Month April 2020
I am starting to lose it. On a very serious note. Like hundreds in the Jewish community, my sole income revolves on the Jewish simcha market. Something that is pretty much squashed at this point. As a photographer, our business… Continue Reading →
Among the challenges posed by life in the coronavirus crisis—aside from the obvious ones concerning health, work and study—is that of complying with official regulations. Staying at home is simple… Read more » The post Police Publish 65-Point Update of… Continue Reading →
Highland Mills, NY (VINnews) – A house fire in the Town of Woodbury this morning claimed the life of a retired professor, who has been accused for years of being an anti-Semite. Clyde Magarelli, who had taught sociology for decades… Continue Reading →
Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the payoffs can be huge but the risks are greater than… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are increasingly hostile to China as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the U.S. and global economies and after three years of Trump administration antagonism toward the country, according to a nationwide poll released on Tuesday…. Continue Reading →
The streets are eerily quiet. Barely a soul walks by. But when Rabbi Shmuel Plafker arrives at the cemetery, it’s buzzing: Vans pulling in with bodies aboard, mounds of dirt… Read more » The post Cemetery Races to Keep Up… Continue Reading →
HOUSTON (AP) — Secrecy surrounding executions could hinder efforts by a group of medical professionals who are asking the nation’s death penalty states for medications used in lethal injections so that they can go to coronavirus patients who are on… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Pesach is over and many schools have announced that they will be closed for the remainder of the year. Many parents are struggling with this new reality and scrambling to fill their children’s days in a productive manner. Numerous resources… Continue Reading →
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will head to the White House on Tuesday as he seeks billions in federal aid and help with coronavirus testing. The Democratic governor and Republican… Read more » The post Cuomo Heads to White House… Continue Reading →
A poll conducted by Monmouth University shows found that New Jersey residents overwhelmingly approve Governor Phil Murphy as well as his social distancing measures. The poll, conducted by telephone from April 16 to 19, found Governor Murphy enjoying 71% job… Continue Reading →
A virtual Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Germany was disrupted by anti-Semites shouting hate slogans and displaying photos of Adolf Hitler. The event, sponsored by the Israeli embassy in Berlin… Read more » The post Israeli Embassy Holocaust Event in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will head to the White House on Tuesday as he seeks billions in federal aid and help with coronavirus testing. The Democratic governor and Republican president have alternately praised and criticized… Continue Reading →
Oil’s chaotic collapse deepened, and stocks around the world dropped on Tuesday as markets remain upside down amid the economic carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A day after oil… Read more » The post Oil Prices Keep Crumbling, Stocks… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday agreement has been reached on major elements of a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid package for small businesses, including additional help for hospitals and virus testing. Schumer said post-midnight talks… Continue Reading →
An Israeli airstrike in central Syria killed nine fighters, including six who were not Syrians and some who were loyal to the Hezbollah terror group, an opposition war monitor alleged… Read more » The post Report: Israeli Airstrike in Syria… Continue Reading →
With Pesach now behind us and the Covid-19 pandemic crisis stretching on with no end in sight, Mosdos are being faced with the unprecedented challenge of to continue providing a high-quality education to their students from a distance. Although classes… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Jerusalem’s police are doing important work, even live-saving work in enforcing public health regulations and dispersing illegal gatherings. The gatherings are both unnecessary and dangerous. However this does not justify any form of brutality or cruelty towards… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK’d the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states. The test from LabCorp will… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Motty Kopman, his friends recall, could become a person’s best friend the moment he met them. He always spoke from the heart, and had a charm about him that allowed him to connect with every individual on a personal… Continue Reading →
A New York Police Department employee died from coronavirus complications overnight, Commissioner Dermot Shea told CNN on Tuesday morning, marking the 31st reported coronavirus-related death within the NYPD. Shea didn’t name or provide additional details about the employee. About 13%… Continue Reading →
The FDA has authorized the first diagnostic test with a home collection option for COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. In a statement released Tuesday, the FDA said that it had reissued an Emergency Use Authorization for LabCorp to COVID-19… Continue Reading →