Month September 2021
Agudath Israel of America commends Governor Phil Murphy and the State of New Jersey for taking swift and formal action against Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, in response to Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop all sales… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Board of Fire Commissioners in conjunction with Fire Chief Jonathan Yahr., Fire Prevention Coordinator Jacob Woolf, Fire Department Chaplain Rabbi Moshe Rotberg and the members of the Lakewood Fire Department remind the community to be mindful of the… Continue Reading →
Republicans and Democrats on an independent commission tasked with drawing new political maps instead drew criticism Wednesday when they failed to agree on what they should look like and released competing versions. The state’s loss of a congressional seat based… Continue Reading →
“The Chofetz Chaim changed the briyah – He transformed the entire world! The entire agenda of Klal Yisrael changed because of him and today, on his yahrtzeit, it is the time for us to make a decision – the decision… Continue Reading →
JCOS Milley Under Fire for Going Behind Trump’s Back – President Biden on Wednesday threw his full support behind the Pentagon’s top uniformed officer, who has come under fire after a new book revealed he privately conferred with his Chinese counterpart… Continue Reading →
The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque was sentenced Monday to 53 years in prison for an attack that terrified the mosque’s community. Emily Claire Hari, who was… Continue Reading →
A new Israeli study conducted by a panel of researchers from the Weizman Institute, the Technion, Hebrew University, and Sheba Hospital found that the booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine produces ten times more antibodies against Covid-19 virus than those… Continue Reading →
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (JTA) — When Orthodox Jewish clients approach local real estate agent Sharon Brandt looking for a home in this South Florida area, she tells them to make sure they have spots for their children in school before they… Continue Reading →
An estimated 2,600 Los Angeles Police Department employees are citing religious objections to try to get out of the required COVID-19 vaccination. In Washington state, thousands of state workers are seeking similar exemptions. And in Arkansas, a hospital has been… Continue Reading →
The NYPD is looking for a suspect in an anti-Semitic hate crime that occurred in Crown Heights last week. On September 9 around 5:3o p.d., the man approached a… Read more » The post Police Looking for Man Who… Continue Reading →
The Transportation Department said Thursday it will give rights for several afternoon and evening flights in Newark, New Jersey, to a budget airline to drive down fares. The coveted takeoff… Read more » The post Gov’t Will Give Runway Rights… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A very special birth certificate will be auctioned off later this year — a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution. Sotheby’s announced Friday — appropriately on Constitution Day — that in November it will put up… Continue Reading →
The residential apartment buildings in the city of Kiryat Shmona were evacuated of their residents shortly before Yom Kippur due to a significant threat that they would soon collapse. The buildings were evacuated after a resident in one of the… Continue Reading →
A spate of inmate deaths. Cellblocks unguarded. Staggering staffing shortages caused by AWOL guards. Detainees deprived of food and medical care. New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, troubled by… Read more » The post Rikers Island Spirals Into Chaos… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A hostess at a popular New York City restaurant was assaulted by three women from Texas after she asked for proof they had been vaccinated against COVID-19, police said. The three women punched the hostess at… Continue Reading →
The leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara died of wounds from a drone strike that hit him on a motorcycle last month in southern Mali, in a French-led operation involving backup from U.S., EU, Malian and Nigerien… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mr. Shmuel KestenbaumSon Mrs. Hentchi FreundDaughter Mrs. Freund will sit Shivah from Sunday afternoon until Erev Yom tov afternoon at her home in Kirays Joel Mrs. Draizy MermelsteinDaughter
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An imposing bronze statue was unveiled in Hungary’s capital on Thursday which its creators say is the first in the world to pay homage to the anonymous creator of the Bitcoin digital currency. Erected in a… Continue Reading →
Lawyers for two Palestinians who were captured after escaping from an Israeli prison last week said Wednesday their clients were badly beaten during their arrest, with the most well-known of the prisoners suffering a broken jaw and two broken ribs… Continue Reading →
The residents of two buildings on Rechov Bar Ilan in the Shichun Hei neighborhood of Bnei Brak were evacuated overnight Thursday (Motzei Yom Kippur) due to fear of the buildings’ possible collapse. The incident began close to midnight on Motzei… Continue Reading →