Month March 2021

[COMMUNICATED] Are you ready for the Afikomen?  The Siyum on Maseches Pesachim is TONIGHT!  Tonight, Klal Yisrael will be celebrating the completion of the fourth masechta in the cycle – Maseches Pesachim. What more appropriate siyum to hold this week… Continue Reading →

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[COMMUNICATED] It was a Friday morning, and there was a knock at the Goldstein door. Meir stepped forward to answer it, when his mother stopped him. “Don’t answer… just wait,” she said, as she looked through the peephole and waited until… Continue Reading →

Drivers along the Staten Island Expressway might have doubted their spelling expertise as they drove towards the Goethals Bridge, because a new sign recently put up switched two vowels. Bemused… Read more » The post New Goethals Bridge Sign is… Continue Reading →

Israel is holding its fourth parliamentary election in two years, the product of protracted political deadlock and disagreement over longtime leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s fitness to rule while facing corruption charges. Election surveys published in the final days before Tuesday’s vote… Continue Reading →

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has claimed victory over COVID-19 by making Israel a “vaccination nation.” But even that may not be enough when voters wearing mandatory masks cast their ballots… Read more » The post Netanyahu Says He Made Israel… Continue Reading →

Former President Trump on Monday endorsed a challenger to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) following a months-long feud with Georgia’s top Republicans over election fraud claims. Trump will back Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.), who will run for secretary of state rather than… Continue Reading →

U.S. President Joe Biden dispatched U.S. envoys to Mexico and Guatemala on Monday for migration talks as he struggles to contain a burgeoning humanitarian challenge along the southwest U.S. border… Read more » The post Top Biden Officials Heading to… Continue Reading →

Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday to offer Yemen’s Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country’s yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the kingdom’s… Read more » The post Saudi Arabia Offers Cease-Fire Plan… Continue Reading →

After many yeshiva principals received an e-mail from the New York City Department of Education (DOE) that excluded Orthodox Jewish ZIP codes from those that were deemed “hardest hit by… Read more » The post Mayor Says Yeshivas will Receive… Continue Reading →

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday that Washington has rejected President Vladimir Putin’s offer to arrange a quick public call with U.S. President Joe Biden to help defuse tensions raised by Biden’s recent remark that the Russian leader was a… Continue Reading →

This Pesach, stand before every tefilla with confidence! The Nusach Hatefilla project from EMVH presents the complete Pesach davening and layning. Long time Ba’al Tefilla and Ba’al Kriah R’ Dovid Elefant davens each word with feeling and emotion and layns each… Continue Reading →

The United States on Monday announced sanctions on two more Chinese officials in connection with serious human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, where Washington says ethnic Muslims have been… Read more » The post U.S. Sanctions Two Chinese Officials… Continue Reading →

Jitters over the counting of votes showed on Monday as the head of Israel’s elections committee warned that delays could be exploited to challenge the legitimacy of the results. “We… Read more » The post Elections Head Warns Against Rumors… Continue Reading →

All New York residents age 50 and above will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine starting Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced. “Tomorrow morning, 50 and above, make your appointment and… Read more » The post New Yorkers Over 50 Now… Continue Reading →

Former President Trump ripped President Joe Biden and his administration over the migrant surge at the U.S. border during an exclusive interview on “The Faulkner Focus” on Monday, arguing that the Biden administration is “destroying our country.” He also said… Continue Reading →

Israel and New Zealand have given interim approval for the sale of biotech firm SaNOtize Research and Development’s Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS) which could help prevent transmission of the… Read more » The post NONS Anti-Covid Nasal Spray Okayed… Continue Reading →

A congressional effort to bolster U.S. news organizations in negotiations with Big Tech has supporters hoping that third time’s the charm. The bill, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, was… Read more » The post Bill to Aid U.S. Publishers… Continue Reading →

The New York coronavirus variant, B.1.526, does not appear to be less responsive to vaccines despite concerns. Dr. Jay Varma, Senior Advisor for Public Health, said, “We have not found… Read more » The post NYC Health Officials Say Vaccine… Continue Reading →

After more than a year, New York City public high school students are able to return to their classrooms. Across the five boroughs, 488 schools reopened, with half of them… Read more » The post NYC Public High Schools Reopen… Continue Reading →

The new head of the Small Business Administration says she expects to make changes at the agency that she says will enable it to further help small companies devastated by… Read more » The post New SBA Head Plans Changes… Continue Reading →