Month February 2021
Israel’s Health Ministry updated the traffic light categorization on Tuesday, to allow children from cities listed as light orange, to go back to schools starting Wednesday. The update and change in the categorization of cities usually takes place on Wednesday,… Continue Reading →
Last week a winter storm of historic proportions descended on most of the United States. Unlike Northern states, which are prepared for February bringing out the worst of winter, Southern states ended up with a crisis on their hands. A… Continue Reading →
Your research into the impeachment of a New York State governor was unrelated to what’s going on now, correct? Yes. I’ve done a lot of research on impeachment in New York State law and history, especially about the 1913 impeachment… Continue Reading →
To really understand how Dovid Fishbein got me to go out on a date with a woman from out of town three days before Purim, you would have to know him. But to describe his persuasive style in a single… Continue Reading →
When I spoke to Dr. Chaya Ostrower of Tel Aviv, author of It Kept Us Alive: Humor in the Holocaust, she stated categorically that “this research should not be construed as laughing at the Holocaust. There is nothing funny about… Continue Reading →
Purim 1986. Brooklyn, New York. My chasan, Nachman, asked me to help him check his new megillah. He leined from the megillah, and I followed in a Chumash. Every word was perfect. I was 18. Nachman was 22. Our life… Continue Reading →
“Before the revolution, Iran was a Westernized country where its citizens enjoyed freedom of religion and other rights. But when Khomeini came into power, our freedoms were taken away little by little,” she begins. “For example, I went to a… Continue Reading →
“You have to realize that I’m in a bit of a different situation from other performers because I perform for children, which means that I have to set an example,” Moshe Tanenbaum, who is better known by his stage name… Continue Reading →
I’m not easily outraged. Okay, maybe I am. Sometimes. But there are times, surely we must all agree, when censure is called for, when holy traditions are profaned by self-styled reformers, when illegitimate changes are adopted by perhaps well-meaning but… Continue Reading →
Practicing Dying Dr. Neal Goldberg was supervising a troupe of medical clowns on “clowns on rounds” in an assisted living facility in New York when he saw a team of doctors leave a patient’s room and he heard someone sobbing…. Continue Reading →
I understand that your book The Gilded Cage: Queen Esther’s Untold Story is a historical novel. While I based most of the information on mefarshim, midrashim and chasidus, it’s written in the form of a historical novel. I also did… Continue Reading →
The Israeli government on Monday approved a plan to offer $50 million in compensation to the families of hundreds of Yemenite children who disappeared in the early years of the country’s establishment. But the announcement received a cool reception from… Continue Reading →
In the race to filled the seat of Donovan Richards who vacated his position to become Queens Borough President, with 96.67 % of the votes tallied, none of the 9… Read more » The post No Clear Winner in City… Continue Reading →
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that his country is doing better than the United States in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, even though Mexico’s per capita death rate is probably higher and the… Continue Reading →
Police officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing will not face criminal charges, according to a grand jury decision announced Tuesday. The 41-year-old Black… Continue Reading →
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Top board leaders of Texas’ embattled power grid operator said Tuesday they will resign following outrage over more than 4 million customers losing electricity last week during a deadly winter storm, including many whose frigid homes… Continue Reading →
Jodenkoeken, a dessert staple in the Netherlands since the 19th century, translates as “Jew cookies.” It’s not clear how the flat round shortbread cookies came to be called “Jew cookies” but there are several theories, including that a baker with… Continue Reading →
Yehudah Ben-Shitrit, the husband of Asnat, z’l, who passed away of the coronavirus on Motzei Shabbos at age 32, told Channel 13 News that contrary to rumors, his wife wasn’t opposed to vaccines and even made an appointment to receive… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Navy veteran who was going through an episode of paranoia died after a Northern California police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, his family said Tuesday. The family of Angelo Quinto called police… Continue Reading →
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving ahead with plans to honor recently deceased conservative radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh by lowering flags to half-staff despite protests from some public officials who don’t see Limbaugh as worthy of… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Help businesses and breadwinners rebuild from Covid! Support the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, which is at the forefront of Job creation! Giving another Yid Parnassah is the highest form of Matanos L’Evyonim! The toll left by Coronavirus extends… Continue Reading →