Month December 2020
Minimum wage is getting a bump in the new year for workers in New York State and New Jersey. New York’s minimum hourly wage goes up to $12.50 statewide Thursday. It rises to $14 an hour on Long Island and… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00Mincha: 5:15Maariv: Following Mincha R’ Yitzchok MarguliesBrother Rebetzin Udi WaxmanSister R` Ari MarguliesBrother Starting Sunday will be sitting at main address, Tuesday-Wednesday will be sitting at 8 Boxwood – Getting up Wednesday Mrs. Deviory LeiderDaughter
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Thousands of Israeli tourists have descended on Dubai in the month since commercial flights started between Israel and the UAE. Many were trying to escape the strict lockdown rules in Israel, others were genuinely interested in discovered… Continue Reading →
Mayor Bill de Blasio said that once the city begins inoculating the wider public, the 27 neighborhoods hardest hit by the coronavirus will be part of the “first wave” of… Read more » The post Boro Park, Midwood, Williamsburg Not… Continue Reading →
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The post Agudah Siyum Hashas Highlights appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: U.S. Stocks Close Down After Dow’s Rally to 14,000 Beaucoup Returns Oil Falls to Near $100 After China Trade Data Energy Department Rejects Trump Request for Climate-Change… Continue Reading →
President Trump’s legal challenges over the November 3rd elections have failed in court. His allegations of widespread fraud and his claim of the election being stolen outright by Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, with the help of some Republicans,… Continue Reading →
A 15-year-old is facing charges following a shocking bike attack that was caught on camera Tuesday in Midtown. The suspect, whose name has not been released, was arrested Wednesday on charges of rioting and criminal mischief. Because he was charged… Continue Reading →
NYPD officers were involved in two shootings Wednesday night in Brooklyn and the Bronx – the third and fourth police-involved shootings in as many days – but no one was struck by bullets. The first shooting unfolded in Brownsville around… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s little doubt that Nancy Pelosi will be reelected House speaker when the new Congress convenes Sunday. It could take a high-wire act for her to get there, largely thanks to the pandemic. The only woman in… Continue Reading →
By Yehudit GarmaiseBoro Park Center (BPC) residents and staff members are buzzing with excitement today because Vaccination Day has arrived. At 7:30am, 15 pharmacists and staff members from Walgreens, with whom BPC teamed through its contract with the New York… Continue Reading →
Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged the city’s vaccination rollout has been far to slow on Wednesday, and promised the city would speed up the process. “It is so clear, there… Read more » The post New York City Will Vaccinate… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] “I was in shidduchim for years after my mother passed away from cancer. Now I am finally getting married, but I have no parents to help pay for my upcoming wedding.” “I am a kallah, orphaned from my parents…. Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mr. Jack RetkinskiHusband Mr. Avrom Meir RetkinskiSon Mrs. Rochel Malka GoldsteinDaughter Mrs. Chana Leah GutmanDaughter Mrs. Chaya Sora TurnerDaughter Mrs. TP AkermanDaughter Mrs. Judy ObermeisterSister Mrs. Miriam SpinradSister
Sailors involved in transferring fuel oil from an Iraqi tanker in the Persian Gulf to another vessel owned by a shipping company traded in the U.S. discovered a “suspicious object”… Read more » The post Security Firms Say Suspicious Object… Continue Reading →
Chinese health regulators said Thursday that they have given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm. The two-dose vaccine is the first approved for general use in China. The go-ahead comes as the country has begun to… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is planning a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor those killed by the coronavirus the day before he is sworn into office on Jan. 20. The Presidential Inaugural Committee said… Continue Reading →
“New York’s Finest indeed!” Councilman Chaim Deutsch tweeted after an off-duty police officer reached out to him, wondering about the respectful way to dispose of a torn sefer. Inspector Manny… Read more » The post ‘New York’s Finest’: Police Officer… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is making an exception to its restrictions on large gatherings to allow about 6,700 fans to attend a Buffalo Bills home playoff game in January as long as all test negative beforehand. That’s about… Continue Reading →
One million vaccines from the U.S. biotech company Moderna will arrive in Israel next week, rather than in March as had previously been agreed, boosting dwindling supplies that had led… Read more » The post Report: Moderna to Send a… Continue Reading →
China has detected its first imported case of the new coronavirus variant that is spreading rapidly around Britain, according to a publication run by the Chinese Center for Disease Control… Read more » The post China Reports First Case of… Continue Reading →