Month March 2021

The Asbury Park Press has come under intense criticism after an article about Governor Murphy’s recent visit to CHEMED in Lakewood included a photo of a nurse filling a syringe with the Moderna vaccine with a racist and misogynistic caption… Continue Reading →

Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not… Read more » The post A Rapid COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout… Continue Reading →

Crowds of people streamed to the Beis Medrash of HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch in Har Nof on Motzei Shabbos for a Shabbos HaGadol drasha, during which the Rav not only spoke about ‘Erev Pesach she’chul b’Shabbos,’ but addressed the incitement… Continue Reading →

The following appeared in this weeks Flatbush Jewish Journal: This week marks a full year since the start of the Coronavirus Pandemic, a long sad year since our infamous cover featuring close to 20 niftarim in one tragic week. It… Continue Reading →

President Vladimir Putin said he will get a coronavirus vaccine shot on Tuesday, several months after widespread vaccination started in Russia. Kremlin opponents have criticized Putin for not getting vaccinated… Read more » The post Putin to Get Coronavirus Vaccine… Continue Reading →

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the United States, the company announced Monday. AstraZeneca said its experts did not identify any… Continue Reading →

The Biden administration is considering sending vaccines to allies and neighboring countries to counter China’s “vaccine diplomacy.” Though the United States accounts for 27% of international vaccine production, it is… Read more » The post U.S. Urged to Send Extra… Continue Reading →

Hundreds of people have been rescued from floodwaters that have isolated dozens of towns in Australia’s most populous state New South Wales and forced thousands to evacuate their homes as record rain continues to inundate the country’s east coast. Around… Continue Reading →

Crews are getting ready to pave the new Vermont Avenue stretch, a project years in the making. The stretch of road is expected to ease traffic in the area, as it is the only road which runs between Chestnut and… Continue Reading →

New Jersey has eased coronavirus restrictions up to a point, but will pause any more reopening plans for an indefinite time out of concern of variant spread. “My guess is… Read more » The post No More Reopening in NJ… Continue Reading →

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the U.S. Justice Department’s bid to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack… Read more » The post U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh… Continue Reading →

A Lakewood toddler is recovering after being struck by a vehicle (the incident was first reported on our Status yesterday evening). The young boy playing outside with family had reportedly ran after a vehicle, and was then dragged by the… Continue Reading →

Israel is not going to experience another wave, Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Nachman Ash said on Sunday, as the number of cases dropped to the lowest level in months. “I’m glad… Read more » The post Prof. Ash: I Don’t Expect… Continue Reading →

Russia stands ready to tap the Eurobond market any moment, and it expects foreigners’ share among holders of its OFZ treasury bonds to stabilize in 2021 despite the threat of… Read more » The post Russia, Under Fresh U.S. Sanctions… Continue Reading →

New Jersey will be providing temporary rental assistance for a number of low and moderate-income households that have a substantial reduction in income, have qualified for unemployment benefits, incurred significant costs, or experienced a financial hardship directly or indirectly due… Continue Reading →

The Central Elections Committee will deploy drones to monitor lines at polling stations to thwart overcrowding, Central Elections Committee head Orly Ades said last week. The committee is sending shuttles to transport virus carriers and those in quarantine to the… Continue Reading →

Sofa Landver, a former senior Yisrael Beiteinu MK who served as the Minister of Aliyah and Absorption for eight years, published a video on Sunday night revealing her true opinion of her former boss, Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman. “Citizens… Continue Reading →

Airstrikes on several locations in northwest Syria near the border with Turkey have killed at least one person and set afire several trucks used to distribute aid, opposition activists and… Read more » The post Strikes on Northwest Syria Kill… Continue Reading →

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Two people were injured in an altercation that took place during an emergency political rally held by Degel Hatorah in Bnei Brak on Rechov Rashbam. The rally, which was purposely taking place near the home of the Gadol Hador, Hagaon… Continue Reading →