Month February 2021
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… Read more » The post Murphy Proposes $44.8B Budget, Boosting… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] The Center for Health Education, Medicine and Dentistry (CHEMED) is offering free Tdap shots at CHEMED for all pregnant women whether or not they are CHEMED patients on Wednesday, February 23rd from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No appointment… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Golf star Tiger Woods was injured Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in Los Angeles County, authorities said. Woods had to be extricated from the vehicle with the “jaws of life” tools, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s… Continue Reading →
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscored the U.S. economy’s ongoing weakness Tuesday in remarks that suggested that the Fed sees no need to alter its ultra-low interest rate policies anytime… Read more » The post Fed’s Powell: Recovery Incomplete, High… Continue Reading →
Violent hate crimes against Asian-Americans surged in 2020, most of them related to political attacks towards China over the coronavirus. Despite the distance between Wuhan, China and the United States,… Read more » The post Mayor, City Officials Condemn Hate… Continue Reading →
MICHMORET, Israel (AP) — When it comes to saving sea turtles, Israeli rescuers have discovered that mayonnaise is a miracle. Employees at Israel’s National Sea Turtle Rescue Center are treating endangered green sea turtles affected by a devastating oil spill… Continue Reading →
Talks on a gas pipeline that would cross political faultlines and deliver reliable energy to the impoverished Gaza Strip have moved from the abstract to the concrete in recent weeks,… Read more » The post Gas to Gaza? Not A… Continue Reading →
Defense Minister Benny Gantz lashed out against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s decision to transfer small quantities of covid vaccine to the Palestinians and to other countries. “The fact that Netanyahu… Read more » The post Gantz Lashes Netanyahu on Giving… Continue Reading →
Twitter said on Tuesday it had taken down 373 accounts which it said had ties to Russia, Armenia and Iran and had breached its platform manipulation policies. The company said… Read more » The post Twitter Removes Hundreds of Accounts… Continue Reading →
A recent Marist Poll, conducted shortly after the Cuomo administration was forced to admit and apologize it deliberately withheld information regarding nursing home deaths, revealed that the governor’s approval rating… Read more » The post Rising Number of NYers Disapprove… Continue Reading →
At least 80 people out of the 1,300 vaccinated at the Jones Beach vaccination site in Nassau County will need to redo their shot. A staffer’s attempt to reheat the… Read more » The post After Temperature Error, Some New… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Republicans took Governor Murphy to task for his FY2022 budget proposal, saying it would leave New Jersey and its residents in an even deeper financial hole than the state currently finds itself in. “We must remember where we… Continue Reading →
CALIFORNIA (JNS) – Stone Canyon Entertainment announced the start of production on a documentary about a couple who bequeathed nearly half a billion dollars to Israel—the largest donation in the country’s history. “Who Are the Marcuses?” will start filming in… Continue Reading →
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s approval rating for his pandemic response has plunged from just a few months ago. Forty-one percent of voters agree Cuomo has done something unethical – but not illegal – in his handling of nursing homes… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mr. Moshe Yaakov PerlHusband Mrs. Gittel BauerSister Mrs. Devorah KohlSister Mrs. Chavy BlumSister R’ Meyer BlumSon R’ Shie PerlSon Mrs. Devorah WernerDaughter Mrs. Simy SteinharterDaughter Mrs. Sury SchwartzDaughter
In a culture where nonconformity is the only conformity, and coarseness is trendy, trendiness sells. So it’s no surprise that Nissan’s most popular product is the Nissan Rogue, at least… Read more » The post AUTO REVIEW: 2021 Nissan Rogue… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – The National Council of Young Israel has replaced its entire executive board, a stark move away from its vocally pro-Donald Trump leadership, whose statements had led to controversy in the Orthodox synagogue association. The council represents… Continue Reading →
The man who surrendered at the FBI’s Hudson Valley office Monday to face charges in connection with the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol siege is a retired NYPD officer who had been assigned for a time to work perimeter security at… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israel’s vaccination campaign succeeds in protecting more and more of the older age group, with over 85% of those aged 50 and over already vaccinated, the virus is hitting more and more younger people, with some… Continue Reading →
A City Council special election is being held Tuesday in Far Rockaway, and Jewish community leaders are working on an intense get-out-the-vote effort, following a similarly successful push in another… Read more » The post Community Leaders Urge Voting in… Continue Reading →
A year into the coronavirus pandemic, doctors and researchers are still striving to better understand and treat the accompanying epidemic of COVID-19-related anosmia — loss of smell — draining much… Read more » The post Agony of Post-COVID-19 Loss of… Continue Reading →