Month February 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the matter, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a… Continue Reading →
Invading Russian forces closed in on Ukraine’s capital Friday, in what appeared to be an encircling movement after a barrage of airstrikes on cities and military bases around the country. Pre-dawn explosions rocked Kyiv, and gunfire was reported in parts… Continue Reading →
Hillary Clinton has found out who is at fault for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and it’s not the person currently in the White House. In an interview with MSNBC, the failed 2016 presidential nominee repeatedly suggested that former President… Continue Reading →
An international group of hackers that collectively call themselves Anonymous has declared war on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The announcement was made on Twitter, with the group saying they are “currently involved in operations against the Russian Federation.”… Continue Reading →
Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has fueled fears of wider war in Europe and triggered worldwide efforts to… Continue Reading →
It has been a long time since the threat of using nuclear weapons has been brandished so openly by a world leader, but Vladimir Putin has just done it, warning in a speech that he has the weapons available if… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The messages, videos and photos flying across Twitter, Facebook and Telegram far outnumber the airstrikes raining down on Ukraine. They claim to show Russian fighter jets being shot down or Ukrainians dodging for cover in their own… Continue Reading →
CLICK HERE to watch the video from Harav R’ Moshe Weinberger Shlita. CLICK HERE TO DONATE! The Jewish community in Ukraine is in a state of chaos! Kehilas Beis Ahron V’yisroel of Kiev has fled to Medzhybizh in an attempt… Continue Reading →
At the upcoming dinner for Lakewood’s Shiras Chaim Girls’ Elementary School, a special tribute will be made to Jackson’s Mayor, Michael Reina. Mayor Reina has served as Mayor of Jackson since 2008. “He will be honored for his service and… Continue Reading →
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union was “very close to agreement” to freezing the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Luxembourg’s foreign minister said Friday. Jean Asselborn was speaking before… Continue Reading →
The world has made it clear that a military intervention in Ukraine is off the books, so most countries on Friday were throwing ever more punishment at Moscow — from financial to football sanctions. The European Union could yet go… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will likely worsen after Russia’s invasion… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW — The Kremlin says Russia is ready to send a delegation to Belarus for talks with Ukrainian officials. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to send the delegation in response to Ukrainian… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the matter, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the matter, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Yurii Zhyhanov woke before dawn to his mother’s screaming and found himself covered in dust. On the second day of Russia’s invasion, shelling on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, struck their residential building. Many civilians,… Continue Reading →
A Jackson man who fled the scene of a fatal accident is facing seven years in prison. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on February 24, 2022, Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez, 27, of Jackson, pled guilty to Knowingly Leaving the… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses: ɚ why hundreds of pesukim are repeated for no seeming reason. ɚ why the utensils in the Beis Hamikdash were made of gold…. Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times The Maftir of Shekalim is being read tomorrow, and it is a Mitzvah, or rather, minhag – we will soon be performing. Well, actually, it is not really called Machtzis… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times The Maftir of Shekalim is being read tomorrow, and it is a Mitzvah, or rather, minhag – we will soon be performing. Well, actually, it is not really called Machtzis… Continue Reading →
The coronavirus mutant widely known as “stealth omicron” is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases around the world, but scientists still don’t know how it could affect the future of the pandemic. Researchers are slowly revealing… Continue Reading →