Month April 2021
The post Live From Meron appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: With Friday Deadline, Agudah Urges Voter Drive Researcher: Gestapo Chief Died in Berlin, Buried in Jewish Cemetery Williamsburg Resident Wounded In Mugging Attempt Chaverim of Queens Members… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mr. Baruch PennBrother 1451 East 14th Street between N & O
Family getting up: Mr. Baruch PennBrother 1451 East 14th Street between N & O
Just an hour before the festivities were to begin at Meron, an elderly woman suddenly collapsed in cardiac arrest at the Kever of RASHBI. Dozens of Hatzolah and Magen David Adom Paramedics began CPR and advanced life saving efforts on… Continue Reading →
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rabbi Yitzchok (Itchie) Lowenbraun z”l. Former Regional Director of NCSY in Atlantic Seaboard Region, Rabbi Lowenbraun was the National Director of AJOP. The levaya will be held today at noon… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a swipe at his predecessor, President Joe Biden gave a distorted account of the historical forces driving migrants to the U.S. border, glossing over the multitudes who were desperate to escape poverty in their homelands when… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a swipe at his predecessor, President Joe Biden gave a distorted account of the historical forces driving migrants to the U.S. border, glossing over the multitudes who were desperate to escape poverty in their homelands when… Continue Reading →
Proposed legislation in the City Council would expand the Open Streets program, utilizing certain streets and outdoor spaces for outdoor restaurants and pedestrian walkways instead of cars, the Wall Street… Read more » The post Proposed City Council Bill Would… Continue Reading →
Excitement has been building in Israel ahead of Lag B’Omer, with hundreds of thousands of visitors expected at Meron this year after the site was closed to crowds last year due to the coronavirus. B’Chasdei Hashem, the Health Ministry stated… Continue Reading →
The New York Police Department will suspend the use of a robotic police dog, as locals and politicians criticized its price tag and its unsettling nature. The “Digidog,” which police… Read more » The post NYPD to Halt Use of… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Setting his administration’s tone in his first speech to Congress, President Joe Biden said white supremacists posed the “most lethal” terrorist threat to the United States. Biden on Wednesday said the terrorist threat had evolved and referred… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Setting his administration’s tone in his first speech to Congress, President Joe Biden said white supremacists posed the “most lethal” terrorist threat to the United States. Biden on Wednesday said the terrorist threat had evolved and referred… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration is considering a near wholesale rollback of some of the most stringent Trump-era sanctions imposed on Iran in a bid to get the Islamic Republic to return to compliance with a landmark 2015 nuclear accord, according to… Continue Reading →
Indian Point will permanently stop producing nuclear power Friday, capping a decades-long battle over a key source of electricity in the heart of New York City’s suburbs that opponents have… Read more » The post Gone Fission: Controversial Nuke Plant… Continue Reading →
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes in the United States, a win for anti-tobacco and civil rights groups, but a move that could… Read more » The post FDA Proposes Ban on Menthol… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – Former U.S. State Department official Thomas R. Nides is likely going to be nominated by the Biden administration to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Nides, an executive at Morgan… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – Former U.S. State Department official Thomas R. Nides is likely going to be nominated by the Biden administration to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Nides, an executive at Morgan… Continue Reading →
Sen. Tim Scott accused Democrats on Wednesday of dividing the country and suggested they’re wielding race as “a political weapon,” using the official Republican response to President Joe Biden’s maiden… Read more » The post GOP’s Sen. Scott Suggests Dems… Continue Reading →
Iran’s president on Thursday replaced the head of a government think tank after a recording of a conversation with the country’s foreign minister leaked out this week. The tape, meant… Read more » The post Shakeup in Iran’s Presidential Office… Continue Reading →
A local business is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who found a phone and wallet, and attempted to return it, but was unable to locate the owner. At approximately 8:30 AM on Tuesday morning, a woman… Continue Reading →
Iran’s top diplomat expressed regret Wednesday that a recording leaked out of him making frank comments about the limits of his power in the Islamic Republic, with the country’s president describing the incident as a means to derail ongoing talks… Continue Reading →