Month May 2020
Hi there, I am addressing this letter to the organizers of the various lunch pickup programs. First, a tremendous thank you for your hard work, tireless efforts, to assist the community with the lunch, and shabbos boxes. They are a… Continue Reading →
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A hydroelectric dam that failed to hold back floodwaters this week in Michigan was the target of lengthy investigations by federal regulators, who revoked the facility’s license over safety violations two years before the flooding… Continue Reading →
They fly at speeds of a mile a second or faster and maneuver in ways that make them extra difficult to detect and destroy in flight. President Donald Trump calls them “super-duper” missiles though they’re better known as hypersonic weapons…. Continue Reading →
Sheree Davis was one of hundreds of thousands of air travelers eager to know how loyalty programs would treat them after the pandemic. So she was excited when American Airlines… Read more » The post What Happens to Your Loyalty… Continue Reading →
A small city on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama, filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, a rare step by a local government that comes as budgets across the nation are being… Read more » The post Small Alabama City Says It’s… Continue Reading →
MILAN (JTA) — The tables were still covered with open copies of the Book of Esther when Rabbi Yigal Chazan reentered his Milan synagogue this week. The scripture is read during Purim, the Jewish holiday that took place more than… Continue Reading →
U.S. companies have canceled at least $18 billion in loans from the government’s centerpiece coronavirus relief program for small businesses, a much larger number than figures previously disclosed by publicly… Read more » The post U.S. Firms Canceled at Least… Continue Reading →
A Rebbe in the Brachfeld Talmud Torah decided to begin organizing his classroom on Wednesday morning in anticipation of the students returning to their studies in the near future and encountered a quite frightening surprise, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. The Rebbe… Continue Reading →
A federal appeals court Wednesday quickly put on a hold a ruling that paved the way in Texas for a dramatic expansion of mail-in voting due to fears of the… Read more » The post Ruling That Would Expand Texas… Continue Reading →
A 7-year-old girl attending a non-religious state school in Petach Tikva was made to spend the day in just her underwear and a T-shirt on Monday. Due to the extreme heat, the girl had arrived at school in a sleeveless… Continue Reading →
Apple and Google launched software Wednesday that will allow public health authorities around the world to create mobile applications that notify people when they may have come in contact with… Read more » The post Apple and Google Launch Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
Monday’s “wanted” post on the Maui Police Department social media page included all the information one would expect: a photo, physical description, phone number to call with information. And a… Read more » The post Hawaii Is Not Messing Around… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily prevented the House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The court’s unsigned order granted the Trump administration’s request to keep previously undisclosed… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two battleground states because they are trying to make it easier to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. The president’s tweets targeting Michigan and Nevada were his latest salvo… Continue Reading →
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Camp Machane Yehuda, a Lakewood-based summer camp that operates in the Catskill Mountains, has received a permit from the New York Health Department to open for business in Woodbourne. The camp will be located on the grounds of Camp Oraysa,… Continue Reading →
A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest contract to date to build a section of Trump’s signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Republican… Read more » The post Largest Yet: $1.3 Billion Contract… Continue Reading →
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Wednesday that prosecutors have opened a criminal inquiry into leaked tapes that allegedly feature the country’s former leader discussing conditions for a $1 billion loan… Read more » The post Ukraine to Investigate Leaked Tapes… Continue Reading →
Tens of thousands of mipallelim have visited the Kosel since it re-opened in accordance with Health Ministry regulations. During regular years, thousands of people show up for tefillas neitz on Shavuos morning and for Kaballas Shabbos, which falls out this… Continue Reading →
One of the leading physicians in Kiryas Joel, Dr Zev Zelenko, has announced that he is leaving the Village of Kiryas Joel where he has been practicing medicine for nearly two decades. Zelenko made national headlines recently by promoting Hydroxychloroquine… Continue Reading →