Month February 2021
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a nighttime curfew for the Purim holiday weekend in an attempt to forestall a spike in COVID-19 infections due to parties and gatherings. Starting Thursday night, the eve of Purim, and ending… Continue Reading →
WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) – An eight year old Chasidic boy was found dead on a Williamsburg street this morning by an MTA bus driver. The incident took place this morning at 8:34 on South 5th Street, just east of Hooper Street,… Continue Reading →
New Jersey will make its first full public pension payment for the first time in a quarter-century, boost school aid by 7% and offer 760,000 families a $500 tax rebate… Read more » The post Murphy Proposes $44.8B Budget, Boosting… Continue Reading →
The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which the FDA has signaled is effective and safe and will be shortly approved, could be a “difference maker” for New York City’s efforts… Read more » The post Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Could… Continue Reading →
In a move that some may see as controversial, United Hatzalah Founder and President Eli Beer has instructed the chapter heads of all regions in Israel, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian, both secular and religious, to make sure that all of… Continue Reading →
The New York State Legislature is considering offering financial relief to the struggling restaurant industry via tax credits. “We all know that the restaurant and hospitality industry has been crippled… Read more » The post State Considering Giving Struggling Restaurants… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden will visit Texas on Friday as the state begins its recovery from a devastating winter storm that caused serious damage to homes and businesses across the state… Read more » The post Biden to Visit Storm-Ravaged Texas… Continue Reading →
JERSALEM (JNS) – Eli Beer, founder and president of United Hatzalah, Israel’s largest volunteer-based emergency medical service, ordered all chapter heads nationwide—Jewish, Muslim and Christian, both secular and religious—to make sure that all of the volunteers in their sectors have… Continue Reading →
The Lufthansa LH690 rescue flight for Israelis stranded abroad took off on Tuesday evening with only half of the 160 passengers who were slated to board the plane, stranding 80 Israelis in the Frankfurt airport, mainly Chareidim, including a young… Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, Chaim Brodt of Stems was presented with a plaque by Lakewood Police Chief Greg Meyer thanking him for his assistance during a recent tragedy. After the tragic death of Nick Shimonovich, Brodt and his company immediately put forth… Continue Reading →
A retired New York Police Department officer and former U.S. Marine was deemed a danger to the community and ordered held without bail Tuesday after his arrest on charges that… Read more » The post Ex-NYPD Officer and Marine Charged… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods crashed his SUV on sweeping, downhill road in the Los Angels suburbs Tuesday morning, and doctors tried to stabilize “significant” injuries to his right leg with rods and a combination of screws and pins…. Continue Reading →
This is an historic opportunity that has never been done by us before (and it’s still free) In honor of Purim, Yad L’Achim has arranged for several Talmidei Chachamim, Rabbanim from Iran who will travel the long distance to Hamadan,… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF Tehillim United! Here’s what we are doing: On Purim night, thousands of women and girls from across the globe are going to unite to harness the power of tehillim on purim. The goal… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] CHEMED Health Center presents The Moody Child by Dr. Glenn Hirsch, Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in NYU Medical Center and consultant to CHEMED’s Child Study Program. This free presentation will held tonight at 8:30pm and can… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved the allocation of 45 million shekels ($13.8 million) to help deal with a massive oil spill that has polluted some 100 miles of Israel’s coast. Approximately $20,000 will be advanced as immediate… Continue Reading →
Tragedy struck the Williamsburg community on Wednesday morning, when word spread of a fatal accident involving a young child. Police in Brooklyn are investigating after a young boy was fatally struck by a school bus and found dead in the… Continue Reading →
Tragedy struck the Williamsburg community on Wednesday morning, when word spread of a fatal accident involving a young child. The incident occurred at around 8:00AM on Hooper Street and South 5th Street, when an approximately 6/7 year-old child was fatally… Continue Reading →
Tragedy struck Williamsburg Wednesday morning, when a young boy waiting for the school bus with his brother was reportedly struck and killed on Hooper Street and South 5th Street. An… Read more » The post BD”E: Young Boy, Z”l, Run… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 22-year-old resident of Yitzhar, a community situated in the heart of Samaria near Shechem, fended off a terrorist threatening to stab him with a knife and succeeded in escaping from him. Binyamin Cohen, who got married… Continue Reading →
Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19, according to an analysis by U.S. regulators Wednesday that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot… Read more » The post FDA Says J&J Single-Dose Shot… Continue Reading →