Month February 2021
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it won’t require huge, months-long studies if COVID-19 vaccines eventually need tweaking to better match a mutating virus — small, short studies… Read more » The post FDA Will Allow Short Studies… Continue Reading →
The United States recorded its 500,000th death from Covid-19 on Monday, the highest death toll of any country worldwide, a little over a year after the first coronavirus death was recorded in California. In an interview he gave just prior… Continue Reading →
The federal government will recommend flood control measures including storm surge barriers, floodwalls, and elevating homes and other buildings in a report later this year on combating back bay flooding,… Read more » The post U.S. to Urge Barriers, Elevation… Continue Reading →
As first reported on our WhatsApp Status, a driver in Lakewood captured last night’s overturn accident on dashcam video, along with some of the wild moments which led up to the violent accident. Video footage from the rear of the… Continue Reading →
Fans will be allowed to attend sports and entertainment events at New Jersey’s largest facilities in limited numbers starting next week, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. He also relaxed limits… Read more » The post Murphy OKs Limited Fans at… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget was thrown further into doubt on Monday as moderate Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah… Continue Reading →
When Dr. Mohamed Salah Siala began working on the COVID-19 front line in January in a Tunisian hospital he never imagined harnessing his music skills in the fight against the virus. Yet when the 25-year-old decided to get out his… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden‘s nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget edged toward collapse on Monday as two moderate Republicans seen as potential “Yes” votes became… Read more » The post ‘Mean Tweets’ Threaten Biden Budget… Continue Reading →
IDF soldiers on border duty who failed to raise an alarm when an Israeli woman crossing into Syria, which led to an international incident, will not face disciplinary action, the… Read more » The post Soldiers Who Missed Woman Crossing… Continue Reading →
The U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee on Monday approved legislation with $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief, advancing a top priority of President Joe Biden. The measure passed the… Read more » The post House Budget Panel Approves $1.9… Continue Reading →
Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee, vowed Monday to prioritize combating extremist violence and said his first focus would be on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as… Read more » The post AG Nominee Garland Vows Capitol… Continue Reading →
The Midwest Agudas Yisroel Council of Synagogue Rabbonim is pleased to present a sefer that discusses the halachos of the month of Adar and Purim. As Purim falls out on Erev Shabbos, this year’s sefer includes halachos related to the… Continue Reading →
State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday said a comment by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei about uranium enrichment “sounds like a threat” and declined to respond to… Read more » The post State Dept Spokesman Calls Iranian… Continue Reading →
It sounded so ambitious at first blush: 100 million vaccination shots in 100 days. Now, one month into his presidency, Joe Biden is on a glide path to attain that goal and pitching well beyond it to the far more… Continue Reading →
MONTREAL (JTA)— The leader of a far-right political party in Canada has been arrested and charged with willfully promoting hatred against Jews – reportedly a first for a Canadian political party. Travis Patron, the founder and head of the Canadian… 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 →
Former senior defense and security officials in Israel have written to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urging him to reconsider his opposition to the U.S. plans to return to the… Read more » The post Former Officials Come Out for… Continue Reading →
A team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Yerushalayim has discovered the first evidence of radio flares emitted only long after a star is destroyed by a black hole.… Read more » The post Astronomers Hail Evidence from Tidal… Continue Reading →
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on February 22, 2021, Mashon Wilson, 30, of Lakewood, was sentenced by the Honorable Steven F. Nemeth, J.S.C., to six years in New Jersey State Prison (NJSP) as a result of a… Continue Reading →
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A recreational marijuana marketplace, cannabis decriminalization and looser penalties for underage possession of the drug and alcohol became law Monday in New Jersey, more than three months after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to legalize… Continue Reading →