Month May 2020
Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo notified Congress on Wednesday that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China. The notice sets the stage for the U.S. to withdraw preferential trade and financial status that… Continue Reading →
Assemblyman Edward Thomson is calling for Gov. Phil Murphy to allow restaurants open for outdoor dining while adhering to recommended safety guidelines. Thomson said bars and dining establishments been severely impacted since they were ordered closed in March and should… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli intelligence agency Mossad Director Yossi Cohen used his international connections—some covert—to procure massive amounts of medical equipment and protective gear as part of the government’s efforts to compete in the global bidding war for supplies to… Continue Reading →
EVERYONE is so, so, so busy. School from home. Work from home. Yom tov is coming. EVERYONE is living on top of each other, wishing for some private space, with no extra time. EVERYONE? What about the elderly or at-risk?… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/Jory Brinkerhoff, University of Richmond) – Summer is field season for ecologists like me, a time when my colleagues, students and I go out into fields and woods in search of ticks to study the patterns and… Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, We miss you! We were so looking forward to Receiving the Torah together in a beautiful setting combining the spiritual with the physical- ‘Chatzi La’Hashem chatzi lachem’. Hashem planned for us otherwise. Please enjoy a ‘Taste of Torah’… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] No one can forget The Siyum. Though it took place in a very different pre-Corona era, its voices and spirit reverberate even throughout its stormy aftermath. 100,000 Jews gathering together is something that’s hard to imagine now- But we… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced that the New Jersey Department of Health has been awarded $2,685,806 in federal funding through the National Hospital Preparedness Program to support hospitals throughout the state combatting COVID-19 outbreak. New Jersey… Continue Reading →
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As Mediterranean beaches and Las Vegas casinos laid out plans to welcome tourists again, South Korea announced a spike in new infections Wednesday and considered reimposing social distancing restrictions, revealing the setbacks ahead for others… Continue Reading →
Transportation Minister Miri Regev (Likud) attacked Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the alternate and future prime minister, in an interview slated to appear in the Yediot Acharonot newspaper on Thursday, causing… Read more » The post Minister Regev Causes Stir After… Continue Reading →
President Trump warned social media giants Wednesday that the federal government could “strongly regulate” or “close them down” if they continue to “silence conservative voices,” amid a flaring battle with Twitter after the platform fact-checked one of his tweets for… Continue Reading →
Thursday (5/28/20)Afternoon R’ Chaim GoldbrennerSon 4 Tracey ct. Spring Valley, ring bell, sitting on back porch. (845) 364-6439 (917) 589-6500 Until 10pm R’ Nuti GoldbrennerSon 914-263-7609 R` Itchy GoldbrennerSon 718-338-2535, 917-838-0208, Sitting on back porch at 1169 E 21st Street,… Continue Reading →
No one can forget The Siyum. Though it took place in a very different pre-Corona era, its voices and spirit reverberate even throughout its stormy aftermath. 100,000 Jews gathering together is something that’s hard to imagine now- But we can… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Discount goods retailer Tuesday Morning has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the fifth major retailer to do so since the pandemic. As part of the bankruptcy reorganization, the Dallas-based chain said Wednesday it plans to close… Continue Reading →
The Shin Bet will be allowed to continue electronic tracking of coronavirus patients and those in contact with them who are to be in quarantine until June 16, after the… Read more » The post Knesset Extends Shin Bet Tracking… Continue Reading →
SUFFERN, N.Y. (JTA) — My two children, aged 13 and 15, attend daily Zoom classes from designated corners of our suburban home. Slovenly habits aside, their workspaces are virtual classrooms in which they analyze George Orwell’s work and ponder Talmudic… Continue Reading →
As motorists return to the road during eased travel restrictions, so begins the season when teen drivers are most at risk. The combination of schools closed, activities curtailed, summer jobs canceled, and COVID-19 restrictions being lifted, could prove deadly as… Continue Reading →
Only about half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if the scientists working furiously to create one succeed, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC… Read more » The post Poll: Half of Americans Would… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Shmuel Miller ZT”L, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Bais Yisroel. He was 81 and suffered from an illness the past few months. He was the son of Hagaon HaRav… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering after Twitter moved a day earlier to add fact checks to two of his tweets. Claiming tech giants “silence conservative voices,” Trump… Continue Reading →
Rav Shmuel Hakohen Miller was the Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva Gedolah Bais Yisroel