Month May 2020
A plan to hike tolls on the Garden State Parkway by 27% and New Jersey Turnpike by 36% was adopted by the Turnpike Authority on Wednesday; the tolls hikes were rammed through without the public being able to participate in… Continue Reading →
Submitted: Today is a year since my father was niftar (Fox link), and I’ve been thinking a lot over the last year what I can do, something as an Aliya for my father’s neshama. Having worked with shaitels for many… Continue Reading →
Hamodia is saddened to announce the petirah of Harav Shmuel Miller, zt”l, who was niftar today after taking ill with COVID-19 several weeks ago. Rav Shmuel was one of the last remaining talmidim of Harav… Read more » The post BD’E-Harav Shmuel Hakohein Miller, Zt”l… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China, setting the stage for U.S. to withdraw… Read more » The post Pompeo Says Hong Kong Is… Continue Reading →
Stocks were mixed Wednesday as the economy continued its slow return to life amid hopes for more federal stimulus and a scientific advances against the coronavirus. The Dow Jones industrial… Read more » The post Stocks Rise as Investors Seize… Continue Reading →
When the dentist’s office called to cancel Laura Lizcano’s appointment for a crown and cavity filling in March because of the coronavirus, she wasn’t terribly worried. The 25-year-old freelance musician… Read more » The post A PPE Fee at the… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — Anti-Semitic crimes in Germany last year reached their highest level since the country started keeping statistics, amid an overall strong increase in right-extremist criminality that is a cause for “great concern,” Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Wednesday…. Continue Reading →
There was the owner of a food safety company who was hours away from telling some of his employees they were out of a job. There was the owner of… Read more » The post Life on the Front Lines… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — If you add garlic to your guacamole, we have bad news: You’re not doing it right. Do you mince the onion? That’s also a no-no. And, please, leave the avocado lumpy. So says 97-year-old Diana Kennedy,… Continue Reading →
Many people are asking regarding the safety of coming together for Shavuos, now that the incidence of COVID-19 disease has thankfully diminished significantly in our community (Lakewood), BH. I am not a virologist or an epidemiologist, however, from the experts… Continue Reading →
Five days after the Palestinian Authority announced the severance of security coordination to protest threatened annexations in Yehuda and Shomron, Israeli forces conducted a predawn raid on Wednesday in which… Read more » The post First Security Sweep Since PA… Continue Reading →
There are currently 16,757 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel, an increase of 32 new cases in 24 hours, the highest number in a week. There are 37 patients in serious condition, of whom 33 are ventilated, an increase… Continue Reading →
While the High Court voted unanimously to allow Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to form a new government, publication of the judges’ full decisions on Wednesday showed that at least one… Read more » The post High Court Judge Calls Netanyahu… Continue Reading →
The commissioners of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority have unanimously approved raising toll prices on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike. Motorists on the Garden State Parkway will see tolls go from $1.50 to $1.90 – a 24%… Continue Reading →
By Tzvi Pirutinsky, Ph.D., Touro College Graduate School of Social Work. Since its December 2019 outbreak, COVID-19 has rapidly spread into a deadly global pandemic and created an unprecedented international challenge that rivals the turmoil seen in times of war…. Continue Reading →
GENEVA (AP) — More than one in every six young workers have stopped working during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.N. labor agency reported Wednesday, warning of long-term fallout that could lead to a “lock-down generation” if steps aren’t taken to… Continue Reading →
To our dear friends and supporters, I want to invite you… twice! #1 To fulfill the #1 priority in tzedaka (Shulchan Aruch) giving which is Pidyon Shvuyim – (redeeming of captives) by helping Yad L’Achim rescue trapped women & children before Shavuos…(Many… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Tonight- Vayichan Worldwide Achus All Night Mishmar Yeshivat Hakotel is proud to present a second Vayichan program. The all-night Mishmar features sixty-four shiurim from Senior Roshei Yeshiva and Ramim from forty-eight yeshivas located in seven countries across four continents… Continue Reading →
Thousands of protesters shouted pro-democracy slogans and insults at police in Hong Kong on Wednesday as lawmakers debated a bill criminalizing abuse of the Chinese national anthem in the semi-autonomous… Read more » The post Protesters Mass in Hong Kong… Continue Reading →
Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall on South Carolina’s coast Wednesday morning shortly after it formed, becoming the second named storm before the official start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.… Read more » The post Tropical Storm Bertha Forms, Hits… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/Michele Gelfand University of Maryland) – Since Republicans, on average, are five times more likely than Democrats to believe it’s safe now to resume normal business activity, reopening the economy has often been framed as a partisan… Continue Reading →