Month March 2021
The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it has sent out another 37 million economic impact payments, bringing the total disbursed in the past two weeks to $325 billion. The second batch of payments sent out this week followed an initial… Continue Reading →
The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it has sent out another 37 million economic impact payments, bringing the total disbursed in the past two weeks to $325 billion. The second batch of payments sent out this week followed an initial… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Residents of the Azrieli Palace assisted-living facility in Modi’in broke a world record this week by building a matzah and chocolate spread tower 5.4 meters (17.7 feet) high. Two hundred residents took turns to build the tower,… Continue Reading →
My husband suffered from impaired vision for a few years, and he nearly lost all his eyesight. He cannot function properly, and he cannot provide parnasa for our family. The situation at home is devastating. We cannot put food on our table!… Continue Reading →
North Korea on Thursday test-fired its first ballistic missiles since President Joe Biden took office, as it expands its military capabilities and increases pressure on Washington while nuclear negotiations remain stalled. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the launches threaten… Continue Reading →
Vote tallying in Israel resumed Thursday in the deadlocked parliamentary elections held earlier this week, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor those determined to topple him gaining a clear path to forming a government. Tuesday’s vote, the fourth Israeli… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign that the economy is improving. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Board of Education last night passed a resolution severing all ties with the Asbury Park Press in response to the offensive photo caption. The District released the following statement this morning: “The Board joined the Township in severing… Continue Reading →
More than three months into the U.S. vaccination drive, many of the numbers paint an increasingly encouraging picture, with 70% of Americans 65 and older receiving at least one dose of the vaccine and COVID-19 deaths dipping below 1,000 a… Continue Reading →
A reputed leader in the Oath Keepers militia group discussed forming an “alliance” and coordinating plans with another extremist group, the Proud Boys, ahead of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to new court papers. The… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Vote tallying in Israel resumed Thursday in the deadlocked parliamentary elections held earlier this week, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor those determined to topple him gaining a clear path to forming a government. Tuesday’s vote,… Continue Reading →
A video of a doctor at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem dancing down the hallway recently went viral on Israeli social media. Media personality Sivan Rahav-Meir reached out to the doctor, who explained that he was expressing his joy at… Continue Reading →
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As first reported on our Status early this morning, two pairs of Tefillin were destroyed when a van went up in flames in Toms River. The van, belonging to a Yeshivah in Jackson, was in the Tallymawr neighborhood of Toms… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday Britain was on the side of openness and did not want to see restrictions on the exchange of COVID-19 vaccines with the European… Read more » The post U.K. PM Johnson Says Wants… Continue Reading →
After what seems like months of preparation, anxiety, planning and more anxiety, you finally arrived at your Pesach destination. Boruch Hashem! Yes, it’s been a long cold and difficult winter preceded only by an even longer pandemic. Your children, cooped… Continue Reading →
In honor of the first yahrtzeit of the Novominsker Rebbe, zt”l, on 13 Nisan, Hamodia interviews his sons, the Novominsker Rebbes Harav Yisrael, shlita, and Harav Yehoshua, shlita A… Read more » The post Adas Yaakov: The Life, Legacy… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center, a task force run by the IDF, said that preliminary reports show that the coronavirus vaccine may alleviate symptoms of “long-COVID.” “Preliminary reports indicate that those who suffer from persistent symptoms even after… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center, a task force run by the IDF, said that preliminary reports show that the coronavirus vaccine may alleviate symptoms of “long-COVID.” “Preliminary reports indicate that those who suffer from persistent symptoms even after… Continue Reading →
Four decades ago, the Novominsker Rebbe, zt”l, opened a yeshivah which has been mechanech thousands of talmidim, many who have gone on to become marbitzei Torah themselves. On the occasion… Read more » The post Yeshivas Novominsk: The Lasting Legacy… Continue Reading →