Month April 2020
NEW YORK (JTA) – For rabbis, the end of Passover marks the beginning of a new season: planning for the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the High Holidays in the fall when Jews pack synagogue sanctuaries. This year, that planning… Continue Reading →
Orthodox Jews are accustomed to being portrayed unfairly in the media. In challenging times, we prove to be particularly enticing targets. The current crisis, no exception, spawned the usual negativity aimed at our community, presented by writers who cherry picked… Continue Reading →
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials condemned comments Wednesday by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman after she called for casinos and other nonessential businesses to reopen and suggested the city could serve as a test case to measure the impact… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The tourists and conventioneers who once filled the rooms of The New Yorker hotel are long gone, driven away by the coronavirus, but its lobby is still bustling. The big, art-deco hotel in midtown Manhattan is… Continue Reading →
The World Health Organization chief said Wednesday he hopes the United States will reconsider its freeze in funding for his agency and vowed to keep working on “saving lives” despite calls from some U.S. lawmakers for his resignation. WHO Director-General… Continue Reading →
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Residents of northcentral and northwestern Pennsylvania are projected to be the first in the state to be released from Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order, and many retail stores in those areas should be able to reopen,… Continue Reading →
The IDF’s Intelligence Corps technology unit, Unit 81, like many other Israeli agencies, has been recruited in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. But like the Mossad, which has played a role in obtaining vital medical equipment from unnamed countries,… Continue Reading →
On Sunday, April 19, 2020, 26 Nissan, 5780, an urgent request was raised in a group abroad. “Urgent help is needed,” it cried out. “This Wednesday, there is a circumcision… Read more » The post A Bris in a Far… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that will temporarily halt the issuance of certain green cards as he uses the coronavirus pandemic to push long-stalled immigration measures during… Read more » The post Trump Signs Immigration Order as… Continue Reading →
Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a new survey finds, even as small pockets of attention-grabbing protests demanding the lifting of such restrictions emerge nationwide. The survey from… Continue Reading →
While the tri-state area is sheltered-in-place, we have organized instructors to bring art and computer classes directly to your home! We are hosting a series of classes via zoom. These classes are for 5th through 8th-grade girls, separated by grade…. Continue Reading →
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that the two drive-thru testing sites operated with the federal government cannot yet begin taking asymptomatic residents yet. Murphy corrected a statement from… Read more » The post Asymptomatic Testing is Not Under… Continue Reading →
The Rav is Rosh Kollel in Toronto, as well as the head of the Lakewood Bais Hora’ah. See the letter below.
PPP Loan Update: The fact that FinTech and non-bank lenders have been approved to participate in the distribution of PPP loans will make a world of difference when more funds are appropriated. Small businesses would have benefited more had these… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) — With some ultra-Orthodox (haredi) communities in Israel having been under complete lockdown due to the high rate of COVID-19 infections, a major controversy has been raging in Israel over whether the leaders of these communities were initially… Continue Reading →
Harvard University said on Wednesday it had decided not to seek $8.6 million from the coronavirus stimulus law that it was qualified for, after an outcry led by U.S. President… Read more » The post Harvard Drops $8.6 Million Stimulus… Continue Reading →
A 74-year old man was critically injured on Wednesday morning when his paraglider crashed into the Kinneret. Rescue services arrived at the scene and the man was pulled from the water by a police boat. MDA paramedics treated him at… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Air Force One is mostly grounded. Fundraisers are canceled. And the closest thing to a campaign rally is President Donald Trump’s nightly coronavirus briefing. The president’s reelection campaign has been thoroughly upended by the coronavirus. But… Continue Reading →
A multi-billion-dollar standoff between the nation’s leading insurers and the restaurants, hotels,and gyms that purchase their policies has spilled into some of the most powerful corridors of Washington, as both… Read more » The post Businesses Are Battling Insurers Over… Continue Reading →
Many Small Businesses Say Loans Won’t Get Them to Rehire WASHINGTON (AP) — Some small businesses that obtained a highly-coveted government loan say they won’t be able to use it… Read more » The post Business Briefs – April 22,… Continue Reading →