Month April 2020
Tehillim is needed for the the well-known attorney and philanthropist Mr Ben Brafman who is in serious condition after a bad fall on Sunday night. Rockaway Nassau Hatzolah Paramedics rushed him to South Nassau Hospital with head trauma. Please be… Continue Reading →
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Joe Biden has won Wyoming’s Democratic presidential caucus, which had been postponed for two weeks and scaled back to just mail-in ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic, state party officials said Sunday. The results come less… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Reb Tuvyah Bayles Z”L, of Lakewood, who was Niftar today. The Levaya was held via Zoom this evening. Baruch Dayan Ha’emes. (Photos provides by the Lakewood Shopper)
Hundreds of self-employed workers and small business owners took to the streets again on Sunday, including angry protests outside the Knesset and President’s Residence in Jerusalem. Protests were also held in Haifa and Tel Aviv. The protesters were voicing their… Continue Reading →
A gunman disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires in a rampage across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that killed 16 people, the deadliest such attack in the country’s history. Officials said Sunday… Continue Reading →
An online petition has been launched urging Governor Phil Murphy to allow religious services to resume in New Jersey with reasonable precautions to protect the health and safety of congregants. The petition, launched by Senator Mike Doherty (R-23), said that… Continue Reading →
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Sirens wailed and Jewish prayers were said for the heroes of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, but the annual memorial observances were scaled down Sunday and moved to the internet because of the coronavirus pandemic and… Continue Reading →
The rate of infections in the northern Israeli-Arab municipality of Deir al-Asad rose overnight and is now the second-highest in the country among communities with populations over 5,000 people, right after Bnei Brak. Deir al-Asad, which was designated as a… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus death toll in New York dropped again, a sign that Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday means the state is “on the other side of the plateau” and that ongoing social distancing practices are working… Continue Reading →
Israel may be the safest country in the world in the face of the coronavirus pandemic but unfortunately, it is not the richest country in the world. Although thousands of Israelis are suffering severely from losing their parnassah in the… Continue Reading →
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United Hatzalah CEO Eli Beer, who has been hospitalized for weeks at the University of Miami Hospital after contracting the coronavirus, is finally up and about in his journey to a full recovery. Beer was in Miami on a fundraising… Continue Reading →
TORONTO (AP) — A gunman disguised as a police officer went on a rampage across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes and setting fires, leaving 16 people dead Sunday, in the deadliest such attack in… Continue Reading →
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq will allow the Reuters news agency to go back to work after its license was suspended earlier this month over a report that the government was underreporting coronavirus cases, the news agency said Sunday. The agency’s… Continue Reading →
To the members of the Passaic-Clifton Community שיחיו, The ultimate outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic is ביד הקב׳׳ה. Yet, we remain obligated to fulfill ונשמרתם מאד לנפשותיכם by doing do what we can to mitigate the spread of disease, suffering… Continue Reading →
A dangerous myth is circulating, one that may potentially undo all the progress that has been made in the fight against Covid-19. For a while, many believed that once stricken with coronavirus, the body fights it off, creating antibodies in… Continue Reading →
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — In a symbolic nod to normalcy, Vice President Mike Pence delivered a commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy’s graduating class on Saturday, telling the cadets that by setting off on their mission… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – In Wall Street’s tug of war between hope and pessimism about the coronavirus pandemic, hope is fighting back. U.S. stocks joined a worldwide rally Friday and… Read more » The post Hope Takes the Reins on… Continue Reading →
China’s Economy in Worst Downturn Since ‘60s in Virus Battle BEIJING (AP) – China faces a drawn-out struggle to revive its economy after it suffered its biggest contraction since possibly… Read more » The post Business Briefs – April 20,… Continue Reading →
Last month, as stay-at-home orders across the country increased as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of police departments issued tongue-in-cheek pleas asking that, in the words of… Read more » The post No Rest for the Wicked… Continue Reading →