Frum News From The Greater Lakewood Area

Month April 2020

Talks Drag On $450B Virus Aid For Small Business, Hospital

Late-stage negotiations in Washington on a new $450 billion coronavirus aid package dragged past Monday’s hoped-for deadline, but the Trump administration and key lawmakers insisted a final pact is within… Read more » The post Talks Drag On $450B Virus Aid… Continue Reading →

Oil Price Goes Negative as Demand Collapses; Stocks Dip

which analysts consider to be closer to the “true” price of oil. Crude to be delivered next month, meanwhile, is running up against a stark problem: traders are running out… Read more » The post Oil Price Goes Negative as… Continue Reading →

Business Briefs – April 21, 2020

Gov’t Relief Loans to Restaurant Chains Draw Complaints NEW YORK (AP) — Some big restaurant chains have obtained loans from the government under a small-business relief program, leading business groups… Read more » The post Business Briefs – April 21,… Continue Reading →

BD’E—Harav Aryeh Leib (Leibel) Katz, Zt”l

Harav Leibel Katz, the long time Rav of Khal Zichron Yosef-Torah Vodaas Minyan of Boro Park and Rosh Yeshiva of Chasdei Torah was niftar Monday after taking ill with coronavirus.… Read more » The post BD’E—Harav Aryeh Leib (Leibel) Katz,… Continue Reading →

WHOdunit

What did they know and when did they know it? These are the questions being asked of the Chinese government, the World Health Organization, and now the Trump administration. When… Read more » The post WHOdunit appeared first on Hamodia…. Continue Reading →

BD’E—Rabbi Yehudah Michoel Meisels, Z”l

Hamodia is saddened to report the passing of Rabbi Yehudah Michoel Meisels, z”l, who was niftar on Monday from coronavirus. Rabbi Meisels was in his mid 80s. Rabbi Meisles was… Read more » The post BD’E—Rabbi Yehudah Michoel Meisels, Z”l… Continue Reading →

Coronavirus Revealed Gaps in the U.S. Ability to Track Infectious Disease. That’s Fixable

(Los Angeles Times) – In the United States, federal expenditures for public health have fallen from 1% of total health care expenditures in the early 1970s to 0.3% in 2018.… Read more » The post Coronavirus Revealed Gaps in the… Continue Reading →

First a heart attack, and now Corona has taken you away from us on ליל הסדר, Reb Ezra!

Please please klal yisroel – We are 7 children, five of us still young unmarried at home. Income was very difficult until now, but now we have real fear for our future! We fear for our mothers future! She has… Continue Reading →

Brooklyn: Felder, Eichenstein, and Yeger Announce Kosher Lunch Availability

State Senator Simcha Felder, Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, and Councilman Kalman Yeger today jointly announced that the NYC Department of Education has agreed to provide Kosher meals for pickup at select public school locations across Brooklyn and Queens. “For the past… Continue Reading →

2 Types Of Testing Look For COVID-19 Infections New And Old

WASHINGTON (AP) — Testing is critical to controlling the coronavirus and eventually easing restrictions that have halted daily life for most Americans. But there’s been confusion about what kinds of tests are available and what they actually measure. There are… Continue Reading →

EMOTIONAL VIDEO ROUNDUP: Chicago Hatzalah Dispatcher & Others Off Vents & Respirators Return Home To Singing!

The attached videos are just some of the wonderful news that unfortunately gets drowned out is the avalanche of bad news. Bichasdei Hashem, many people have been released from the hospital, and many more are scheduled to be released. The… Continue Reading →

Judge Frees Man Linked to Neo-Nazi Plot to Deface Synagogues

A New Jersey man accused of coordinating a neo-Nazi group’s plot to vandalize synagogues and telling FBI agents that he fantasized about killing black people at a mall has been… Read more » The post Judge Frees Man Linked to… Continue Reading →

New York City ‘Grab and Go’ Meals Now Include Kosher Option

New York City’s free “grab and go” meals during the coronavirus pandemic will now include kosher options, following weeks of advocacy by Jewish organizations and elected officials. Following New York… Read more » The post New York City ‘Grab and… Continue Reading →

Gourmet Glatt, LPD team up to deliver food to needy families in Lakewood [VIDEO & PHOTOS]

Multiple families within the Hispanic and African American communities in Lakewood today received food packages, sponsored by Gourmet Glatt. Lakewood Police Community Affairs Liaison Ben Inzelbuch coordinated the drive. “We’re here for all Lakewood residents, regardless of their background or… Continue Reading →

List of trees for Birchas Ilanos in NY and NJ

Click here to download the list, courtesy of Misaskim.  

Feds To Track, Share Information On Nursing Home Outbreaks

NEW YORK (AP) — Calling nursing homes ground zero of the coronavirus crisis, federal officials said Monday they plan to start tracking and publicly sharing information on infections and deaths in such facilities to help spot trends and early signs… Continue Reading →

Virus Claims Michigan’s Youngest Victim, Detroit Girl, 5

DETROIT (AP) — A 5-year-old Detroit girl is the youngest person in Michigan reported as having died from complications due to COVID-19, according to state data. Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, north of Detroit. Skylar’s… Continue Reading →

Coronavirus Leaves Imprint on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, which started Monday night, became the latest in the long list of public events which have been denied their usual large gatherings due to coronavirus regulations.… Read more » The post Coronavirus Leaves Imprint on Holocaust… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court: Criminal Juries Must Be Unanimous To Convict

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that juries in state criminal trials must be unanimous to convict a defendant, settling a quirk of constitutional law that had allowed divided votes to result in convictions in Louisiana and Oregon. Justice Neil Gorsuch… Continue Reading →

Rare White Orca Spotted in Puget Sound Waters — Just Don’t Call It Albino

An orca pale in color as a winter moon has been wowing onlookers all over Puget Sound. Not truly an albino, as social media has dubbed it, the orca is… Read more » The post Rare White Orca Spotted in… Continue Reading →

9:00 PM: Harav Simcha Bunim Cohen to deliver Divrei Chizuk and Divrei Zikaron for Harav Avigdor Miller Zatzal, whose Yahrtzeit is tonight

Rabbi Cohen Shlita is a grandson of Rav Avigdor Miller Zatzal. The conference number is 1-513-386-0000 ext 325#

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