Month April 2021
The U.S. State Department on Monday lowered its travel advisory rating for Israel to “Level 3: Reconsider Travel” – just days after it had raised it. Last week, the State… Read more » The post U.S. Lowers Israel Travel Advisory… Continue Reading →
New York lawmakers have finalized a bill that would set minimum workplace Covid safety standards, but businesses throughout the state are urging amendments before Governor Andrew Cuomo signs it, Spectrum… Read more » The post In Albany, its Unions vs… Continue Reading →
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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced on Tuesday that the state will be taking legal action against Jackson Township, alleging the township violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination… Read more » The post NJ AG Sues Jackson Township… Continue Reading →
MARSHALL, Minn. — A young child from southwestern Minnesota has died of COVID-19 complications, according to the state Department of Health. Marshall Public Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams says the child, who died Sunday, was a first grader at Park Side… Continue Reading →
New York City will restore $10 billion worth of services that had been cut from the budget due to the coronavirus crisis, thanks to rising tax revenue and federal aid.… Read more » The post New York City Increases Spending,… Continue Reading →
Since the beginning of the week, Dr. Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi’s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the… Continue Reading →
Jewish actor Mandy Patinkin always thought he had no relatives that died in the Holocaust but recently he found out differently on a PBS show called Finding Your Roots, according to a JTA report. Finding Your Roots is a PBS… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: R’ Meir Yosef RubinHusband R’ Shmiel GroszBrother Can be reached at 917-549-1059 R’ Zalmen Leib GroszBrother Can be reached at 646-302-6552 Mrs. Suri FriedmanSister Can be reached at 845-587-0534 Mrs. Blimy WeissmanSister Can be reached at 917-755-0573… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A man was arrested Tuesday in an assault on a Chinese American man who was kicked repeatedly in the head in East Harlem, police said. Jarrod Powell was charged with two counts of felony assault in… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress is an invite-only affair, no guests allowed. The restrictions for Wednesday’s event are due to COVID-19 safety protocols, but will have the added security benefit of a limited number of… Continue Reading →
There are many organizations in Eretz Yisroel and throughout New York that are in need of funds. Do these organizations and aniyim have precedence over our local yeshivos, schools, and Bais Yaakovs? Where does one’s brother-in-law who works in chinuch… Continue Reading →
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that the State has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Jackson Township alleging that Township authorities violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination by using their zoning powers to make it harder for… Continue Reading →
In his first face-to-face encounter with journalists in months, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday flatly denied he had done anything inappropriate with any of the women who have accused him of misconduct and harassment. Speaking to reporters at the New… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area man in his 30s is recuperating after developing a rare blood clot in his leg within two weeks of receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, University of California, San Francisco officials… Continue Reading →
A media furor has arisen following the shocking claim of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about John Kerry’s actions during his tenure as Obama’s secretary of state in a recently leaked recording, in which Zarif also criticized the influence… Continue Reading →
The Washington D.C. police department’s server has been hacked, U.S. media quoted it as saying, in an attack that news agency AP reported, claimed by a Russian-speaking ransomware group. The… Read more » The post Washington D.C. Police Server Hacked,… Continue Reading →
U.S. home prices rose in February at the fastest pace in nearly seven years as strong demand for housing collided with a tight supply of homes on the market. The… Read more » The post U.S. Home Prices Rose 11.9%… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) Egypt’s ‘most famous executioner’ died Sunday aged 75, according to local media. Hussein Qarrni Hussein al-Fiki, known by his nickname ‘Amshawi’, was born in 1947 in the city of Tanta and served in the Egyptian military until… Continue Reading →
A New York City police officer was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver early Tuesday as he was directing traffic away from the scene of an earlier deadly crash, police… Read more » The post NYPD Officer Fatally Struck at… Continue Reading →