Month March 2021
A toddler was airlifted after he was pulled from a swimming poll in Orlando. Sources tell YWN that the two-year-old child was pulled out of a five foot pool, Monday afternoon, the second day of Pesach. Emergency personnel were called… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government’s first look at the real-world use of COVID-19 vaccines found their effectiveness was nearly as robust as it was in controlled studies. The two vaccines available since December — Pfizer and Moderna —… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state residents over 30 will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, and everyone over 16 will be eligible starting April 6, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. A judge’s ruling later in the day… Continue Reading →
New Jersey voters will get the chance to vote early in person under a new law Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy says he will sign into law on Tuesday. Murphy is… Read more » The post Murphy to Sign Bill Requiring… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Mrs. Nechama Cohen A”H who was Niftar over Yom Tov. Mrs. Cohen A”H, 51, is the wife of Reb Yoel, a Rebbe in YTT. She suffered from Covid for approximately two… Continue Reading →
Gunshots were fired in the heart of Midwood (Flatbush) today, the second day of Pesach. Sources tell YWN that the incident occurred at around 4:30PM on East 29th Street near Avenue K. It appears that a “road-rage incident” ended with… Continue Reading →
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum said Monday that damage was done by a New Yorker article that explores efforts to stifle Holocaust scholarship in Poland, a piece the museum had originally accused of containing lies about Poland’s… Continue Reading →
China and Iran, both subject to U.S. sanctions, signed a 25-year cooperation agreement on Saturday to strengthen their long-standing economic and political alliance. “Relations between the two countries have now… Read more » The post Iran and China Sign 25-Year… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A year after becoming a global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, New York and New Jersey are back atop the list of U.S. states with the highest rates of infection. Even as the vaccination campaign has… Continue Reading →
A large crowd of many thousands gathered at the Kosel Monday morning for the traditional mass Birkas Kohanim event, held on Chol Hamoed of Pesach and Sukkos, on the first… Read more » The post Birchas Kohanim at the Kosel… Continue Reading →
New York state residents over 30 will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, and everyone over 16 will be eligible starting April 6, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. Vaccine eligibility had previously been restricted to people over 50, people… Continue Reading →
Shipping was on the move again late on Monday in Egypt’s Suez Canal after tugs refloated a giant container ship which had been blocking the channel for almost a week,… Read more » The post Traffic in Suez Canal Resumes… Continue Reading →
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The death sentence of an avowed anti-Semite who fatally shot three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites in 2014 should be overturned because he was incapable of understanding the legal intricacies when he represented… Continue Reading →
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The death sentence of an avowed anti-Semite who fatally shot three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites in 2014 should be overturned because he was incapable of understanding the legal intricacies when he represented… Continue Reading →
Pesach is a difficult time to be single. This year especially, many singles have spent quarantine and lockdowns in complete solitude. Now more than ever, they are ready to move forward. Finding one’s soulmate is compared to the splitting of… Continue Reading →
The National Security Agency on Monday advised tourists against travel to the United Arab Emirates and other countries across the region, citing the threat of attack by arch-enemy Iran. The… Read more » The post Israel Advises Citizens to Avoid… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Reuven Rivlin announced Monday that he will begin consultations next week with Israel’s political rivals in hopes of unraveling the country’s post-election deadlock. Israel’s presidency is largely a figurehead office. But after national elections,… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and told him that due to the political situation in Israel following the election last week, the state will need… Read more » The post Netanyahu Tells Pfizer CEO to… Continue Reading →
President Reuven Rivlin will begin consultations with political parties next Monday on their preferred candidate to try to form a government, a spokesman said, after a fourth election in two… Read more » The post Rivlin to Task Candidate for… Continue Reading →
COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc with BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc reduced risk of infection by 80% two weeks or more after the first of two shots, according to… Read more » The post U.S. Study: Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines… Continue Reading →