Month June 2020
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The mayor of Tucson, Arizona, said Thursday that the city’s police chief should stay in his job, even as criticism mounts over the death of a young Hispanic man while handcuffed in police custody. Mayor Regina… Continue Reading →
Nearly 1,900 people likely died of COVID-19 in New Jersey but were not initially counted in the state’s death, though they now will be, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday.… Read more » The post New Jersey Adds Nearly 1,900… Continue Reading →
Here we are, only beginning to pick up the pieces from what the last few months have wrought. When the Covid-19 pandemic came roaring into our community, it sickened thousands, hospitalized hundreds, and as of this week, killed 180 residents… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump’s pick to be the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan won’t say whether he would withdraw from overseeing matters related to Trump in his current job, as Securities… Read more » The post Pick for Top NY Prosecutor… Continue Reading →
ORLANDO, Fla. — For the second consecutive day, Florida has reported more than 5,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state. Thursday’s rise in reported cases was lower than Wednesday’s record-setting mark, but it’s only the second time the… Continue Reading →
As Haifa continues to battle with an ever-growing problem of wild boars invading the town, an 11-year-old boy was bitten by a boar on Shabbos as he was playing in a park with friends, Channel 12 News reported. The boy… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – The Chabad-Lubavitch movement estimates that 100,000 people on 45,000 devices gathered in an online Zoom event to honor the late Chabad rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Schneerson, who died in 1994, led the movement’s transition from… Continue Reading →
Rabbi YY Goes Back to Basics The Lubavitcher Rebbe is very famous. That much is undisputed. But if you stop a Jew on the street (as a good Lubavithcer might) and ask him or her what makes the Rebbe… Continue Reading →
A 15-year-old girl was hit by a car while she was walking on Ma’aleh Yitzchak Street in Nof HaGalil (formerly Nazareth Illit). She was treated at the scene by United Hatzalah volunteers and Magen David Adom ambulance staff and was… Continue Reading →
In a letter sent to overnight camp operators, District Director Edward R. Bartos outlined for the camps the restrictions that remain in place for these camps even if they register… Read more » The post NYS Dept of Health Sends… Continue Reading →
André Trigano, 94, has held public office for almost 50 years. But that isn’t enough for the ambitious Jewish mayor of the French town of Pamiers in the foothills of the Pyrenees. If he has it his way, he’ll serve for… Continue Reading →
U.S. officials believe as many as 20 million Americans have contracted the coronavirus, suggesting millions had the virus and never knew it. That’s nearly 10 times as many infections as the 2.3 million cases that have been confirmed and comes… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: R’ Chaim GreenesFather Mrs. Simi GreenesMother R’ Shmuly GreenesBrother R’ Binyomin GreenesBrother R’ Yossi GreenesBrother R’ Moshe GreenesBrother R’ Eli GreenesBrother Mrs. Shoshana GrossmanSister Mrs. Shifra SamsonSister Mrs. Dina WeidermanSister Mrs. Hadasah KirshenbaumSister Ms. Rena GreenesSister Mrs…. Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00Mincha: 2:00Maariv: 9:00 Rebbetzin Chany KatzsensteinWife Yanky KatzensteinSon Dovid KatzensteinSon Tzipi MayerfeldDaughter Mindy OrtDaughter Esther KatzensteinDaughter Malky Rosen Daughter
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that his government and the United Arab Emirates will soon announce a partnership in the fight against the coronavirus. The deal, if confirmed, would come despite recent warnings from… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump has announced that tens of thousands of foreign workers will be banned from entering the U.S. through the end of the year. It will take longer than… Read more » The post OPINION: Banning Foreign Workers Won’t… Continue Reading →
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played down concerns Thursday that the European Union might refuse to allow Americans into the 27-nation bloc as it considers lifting restrictions on overseas travelers starting next week, due to the spread of the… Continue Reading →
A New York City judge has dismissed a claim by Donald Trump’s brother that sought to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece. In a ruling… Read more » The post NYC Judge Rejects Trump Family… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00Mincha: 1:45Maariv: 9:20 R’ Ruby SchronHusband No visitors between 2-4pm R’ Haword SchraubBrother Not sitting at main address Mrs. Elaine JacobsSister 141-59 73rd Terrace, 11367 R’ Avi SchronSon R’ Mordy Schron Son R` Eli SchronSon R`… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top national security aides have been unable to reach a decision on whether to support an Israeli plan to annex significant parts of land the Palestinians claim for a future state, an impasse that… Continue Reading →