Month December 2020
Antwerp police officers raided a Belzer maariv minyan on Tuesday night, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. According to Belgian law, only gatherings of up to 17 people are currently allowed. The number of mispallelim at the minyan was only slightly above that… Continue Reading →
Shiva for Reb Avrohom Kanarek Z”L is taking place at 660 9th Street, Lakewood. Shachris 7:45, Mincha 1:50, and Maariv 10:00. Please do not visit between 5:00-7:30 p.m.
CHICAGO (VINnews) — Barstool Sports’ COVID-19 relief fund is helping keep Chicago’s beloved Ken’s Diner and Grill survive the pandemic. Ken’s Diner, a well known Kosher diner, was the first of its type on the North Shore of Chicago. The… Continue Reading →
California on Wednesday announced the nation’s second confirmed case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus, offering a strong indication that the infection is spreading more… Read more » The post California Has Nation’s 2nd Confirmed… Continue Reading →
The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay that could undermine President Donald Trump’s… Read more » The post Census Bureau to Miss Deadline,… Continue Reading →
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Tuesday that he was back in his country but still recovering from COVID-19 after two months away. “I passed through difficult moments. I am happy to be back, thank G-d,” Tebboune said in a video… Continue Reading →
An extensive scientific study of close to 10 million people in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged, yields encouraging news about the spread of the virus and undermines the case for preventative lockdowns. The study included… Continue Reading →
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A Chumash found in tatters on a Bay Ridge street is one step closer to a proper burial after being discovered and collected, page by page, by an off duty NYPD commander. Deputy Inspector Emmanuel Gonzalez,… Continue Reading →
On the campaign trail, President-elect Joe Biden promised to reverse Donald Trump’s restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba. But he stopped short of saying just how far he’ll go… Read more » The post Will Biden Restore Ties With… Continue Reading →
Russian authorities on Tuesday ramped up the pressure on top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny by leveling new fraud accusations against him. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s main investigative agency, said it has opened a new criminal case against Navalny on charges… Continue Reading →
The post Notice From Hatzoloh of Rockland appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Grades 1-3, 11-12 to Return to School Next Week S. Korea to Relax Social Distancing Rules Further, Starting May 6 Critics Allege De Blasio ‘Double Standard’… Continue Reading →
The latest electoral poll on Wednesday night showed alternate paths to a coalition that would excluded Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party. The Kan broadcaster found that if elections… Read more » The post Poll: Saar Has Paths to… Continue Reading →
Israel’s vaccination campaign has rolled out so fast, it’s outstripping supplies possibly necessitating a brief halt, according to media reports on Wednesday night. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein confirmed that the… Read more » The post Shortage Could Stop Vaccinations Temporarily… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart apologized Wednesday for a tweet that called Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley a sore loser for contesting President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. The now deleted tweet, “Go ahead. Get your 2… Continue Reading →
GEORGIA (VINnews) — With many keen to learn what new information will come out of the Georgia hearings on election fraud, here is a brief summary of what each witness is describing in the hearing. Witness #1 – the Georgia… Continue Reading →
Britain on Wednesday became the first country to authorize an easy-to-handle COVID-19 vaccine whose developers hope it will become the “vaccine for the world.” The approval and a shift in policy that will speed up rollout of the vaccine in… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks all but died Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed an alternative approach of loading up the bill with other White House priorities that appeared destined to… Continue Reading →
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the opening of Moynihan Train Hall, a $1.6 billion project which transformed the more than 100-year-old James A. Farley Building into a 255,000-square-foot world-class transportation… Read more » The post Cuomo Announces Opening of Moynihan… Continue Reading →
We are amid another recurrence of Covid-19 cases here in Rockland County. This current surge has affected members in the community of various ages from younger to older. It has also led to many more hospitalizations than the last recurrence…. Continue Reading →
With Jackson officials continuing their march towards installing Joe Sullivan and Richard Egan – two men with colorful pasts who resigned their previous positions in disgrace – on influential boards and commissions in the township, it’s important to point out… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Basya Friedman used to live a normal life. That was before her father started hearing voices. Basya was always very close with her “Tatte’le”. They would sing beautifully harmonized zemiros together on Shabbos and take long walks together every… Continue Reading →