Month May 2020
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As large parts of the U.S. ease their lockdowns against the coronavirus, public health officials in some states are being accused of bungling infection statistics or even deliberately using a little sleight of hand to make… Continue Reading →
New Jersey car and motorcycle dealers along with bike shops shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic can re-open for in-person sales on Wednesday, Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday. It’s the latest… Read more » The post NJ Re-Opening Car, Motorcycle Dealers… Continue Reading →
Amazon is gradually re-opening its warehouses in France after working out new virus safety measures with unions, in an effort to end weeks of legal troubles that had sharply curtailed… Read more » The post France: Amazon Back in Business… Continue Reading →
Preparations were being made on Tuesday to accommodate as many members of the public as possible for tefillos at the Kosel on Shavuos. Normally, many thousands of mispallelim throng the… Read more » The post Shavuos at the Kosel –… Continue Reading →
A third person was found dead on Tuesday, apparently due to exposure in the heat wave that has gripped the country for three days. An 82-year-old man was found lying… Read more » The post Third Fatality in Heat Wave… Continue Reading →
As large parts of the U.S. ease their lockdowns against the coronavirus, public health officials in some states are being accused of bungling infection statistics or even deliberately using a… Read more » The post States Accused of Fudging or… Continue Reading →
A poll conducted during the current COVID-19 pandemic indicates that Israelis are more optimistic about the future, making them more optimistic than Americans, Germans, Poles, Italians and Palestinians. The research… Read more » The post COVID-19 Doesn’t Dim Israeli Optimism… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Shuls and other houses of worship will allowed to reopen on Wednesday with some health restrictions put in place. Netanyahu tweeted: “After consulting with Minister of Health Edelstein, Interior Minister Deri and Mayor… Continue Reading →
The New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit and the Hillsdale Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance with locating Dale Murberg, 66, of Lakewood Township, N.J., Ocean County. Ms. Murberg was last seen, April 18, in the area of… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Republicans are blasting a bill that would provide $35 million to undocumented immigrants in the state as part of Covid-19 stimulus payments made to residents of the Garden State. Bill S-2480, sponsored by state Senators Ruiz and Quijano… Continue Reading →
Excerpts from the Chayenu magazine If we were to advertise a book that saves lives, heals, and opens heaven’s doors to our most fervent prayers, Chitas sales would be brisk indeed. Each era is born with its own spiritual key,… Continue Reading →
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Republican congressman from Kansas who is also a doctor says he has been taking a malaria drug being touted by President Donald Trump as way to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings that it… Continue Reading →
People living along two mid-Michigan lakes and parts of a river were evacuated Tuesday following several days of heavy rain that produced flooding and put pressure on dams in the… Read more » The post Flooding Hits Parts of Midwest,… Continue Reading →
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai filed a libel lawsuit against newly-appointed Transportation Minister Miri Regev for half a million shekel regarding the “Tel Aviv tefillin stand affair.” The lawsuit, filed at the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Magistrate’s Court, states that Regev stated… Continue Reading →
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs has authorized licensed New Jersey pharmacists to widely administer COVID-19 tests to customers, paving the way for thousands of pharmacies statewide to serve as testing sites. Expanding… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart became one of the few lifelines to millions of people as the coronavirus spread, leading to surging profit and sales during the fiscal first quarter. Online sales in the U.S. jumped 74% for the quarter… Continue Reading →
The Senate intelligence committee has approved the nomination of Texas GOP Rep. John Ratcliffe to be Director of National Intelligence, sending the nomination to the Senate floor for confirmation. Ratcliffe’s nomination was approved 8-7 in a closed committee hearing, with… Continue Reading →
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New Yorkers will be able to hold small Memorial Day ceremonies. Online schooling will continue through the summer for some 177,700 New York City public school students. And New York… Read more » The post New York to Allow Small… Continue Reading →
New York’s Democratic Party leadership gave up trying to cancel the state’s June 23 presidential primary Tuesday after an appeals court rejected arguments that holding it during the coronavirus pandemic… Read more » The post Appeals Court OKs June 23… Continue Reading →