Month March 2021

It’s a question occupying the minds of millions of employees who have worked from home the past year: Will they still be allowed to work remotely — at least some… Read more » The post Will Work From Home Outlast… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] It was a little after Purim last year, and 40-year-old S* was not feeling all that well. He heard the sirens in the streets, but he was young, and relatively healthy – there was no reason for him to… Continue Reading →

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was “deeply moved” to meet with Holocaust survivors when he distributed food with the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island on Tuesday. The… Read more » The post Mayor de Blasio Says He… Continue Reading →

The New York Police department will assign additional officers in Asian-American communities such as Flushing, Queens and Sunset Park, Brooklyn and Chinatown in Manhattan in response to an overnight shooting… Read more » The post NYPD to Bolster Presence in… Continue Reading →

A few isolated cases of new foreign strains of coronavirus have been detected in Israel, health officials said on Wednesday. The Health Ministry said two cases of the B1.525 Nigerian… Read more » The post Health Officials: Isolated Cases of… Continue Reading →

President Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin “will pay a price” for his efforts to undermine the 2020 US election following a landmark American intelligence assessment which found that the Russian government meddled in the 2020 election with the aim of “denigrating”… Continue Reading →

A series of shootings over nearly an hour at three Atlanta-area spas left eight people dead and raised fears that the attack was yet another hate crime against Asian Americans.… Read more » The post Atlanta-Area Shootings Leave Eight Dead,… Continue Reading →

A World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine safety panel said on Wednesday that it considers the benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to outweigh its risks and recommends that vaccinations continue.… Read more » The post WHO: Benefits Outweigh the Risks… Continue Reading →

New York State Assemblymember Daniel Rosenthal on Tuesday endorsed Andrew Yang for Mayor of New York City Representing New York State Assembly District 27 — which includes Kew Gardens Hills, and parts of Kew Gardens and Forest Hills — Assemblymember… Continue Reading →

Today is the final day for non-public school staff to receive a walk-in Covid-19 vaccine at the CHEMED-organized vaccination center situated at the Lakewood High School.  Over the last two days, over 800 school staff from public and non-public schools… Continue Reading →

As Richard Carranza departs his position as Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, and Meisha Ross Porter assumes the Chancellorship as his successor, Agudath Israel of America thanks Dr. Carranza for his service as chancellor over the… Continue Reading →

Canada once was hailed as a success story in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, faring much better than the United States in deaths and infections because of how it approached lockdowns. But the trade-dependent nation has lagged on vaccinating its… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] The alumni of Bnos Brocha unite for something special….   There’s no doubt about it – one of the most important lessons we’ve learned this year is the value of community. When a global pandemic tries to keep us… Continue Reading →

President Joe Biden said that if the investigations into allegations of inappropriate conduct by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are true, the governor should resign. Biden made those comments in… Read more » The post Biden: Cuomo Should Resign If… Continue Reading →

New York State Assembly speaker Carl Heastie and Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Lavine announced the Assembly has hired the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to “lead an impeachment investigation… Read more » The post NY State Assembly Hires Law… Continue Reading →

We regret to inform you of the Petirah of R’ Alter Mordechai Morel Z”L. He was 36. Despite suffering many medical issues and surgeries he needed to endure, R’ Alter Z”L, originally from Toronto, was always with a smile and… Continue Reading →

The skies above Hadera were abuzz with delivery drones on Wednesday as national authorities tested a central control room for safely coordinating the small pilotless aircraft with each other as… Read more » The post Hadera Abuzz With Delivery Drones… Continue Reading →

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned ominously Tuesday of a “scorched earth” landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an end to the Senate filibuster in hopes of muscling legislation supporting President Joe Biden’s agenda past GOP opposition…. Continue Reading →

A man who sent anthrax hoax letters to federal offices and courts in New York and Connecticut has been sentenced to time served, more than than two years in jail.… Read more » The post Man Who Sent Anthrax Hoax… Continue Reading →

A series of shootings over nearly an hour at three Atlanta-area spas left eight people dead and raised fears that the attack was another hate crime against Asian Americans. Police arrested a white 21-year-old Georgia man and said the motive… Continue Reading →

To Whom It May Concern, I do not know who is responsible for the busing in Lakewood, but I am pleading with them. Insist that every school bus use a crossing arm on every single bus every single time they… Continue Reading →