Month June 2021
Agudath Israel of America, like all New Yorkers of good will, is outraged at current mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa’s recently publicized rant against Hassidic Jews. Our outrage is accompanied by great surprise, considering how Mr. Sliwa and the Guardian Angels… Continue Reading →
A woman was charged with violating a Cranston ordinance against feeding wild animals. The 55-year-old woman’s neighbors blame her for exacerbating the neighborhood’s rodent problem, WJAR-TV reported. Last week, the… Read more » The post New Jersey Woman Charged for… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer is intervening in the case of Alta Fixsler, a brain-damaged, 2-year-old Jewish girl in the U.K. at risk of being removed from life support… Read more » The post Schumer Intervening in Fixsler Case… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – United Hatzalah of Israel working in conjunction with El Al Airlines has begun preparations to send a team from its Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit to provide psychological support and stabilization to the families and neighbors of those… Continue Reading →
Watch as rescue workers conduct search and rescue operations in the rubble of the #SurfsideBuildingCollapse. Heavy machinery is being used in order to carefully lift and move around debris to access search areas.
Kamala Harris is facing perhaps the most politically challenging moment of her vice presidency during a visit Friday to the U.S.-Mexico border as leader of the Biden administration’s response to… Read more » The post Harris ‘Glad’ to Be at… Continue Reading →
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland on Friday defended planned changes to its property restitution regulations, after Israel said the reforms were “immoral’ and will prevent Jewish claims for compensation or property seized during the Holocaust and communist times. The U.S…. Continue Reading →
The attack on a Rabbi’s home in Jackson is being investigated as Bias Crime, police said today. The Jackson Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in the investigation of the alleged bias incident which took place on Thursday June,… Continue Reading →
Searchers are using both big machines and their hands to comb through the twisted, shifting heap of concrete and metal that was a condominium building in Surfside, Florida, a day… Read more » The post 159 People Still Missing in… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians protested against President Mahmoud Abbas after Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem a day after an outspoken critic died in the custody of Palestinian security forces. Nizar Banat had harshly criticized the… Continue Reading →
The New Jersey Department of Health is reporting today zero new Covid-19 deaths in the state’s hospitals – the first time there have been no new reported deaths from the virus since July 30, 2020. The lack of new deaths… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM — Israel, a world leader in vaccinations, is once again requiring people to wear masks in indoor public spaces amid a coronavirus outbreak driven by the arrival of a new variant. Israel rolled out one of the most successful… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Search and rescue teams worked through the night, encountering rainstorms and small fires in the rubble, hoping to detect any sounds coming from survivors following the collapse of a beachside condominium complex near Miami. The crews,… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — About 160 people were still unaccounted for Friday a day after an oceanside condominium building collapsed into a pile of rubble, and searchers combing through a twisted, shifting pile of concrete and metal feared the death… Continue Reading →
The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to AskTheMayor@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: Dear Mayor, First of all, thank you for all that you do for the town! Since… Continue Reading →
PRAGUE (AP) — A rare tornado believed to be the most devastating twister in the Czech Republic’s modern history has torn through country’s southeast, killing at least five people and injured hundreds, rescue services and police said on Friday. The… Continue Reading →
What’s an election without the “real” winners and losers? They say all politics is local – here’s who won AND lost in the frum community now that it seems like Eric Adams is on his way to becoming the next… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden is expected on Friday to address the building collapse in Florida after issuing an emergency declaration overnight to authorize federal assistance, according to an administration official. At least four people are dead and 159 people are unaccounted… Continue Reading →
A 13-second video from Rosie Santana shows a motion-sensor camera set up inside her family’s two-bedroom condo on the 7th floor of the building, Unit 711. Santana told CNN, “That’s our apartment, my family apartment. I actually left for the… Continue Reading →
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says there are now 159 people unaccounted for after the partial building collapse in Surfside, Florida. This has increased from at least 99 people. The number of accounted people has also gone up to… Continue Reading →