Month April 2021
WASHINGTON (VINnews) – US President Joe Biden expressed his condolences with Israel following the Mount Meron tragedy. “The United States stands with the people of Israel, and with Jewish communities the world over, in mourning the terrible tragedy at Mount… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Alexander Yosef Chaim Ben Moshe Aharon Baumrind Z”L His funeral will be held at 613 Ramsey Street, Lakewood NJ, at 1pm, and the burial will be at the cemetery next… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Hours after celebrations in Meron evolved into an unfathomable mass casualty event that took 45 lives and left more than 100 injured, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has launched an investigation into whether police members were… Continue Reading →
MERON (VINnews) — As the horror and shock from the Meron tragedy is still sinking in, authorities are working to identify and treat the dozens of victims of the stampede. Tragically, there are at least 45 confirmed dead, including 5… Continue Reading →
WISCONSIN (JTA) – Students in Wisconsin will now be required to study the Holocaust at least twice between fifth and 12th grade. A bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Tony Evers mandates that lessons about the Holocaust and other genocides be… Continue Reading →
Avraham Fried, Eli Gerstner & Baruch Levine for The Chizuk Project Song Composed, Arranged & Produced by Eli Gerstner (EG Productions) Lyrics by Yisroel Besser Executive Producer: Jeremy B. Strauss (Strauss Music LLC) Mixed & Mastered by Eli Gerstner @… Continue Reading →
As earlier reported, Reb Shraga Gestetner Z”L, 33, was identified as one of the victims of the Meron tragedy. Reb Shraga Z”L, originally from Montreal, was a rising star in the music industry, uplifting thousands around the globe with his… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – Jewish and pro-Israel organizations reacted with a mix of shock, grief and mourning over the tragedy in Meron on Friday morning that led to at least 45 dead and 150 wounded. “There are no words to… Continue Reading →
The Jewish Home of Freehold yesterday held a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the donation of a new ambulance to Hatzolah of Central Jersey. The ambulance was donated in the memory of Yoni Kohn A”H, a partner of Marquis Health Services. The… Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Wherever we may find ourselves this morning, all of our hearts and minds are with our brothers and sisters in Israel. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, who’s passing we commemorate today, Lag B’Omer, has said that when one Jew… Continue Reading →
BS”D Erev Shabbos Kodesh Emor, Lag Baomer 5781 The hand of Hashem has stricken us: amidst the simchah shel mitzvah, dozens were killed in a strange and terrible way at the tziyun of the G-dly Tanna,Rabi Shimon bar Yochai. Among… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Chasdei Lev, a non-profit organization which helps Rabbeim and their families enjoy their Yomim Tovim with the financial Menuchas Hanefesh which they so deserve, partnered up with some amazing musical talent to release an uplifting new song. Enjoy this… Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Wherever we may find ourselves this morning, all of our hearts and minds are with our brothers and sisters in Israel. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, who’s passing we commemorate today, Lag B’Omer, has said that when one Jew… Continue Reading →
Another victim of the Meron tragedy has been identified as Habachur Dovi Steinmetz Z”L, of Montreal. Dovi Z”L was a Talmid of Rabbi Feigenbaum’s Yeshiva Kerem Shlomo for approximately four years. Below is a partial list of the identified victims… Continue Reading →
Hagaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita today spoke about the Meron tragedy. For accuracy purposes, we are posting it in Hebrew the way we received it from the source: כששמע רבן של ישראל מרן שר התורה שליט”א על האסון הנורא הלילה בהר מירון… Continue Reading →
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JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a national day of mourning for Sunday over the disaster that took place at a massive Lag B’Omer gathering at Mt. Meron early Friday. Dozens of people were crushed to death… Continue Reading →
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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is one of the largest tragedies to have hit Eretz Yisroel in recent times, indeed, all of Klal Yisroel. So many injured. And so many casualties r”l. Reb Dovid Krauss, 33, of Beit… Continue Reading →