Month August 2020
The Lakewood Police Department and others today gathered at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood to welcome Lakewood Police Detective Robert Anderson. Anderson, badge #258, has been suffering with a serious medical condition for a while, and today, he… Continue Reading →
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Last night, TLS reported that Lakewood Board of Education attorney Michael Inzelbuch extended an offer to meet with teachers union attorney Keith Waldman for “as long, and as often” as necessary to help alleviate the concerns posed by some Lakewood… Continue Reading →
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people across Louisiana were still without power or water Friday, a day after Laura sawed a devastating path through the state, while the hurricane’s remnants carried tropical rain and wind across… Continue Reading →
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The scheduled federal execution of a 10-year-old Kansas girl’s killer was back on track Friday after an appellate panel tossed a lower court’s ruling that would have required the government to get a drug prescription… Continue Reading →
On Friday, August 28, local residents of Uman tried to bar chassidim from entering the city for the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to the tziyon of Rav Nachman of Breslov,… Read more » The post Local Residents Clash With Jews… Continue Reading →
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The NBA playoffs will resume Saturday after the league and the National Basketball Players Association detailed the commitments that made players comfortable continuing. In a joint statement released Friday, the sides said they would… Continue Reading →
Inspired by the song “Yankel” by Abie Rotenberg, Yankel Am Ha’Aretz is about a simple man who endures hardship in his Torah studies. Click here to purchase access! Deep in his heart he loves to do the Mitzvos yet he… Continue Reading →
Home sales are booming. Stocks are setting record highs. Industrial production is clambering out of the ditch it fell into early this year. And yet the U.S. economy is nowhere close to regaining the health it achieved, with low unemployment,… Continue Reading →
UMAN (JTA) — Residents of Uman, Ukraine, scuffled with Orthodox Jews who were seeking to enter a building in the city that is the site of an annual Jewish pilgrimage. In a video posted to Facebook on Friday by Sergiy… Continue Reading →
CHICAGO (AP) — A man known for his love of skateboarding, a Texas transplant to the state and a college student acting as a volunteer medic were killed or wounded this week by a 17-year-old gunman amid chaos on the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The credibility of two of the nation’s leading public health agencies is under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts say smack of political pressure from President Donald Trump as he attempts to move past… Continue Reading →
Punctuated with frustrations over the lack of movement by Gov. Murphy to allow restaurants to reopen indoor dining, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders wants to see that change before Labor Day. “Our restaurant owners and their workers… Continue Reading →
The New Jersey Department of Treasury announced that the state’s gas tax will rise by a staggering 9.3 cents per gallon in October, to make up for a shortfall in revenue being experienced by the state due to the Covid-19… Continue Reading →
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A federal judge in California has blocked a rule that Michigan, seven other states and four big-city school districts said would unlawfully allow too much pandemic relief aid to be… Read more » The post Judge Blocks Rule That Moves… Continue Reading →
In a world where everyone seems lost, we need to turn to Rabbi Meir Baal Haness to rejuvenate! Rebbi Meir was a holy Tzadik whose spiritual gift helped give strength and yeshuah to all those who sought him out. He… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – Cherrie Daniels was tapped last year as the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues. Founded in 1999, the Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues “develops and implements U.S. policy to return Holocaust-era assets… Continue Reading →
Republicans Hold National Convention – The Republican National Committee held their convention this week in a mostly virtual format, with the exception of President Trump’s speech accepting the nomination for president. The four-day event was headlined by speakers such as Vice… Continue Reading →
Authorities are on the hunt for a vandal they say has smashed hundreds of windows on New York City subway trains. More than 400 windows have been damaged since May,… Read more » The post Vandal Smashes Hundreds of New… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of Breslover Chassidim who had been detained in Ukrainian airports after attempting to travel to Uman will be released before Shabbos, Israeli MK Rabbi Meir Porush announced late Friday… Read more » The post Breslover Chassidim Detained in Ukraine… Continue Reading →