Medrash of Dr. Daniel Roth,… Continue Reading →
Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place mandate on Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says residents… Read more » The post San Francisco, Bay Area Counties… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are proposing a new coronavirus aid package, with at least $750 billion to boost hospital capacity, unemployment insurance and other direct aid for American households, businesses and the health care industry. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck… Continue Reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Monday evening that currently there will be no national lockdown in the struggle to contain the coronavirus, but warned that some localities could… Read more » The post Netanyahu: No National Shutdown…Yet appeared… Continue Reading →
The U.S. stock market plunged more than 12% Monday for its worst day in more than three decades as voices from Wall Street to the White House said the coronavirus is likely dragging the economy into a recession. The S&P… Continue Reading →
With the coronavirus pandemic causing a level of anxiety among members of the community, Chai Urgent Care was declared an eligible testing site for the disease by New York City health department officials. In order not to endanger regular patients,… Continue Reading →
The post Letter from Harav Yaakov Meir Schechter, shlita appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Tehillim for Harav Yaakov Busel, Shlita Letter From HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, Shlita, on Coronavirus Harav Chaim Kanievsky, shlita and Harav Gershon Edelstein, shlita Decide… Continue Reading →
U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday — leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. With a careful jab in a healthy volunteer’s… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says the United States “may be” headed toward a recession as the economy continues to be battered amid the coronavirus outbreak. Trump spoke to reporters Monday at a White House briefing as cases in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – The Dow industrials took a 2,999-point nosedive on Monday as fears deepen that the coronavirus outbreak will throw global economy into recession. Even for a market beset by volaility in recent weeks, the losses were staggering…. Continue Reading →
The post Message From Hanhalah of Beth Medrash Govoha appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Rep. Andy Kim Visits Beth Medrash Govoha Chacham Yosef Harari-Raful Visits Beth Medrash Govoha Simchas Beis Hasho’eva in Bais Medrash Govoha-Lakewood Beth Medrash Gevoah… Continue Reading →
Letter From Roshei Yeshiva of Bais Medrash Govoah Announcing That the Yeshiva Must Close Temporarily
[Free translation] Afore ‘the months when salvations revolve’, 5780 In regard to the disease which is raging throughout the world, which is deemed as a plague which is in the… Read more » The post Letter From Roshei Yeshiva of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) — The annual Mega Aliyah Event, which provides potential new immigrants (olim) with an all-encompassing slate of resources for retirees, young professionals, medical professionals, families and singles, that was set to take place in New Jersey on Sunday,… Continue Reading →
TOMS RIVER TWP: The Township is taking a number of steps to prevent and contain COVID-19 and to address public and employee safety. As of today, Town Hall is open to the public. Tomorrow, March 17, 2020, the Township will… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Monday that it needs to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. to keep up with a crush of orders as the coronavirus spreads and keeps more people at home, shopping online. The online retailer… Continue Reading →