Frum News From The Greater Lakewood Area

Month January 2021

Tefillos Requested for Harav Chaim Wosner; Hospitalized in Serious Condition

Klal Yisrael is urged to daven for the refuah sheleimah of Hagaon Harav Chaim Meir Wosner, shlita, Rav of Zichron Meir in Bnei Brak, the eldest son of Hagaon Harav… Read more » The post Tefillos Requested for Harav Chaim… Continue Reading →

Minister: Israel-Sudan Signing Ceremony in Washington ‘Within Months’

Israel and Sudan will finalize a diplomatic deal to normalize relations at a signing ceremony in Washington in the next three months, Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Wednesday. There… Read more » The post Minister: Israel-Sudan Signing Ceremony in… Continue Reading →

Three Toronto Shuls Hold Adopt-a-Kollel Virtual Renewals Amid Lockdown

The city of Toronto is in the midst of a strict lockdown, with all schools closed and shuls limited to 10 people in a room at once. Despite the situation,… Read more » The post Three Toronto Shuls Hold Adopt-a-Kollel… Continue Reading →

Austrian and Slovakian Shoah Survivors to Get Vaccine on Auschwitz Liberation Day

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia were poised to get their first coronavirus vaccination Wednesday, acknowledging their past suffering with a special tribute 76 years after the liberation… Read more » The post Austrian and Slovakian Shoah Survivors… Continue Reading →

Senate Republicans Unite Behind Failed Effort to Challenge Trump Impeachment Trial

Forty-five Senate Republicans backed a failed effort on Tuesday to halt former President Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial, in a show of party unity that some cited as a clear sign… Read more » The post Senate Republicans Unite Behind Failed… Continue Reading →

Poll Gives Likud Solid Lead; Majority Would Prefer Chareidim Excluded From Coalition

A poll released Tuesday by Channel 12 showed that were elections to be held at this time, the Likud would maintain a steady lead. The poll also predicted that for the… Read more » The post Poll Gives Likud Solid Lead;… Continue Reading →

The Chicago Center Steps Up to the COVID Crisis

Since the beginning of the COVID crisis, The Chicago Center has touched the lives of thousands through the Center’s Refuah 311 programs, the COVID-19 clinic, the new Chesed kitchen of… Read more » The post The Chicago Center Steps Up… Continue Reading →

Senate Confirms Antony Blinken as 71st Secretary of State

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America’s top diplomat. Senators voted 78-22 to approve Blinken, a longtime confidant of President Joe Biden, as the nation’s 71st secretary of… Read more » The post Senate Confirms Antony Blinken as… Continue Reading →

7,737 New COVID-19 Cases in Israel, Slight Drop in Serious Patients

The Health Ministry on Wednesday morning reported that 7,737 new coronavirus cases were diagnosed the previous day, while a slight drop has been recorded in the number of serious and… Read more » The post 7,737 New COVID-19 Cases in… Continue Reading →

Finding My Roots // A father’s secret is revealed

The man whom I called “Uncle” turned my life upside down with a single statement, and he wasn’t even talking to me. It was over 30 years ago that I traveled with my two sons and my mother to Toronto… Continue Reading →

Short-Changed // Forced to be the grown-up, I was torn between anger at and pity for my mother

I don’t know how old I was when I realized that my mother was different from the other women on the block. Maybe it was something I’d always known. I remember being seven years old when my mother tried to… Continue Reading →

Waiting for Dudi // Help came from the most unlikely source

The man to whom I owe the greatest debt of gratitude, the man who had the greatest impact on my life, was someone I have never met and probably never will. He entered my life for a short time, but… Continue Reading →

Cherry Crumble

Yes, it is possible to fail your way to success. Sometimes the best things in life are created by accident, like this cherry crumble! A few weeks ago I made a cherry pie in a graham cracker pie crust. I… Continue Reading →

Educator of Each Girl

The idea to speak with Rabbi Yanofsky came about shortly after the passing of Rav Aharon Chodosh, zt”l. Having been tasked with writing about the Mir’s late mashgiach, I set out to find people who were close to him. Someone… Continue Reading →

Peanut Butter Hot Cocoa

This couldn’t be a cozy winter article without hot cocoa! A few tablespoons of creamy peanut butter takes this to the next level. I topped it off with a healthy dose of whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate and… Continue Reading →

A Shul-ful of Jewish Nominees // Biden’s picks are great… well, mostly

I’m irked by the assumption that members of a particular religious, ethnic or racial group will automatically favor political candidates from their group. I wouldn’t support a candidate just because he’s Jewish; candidates whose positions dovetail with mine get my… Continue Reading →

Boxing in Biden // Using Iran to send messages to the new president?

In case you had not heard, there were rumors of a major push by federal agencies to complete certain investigations and rush them into action prior to President Biden’s inauguration. The left-wing media accused lame-duck Trump appointees of a conspiracy… Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview with Rudy Giuliani // President Trump’s lawyer discusses impeachment, voter fraud and the problems of NYC

Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to President Trump and “America’s mayor,” prefers to meet his challenges head-on, whether it’s organized crime, a corrupt establishment or COVID itself. So far, what hasn’t killed him has only made him more eager to fight…. Continue Reading →

Trees in Shvat // A lesson for the ages in optimism and resilience

Foreword: As I grow older, I find that I castigate myself more and more—not about the things I did in my life, but about the things I did not do. As a toddler in a Yiddish-speaking family situated in an… Continue Reading →

Bedlam in Bnei Brak // Mayor Avraham Rubinstein talks about his city’s recent chaos and coronavirus strategy

Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein, the mayor of Bnei Brak, found himself—as he has so often throughout this past year—on a battlefront this week. Once again, the media headlines were blaring about events in Bnei Brak. In the past it was about… Continue Reading →

BIRDWATCH: Twitter Launches Crowd-Sourced Fact-Checking Project

Twitter is enlisting its users to help combat misinformation on its service by flagging and notating misleading and false tweets. The pilot program unveiled Monday, called Birdwatch, allows a preselected group of users — for now, only in the U.S…. Continue Reading →

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