Month March 2021
In response to the racist photo caption in the Asbury Park Press, the Lakewood School District has announced it has completely cut all ties with the paper. The District announced, “The Lakewood Board of Education has “polled” its members in… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged to rebuild and revitalize the transatlantic military alliance after a bruising four years when Washington portrayed NATO as outdated, divided and in… Read more » The post In Brussels, Blinken Offers Boost… Continue Reading →
An early-morning fire Tuesday at an assisted-living facility in New York prompted the evacuation of residents and led to the partial collapse of the building. Flames gutted the Evergreen Court… Read more » The post Fire Forces Evacuations at N.Y…. Continue Reading →
Fresh off passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, President Joe Biden is assembling the next big White House priority, a sweeping $3 trillion package of investments on infrastructure and domestic needs. Biden huddled privately late Monday with Senate Democrats as… Continue Reading →
Watch and enjoy more than 80 videos on Aleph Bais, Shabbos, Yom Tov, Parsha and more.. After her striking success in keeping preschoolers across our community entertained with wholesome content during the initial outbreak of the virus, Morah Chaya is… Continue Reading →
The European Commission’s chief vaccine negotiator Sandra Gallina said on Tuesday the European Union will use all available means to secure COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca. She did not elaborate… Read more » The post EU Vaccine Boss Says Will… Continue Reading →
Sinovac said its COVID-19 vaccine is safe in children ages 3-17, based on preliminary data, and it has submitted the data to Chinese drug regulators. More than 70 million shots… Read more » The post Sinovac Says Its Vaccine Is… Continue Reading →
The leaders of China and North Korea are reaffirming their traditional alliance following contentious talks between top diplomats from Washington and Beijing and diplomatic isolation and economic problems in the… Read more » The post Xi, Kim Share Messages Reaffirming… Continue Reading →
A shooting at a crowded Colorado supermarket that killed 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive, sent terrorized shoppers and workers scrambling for safety and stunned a state… Read more » The post Colorado Marks Latest Mass Tragedy… Continue Reading →
Results from a U.S. trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine may have used “outdated information,” U.S. federal health officials said early Tuesday. The Data and Safety Monitoring Board said in a… Read more » The post U.S.: AstraZeneca May Have Used… Continue Reading →
Israelis began voting on Tuesday in a fourth election in two years, with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hoping a rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout will win him another term. With coronavirus… Read more » The post ELECTION UPDATES: Israel Goes Back… Continue Reading →
A massive early-morning fire ripped through an assisted living facility in Spring Valley. The fire started at around 1:30AM at the “Evergreen Court For Adults” located at 65 Lafayette Street. Hatzolah and EMS dispached around 20 ambulances and treated many… Continue Reading →
A 14th juror was seated Monday for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, leaving just one more to be selected before the proceedings against Derek Chauvin can begin. The newest juror is a… Continue Reading →
Australia on Monday made the neo-Nazi group Sonnenkrieg Division, also known as SKD, the only right-wing outfit designated by the government to be a terrorist organization. SKD joins 26 Islamic militant groups designated under Australian criminal law as outlawed terrorist… Continue Reading →
How do you tell 7 children that the father they adore, their beloved, invincible family superhero, has a degenerative disease that is turning ordinary functions like speaking, chewing or swallowing, into an exhausting effort? Tall and trim, with broad shoulders… Continue Reading →
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Eric Greitens, the former Navy SEAL officer who rose quickly to become Missouri governor before scandal forced him out of office just a year and a half into his tenure, announced Monday that he will run… Continue Reading →
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Eric Greitens, the former Navy SEAL officer who rose quickly to become Missouri governor before scandal forced him out of office just a year and a half into his tenure, announced Monday that he will run… Continue Reading →
LAKEWOOD (JTA) – A New Jersey newspaper left a photo caption with the term “JAP,” a pejorative for “Jewish American princess,” on its website for over 14 hours. The caption in the Gannett-owned Asbury Park Press, which went with a… Continue Reading →
LAKEWOOD (JTA) – A New Jersey newspaper left a photo caption with the term “JAP,” a pejorative for “Jewish American princess,” on its website for over 14 hours. The caption in the Gannett-owned Asbury Park Press, which went with a… Continue Reading →
To Fox News Channel’s Janice Dean, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is a liar and a criminal. He blames others for his “disastrous decisions.” He needs to resign – no, that’s not enough. “He needs to go to jail!” she… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said in a statement on March 19 that although he doesn’t believe the BDS movement is violent, it is anti-Semitic. Yang told The Forward in a statement, “BDS does… Continue Reading →