Frum News From The Greater Lakewood Area

Month February 2023

Netanyahu Appoints Ben-Gvir To Head Anti-Incitement Team Combatting ‘Violence On Social Media And Other Platforms’

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced at Sunday’s cabinet meeting that he has called on National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to head a team which will fight the incitement in the Arab sector. Ben-Gvir will receive additional… Continue Reading →

UK Chief Rabbi Participates at Historic Shul Opening in Arab Emirates (VIDEO)

United Arab Emirates (VINnews) — On Thursday, the UAE opened its first official shul, a milestone that is a direct result of the historic Abraham Accords. The shul is part of a religious center housing a mosque and church as… Continue Reading →

Syrian State Media: Israel Airstrikes Kill 5 In Damascus

DAMASCUS (AP) — Israeli airstrikes targeted a residential neighborhood in central Damascus early Sunday, Syrian state news reported. Loud explosions were heard over the capital around 12:30 a.m. local time, and SANA reported that Syrian air defenses were “confronting hostile… Continue Reading →

Jimmy Carter, 39th US President, Enters Hospice Care At Home

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday. After a series of short hospital stays,… Continue Reading →

Blinken: China’s Balloon Incursion ‘Must Never Happen Again’

MUNICH (AP) — The top diplomats from the United States and China met on Saturday in the first high-level contact between their countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago, with Secretary of State… Continue Reading →

Blinken: China’s Balloon Incursion ‘Must Never Happen Again’

MUNICH (AP) — The top diplomats from the United States and China met on Saturday in the first high-level contact between their countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago, with Secretary of State… Continue Reading →

3 NYC Firefighters Critically Hurt In Wind-swept Staten Island House Fire

NEW YORK (AP) — Three New York City firefighters were critically injured Friday in what the commissioner said was a “very close call” as wind-swept flames tore through a Staten Island duplex. They are alert and expected to survive, officials… Continue Reading →

High-rise Fire Kills 1, Displaces 400 Residents In DC Suburb

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — One person died and one is in critical condition after a fire early Saturday at a high-rise apartment building in a suburb of Washington, D.C., the Washington Post and other local media reported. The fire… Continue Reading →

Miriam Blasbalg

Wife of Reb Yankel Blasbalg a”h Levaya on Sunday 11:00AM from Shomrei Hadaas 38 and 14th Ave

Turkey: Couple Saved 296 Hours After Quake, But Children Die

ISTANBUL (AP) — A couple and their son were pulled alive from under a collapsed apartment building more than 12 days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged parts of Turkey and Syria, although the child later died at a hospital,… Continue Reading →

Off Camera, Fox Hosts Doubted 2020 Election Fraud Claims

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — To millions of viewers, Fox News hosts gave allies of former President Donald Trump a platform to champion false claims that he lost the 2020 election because of voter fraud. To one another, they expressed doubts… Continue Reading →

Tesla Driver Killed After Plowing Into Firetruck On Freeway

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) — A Tesla driver was killed and a passenger was critically injured Saturday when the car plowed into a fire truck that was parked on a Northern California freeway to shield a crew clearing another accident,… Continue Reading →

North Korea Confirms ICBM Test, Warns Of More Powerful Steps

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity against its rivals, as it threatened additional powerful steps in response to the planned military… Continue Reading →

North Korea Confirms ICBM Test, Warns Of More Powerful Steps

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity against its rivals, as it threatened additional powerful steps in response to the planned military… Continue Reading →

North Korea Fires Missile As US, S. Korea Prepare For Drills

North Korea on Saturday fired a long-range missile from its capital into the sea off Japan, according to its neighbors, a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military exercises…. Continue Reading →

Tank Plant In Small Ohio City Plays Big Role In Ukraine War

Thousands of miles from the front lines, a sprawling manufacturing plant in the small midwestern city of Lima, Ohio, is playing a critical role in the effort to arm Ukraine as it fends off the Russian invasion. Owned by the… Continue Reading →

Knesset Member Uses ChatGPT To Read Speech, Says ‘AI Has More Intelligence Than Many Elected Officials’

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — National Unity Party MK Sharren Haskel made history after being the first MK to read a speech in the Knesset which was written by the artifical intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, according to a Jerusalem Post report Friday. The… Continue Reading →

Montana Lawmaker, Reform Rabbi: There’s A Religious Right To Abortion

NEW YORK (AP) — Abortion rights groups are challenging abortion bans in some states by arguing the bans — supported by certain religious principles — violate the religious rights of people with different beliefs. Conservative Christians for decades have argued… Continue Reading →

Thousands Of Protesters Against Judicial Reforms Gather In Israeli Cities, Right-Wingers Call For Dialog

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the seventh week running, tens of thousands of people are protesting in Tel Aviv and other locations against the Israeli government’s proposed judicial reforms. Reports claimed that thousands of people had gathered in Haifa, Netanya, Kfar… Continue Reading →

The Machine Matzah Controversy. What The Satmar Rebba really said. Read now at Genazym

Live at Genazym auction The post The Machine Matzah Controversy. What The Satmar Rebba really said. Read now at Genazym appeared first on The Yeshiva World.

White House Defends Response to Toxic Train Derailment

The Biden administration on Friday defended its response to a toxic freight train derailment in Ohio two weeks ago, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done. The Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio,… Continue Reading →

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