Month January 2022
The New York attorney general’s office late Tuesday told a court its investigators had uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” asset valuations to get… Read more » The post New York AG Says Trump’s… Continue Reading →
This is happening right now, in my house, to me, in real time: Child: Ima. Can I stay home from school today? Me: Sigh. Why? Are you sick? Child: No. I just—can I just please stay home? My instinct is… Continue Reading →
On December 15, 2021, Margalit Lankry arrived early at the spacious Old Carriage House in Monsey, the workspace of Shani Kaufman of ICO Design, to oversee the setup for the third Designers with Intention event. The loft’s exposed brick and… Continue Reading →
Our first child, a son, was born right before Chanukah, two months before our first anniversary. It was still shanah rishonah when we took pictures of our beautiful baby boy next to the menorah. As you can imagine, fertility problems… Continue Reading →
Intermittent fasting, in all its various permutations, has become a fad, but what does it really do? Well, research on intermittent fasting still leaves much to wonder about. There were several studies this past year showing metabolic gains and reduction… Continue Reading →
After my late father-in-law, Reb Yisroel Yitzchok Cohen, z”l, was liberated from the last of the concentration camps where he was interned during the war, he intrepidly made his way back to his Polish hometown, Lodz, in order to find… Continue Reading →
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — At a schmooze last week at a Mesivta in Bnei Brak, Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Diner told a fascinating story about an American bochur attending Rav Dovid’s Brisk. Rav Doner said, “The bochur was visiting the Kosel,… Continue Reading →
Earlier today, TLS reported that multiple boys camps in Lakewood will not be opening for the 2022 season. Campa Yachad stated they were one of the camps not opening due to not being able to find a suitable location. This… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden put the full weight of his presidency behind voting rights action last week, heading to Capitol Hill in an effort to push Democrats to change Senate rules to pass legislation. Vice President Kamala Harris… Continue Reading →
Authorities this evening are investigating an armed robbery at the Exxon gas station on Rt. 9. Sources say the suspect pointed a gun at a clerk and then punched him in the face before fleeing with cash. The clerk was… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — With traffic fatalities spiking higher, the nation’s top safety investigator says a widely cited government statistic that 94% of serious crashes are solely due to driver error is misleading and that the Transportation Department should stop using… Continue Reading →
As climate change pushes states in the U.S. to dramatically cut their use of fossil fuels, many are coming to the conclusion that solar, wind and other renewable power sources might not be enough to keep the lights on. Nuclear… Continue Reading →
As Israel’s daily COVID cases continue to mount and the number of seriously ill patients skyrockets to over 500 (from just 100 a few weeks ago), Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash said on Tuesday that the health system is… Continue Reading →
Effective Feb. 7, drivers interested in obtaining or upgrading a commercial driver license (CDL) in New Jersey will be required to complete additional federally-mandated training. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued regulations requiring CDL applicants complete Entry-Level… Continue Reading →
Former Attorney General William P. Barr has a memoir coming out March 8 titled “One Damn Thing After Another,” and billed by his publisher as a “vivid and forthright book” of his time serving two “drastically different” presidents, Donald Trump… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is a sending an unspecified number of troops from the country’s far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said Tuesday, a deployment that will further beef up Russian military assets near Ukraine amid Western… Continue Reading →
The NYPD has arrested a suspect who attempted to assault a Jewish girl in Boro Park last week. At 10:30 p.m. on January 11, a 17-year-old girl was walking on… Read more » The post Arrest Made in Attempted Assault… Continue Reading →
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden put the full weight of his presidency behind voting rights action last week, heading to Capitol Hill in an effort to push Democrats to change Senate rules to pass legislation. Vice President Kamala Harris — whom Biden… Continue Reading →
Voting legislation that’s a top priority for Democrats and civil rights leaders seemed headed for defeat as the Senate opened Tuesday, a devastating setback enabled by President Joe Biden’s own party as two holdout senators refuse to support rule changes… Continue Reading →
A man wanted for assaulting a girl in Boro Park last week has been taken into custody. As YWN reported last week, a man approached a 16-year girl on 60th Street near 18th Avenue, touched her inappropriately, and attempted to assault her…. Continue Reading →