Frum News From The Greater Lakewood Area

Month March 2021

Wisconsin Senate Set to Pass Genocide Education Requirement

The state Senate was poised Tuesday to pass a bipartisan bill that would require schools to include instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. Under the proposal, public schools, charter… Read more » The post Wisconsin Senate Set to Pass… Continue Reading →

Advocates Seek Biden Push on Gun Bills, but Prospects Iffy

After President Joe Biden’s giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a Rose Garden ceremony. But there wasn’t so much… Read more » The post Advocates Seek Biden Push on… Continue Reading →

Tehilim Circle Alerted That Woman They’ve Been Praying For Is Already Dead

[COMMUNICATED] Gadol and legendary Jewish educator Rav Chaim Walkin made a rare video appearance yesterday, on behalf of a Petach Tivka family whose tragedy has made the news. Rebbetzin Devorah Broiner passed away last week from coronavirus, despite being young and… Continue Reading →

‘I Don’t Need The Vaccine’: GOP Worries Threaten Virus Fight

In this rural swath of Virginia’s Shenandoah valley, former President Donald Trump remains deeply admired, with lawn signs and campaign flags still dotting the landscape. The vaccines aimed at taming the coronavirus, however, aren’t so popular. Laura Biggs, a 56-year-old… Continue Reading →

U.N. Atomic Watchdog: Return to Iran Nuclear Deal Possible

A U.S. return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran remains possible, but both sides need to be prepared to negotiate, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog suggested to… Read more » The post U.N. Atomic Watchdog: Return to… Continue Reading →

NYS Legislature Looking to Increase Taxes on Wealthy

The New York state Assembly and Senate are both proposing raising taxes on the wealthy in each respective chamber’s budget plan for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. The budgets, which have… Read more » The post NYS Legislature Looking to Increase… Continue Reading →

U.K. PM’s Spokesman: No Evidence Blood Clots More Likely After AstraZeneca Shot

There is no evidence that blood clots are any more likely to occur after people are given AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on… Read more » The post U.K. PM’s Spokesman: No Evidence… Continue Reading →

Letter: Anyone else having issues with their unemployment claims?

Is there anyone else having issues with their unemployment claims? With over a year since the start of this pandemic, I have not been paid because there was an issue with my unemployment claim and there has been no one… Continue Reading →

Major European Nations Suspend Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine

A cascading number of European countries — including Germany, France, Italy and Spain — suspended use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday over reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients, though the company and international regulators say there is no… Continue Reading →

This Video Will Elevate Your Pesach Seder and Change Your Children’s Lives

Pesach is coming, are you ready yet?  This video is sure to elevate your Pesach Seder.  There’s nothing more essential to Klal Yisrael than our Mesorah. The Seder is our chance; our time to fill that role of transmitting that… Continue Reading →

NJ Hits 1M Full Vaccinations, With More People Eligible

New Jersey has reached one million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the state’s online data dashboard showed on Monday. Just over 3 million people have had at least one of… Read more » The post NJ Hits 1M Full Vaccinations,… Continue Reading →

Schools Weighing Whether to Seat Students Closer Together

U.S. guidelines that say students should be kept 6 feet apart in schools are receiving new scrutiny from federal health experts, state governments and education officials working to return as… Read more » The post Schools Weighing Whether to Seat… Continue Reading →

Diverse Jury So Far For Ex-Cop’s Trial In Floyd’s Death

The jurors seated so far in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death are a diverse group, an element being closely scrutinized in a case where race plays such a central role. Nine jurors… Continue Reading →

New Release: Free Klal Govoah ‘Tidbits Haggadah’ Offers Seder Insights, Practical Halachah and More from Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz’s Seder

Having seen well over 15,000 recipients eagerly embracing its weekly newsletter filled with a short parshah synopsis, important reminders and more, Klal Govoah is taking its Tidbits concept one step further with a Haggadah that sheds light on the practical… Continue Reading →

88 New York Landlords Accused of Housing Bias in Lawsuit

A lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan by Housing Rights Initiative accuses 88 brokerage firms and landlords in New York City of discriminating against people with Section 8… Read more » The post 88 New York Landlords Accused… Continue Reading →

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Picks 4th Health Minister As COVID Rages

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday picked his fourth health minister since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, amid the worst throes of the disease in the country yet and after a series of errors decried by public health experts. Marcelo Queiroga,… Continue Reading →

UK Imposes New Sanctions On 6 Members Of Syrian Government

Britain said Monday it was imposing new sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, including asset freezes and travel bans on the leader’s close allies. The announcement came on the 10th anniversary of the start of the Syrian uprising. The… Continue Reading →

Livestream of Agra D’Pirka Shiur – March 16, 2021

The post Livestream of Agra D’Pirka Shiur – March 16, 2021 appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: U.S. Stocks Edge Mostly Lower, Pulling Dow Back From a Record U.S. Stocks End Higher as Greece Debt Talks Proceed Strong Company… Continue Reading →

Levaya of R’ Aharon Yochanan Fleishman Z”L, Longtime Boro Park Hatzolah Coordinator And Dispatcher

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Aharon Yochanan Fleishman Z”L, a longtime Boro Park Hatzolah Coordinator and dispatcher. He was 62. The Niftar, known in Hatzolah as “B-34”, suffered for many years from an illness. Prior… Continue Reading →

EU Regulator ‘Convinced’ AstraZeneca Benefit Outweighs Risk

With coronavirus cases rising in many places, governments faced the grimmest of dilemmas Tuesday: push on with a vaccine that is known to save lives or suspend use of AstraZeneca… Read more » The post EU Regulator ‘Convinced’ AstraZeneca Benefit… Continue Reading →

Harsh Weather Temporarily Weighs on U.S. Retail Sales in February

U.S. retail sales fell more than expected moderately in February amid bitterly cold weather across the country, but a rebound is likely as the government disburses another round of pandemic… Read more » The post Harsh Weather Temporarily Weighs on… Continue Reading →

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