Month April 2020
ROWLETT, Texas (AP) — A passenger opened fire on a Dallas-area public bus on Sunday before hijacking it and leading officers on a chase that ended in a shootout in which the passenger was killed and two officers were wounded,… Continue Reading →
To all members of our Lakewood kehillah, 25 Nissan 5780 / April 19, 2020: COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has led to disruption of life and to terrible illness and death in our community. The most vulnerable… Continue Reading →
The Trump administration and Congress are nearing an agreement as early as Sunday on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan program that has run out of money and add funds for hospitals and… Continue Reading →
Governor Phil Murphy, along with the governors of five other states, announced his appointments to the regional coronavirus council to restore the economy and get people back to work. The states, which besides for New Jersey are New York, Connecticut,… Continue Reading →
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… Read more » The post Biden Wins Mail-In Wyoming Democratic… Continue Reading →
The special “restricted zones” of Bnei Brak and chareidi neighborhoods in Yerushalayim were set to expire at midnight Sunday, though the cabinet is scheduled to review the situation on Monday… Read more » The post Bnei Brak, Yerushalayim Lockdowns Expire… Continue Reading →
To all members of our Lakewood kehillah, 25 Nissan 5780/April 19, 2020, COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has led to disruption of life and to terrible illness and death in our community. The most vulnerable group of… Continue Reading →
The first day of a gradual release from national quarantine on Sunday, aimed at easing the economic crisis, while a welcome step, also served to highlight an assortment of dilemmas.… Read more » The post School System in Turmoil in… Continue Reading →
CHESTNUT RIDGE (VINnews) — Chestnut Ridge resident Chaim Rose has been appointed to the Board of Trustees, making him the first Hasidic Jewish resident to serve on the governing body since 1986 when the village was formed. Rose’s appointment by… Continue Reading →
For Spanish traveler Carlos Payá, being on an around-the-globe luxury cruise while the rest of world scurried into their homes for fear of the COVID-19 pandemic was beyond surreal. It… Read more » The post ‘A Stroke of Luck’ to… Continue Reading →
Elisheva Stern wasn’t ready to say goodbye to her ailing father, who was succumbing to the coronavirus in an Israeli hospital. But knowing countless others around the world are not… Read more » The post Tel Aviv Hospital Allows Families… Continue Reading →
The time period we are in now, from the second day of Pesach until Shavuos are the days of Sefiras HaOmer, called Chol HaMoed by the Ramban, yet, also known as the days of longing for Matan Torah,as the Medrash… Continue Reading →
A suspect in an active shooter investigation was arrested Sunday at a gas station in Nova Scotia after a shooting rampage in the Canadian province left “multiple victims,” police said.… Read more » The post Shooter in Custody, Canadian Police… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — More than 2,000 Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demonstrating against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to form an “emergency” government with his chief rival and accusing him of using the… Continue Reading →
Hamodia is saddened to report the passing of Noach Dear, who served the Jewish community in Brooklyn with distinction for nearly two decades. He succumbed to coronavirus on Sunday at… Read more » The post BD”E — Noach Dear, Z”l… Continue Reading →
COLUMBUS, OHIO (VINnews) — The coronavirus has hit hard both economically and physically and has not spared any community. However during a protest Saturday in Columbus,Ohio against health restrictions instituted by the state, an anti-Semitic sign was displayed depicting Jews… Continue Reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz are on the verge of signing an agreement for a unity government. Or maybe not. On Sunday… Read more » The post Unity Talks Teeter on Brink… Continue Reading →
NICOLLET (JTA) — Two Minnesota high school students were criticized for sharing a video titled “Me and the boys on the way to camp,” which photoshops them dancing in a Nazi boxcar and happily skipping into Auschwitz, on the video… Continue Reading →
[Public Notice] In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, P.L. 1975 c. 231 this is to advise that the Lakewood Board of Education will hold a Regular Meeting on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Executive Session at 6:30 p.m. and… Continue Reading →