Month March 2021

More than 27.6 million people in Britain, well over half the adult population, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, official data showed on Sunday, after a… Read more » The post UK Sets New Daily COVID… Continue Reading →

There’s always a lot of talk about the shidduch crisis – what is the cause of it, how to fix it, and so on, but little talk about the crisis that has been quietly escalating in our community over the… Continue Reading →

HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Dovid Altar, the son of the Pnei Menachem, sent a letter of nichumim to the family of the 14-year-old who was killed by his father in the throes of a psychotic fit. “To the family mourning the… Continue Reading →

Dear fellow Jew! It is very difficult for me to request you because I did everything I could to do so that I would not need to ask for help from anyone but my pain and anguish overwhelmed me and… Continue Reading →

Dear Listeners, I’m always asked what I think contemporary Jewish Music should sound like. This song by Yerachmiel Begun says it all. LISTEN TO YOUR NESHOMO! Chag Kosher V’sameach. Baruch Levine ——————————— LISTEN TO YOUR NESHAMAH COMPOSED BY: Yerachmiel Begun… Continue Reading →

The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities will be delivering 650 pounds worth of matzah to the Jewish communities in the Gulf region, as well as to Jewish soldiers stationed on… Read more » The post Jewish Communities in the Gulf… Continue Reading →

At least one group in America is unlikely to get any money from President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan — his own top aides. Most of Biden’s senior West Wing advisers made far more than the threshold that… Continue Reading →

A bill mandating Holocaust education is one step closer to law in Wisconsin, after the state’s senate passed it. The bill had been passed unanimously last year by the state… Read more » The post Holocaust Education Bill Approved in… Continue Reading →

The avreichim received gift vouchers for yomtov, and a large package of necessities including matzah, meat, chicken, wine, and other basic foods ⌃ The network supports hundreds of avreichim who are talmidei chachamim, in several cities in Israel * The… 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 necessarily better. A surprising new analysis found that states such… Continue Reading →

In a landmark ruling, the Tel Aviv Labor Court on Sunday denied a petition filed by a teaching assistant to overturn a decision by a local council to ban her from entering the school where she is employed without being… Continue Reading →

Three years ago, Yisroel Levin and his Kallah, Elisheva Kaplan, were killed in a horrible car accident on Chol Hamoed Pesach. This tragedy shook Klal Yisroel, and it inspired the creation of 10K Batay Yisroel – a project meant to… Continue Reading →

By Shmiel Soiferman Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March of 2020, the number of frum Jewish students and adults who have been impacted psychologically has markedly increased. Finding an effective therapist that understands the frum community and that religious… Continue Reading →

A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia — while off the coast of California, dozens of container ships sit anchored, unable to unload their cargo. The pandemic has wreaked havoc with… Continue Reading →

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to the US-Mexico border on Friday with a group of bipartisan senators. Typically on such a trip, a cabinet secretary and lawmakers would be accompanied by reporters or a member of the… Continue Reading →

Officials are imposing an emergency 8 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew for Miami Beach, effective immediately after -partying crowds trashed restaurants, brawled in the streets and gathered by the thousands without masks… Read more » The post Miami Sets Earlier Curfew After… Continue Reading →

Likud MK and former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, who was already the wealthiest member of the Knesset, is set to become the first billionaire in the history of the Knesset after fintech company eToro lists on Wall Street, Globes reported…. Continue Reading →

More than twelve million New Yorkers are eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, and they can get their shots at their local pharmacies. Retail pharmacy chains CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens… Read more » The post Coronavirus Vaccines Available at Retail… Continue Reading →

As the weather warms and restrictions ease, New York City’s allure is drawing tourists back An increase of tourism numbers is a boon for a city whose entertainment and hospitality… Read more » The post As Restrictions Ease, Tourists Return… Continue Reading →