Month April 2020
A Memorial marking the shloshim since the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Friedman a”h will be held on Thursday, April 30 at 8pm. The program will be livestreamed by Chabad.org at Chabad.org/RebYisroel. Reb Yisroel was born in the Belarusian city of… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Dr Harvey Hirsch Z”L of Lakewood. He was 68 and was Niftar from COVID-19. Dr Hirsch was a beloved township pediatrician, who worked at CHEMED in Lakewood. He was a real… Continue Reading →
Lakewood Mayor Ray Coles tells TLS that all Lakewood parks and paths around Lake Carasaljo will be reopened on Friday. The one exclusion is Pine Park which is used for food distribution. Playgrounds are not being reopened at this time…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it will keep its key short-term interest rate near zero for the foreseeable future as part of its extraordinary efforts to bolster an economy that is sinking into its worst crisis… Continue Reading →
A biotech company said Wednesday its experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major U.S. government study that put it to a strict test. Gilead Sciences’s remdesivir would be the first treatment to pass such a… Continue Reading →
New York reported 330 new COVID-19 deaths, continuing a trend of daily fatalities decreasing slowly over the past three weeks. “The decline has been slow at best and still disgustingly… Read more » The post New York COVID Deaths Continue… Continue Reading →
There are 15,782 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of Wednesday, with 117 in serious condition, of whom 91 are ventilated. A total of 7,929 Israelis have recovered from the virus, which means that the majority of those… Continue Reading →
I was caught quite by surprise when seeing the results of a poll that recently ran on TLS asking respondents to opine on whether camps should not open for the summer if schools are allowed to reopen by then. As… Continue Reading →
A coronavirus vaccine is still months or years away. Vaccine opponents are already taking aim, potentially eroding confidence in what could be humanity’s best chance to defeat the virus. In… Read more » The post Anti-Vaccine Groups Sow Doubt About… Continue Reading →
Haunting images of an empty Times Square and the daily accounting of hundreds of fatalities in New York City have reinforced the idea of the coronavirus as an urban contagion.… Read more » The post COVID-19 Showing Suburbs Are Just… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] On Monday April 20th a gem has been taken from Klal Yisroel, we lost a ray of light, a pillar of chesed, a teacher and builder of Torah, a real askan, an icon in Monsey like none other. Rav… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the passing of HaRav Yonasan Binyamin Halevi Jungreis ZT”L. The Niftar was a Holocaust survivor of Bergen Belsen. He was the son of Rabbi Avraham and Rebbetzin Miriam Jungreis of Canarsie, Brooklyn, and brother… Continue Reading →
HOUSTON (JNS) — A Jewish family in Houston is turning kipahs into face masks for their town’s homeless population to wear during the coronavirus pandemic. The Jason family has already collected nearly 700 from donations and has dubbed their campaign… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Once again klal yisroel is reeling from another tragic petira, this time of a yungerman in his high 30s, R’ Yehuda Aryeh Falik a”h. R’ Yehuda Aryeh a”h suffered multiple health issues throughout most of his life as well… Continue Reading →
The Township of Lakewood is reminding all Lakewood first responders – from both volunteer and career agencies – that there will be COVID-19 testing available today, Wednesday, April 29 through Friday, May 1 from 9am to 5pm. Testing is available… Continue Reading →
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden opposes Israeli annexation of parts of Yehuda and Shomron, but would keep the U.S. Embassy in Yerushalayim, according to his senior policy adviser. Asked in… Read more » The post Biden: No to Annexation, Yes… Continue Reading →
Due to limited Nichum Aveilim, the Jacobs family would appreciate all stories and memories about Rav Yehuda Jacobs ZT”L to be sent to them. You can send them to Rabbijacobszichronos@gmail.com As a זכות, a משניות chart was set up with… Continue Reading →
With the push of a red button, one of the two operating nuclear reactors at the Indian Point Energy Center along the Hudson River north of New York City will… Read more » The post Nuclear Power Plant North of… Continue Reading →
Stocks charged higher around the world Wednesday following an encouraging report on a possible treatment for COVID-19. The optimism helped send the S&P 500 up 2.5% in midday trading, and… Read more » The post S&P 500 Up On Virus… Continue Reading →
Bnei Brak was plunged into mourning from the devastating news of the petira of Harav Yaakov Kolodetsky, z’tl, a noted talmid chacham in the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood, from COVID-19 at the age of 70. Rav Yaakov was known as a… Continue Reading →
Military jets flew in formation over Tel Aviv’s deserted parks and streets on Wednesday, cheered on from rooftops by flag-waving residents in face masks as Israel marked its independence day… Read more » The post Israel Holds Flyover Saluting Medical… Continue Reading →