Frum News From The Greater Lakewood Area

Month June 2020

Russian State Exit Polls Show 76% in Favor of Reforms That Could Extend Putin’s Rule

Russian state opinion pollster VTsIOM said on Monday that its exit polls showed that 76% of Russians had so far voted to support reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin… Read more » The post Russian State Exit Polls Show… Continue Reading →

NYPD: Weekly NYC Shootings Soar 127% Over Last Year

New York City shootings over the last week have skyrocketed by more than 127% compared with the same period in 2019, from just 26 last year to 59 in 2020,… Read more » The post NYPD: Weekly NYC Shootings Soar… Continue Reading →

Gantz to U.S. Officials: ‘July 1 Is Not a Holy Date’

Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz met on Monday morning with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and the administration’s special envoy for Mideast peace Avi Berkowitz to… Read more » The post Gantz to U.S. Officials: ‘July… Continue Reading →

Asian Shares Slide, Following Wall St. Sell-Off on Virus Fears

Shares fell Monday in Asia, tracking losses on Wall Street as rising virus cases cause some U.S. states to backtrack on pandemic reopenings. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 2.3%. Shares… Read more » The post Asian Shares Slide, Following Wall… Continue Reading →

Gov’t to Try Pass Shin Bet Surveillance Law in 2nd and 3rd Readings

The government will try to pass the bill enabling Shin Bet surveillance for its second and third readings in the Knesset on Monday, according to reports by Haaretz. MK Zvi… Read more » The post Gov’t to Try Pass Shin… Continue Reading →

Gunmen Attack Pakistani Stock Exchange, Two People Killed

Four gunmen attacked the Pakistani Stock Exchange building in the city of Karachi on Monday but security forces killed them all, police said. Two other people were also killed, the… Read more » The post Gunmen Attack Pakistani Stock Exchange,… Continue Reading →

NYC Alternate Side Rules in Effect Monday

New York City’s Alternate Side Parking rules will be in effect on Monday, June 29, as per the city’s announcement last week that street cleaning is to resume this week. There… Read more » The post NYC Alternate Side Rules in… Continue Reading →

Mourning in Panama: Ba’al Tzedaka & Torah Supporter Edgar Azrak, z’l

Philanthropist Edgar Azrak, z’l of Panama, who supported dozens of Torah institutions, yeshivos, and mikvaos passed away on Friday, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. R’ Azrak was diagnosed with cancer a few days ago and passed away in California. His body is… Continue Reading →

Edelstein Claims “Second Wave” Is Upon Us Announces Plans For New Restrictions

Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein spoke to the press on Sunday and warned that the second wave of COVID-19 is beginning in Israel. He followed up that statement with the announcement that the ministry will soon be pushing new restrictions… Continue Reading →

3 Apprehended In Attempted Arson Of Civil War Monument Base

DENVER (AP) — Police in Denver have apprehended three suspects in connection with an attempt to set fire to the pedestal of a Civil War statue that was toppled last week, authorities announced Sunday. About 75 protesters had been demonstrating… Continue Reading →

Charedi Infant In Critical Condition After Contracting Herpes At His Bris

A three-week-old infant, born to a Charedi family in Haifa, was brought to the Bnei Zion medical center in Haifa in serious condition. It is believed that the infant contracted the Herpes virus during his Bris Milah. The infection caused… Continue Reading →

Flight Testing For Boeing’s 737 Max Could Begin Monday

WASHINGTON (AP) – Flight-certification testing for Boeing’s 737 Max, which has been grounded since March 2019 because of two deadly crashes, could begin as early as Monday, according to an Federal Aviation Administration email sent Sunday to congressional oversight committees…. Continue Reading →

Asia Today: Seoul Considers New Curbs As Virus Cases Climb

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 42 new infections of COVID-19 as infections steadily climb in the greater capital area, forcing authorities to consider stronger social restrictions. The figures announced by the Korea Centers for Disease Control… Continue Reading →

Israeli Study: Why Do Some Countries Have Much Higher Virus Death Rates Than Others?

There is a significantly higher death rate in European countries with a high percentage of nursing homes relative to its population, an Israeli professor discovered according to a Times of Israel (TOA) report. Prof. Neil Gandal, a Tel Aviv University… Continue Reading →

Rep. Louie Gohmert: Cuomo Killed 31,000

WASHINGTON (Newsmax) – As anti-Trump media seeks to widely disseminate data on the COVID-19 case increases in red states Florida, Arizona, and Texas, they are selectively ignoring data on hospitalizations and mortality rates compared to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s New York,… Continue Reading →

When “Mazel Tov” Hurts

“If you listen closely, you can still hear her cries…” In the little Israeli village of Shunem near Afula sits the home of the Isha HaShunamis, famous from the story of Elisha HaNavi, who sent his servant to visit her… Continue Reading →

The Right Ruling On Shuls

Erev Shabbos saw a happy legal development for all religious communities, in the form of a federal judge’s granting of a preliminary injunction ordering New York State and New York… Read more » The post The Right Ruling On Shuls… Continue Reading →

PHOTOS: At a Hachnosas Sefer Torah today in Lakewood

The Sefer Torah was given in to the Forest Park Shul. (Photos provided by Scheinberg Photography)

Israel Society For Infectious Diseases: “Israel Is On The Verge Of Losing Control”

The head of the Israel Society for Infectious Diseases wrote an urgent letter to Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Chezy Levy on Sunday warning him that Israel is on the verge of losing control over the coronavirus. “In the past two… Continue Reading →

Mental Health with Dr Mandelman Live on Coach Menachem

Starting at 10:00pm EST tonight Topic: Mental Health – All the questions you ever wanted to ask.  Dr Shmuel Mandelman PHD  Zoom ID 645572066 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/645572066 Meeting ID: 645 572 066  phone:929-205-6099 Meeting ID: 645572066## The post Mental Health with Dr… Continue Reading →

9 Thoughts and Sayings from Rav Yisroel Salanter

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A person who cannot stop smoking is in violation of a Torah prohibition for every cigarette – “Do not return to Mitzrayim.” The purpose of being redeemed from Mitzrayim was so that we would… Continue Reading →

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