Month June 2021
Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah of Rabbi Shlomo Lankry, zt”l, who was niftar suddenly at the age of 82. Rabbi Lankry was the Rav of the Jewish Moroccan community of Flatbush… Read more » The post BD’E – Rabbi SHlomo Lankry,… Continue Reading →
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid took a swipe at former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome on Sunday. Lapid told Blinken… Read more » The post Lapid Knocks Netanyahu in Blinken… Continue Reading →
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline rose 2 cents over the past two weeks to $3.15 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the uptick is about one-third of the amount that crude… Continue Reading →
A bipartisan deal to invest nearly $1 trillion in the nation’s infrastructure appeared to be back on track Sunday after a stark walk-back by President Joe Biden to his earlier… Read more » The post Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Back on… Continue Reading →
Security forces were preparing on Sunday afternoon for physical resistance to the evacuation of the Evyatar outpost, according to media reports. Some 2,000 IDF soldiers, police officers, and Border Police… Read more » The post Confrontation Looming at Evyatar appeared… Continue Reading →
A heat advisory is in place for New York City and much of the tri-state area this week, with temperatures hitting the 90s and heavy humidity making the real feel… Read more » The post NYC to Endure Heat Wave… Continue Reading →
Indian officials said Sunday they suspect explosives-laden drones were used to attack an air base in the disputed region of Kashmir, calling it the first such incident of its kind… Read more » The post Indian Police Say Bomb-Laden Drones… Continue Reading →
Pollution costs Israel an estimated 31 billion shekels a year, according to calculations in a report issued by the Environmental Protection Ministry. The numbers represented so-called “external costs,” the monetary… Read more » The post Ministry Says Emissions Cost Israel… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE (CHABAD.org) – Benny Weisz, 32, and Malki Weisz, 27, of Lakewood, N.J., had just flown into Surfside, Fla., the night of the Champlain Tower collapse. The couple, married for five years, came to visit Malki’s father, Chaim Rosenberg and… Continue Reading →
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Shlomo Lankry ZATZAL, a longtime Sephardic Rov in Flatbush. He was in his eighties. Rav Lankry arrived in America as a newly married man with two young children. He was… Continue Reading →
In the weeks since a new Alzheimer’s drug was approved, hopeful patients have bombarded Dr. Alireza Atri with calls and emails about a treatment that has sparked both excitement and skepticism. They want to know if the drug might be… Continue Reading →
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Thousands of homeless people have spent the last several months living at a motel paid for with federal money aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 by taking homeless residents… Read more » The post End to COVID-19 Hotel Housing… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Rabbi Shlomo Lankry Z”L, a renowned Rav and Askan in Brooklyn. Originally from Morocco, Rabbi Lankry moved to the United States to give his children a Frum education. In Brookly, Rabbi… Continue Reading →
The coalition delayed for a second time a vote on extending a law that prevents Palestinians who marry Israelis from getting citizenship, after the needed majority eluded them, according to… Read more » The post Coalition Stumbles Again on Family… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry on Sunday put out a “severe” travel warning for Belarus and Kyrgyzstan, due to the high risk of coronavirus in those countries. The travel advisory list now… Read more » The post Belarus, Kyrgyzstan Added to Travel… Continue Reading →
The government’s expert advisory panel on the coronavirus initially considered taking no action in response to the current surge of Delta variant in the country, but decided instead to recommend… Read more » The post Covid Panel Considered Do-Nothing Policy… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Sensitive defense documents containing details about the British military have been found at a bus stop in England, the BBC reported Sunday. The papers included plans for a possible U.K. military presence in Afghanistan, as well as… Continue Reading →
Thrown off-stride to reach its COVID-19 vaccination goal, the Biden administration is sending A-list officials across the country, devising ads for niche markets and enlisting community organizers to persuade unvaccinated people to get a shot. The strategy has the trappings… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the death toll from the building collapse has risen to nine as search and rescue efforts continue. She said one victim had died in the hospital, while workers had pulled… Continue Reading →