Month June 2020
Indoor shopping malls are cleared to reopen from the COVID-19 shutdown starting June 29, New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday. Shoppers and workers have to wear face masks,… Read more » The post NJ’s Indoor Shopping Malls to… Continue Reading →
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he doesn’t want to die in prison while his lawyers urge a judge to spare the heavy set 76-year-old man from contracting… Read more » The post Ex-NY State Leader Seeks Judge’s… Continue Reading →
Following a UK report on Tuesday that dexamethasone, a widely available steroid, reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients, Israeli media reports on Wednesday said that some Israeli hospitals have already been using the drug… Continue Reading →
In a lengthy article in a U.S. journal, Russian President Vladimir Putin insists on recognition of the Soviet Union as the prime defeater of Nazi Germany, criticizes Poland’s actions before… Read more » The post Putin Insists on Recognition of… Continue Reading →
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), a leading small business association in New Jersey with thousands of members, said that Governor Murphy’s delay in allowing limited indoor dining is putting many restaurants in a precarious financial position and threatens… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli scientists have developed a self-disinfecting, reusable face mask as the demand for protective masks has risen dramatically since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The mask was developed at the Haifa-based Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s Faculty… Continue Reading →
Amid harrowing testimony about New York City police officers slamming peaceful protesters to the ground, kicking a woman in the face and beating people with batons, the state’s attorney general… Read more » The post Stark Accounts, Scorn for NYPD… Continue Reading →
The Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) today issued standards for institutions of higher education as they begin restarting campus operations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The standards align with the stages of New Jersey’s “The Road Back:… Continue Reading →
Police in Portland, Oregon, say they cleared an area in the city’s Pearl District early Thursday when demonstrators tried to set up an “autonomous zone” similar to what protesters have… Read more » The post Portland Police Prohibit ‘Autonomous Zone’… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – Fresh off cutting the locks off a closed Brooklyn playground, leaders in New York City’s Orthodox community are turning their attention to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ban on overnight camps, issued last week to keep the coronavirus… Continue Reading →
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Israel earlier this week on his first trip abroad since the coronavirus pandemic began to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on a variety of issues, including the reopening of tourism between the two… Continue Reading →
Perhaps, one might call it a silver lining in this year’s post-Corona camp crisis. Following the three-month closure of its Mesivta campus in Riverdale due to COVID-19, Yeshiva Ohavei Torah announced a special 3-week program at a premier resort in… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) Is Bikkur Cholim, visiting the sick, in Israeli hospitals forbidden? The hospitals now have huge temperature taking machines and some Poskim hold that it may be a violation of halacha to enter. The question… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: R’ Aron SchwartzBrother Mrs. Shaindy LandauSister Mrs. Malka WeissSister Mrs. Leah SilberSister R’ Mendy SchwartzSon R’ Gershon SchwartzSon Mrs. Frady EinhornDaughter Mrs. Miri HerzogDaughter
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A married couple from a Phoenix suburb has claimed the $410 million Mega Millions jackpot after purchasing a ticket from a convenience store. The winning ticket was sold May 27 at a Circle K in the… Continue Reading →
The Association of Jewish Camp Operators (AJCO) have joined with the parents of campers to file a lawsuit against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over his ban of overnight camps this summer in New York State. The lawsuit states that… Continue Reading →
Immigration officials are expecting a massive increase in the number of people moving to Israel once the borders reopen, Ynet reported on Thursday. “By the end of 2021, we can… Read more » The post Israel Braces for 90,000 New… Continue Reading →
The Education Ministry went to court on Thursday to extract nine additional days of work from teachers to make up for lost classes during the coronavirus shutdown. The Ministry petitioned… Read more » The post Education Ministry Takes Teachers to… Continue Reading →
The Association of Jewish Camp Operators, whose members run dozens of summer camps, has just filed a lawsuit against NY Governor Cuomo following his decision to forbid overnight summer camps from opening this season. READ THE LAWSUIT HERE MEMBER CAMPS:… Continue Reading →
As Israel’s reopening stalls amid rising coronavirus rates, a new study provides some consolation, rating the country’s handling of the pandemic as “very good” and putting it near the top… Read more » The post Israel Aces OECD in Handling… Continue Reading →