Month March 2020

The White House has issued guidelines for Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. Titled “The President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 days to slow the spread,” many of the guidelines are broad and have been what the administration and health officials… Continue Reading →

France is imposing nationwide restrictions on how far from their homes people can go and for what purpose, as part of the country’s strategy to stop the spread of the… Read more » The post France to ‘Strongly Reduce’ Movement… Continue Reading →

“My brother’s son was scheduled to go to the chuppah Monday evening at 8:30, with the kabbalas panim called for 7:30,” said Chany. “I had appointments scheduled for my daughter… Read more » The post In a Mazeldige Shaah appeared… Continue Reading →

The coronavirus battered the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Monday, as shares on TA 35 index dropped 8 percent and the TA 125 index also lost more than 7 percent.… Read more » The post Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Takes… Continue Reading →

Coronavirus has affected the very fabric of our lives, with closures of schools and shuls, cancellations of almost all social events, and curtailing of simchos. Bikur Cholim organizations are cutting… Read more » The post Update on Shuls and Yeshivos… Continue Reading →

President Trump has survived through a lot in his presidency: awful gaffes, inaccurate statements, the Russia investigation and subsequent impeachment, and a myriad of other crises and scandals. Nothing has ever been able to take him down, giving him the… Continue Reading →

All Rockland County schools, both public and private, County Executive Ed Day said Monday. Public schools will be closed starting Tuesday; the private-school closure takes effect Wednesday. Day said the… Read more » The post All Rockland County Schools Closed… Continue Reading →

As the world deals with the difficult challenges presented by COVID – 19 (Coronavirus), we, rabbis of Toronto’s Jewish community, have taken guidance from medical experts and Toronto Public Health and have developed a strategy to navigate the current situation… Continue Reading →

U.S. stock indexes plunged about 8% on Monday, as investors dumped risky assets for cash after the Federal Reserve’s drastic move to cut interest rates to near zero amplified worries… Read more » The post Wall St. Pounded as Fed’s… Continue Reading →

All of New Jersey’s public and private schools, along with colleges and universities, will close indefinitely starting Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said, while bars and restaurants will be open… Read more » The post New Jersey Closing All Schools,… Continue Reading →

New York state entered a new phase in the coronavirus pandemic Monday. New York City closed its public schools, and officials said schools statewide would close by Wednesday. It is… Read more » The post New Pandemic Phase in New… Continue Reading →

Rockland County Executive Ed Day instituted a state of emergency today. All public schools that serve grades K-12 are to suspend all classroom and extracurricular functions starting Tuesday. The closure will be for two weeks. Private schools must close starting… Continue Reading →

Governor Murphy Announces Statewide School Closure Amid COVID-19 Spread Governor Phil Murphy announced that he would be ordering all schools in the state-both public and private to close as of… Read more » The post Lakewood Briefs appeared first on… Continue Reading →

Canada is barring entry to all travellers who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today. There will be exceptions for air crew, diplomats, immediate family members of citizens and, “at this time,” U.S. citizens,… Continue Reading →