Month February 2021
Aiming to make it easier for drivers to confirm their vehicle is registered with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC), the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee on Monday approved legislation to allow drivers to display electronic proof of… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — A 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard deported from Tennessee has agreed to be questioned by German prosecutors as they re-examine whether there is enough evidence against him to bring charges, authorities said Monday. Friedrich Karl Berger… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Rav Chaim Kanievsky himself gave a specific bracha for this campaign; donate $199 and be zoche to his bracha for children. What would you do if your father’s yeshiva was in danger of falling apart financially? One 25 year… Continue Reading →
Last week, TLS and local Askonim set up a way for local Mosdos and non-profit organizations to continue the annual Purim fundraising tradition – while staying safe. We are proud to announce, over 100 local Mosdos and non-profit organizations have… Continue Reading →
The state of Israel sought on Monday to bring to an end years of accusations and anguish over the disappearance of small children from the Yemenite and other communities during… Read more » The post State Seeks to End Yemenite… Continue Reading →
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out a phased plan on Monday to end England’s COVID-19 lockdown, offering a “cautious” approach to try to prevent a return to wholesale restrictions… Read more » The post UK PM Sets out Cautious… Continue Reading →
The New York Police Department has released a surveillance image of the suspect who vandalized a Jewish community center in Queens. The Rego Park Jewish Center was vandalized last Thursday… Read more » The post NYPD Release Photo of Jewish… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS/YAAKOV LAPPIN) – Though the move will take some time to go into effect, the Pentagon’s recent decision to relocate Israel to the area of responsibility (AOR) of the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM, which operates in the Middle… Continue Reading →
A court order banning publication of details of the disastrous oil spill off the Israeli coast was issued on Monday, drawing criticism from environmental organizations. Investigators were said to be… Read more » The post Oil Spill Probe Placed Under… Continue Reading →
Mayor Bill de Blasio has named Lorraine Grillo to oversee New York City’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. As ‘recovery czar,’ she will head the return to in-person working, expanding… Read more » The post Mayor de Blasio Appoints ‘Recovery… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – In a surprise move, a Haifa court on Monday imposed a seven-day gag order on the ongoing investigation into the massive oil spill that devastated Israel’s Mediterranean coast over the weekend, according to Hebrew media reports. The… Continue Reading →
Anis Naccache, a former pro-Palestinian terrorist who participated in the 1975 kidnapping of oil ministers in Vienna, died Monday after battling COVID-19, a Palestinian official and Lebanese media said. He… Read more » The post COVID Kills Former Lebanese Terrorist… Continue Reading →
In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York state prosecutor. The court’s action is the apparent culmination of… Continue Reading →
A small Israeli task force scoured the sands of a nature reserve along Israel’s Mediterranean coast Monday, taking part in a widening effort to clean up a disastrous oil spill… Read more » The post Volunteers Mobilize to Clean Israel’s… Continue Reading →
Two Central Park ice rinks that were set to close after Sunday because New York City is cutting ties with the Trump Organization that operates them will stay open until the end of the season. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press… Continue Reading →
A massive fire ripped through local Jewish-owned car rental service Buggy on Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights on Monday morning, sending smoke billowing into the air. According to reports, the… Read more » The post Fire in Crown Heights Sends… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Shlomo Hillel’s life spanned the length and breadth of Israel’s immigrant story and he played a critical role in many of its chapters. Hillel, who died Feb. 8 at 97, helped smuggle Iraqi Jewish immigrants into pre-state… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski Zatza’l was a great talmid chochom and world-renowned psychiatrist. He served as the director of psychiatry at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for 20 years. From his early years, he lectured about self-esteem, stress,… Continue Reading →
The FDNY was battling a fast-moving blaze in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Monday morning. The fire started at around 10:40AM at 183 Empire Boulevard near Bedford Avenue. FDNY quickly transmitted a third alarm due to heavy fire conditions. Sources confirm to… Continue Reading →
The first case of the South African coronavirus variant has been discovered in a New York state resident, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. The South African variant case involved a resident of Long Island’s Nassau County, Cuomo said in a… Continue Reading →