Month January 2021
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly was poised Thursday to repeal Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate, a move that would jeopardize more than $49 million in federal food assistance, brush aside… Read more » The post Wisconsin Assembly to Vote on… Continue Reading →
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell but remained at a historically high 847,000 last week, a sign that layoffs keep coming as the coronavirus pandemic continues to… Read more » The post Jobless Claims Drop; Still at… Continue Reading →
Fifteen public vaccination sites throughout the five boroughs that were forced to temporarily shutter due to lack of vaccine supplies have reopened on Thursday. The reopening comes as the state… Read more » The post NYC Vaccine Sites to Reopen… Continue Reading →
New York Attorney General Letitia James released a scathing report on Thursday, accusing the Cuomo administration of dramatically undercounting coronavirus deaths that occurred in nursing home. Governor Andrew Cuomo has… Read more » The post NY AG Says Cuomo ‘Severely… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK(JTA) – A splashy new outpost of singer Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Resort empire coming to New York’s Times Square will include a synagogue. The historic Garment Center Congregation will be on the ground floor and two sub-floors of the… Continue Reading →
The United States should act first by returning to world powers’ 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that it ditched in 2018, the Iranian foreign minister tweeted on Thursday after Washington… Read more » The post Iran Says U.S., Not Tehran,… Continue Reading →
Statistics released by the Lakewood School District suggest that in-person instruction poses no added infection for either teachers or students, and that Covid numbers are in fact lower than the general population. Additionally, District officials suggest that, of the few… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Every sector of our population numbers are skyrocketing, but the growth in recipients of Tomchei Shabbos has grown as well. The number of children whose homes were graced with deliveries over the years has unfortunately taken a sharp uptick, though… Continue Reading →
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents by as much as 50%, the state’s attorney general said in a report released Thursday. Attorney General Letitia James has, for months, been examining discrepancies… Continue Reading →
Home with covid and not sure how you are preparing Shabbos? Unfortunately, many young mothers have recently been diagnosed and some hospitlized with covid. Bikur Cholim of Lakewood has announced it is offering families food for Shabbos if any parent… Continue Reading →
The New York State attorney general accused the Cuomo administration of undercounting coronavirus-related deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, according to a report released on Thursday. The count of deaths in state nursing homes has been… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The online trading platform Robinhood is moving to restrict trading in GameStop and other stocks that have soared recently due to rabid buying by smaller investors. GameStop stock has rocketed from below $20 earlier this month… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — To the last moments of his presidency, Donald Trump trumpeted Space Force as a creation for the ages. And while President Joe Biden has quickly undone other Trump initiatives, the space-faring service seems likely to survive, even… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Do you know “why boys only date girls from Prospect?” Bnos Leah of Prospect Park Yeshiva (also known as BLOPPY) is an all-girls school that was founded in 1954. The school has been at… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] In response to popular demand, the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Private Label Bootcamp to help current Amazon sellers master the especially lucrative Private Label industry (February 10-11); in addition to its upcoming A-Z Amazon Bootcamp to help beginners launch a… Continue Reading →
The Israeli government has announced that special flights will leave Israel on a daily basis to Frankfurt, Germany, with the belief that travelers to other locations will be able to… Read more » The post Israel Funds Single Outgoing Flight… Continue Reading →
The head of the Republican National Committee on Wednesday declined to encourage former President Donald Trump to run for the White House in 2024, saying the GOP would stay “neutral” in its next presidential primary. In an interview, RNC Chair… Continue Reading →
NIEUWLANDE, Netherlands (JTA) — On a cold February morning in 1945, a Dutch Nazi SS unit noticed a foreign-looking man walking around a farm in this remote village. The Nazis confronted farm owner Jan van der Helm and gunned him… Continue Reading →
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo lifted COVID restrictions in the state’s orange and yellow zone micro-clusters. A few yellow zones remain in the Bronx, Washington Heights, Queens, and Newburgh. But in New York City, Cuomo said a plan for NYC… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] It is a mission about to launch, one that will reach the highest celestial heights, though it will have nothing to do with NASA or space travel. Instead, Mission:Siyum will have Shuvu students and graduates taking on all of… Continue Reading →