Month April 2020
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The 100th birthday of a Holocaust survivor and former French-Jewish spy who went behind Germany enemy lines was feted with an appropriately socially distanced parade of cars. Marthe Cohn sat in her driveway in Los Angeles… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) — More than half of American Jews have either witnessed or directly experienced anti-Semitism during the past five years, according to an Anti-Defamation League survey published Tuesday. The ADL also found that 63% of American Jews say… Continue Reading →
As I sit down to pen some of my thoughts regarding the petirah of an individual who encompassed so much chochmah, unbelievable kishronos, super kochos and inborn creative talents, it… Read more » The post Morah Blau, A”h – The… Continue Reading →
His words will provide Chizuk to those who lost a loved one, and are unable to say Kaddish.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests the coronavirus originated in animals in China late last year and was not manipulated or produced in… Read more » The post WHO: Coronavirus Very Likely of… Continue Reading →
German prosecutors say they have charged the suspect in last year’s botched attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle with murder and attempted murder, among other offenses. The German man in his late 20s attempted to attack… Continue Reading →
A northwestern province on the frontline of China’s coronavirus battle reported on Tuesday its first cases in nearly three weeks, all involving travelers from overseas, as imported infections started to… Read more » The post Northwest China Sees Return of… Continue Reading →
United Hatzalah CEO Eli Beer arrived in Israel on Tuesday afternoon and was greeted by hundreds of United Hatzalah members. Dozen of United Hatzalah ambulances, ambucycles and most importantly the volunteers themselves stood by to greet him. Beer shared an emotional… Continue Reading →
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP)… Read more » The post U.N.: Global Hunger Could Double… Continue Reading →
An alleged burglar was apprehended, thanks to a driver’s rearcam video. A driver driving down Second Street spotted the man attempting to burglarize vehicles in the downtown area, and phoned police. Thanks to the help of the rearcam video, the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 piling up as graves are dug… Continue Reading →
In anticipation of their upcoming accounting course, PCS spoke to Gabriel Cooper, an alumnus from 2015. For more information about this course contact: yocheved@nj.pcsjobs.org or 732-905-9700 ext 665. Q: Can you tell us about your current position? How did the… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs… Continue Reading →
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that if governors of states such as Georgia start to ease coronavirus restrictions they had better have the facts on their… Read more » The post NYC Mayor: Don’t Jump the… Continue Reading →
New Jersey’s Republican and Democratic primaries will be held on Tuesday, July 7th because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, but the Ocean County Clerk’s Office says it is ready for the change. Governor Phil Murphy earlier this month signed an… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] PCS/Agudath Israel is proud of their Masters in Accounting alumni, including Moshe Gruber, that have won the Elijah Watt Sells Awards. Of the 75,000 individuals sat for the CPA Exam in 2019, only 133 candidates met the criteria to… Continue Reading →
בשורה טובה ומשמחת! _____________ The shiurim will be continuing! The number for the live שיעורים is: 646.726.9977 All throughout the day you can call 732.363.6713 or 718.766.4572 or 732-301-4043 to hear recordings of past shiurim, the scheduling for upcoming shiurim, as well… Continue Reading →
A new Danish translation of the New Testament eliminated over 60 references to the word “Israel” according to the Danish 24NYT news site, as quoted by an Arutz Sheva report. The new “Bible 2020” mentioned Israel only once throughout the… Continue Reading →
Businesses are getting a “coronavirus break” in the form of a 25% discount on their annual property/municipal (arnona) tax. The across-the-board cut is in place for all businesses, including retailers,… Read more » The post Businesses to Get 25% Tax… Continue Reading →
As YWN has reported in the past, the city of Haifa suffers from a problem with wild boars. Located on the foot of the Carmel mountains, Haifa residents have seen wild boars, which have no natural predators, wandering around Haifa… Continue Reading →
BEITAR ILLIT (VINnews) — The 27th of Nissan marks Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, and survivor Leah Kaufman, who lives in Beitar Illit, received a call from the police asking to interview her regarding her war experiences. When the police… Continue Reading →