Month January 2022
With Camp Ruach Hatorah and other Lakewood camps closing for the 2022 season, the former head counselor of Ruach Hatorah will be opening his own camp, TLS has learned. Rabbi Avrom Yeshaya Mermelstein (pictures top center), a Rebbi at Mesivta of… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of HaRav Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Margulies zt”l, the founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah. Born in Europe, Rav Margulies survived the Holocaust and then rebuilt his life in America, creating… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of HaRav Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Margulies zt”l, the founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah. Born in Europe, Rav Margulies survived the Holocaust and then rebuilt his life in America, creating… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A spokesman said Arnold Schwarzenegger was fine after being involved in a car crash that sent a woman to the hospital with minor injuries. The 74-year-old actor and former California governor was driving a GMC Yukon… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Rav Lipa Margulies ZT”L, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah. Rav Lipa ZT”L was Niftar over Shabbos. He was in his nineties. In addition, the Rosh Yeshiva was the founder… Continue Reading →
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Margulies zt”l, founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Brooklyn, NY. Rav Margulies was born in Europe and miraculously survived the war, experiencing a… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The 22-year-old New York City police officer who was shot to death while responding to a call in a Harlem apartment came from an immigrant family and grew up in a community with strained police relations,… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of R’ Boruch Menachem ben Aryeh Leib Cohen Z”L who was Niftar on Shabbos in Lakewood. R’ Boruch Menachem Z”L resided on Woodland Drive in Lakewood. He was 73. The Levaya is… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] As the RoundUp initiative revolutionizes the ease of giving Tzedaka while shopping in more and more groceries, now well over Two Thousand Five Hundred local families have registered their account to donate every time they check out. Already, local… Continue Reading →
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has been negotiating a possible plea bargain with opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu primarily out of concern that the current coalition may collapse and the former prime… Read more » The post Report: Mandelblit Wants Plea Deal… Continue Reading →
The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plan to send U.S.-made anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, a move that the United States fully endorsed Saturday amid Kyiv’s escalating… Read more » The post Baltic Nations to Ship Washington-Endorsed… Continue Reading →
New York City’s fire commissioner said Friday that he will retire next month after more than seven years in the job and a career that spanned more than five decades… Read more » The post Retiring FDNY Commissioner Led COVID… Continue Reading →
Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla said that an annual COVID-19 vaccine would be preferable to more frequent booster shots in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Pfizer/BioNtech’s COVID-19 vaccine has shown… Read more » The post Pfizer CEO Sees Annual COVID… Continue Reading →
Today, the inauguration of the “Torah Caucus of the United States Congress” shows the vitality of American democracy. The fact that, less than a century after the Jewish people were almost obliterated, here in Washington, lawmakers are coming together to… Continue Reading →
Today, the inauguration of the “Torah Caucus of the United States Congress” shows the vitality of American democracy. The fact that, less than a century after the Jewish people were almost obliterated, here in Washington, lawmakers are coming together to… Continue Reading →
Three U.S. studies show that a third dose of an mRNA vaccine is key to fighting the omicron coronavirus variant, providing 90% protection against hospitalization due to COVID-19, the U.S.… Read more » The post U.S. Studies Highlight the Need… Continue Reading →
The nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna are moving in the right direction and a final agreement may be within reach, a senior European Union official said on Friday. “My… Read more » The post EU Official: Nuclear Talks With… Continue Reading →
Authorities are investigating another fire on the Garden State Parkway in Lakewood. At approximately 9:15 pm Friday evening, a motorist traveling along the Garden State Parkway called 9-1-1 to report a brush fire in the area of Bennett’s field. The… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer was killed and another critically wounded Friday night while answering a call about an argument between a woman and her adult son, officials said, making four officers shot in the… Continue Reading →
Two more Roshei Yeshivos in Israel tested positive for COVID on Friday, Rosh Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael, HaGaon HaRav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, and Rosh Yeshivas Kisei Rachamim HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz. It is the second time that HaRav Ezrachi has COVID. The… Continue Reading →