Month April 2020
WASHINGTON (JTA) – An adviser to Joe Biden said the former vice president would keep the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem if elected president. Tony Blinken, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s senior foreign policy adviser, said that reversing President Donald Trump’s… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] When the spread of the coronavirus first began, doctors predicted that its ripple effects would reach far and wide. One such ripple is that many people suffering other illnesses, such as heart attacks and stroke, are often afraid to… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said Wednesday he was recommending that the group formally censure de Blasio for his response criticizing a large Jewish funeral in Williamsburg. “I agree with the Mayor that social… Continue Reading →
Mayor Hill and the Township Council unanimously approved a resolution during last night’s Council Meeting that directs the Tax Collector to extend the grace period to pay the May 1st taxes until June 1st, 2020. The grace period by state… Continue Reading →
TUCSON, ARIZ. (VINNews) — In a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presents a frequently updated table of studies that report results of treating COVID-19 with the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine (CQ)… Continue Reading →
HaRav Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg, was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday evening, after he was in critical condition and on a respirator from COVID-19. HaRav Ginzberg is the Rov of the Chofetz Chaim Torah Center of Cedarhurst and the… Continue Reading →
The United States will not allow Iran to purchase conventional arms after a U.N. prohibition on this expires in October, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday. “We’re… Read more » The post Pompeo: U.S. Will Not Allow… Continue Reading →
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 →
NEW YORK (AP) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his tweets criticizing a large Jewish funeral on Wednesday at a press briefing. De Blasio said Wednesday that he was sorry if his words hurt anyone’s feelings but… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – 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 2.3% in the morning trading, and stocks in Europe also jumped… Continue Reading →
Mayor Deblasio spoke at a press conference on Wednesday morning, and tried to explain his tweets which have now gained national attention, and caused the Levaya of the Tola’as Yaakov Rebbe ZT”L to become national headlines. The Mayor says that… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Earlier this month, after Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race, we made a list of 10 others who could one day become the nation’s first Jewish president. But according to a new report in Vanity… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Felicia Lynch started a dream job last November as an assistant knitwear designer for a luxury brand working in lower Manhattan before the coronavirus pandemic took full swing in New York’s fashion capital and tossed her… Continue Reading →
German prosecutors have charged a far-right extremist with the killing of a regional politician from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party and in a near-fatal attack on an Iraqi asylum-seeker a few… Read more » The post Prosecutors Charge Neo-Nazi With German… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, TLS reported about Governor Murphy’s executive order extending the grace period for property tax payments. Lakewood Mayor Ray Coles today told TLS Lakewood will enroll in this extension. The Mayor says in order to allow it, the Township needs… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – It starts with pulling on head-to-toe protective gear. Then comes a brisk walk down a hospital corridor, triple-gloved hands pushing a rattling anesthesia cart toward a door that leads to a frightened patient, gasping for air…. Continue Reading →
BERN, SWITZERLAND (VINnews) — Swiss health authorities have announced that children under the age of 10 can hug their grandparents again without fear of infecting them with coronavirus. The change of advice came after Swiss scientists concluded that young children pose… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden won Ohio’s presidential primary, clinching a contest that was less about the Democratic nomination and more about how states can conduct elections in the era of the coronavirus. Tuesday’s primary was the first major test of statewide elections… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP/VINnews) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio oversaw the dispersal of a large, tightly packed Hasidic Jewish funeral and lashed out at the mourners who had gathered in defiance of social distancing rules intended to curb… Continue Reading →
Some 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy, representing nearly half of the global labor force, are in immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the coronavirus pandemic, the… Read more » The post ILO: Nearly Half of Global… Continue Reading →
Our community has been shaken and heartbroken over the sudden loss of our beloved Rabbi David Jamal A”H. He was approximately 67, and was Niftar from COVID-19 Everyone knew the Rabbi with his infectious smile, but behind the smile was… Continue Reading →