Month March 2021

Pinny Ringel, who’s been a senior advisor to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio since 2014, has been promoted as Assistant Commissioner for the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit (CAU). The Mayor’s… Read more » The post De Blasio Aide Pinny Ringel… Continue Reading →

A senior Health Ministry official slammed the ruling of the Supreme Court on Wednesday deeming the government’s daily quota of returning travelers as illegal. “I was afraid that political elements would make such decisions on the eve of the election,… Continue Reading →

The European Union’s drug regulatory agency said Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine doesn’t increase the overall incidence of blood clots and that the benefits of using it outweigh the possible risks, paving the way for European countries to resume dispensing… Continue Reading →

  Following are regulations for this year’s public sreifas chametz in Boro Park, per Community Board 12: Sreifas chametz on Friday, March 26th, must be completed by 11:45 am. The… Read more » The post Info on Boro Park’s Pre-Pesach… Continue Reading →

Yaakov Nachum, a 63-year-old Israeli businessman, was named as one of the fatalities in a light plane crash near Miami on Monday. Nachum’s private plane lost altitude and hit a power line almost immediately after it took off from North… Continue Reading →

JetBlue Airways is considering whether to stay in New York, where it was founded two decades ago, or move its headquarters to Florida. A spokeswoman for the airline said Thursday… Read more » The post JetBlue Considers Whether to Leave… Continue Reading →

With the U.S. closing in on President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, officials announced on Thursday the nation is now in position to help supply neighbors Canada and Mexico. The… Continue Reading →

Beit Shemesh has approved a plan for a 10,000-unit housing expansion along the city’s main roads to replace existing buildings, Globes reported on Thursday. The Local Planning and Building Committee… Read more » The post Beit Shemesh Expansion Plan Approved… Continue Reading →

Daf Yomi will be celebrating the Siyum of Pesachim next Monday – The week of Pesach! The SONG OF PESACHIM includes hundreds phrases and expressions of the mesechta, reviewing its key klallim and yesodos – all in rhyme! By www.SongsOfShas.com.

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein began caving in to the wave of optimism over the encouraging coronavirus data on Thursday. “With all caution, I am starting to believe that we are… Read more » The post Edelstein Upbeat As Virus Declines… Continue Reading →

U.S. long-term mortgage rates continued to edge higher this week as the benchmark 30-year loan stayed above the 3% mark. Rates remain near historic lows, however. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate… Continue Reading →

The International Criminal Court said Thursday it has sent formal notices to Israel and the Palestinian Authority about its impending investigation into possible war crimes, giving them a month to… Read more » The post ICC Gives Israel Month to… Continue Reading →

Israelis still vote by dropping a paper ballot in an envelope, later to be counted by hand, but Election Day, March 23 will see a high-tech innovation: Drones tracking the… Read more » The post Low-Tech Israeli Voting Gets High-Tech… Continue Reading →

Avoid the areas of Pine and New Hampshire, and Cedarbridge between New Hampshire Ave. and Clover Street. https://t.co/cZKUS5Mbo5 pic.twitter.com/cjXAKoGBJQ — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) March 18, 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron accused Iran on Thursday of continuing to violate a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, and said Tehran should act responsibly. “Iran must stop aggravating a… Read more » The post Rivlin in Paris, Iran and… Continue Reading →

The Biden administration is eyeing mid-May to begin to ease restrictions on international travel to and from Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Brazil. The administration so far has focused on easing… Read more » The post Biden Considering Easing International Travel… Continue Reading →

All of New York state’s coronavirus cluster zones will cease as the state moves on from the outbreak-monitoring system. “We are reaching the light at the end of the tunnel,”… Read more » The post NY State Ends Cluster Zones… Continue Reading →

As Israel heads to the polls next week for the fourth time in two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to capitalize on his new partnership with the United Arab Emirates in his desperate campaign to stay in power…. Continue Reading →

The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oilfield workers in West Texas as it faces questions about the safety of emergency sites it is quickly standing up to hold children crossing the southern border…. Continue Reading →

The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oilfield workers in West Texas as it faces questions about the safety of emergency sites it is quickly standing up to hold children crossing the southern border…. Continue Reading →