Month August 2021
Agudath Israel joins the Klal in welcoming the new year this Rosh Hashanah, and is proud to introduce our 5782/2021-2022 calendar. To request a calendar, go to agudah.org/calendar, or call 212-797-9000, extension 200. If you received a calendar last year… Continue Reading →
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. He was 38. His family said the Ukrainian-born Vovkovinskiy died of heart disease on Friday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. His mother,… Continue Reading →
A Jewish community without an appealing, halachically acceptable local mikvah makes it exceptionally difficult for locals to observe taharah – the key to the continuity of the Jewish Nation. Even many generally observant Jews find it highly challenging to travel… Continue Reading →
A new flight carrying evacuated at-risk Afghans will arrive in the United States later on Monday from Ramstein air base in Germany, a senior State Department official said, adding that… Read more » The post Flight Carrying At-Risk Afghans Arriving… Continue Reading →
A research team from Hebrew University claimed on Monday that a cheap, commonly available fat-lowering drug has performed impressively against the coronavirus, The Times of Israel reported. Inflammation levels “fell… Read more » The post Fat-Lowering Drug Lowers Covid Symptoms… Continue Reading →
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The Mekubal and Tzaddik from Bnei Brak, HaGaon HaRav Shimon Galai, tested positive for the coronavirus for the second time on Monday. HaRav Galai already was ill with the coronavirus over a year ago and recovered and therefore did not… Continue Reading →
Poland will build a fence along its border with Belarus and double the number of troops there, the defence minister said on Monday, to halt a flow of migrants the… Read more » The post Poland to Build Fence, Double… Continue Reading →
Need to update direct deposit information? Many families are asking how they can change the bank account where they get their monthly Child Tax Credit payment. First, families should use the Child Tax Credit Update Portal to confirm their eligibility… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Pfizer is spending more than $2 billion in cash to buy a drugmaker focused on cancer treatments. Pfizer will pay $18.50 for each share of Trillium Therapeutics Inc., or more than double the stock’s 60-day weighted… Continue Reading →
5741 Has Been A Year Filled With Tragedies: MERON- SURFSIDE-ISRAEL UNDER ATTACK “The Geulah Initiative” is a brand new sefer teaching us how we can perfect and understand our Shmiras Haloshon& Ahavas Yisroel Learn and live this sefer and become an… Continue Reading →
The Bank of Israel announced on Monday that it will maintain the interest rate at its historic low of 0.1%, though it also expressed concern over the damaging impact of… Read more » The post Bank of Israel Jittery Over… Continue Reading →
Israel’s coronavirus cabinet on Sunday night approved a travel outline to Uman for Rosh Hashanah this year. The plan is essentially comprised of the same regulations that apply to all Israeli travelers traveling to an “orange” country. All Israelis traveling… Continue Reading →
Several Israelis hospitals halted admission of coronavirus patients on Monday, citing a budgetary crisis that the government has long failed to address, The Jerusalem Post reported. The move followed a… Read more » The post Hospitals Close Doors to Covid… Continue Reading →
A poll released by Monmouth University on Monday found that over two-thirds of registered voters in New Jersey support Governor Murphy’s executive order mandating that face masks be worn in schools. According to the poll, 67% of registered voters, and… Continue Reading →
At least nine fires in southern Israel on Monday were ignited by incendiary balloons launched by terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to Fire and Rescue Services. The cause of… Read more » The post Arson Confirmed in at Least… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP/THE CONVERSATION/Hayder Radha, Michigan State University) – It’s hard to miss the flashing lights of fire engines, ambulances and police cars ahead of you as you’re driving down the road. But in at least 11 cases in the… Continue Reading →
The guard in a control room at Iran’s notorious Evin prison springs to attention as one by one, monitors in front of him suddenly blink off and display something very different from the surveillance footage he had been watching. “Cyberattack,”… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet. The vaccine made by Pfizer… Continue Reading →
Egypt closed its main border crossing point with the Gaza Strip on Monday amid tensions with the territory’s Hamas terror group rulers, officials said. It was the first time the Rafah crossing was shuttered during a workday since early this… Continue Reading →