Month August 2020
Nationally, in recent days and weeks, Agudath Israel of America has received concurrent reports of an uptick in COVID-19 cases in communities in Lakewood, Cleveland, Rockland County, Five Towns, Brooklyn, Passaic, and Baltimore. With yeshivos imminently reopening for the school… Continue Reading →
Meteorologists predicted a heat wave for Sunday, and they weren’t wrong. The highest temperature recorded in the country on Sunday was in the Lower Galil town of Yavne’el, where it… Read more » The post Temperature Hits 116℉, Air Conditioners… Continue Reading →
A group of about a dozen Breslover chassidim who landed in Kiev, Ukraine from London on Sunday were forced to reboard the plane for a return flight to the UK. In a video of the incident, a group of chassidim… Continue Reading →
SWITZERLAND (JTA) – Gabor Hirsch, a Holocaust survivor who became a prominent activist for Holocaust commemoration in Switzerland, has died at 90. Hirsch, who was born in Hungary in 1929 and died Aug. 21, survived multiple rounds of killings at… Continue Reading →
More Information Beautiful Fully Furnished Lake Front Home for Rent.Sackett Lake in Monticello. Short 2 min walk from Shul and multiple outdoor Minyanim. Available from September through MayEntire two floor house, 1400 sf/floor.Brand new furniture throughout the home. large master bedroom… Continue Reading →
It wasn’t easy, but coronavirus project manager Prof. Ronni Gamzu won approval from the coronavirus cabinet on Sunday for his “traffic light” plan, which will determine Health Ministry restrictions according… Read more » The post Cabinet Green Lights Gamzu Plan… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, amid fury over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the back, which left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed. White… Read more » The post Trump to Visit Kenosha Tuesday… Continue Reading →
GAZA (JNS) – The Jewish state aspires to establish a “Greater Israel” stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, and will eventually demand lands in Medina and other regions of the Arabian peninsula, according to Palestinian Islamic scholar Omar Fora…. Continue Reading →
Following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s meeting on Sunday with US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, the three held a press conference from the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem. Netanyahu said that it… Continue Reading →
Board of Education attorney Michael Inzelbuch held a press conference with Ms. Alejandra Morales of VOZ Latina – an advocacy group for Latinos – after the teachers union (LEA) refused to allow Ms. Morales to participate in their meeting regarding… Continue Reading →
With an early harvest already underway, a wildfire a few miles west of John Bucher’s ranch added new urgency to getting his pinot noir grapes off the vine. If flames… Read more » The post Wildfires Again Threaten Business in… Continue Reading →
Lebanon’s ambassador to Germany appeared slated to become the crisis-stricken country’s next prime minister after getting the support of senior Sunni politicians on Sunday. Mustapha Adib was named by four… Read more » The post Lebanon Leaders Name Favorite for… Continue Reading →
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Family getting up: R’ Sal TawilSon R’ Victor TawilSon R’ Dovid TawilSon Mrs. Regena SamsteinDaughter Mrs. Michelle TawilDaughter
[Public Notice]
A man who was fatally shot after supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with left-wing protesters on the streets of Portland, Oregon, was a supporter of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer, its founder said Sunday. Joey Gibson, head of the… Continue Reading →
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Only one person has ever officially fulfilled the traditional Jewish birthday blessing of living “until 120,” but Rosalie Wolpe from South Africa is well on her way. Wolpe celebrated her 111th birthday last week at… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel A number of people have called my attention to an anti-Agudath Israel screed that was recently published as an op-ed column in a Jewish periodical. The article defames Rabbi Moshe Sherer z’l, distorts the words… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: R’ Mendy MermelsteinSon Mrs. Pearl RichmondDaughter Mrs. Yehudis KugielskyDaughter Starting Thursday will be sitting in Lakewood at 1480 Parkside Dr, 08701 Mrs. Malky RottenbergDaughter Starting Thursday will be sitting in Lakewood at 1480 Parkside Dr, 08701. Mrs…. Continue Reading →