Month July 2020
YERUSHALAYIM – In a remarkable victory of parliamentary over executive power in Israel on Monday, the Knesset’s Coronavirus Committee voted unanimously to keep pools and beaches open on weekends,… Read more » The post Knesset Overrules Government, Beaches to… Continue Reading →
Hamodia Staff YERUSHALAYIM – Nurses across Israel went out on strike Monday morning in protest over staff shortages which they say make it impossible to do their jobs. Talks… Read more » The post Nurses Strike Over Staff Shortages… Continue Reading →
Governor Murphy announced today that the parents of public school students will be allowed to opt for their children to continue their education remotely. The governor said that the New Jersey Department of Education will release guidance later this week… Continue Reading →
Sophia Garabedian had been dealing with a persistent fever and painful headache when her parents found her unresponsive in her bed one morning last fall. Doctors ultimately diagnosed the then-5-year-old… Read more » The post First COVID-19, Now Mosquitoes: Bracing… Continue Reading →
County Health Department Urges Wearing of Masks The Ocean County Health Department urged residents to wear masks in public pointing to increasing evidence that the practice is effective in curbing… Read more » The post Lakewood Briefs appeared first on… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS/Farley Weiss)- On March 7, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Resolution 183 condemning anti-Semitism. The resolution, which passed 407-23, was initiated in response to anti-Semitic comments made by Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. The text… Continue Reading →
The Israel Airports Authority announced on Monday that it is extending its restrictions on the entry of non-Israeli citizens into Israel until at least September 1. The restrictions were extended due to the worrying spike of coronavirus infections in Israel… Continue Reading →
BOSTON (AP) – Sophia Garabedian had been dealing with a persistent fever and painful headache when her parents found her unresponsive in her bed one morning last fall. Doctors ultimately diagnosed the then-5-year-old Sudbury, Massachusetts, resident with eastern equine encephalitis,… Continue Reading →
Legislation to reimburse restaurants, bars and caterers that spent money on supplies in preparation for indoor dining’s return only to have that authorization rescinded was introduced in the Senate. The bill, sponsored by Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senator Vin Gopal… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — After changing its usage rules last month to capitalize the word “Black” when used in the context of race and culture, The Associated Press on Monday said it would not do the same for “white.” The… Continue Reading →
Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate, ranted against historical figure Harriet Tubman on Sunday, saying the Underground Railroad conductor “never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work for other white people,”… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Sunday called on Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director Nadav Argaman to increase the protection afforded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, saying that the growing incitement and… Continue Reading →
Investigators examining the black boxes from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran have recovered its cockpit voice data, France’s BEA accident investigation bureau said. Iranian forces say they… Read more » The post Voice Data Recovered From Ukraine… Continue Reading →
Top Republicans in Congress are expected to meet Monday with President Donald Trump at the White House on the next COVID-19 aid package as the crisis many hoped would have… Read more » The post GOP Leaders Head to White… Continue Reading →
The current worldwide population of Jews stands at 14,410,700, and Israel’s 6,740,000 million Jews make up 45% of the world total. The statistics were presented during Monday’s meeting of the… Read more » The post Study: 45% of World’s Jews… Continue Reading →
The yartzheit of Hagaon Harav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, zt’l, falls out this year on Sunday night and Monday. A special seder limud will be held in the Beis Medrash Tiferes Bochurim, at which HaRav Yosef Efrati will speak as well… Continue Reading →
Progress in Permission for Yeshivah and Seminary Students to Return to Israel; Awaits Final Approval
As the summer zman comes to a close, much progress has been made to authorize entry of foreign yeshivah and seminary students into Israel for the Elul zman. Intense talks… Read more » The post Progress in Permission for Yeshivah… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yisrael Katz have agreed to the demands of Blue and White and the Labor party to significantly increase the planned grants for the… Read more » The post Gov’t to Increase Grants to… Continue Reading →
BALTIMORE (JTA) – A 34-year-old man was arrested in the robbery of four Jewish teens outside a Baltimore mall. The teens said the knife-wielding attacker targeted them for their religious observance. Baltimore County Police arrested Seneca Rice, an area man,… Continue Reading →
A Jackson mother was arrested after leaving her child in a hot vehicle, police said. At approximately 6:00 PM on Friday, officers responded to Bennetts Mills Plaza located on West County Line Road on the report of a 2-year-old child… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] David “Birnstein” and his family were doing everything they could to keep themselves out of harm’s way from the spreading Coronavirus. They were shocked then, when David was diagnosed with another deadly disease. A young David is the father… Continue Reading →