Month July 2020
The post Rabbi Yosef Bokczyn, Z”l appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: BD’E — Rabbi Yosef Bokczyn, Z”l Personal Encounter Between Two Buchenwald Survivors: Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau and Rabbi Yosef Friedenson Rabbi Yosef Raksin Hy”d Rabbi Yosef Elias,… Continue Reading →
Dear TLS, Yes, it is good news, but I find it hard to comprehend how we can include two pieces of news in one headline. “Bochurim and seminary girls will B”H be returning to Eretz Yisrael in September!” Can the… Continue Reading →
The post Hagaon Harav Moshe Green, Zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshiva D’Monsey appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: BD”E: Hagaon Harav Moshe Green, Zt”l, Rosh Yeshivas Yeshivah D’Monsey Hagaon Harav Moshe Mordechai Chadash, Zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivas Ohr Elchanan Wedding… Continue Reading →
The post Footnotes to the Fallen appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: America Remembers Its Fallen Fallen Stars Mourning the Fallen Doing for the Fallen Heroes Search for Other Fallen Soldiers Goes On
President Donald Trump’s visit to a U.S. fracking hub on the West Texas plains comes during the state’s fierce coronavirus outbreak and a global oil and gas glut that is putting the squeeze on his loyal donors in the petroleum… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Today is Tisha B’Av – the day of mourning on which the Jewish People contemplates the painful suffering that our People have endured over the centuries, including the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash.As many know, however, destruction did not end… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended his decision to promote Dr. Stella Immanuel, who pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure for the coronavirus. “I was very impressed with her and other doctors that stood with her,” Trump said Wednesday before leaving… Continue Reading →
A freight train traveling on a bridge that spans a lake in a Phoenix suburb derailed Wednesday, setting the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure, officials said. Video images… Read more » The post Arizona Train Derailment Causes Bridge… Continue Reading →
The post Harav Shimon Susholz, Zt”l – Mrs. Henya Lasky, A”h – Mrs. Chan Kupferstein, A”h appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Harav Shimon Chanan Mattisyahu Zeffren, Zt”l Harav Shimon Yosef Edelstein, Zt”l, of Bnei Brak Harav Shimon Galai,… Continue Reading →
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Pennsylvania’s governor and attorney general joined the growing number of callers Tuesday for Philadelphia’s NAACP president to resign after he posted an anti-Semitic meme to social media last week. Philadelphia’s… Read more » The post Resignation Calls Grow After NAACP… Continue Reading →
The post Al Eileh Anu Bochiya – For These We Cry appeared first on Hamodia.
The post Harav Avrahan Yitzchak Barzel, Zt”l appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Harav Yitzchak Meir Knobolovitz, zt”l Hachtarah of Harav Yitzchak Yosef, shlita BD”E: Harav Yitzchak Yechiel Yaakobowitz, Zt”l, Rav of Herzliya Hundreds Commemorate Yahrtzeit of Harav Yitzchak… Continue Reading →
The post Harav Eliezer Eichler, Zt”l, Boyaner Rav of Boro Park appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Harav Eliezer Eichler, Zt”l, Boyaner Rav of Boro Park Harav Eliezer Eichler, Zt”l, Boyaner Rav of Boro Park Tefillos Requested as… Continue Reading →
The Rabbanim of the Har Nof neighborhood, which is suffering from a high coronavirus infection rate, issued a psak on Wednesday, calling on residents to refrain from saying all the Kinos for Tisha B’Av at shul in order to minimize… Continue Reading →
LONDON (JTA) – The Twitter account of the British rapper Wiley has been permanently suspended following a seven-day ban for a series of Semitic tweets seen as anti-Semitic. The decision, announced Wednesday, follows a 48-hour boycott by many users, notably… Continue Reading →
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal agents who have clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, will begin a “phased withdrawal” from Oregon’s largest city, Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement the plan… Continue Reading →
Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Raleigh on Wednesday in a push to encourage more K-12 schools to reopen with entirely in-person instruction. Air Force Two landed around noon on Wednesday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport ahead of planned stops at… Continue Reading →
The New York Police Department’s use of plainclothes officers and an unmarked minivan to haul away a vandalism suspect during a protest Tuesday created confusion and drew online outrage from… Read more » The post NYPD Arrests Alleged Vandal in… Continue Reading →
“Out of concern for the health and safety of students, teachers and their families while New Jersey continues to grapple with COVID-19,” Assembly Democrats Mila Jasey, Pamela Lampitt and Joann Downey plan to introduce legislation to require school districts to… Continue Reading →