Month March 2021

Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that bars states from using its funds to offset tax cuts. In a… Read more » The post GOP Attorneys General Question Stimulus… Continue Reading →

Hundreds of public school staff members were vaccinated yesterday at the Lakewood High School, and hundreds of nonpublic school staff members today. More will be vaccinated tomorrow.

Two people were killed when a large fireworks stash exploded Tuesday in inland Southern California, setting off a series of blasts that shattered windows across the residential neighborhood and sent… Read more » The post 2 People Dead in Southern… Continue Reading →

HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein spoke on Monday at the UTJ Keness that took place at his home, attended by all the members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. The Rosh Yeshivah spoke very sharply about the growing incitement in the media… Continue Reading →

I wanted to take this opportunity to weigh in on an issue that has been raging in our community for the past short while: the get refusal issue. I want to state this very clearly right from the beginning: I am not taking… Continue Reading →

Encrypted messaging app Signal appears to have been blocked in mainland China, the latest foreign social media service to cease working in a country where the government tightly controls the flow of information. As of Tuesday, users of the app… Continue Reading →

Dear bothers and sisters. I am a single mother of three orphans. In the last few years of my husbands life, he became diabetic, which is a tricky disease since it develops other health concerns as well. I would like… Continue Reading →

Israel has to date spent $787,766,720 (2.6 billion shekels) to secure vaccines against the coronavirus for its citizens, the Health Ministry stated on Tuesday. The data was publicized for the first time after Knesset Finance Committee chairman MK Moshe Gafni… Continue Reading →

The must-have, perfect Passover gift loved by both kids and parents! No seder should be without the TorahLine game.  The TorahLine game provides fun learning in a quick 15-minute game format. As you play the game you naturally read verses and put them in order. You… Continue Reading →

The Lakewood Police Department today held a pre-Pesach meeting with community activists and various volunteer organizations, which doubled as a welcoming event for the newest police officers. The luncheon gave all involved a chance to meet and get an understanding… Continue Reading →

Russian authorities said Tuesday they would block Twitter in a month if it doesn’t take steps to remove banned content, a move that escalates the Russian government’s drawn-out standoff with social media platforms that have played a major role in… Continue Reading →

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏’s Likud party has widened its lead somewhat over Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid in the latest poll on Tuesday night, though no seismic shifts were evident.… Read more » The post Poll Puts Likud Slightly Further… Continue Reading →

In the coming days, Israel plans to launch three nanosatellites into Earth orbit to test the viability of a new, Israel-based technology, The Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. If… Read more » The post Nanosatellite Trio to Orbit Earth… Continue Reading →

Thanks to a public-pressure campaign to free multiple Agunos, yet another woman has been freed. Jonathan Abtan has given his wife Michelle a Get on Tuesday afternoon. The Get was done in the office of Mr. Harry Adjmi, one of… Continue Reading →

Britain recently sent jet fighters over Israeli airspace en route to bombing the Islamic State in Iraq, Channel 12 reported on Tuesday evening. British jet fighters of the Royal Air… Read more » The post Report: RAF Fighter Jets Overfly… Continue Reading →

The French government announced Monday that it will return a Nazi-looted Gustav Klimt landscape painting to its rightful owners more than 80 years after it was stolen from a Jewish… Read more » The post France to Return Nazi-Looted Klimt… Continue Reading →

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi traveled to Europe on Tuesday for a three-day trip to Germany, Austria and France. Rivin and Kochavi will discuss security and diplomatic issues with the leaders of the three… Continue Reading →

Leaders and elected officials in Portland, Oregon, came together Monday to demand an end to violence, criminal destruction and intimidation by “anarchists” as destructive protests continue in the city. For… Read more » The post Portland Leaders Condemn Ongoing Violence… Continue Reading →

Brazilian federal police raided the Rio de Janeiro church on Friday of the pastor who led his congregation in praying for a second Holocaust for Jews, JTA reported. The raid was part of an operation named “Shalom” against Pastor Tupirani… Continue Reading →

Online Master’s in Jewish Education  The only one of its kind, Touro’s master’s program in Jewish Childhood Education & Special Education, led by Jewish special education expert, Dr. Jeff Lichtman, is geared towards educators in the Jewish community. With  a… Continue Reading →

An Arkansas woman says Spirit Airlines kicked her son and husband off a flight Monday because the four year old, who’s non-verbal with autism, wasn’t wearing a mask. Callie Kimball told CBS Little Rock affiliate KTVH-TV Carter Kimball “had a… Continue Reading →