Month April 2021
Dear Acheinu Bnei Yisroel, It is now a year since Moshe Eliezer Ilovitz, a father of 5 children, went to Meiron before Lag Baomer 2019 and has been missing since. An extensive search and rescue effort was conducted by police… Continue Reading →
At least 27 people were killed and 46 injured in a fire on Saturday at a hospital in southeastern Baghdad that had been equipped to house COVID-19 patients, medical sources… Read more » The post At Least 27 Dead in… Continue Reading →
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George… Continue Reading →
A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world’s computer networks that it was now managing a… Continue Reading →
A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world’s computer networks that it was now managing a… Continue Reading →
With a green light from federal health officials, many states resumed use of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Saturday. Among the venues where it was being deployed: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Among the other states ordering or… Continue Reading →
The mayor of Portland, Ore., asked residents for help Friday in putting an end to a wave of violent protests that have erupted in recent weeks – and periodically since… Read more » The post Portland Mayor Urges Residents to… Continue Reading →
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The systematic killing and deportation of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century was “genocide,” the United States formally declared on Saturday, as President Joe Biden used that precise… Continue Reading →
The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there… Read more » The post Biggest Space Station Crowd in… Continue Reading →
A person was injured after being slashed on Ocean Avenue in Lakewood a short time ago. The victim was reportedly slashed in the neck and seriously injured. Sources say a suspect is in custody. Police have shut down Ocean Avenue… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – It’s the whole megillah, and more. This month an Israeli artist broke the Guinness World Record for longest megillah, the scroll that tells the story behind the Purim holiday. Avner Moriah’s creation is 28.03 meters long, just… Continue Reading →
Yamina chief Naftali Bennett confirmed on Friday he was moving away from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, whose efforts to form a government appear to have stalled, and was working on… Read more » The post After Breaking From Netanyahu, Bennett… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Fire Department today extinguished a solar panel fire on a roof in Lakewood. The fire broke out shortly after 10:00 AM in the Forest Park development. No injuries were reported.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade…. Continue Reading →
Use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is starting up again in New York after federal authorities announced they were lifting a pause on the shots. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said… Read more » The post Use of Johnson & Johnson… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey and further strained frayed ties between… Read more » The post In Historic Move, Biden Says… Continue Reading →
Police responding to audio technology that detects the sound of gunshots have found a person shot dead on a New York City street. The NYPD said on Saturday that the shooting happened around midnight in the south Bronx. Police said… Continue Reading →
Syria’s Oil Ministry said firefighters on Saturday put out a fire on an oil tanker off the Baniyas refinery after a suspected attack by a drone coming from the direction… Read more » The post Fire Extinguished on Oil Tanker… Continue Reading →
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge cited deep concerns about ballot secrecy on Friday during an audit of the 2020 election results from the state’s most populous county, but the process will move forward after Democrats decided not to put… Continue Reading →
Israeli police scuffled with Palestinian rioters for a second night Friday in East Yerushalayim, amid mounting tensions over a ban on gatherings and anger fueled by social media videos posted… Read more » The post Clashes in Yerushalayim Break Out… Continue Reading →