Month September 2020
I sincerely hope that this letter finds you and your family well. What a year it has been! Blessings and unprecedented challenges have defined new life norms and given us a profound appreciation for everything that we have. As the… Continue Reading →
Riders of New York City’s E and F Train will see service changes in the coming months, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority repairs the F Train’s tunnel under the East… Read more » The post Service Changes Coming to E… Continue Reading →
Riders of New York City’s F Train will continue to see significant service changes in the coming months, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority repairs the train’s tunnel under the East… Read more » The post Changes Coming to F Train… Continue Reading →
Lawyers for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu charged on Sunday that police officials began their investigation of corruption charges against him before receiving authorization from the attorney general, a lapse… Read more » The post Netanyahu Lawyers Charge Probe Begun… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:50 amMincha: 6:45 pmMaariv: Following Mincha Harav Pinchos HechtHusband Harav Yeshaya Dovid SiffFather Mrs. Rochel SiffMother R’ Yisroel Moshe SiffBrother R’ Azriel SiffBrother R’ Reuven SiffBrother Mrs. Penina MezeiSister Habachur Yosef Chaim HechtSon Mrs. Tziporah SchwartzDaughter… Continue Reading →
President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday denounced the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and called for the gunman, who remains at large, to… Read more » The post President Trump and Joe Biden… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100,000 demonstrators calling for the authoritarian president of Belarus to resign marched through the capital of Minsk on Sunday as the daily protests that have gripped the nation entered their sixth week. Many in… Continue Reading →
Nearly all of the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for, authorities said, as crews continued to battle wildfires that have killed at least 33 victims from California to Washington state…. Continue Reading →
Hamodia is saddened to report the passing of Mrs. Devora Leah Hecht, a”h, who was niftar on Shabbos, 23 Elul, September at the age of 59. Mrs. Hecht was the… Read more » The post BD’E – Mrs. Devora Leah… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Fire District will be appointing Jonathan Yahr as its career fire chief at tomorrow night’s meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners, TLS has learned. After creating the new position last month, the Fire Commissioners will promote Yahr,… Continue Reading →
Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said it’s “likely” the U.S. will deploy a covid-19 vaccine to the public before year-end and that the company is prepared for that… Read more » The post Pfizer CEO Says Americans Could… Continue Reading →
Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah of Rebbitzen Rivka Kahaneman, a”h, the almanah of the Nasi of Ponevezh Yeshiva, Harav Avraham Kahaneman, zt”l. She was 99 years old. Rebbitzen Kahaneman was admitted to… Read more » The post BD’E – Rebbitzen Rivka Kahaneman,… Continue Reading →
The following important update was released moments ago by the Chaim VChessed Organization: On Sunday, September 13, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced plans for a lockdown, which will begin on Friday, Erev Rosh HaShana. Media reports had stated that the… Continue Reading →
CLAYTON COUNTY (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Georgia has been fired after being captured on video repeatedly punching a Black man during a traffic stop, authorities said Sunday. The deputy was being let go for “excessive use of force,”… Continue Reading →
The post Yeshiva Talmidim Return to Class Across America appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Part 8-Yeshiva Torah Vodaath at 100: Talmidim of the Mesivta Speak Part 12-Yeshiva Torah Vodaath at 100: Talmidim of the Mesivta Speak Part… Continue Reading →
A senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday that Jerusalem would work to open an embassy in Manama “in the near future,” Israeli media reported. “We will work to [allow] the opening of an embassy in Bahrain as soon as… Continue Reading →
The Dallas Jewish community is proud to be hosts of their very own Chaverim branch! Baruch Shawel, founder of Chaverim of Dallas, explains, “I am originally from Dallas, and moved… Read more » The post Dallas Community Launches Chaverim appeared… Continue Reading →
The first part of a one-two punch for New Jersey drivers takes effect Sunday with hikes on the state’s two major toll roads. The state approved the increases in May… Read more » The post Double Whammy for New Jersey… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker says a new trial that a woman with dual nationality expected to face in Iran on Sunday has been postponed, with no new date arranged. After speaking to dual-national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe,… Continue Reading →