Month April 2020
The Federal Reserve is planning to launch its emergency lending program for small and medium-size businesses soon, and even more businesses will be able to qualify than originally planned. On… Read more » The post Fed to Offer ‘Main Street… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, he wore a mask. Vice President Mike Pence donned a face covering Thursday as he toured a General Motors/Ventec ventilator production facility in Indiana after coming under fire for failing to wear one earlier this… Continue Reading →
Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett is far and away the Israeli public’s choice for Health Minister from among current offering of politicians. A poll conducted by Direct Polls found that 44.2… Read more » The post Poll: Bennett Popular Choice for… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, and Cory Booker today announced the awarding of $1,100,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the New Jersey… Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, It has been the מנהג of כלל ישראל that when we say the temporary goodbye to our departed, we recite the פסוק in ישעיה of ומחה ה’ דמעה It always struck me how these words are not sad… Continue Reading →
New York City’s free kosher “Grab & Go” meals are coming to the Lower East Side and Washington Heights. Starting Friday, the meals will be available on the Lower East… Read more » The post Manhattan Gets Free Kosher Grab… Continue Reading →
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday announced that Israeli farmers will no longer be allowed to work their fields in an enclave of southern Jordan, ending a more than 25-year arrangement meant to shore up a historic… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – About a month ago, with Los Angeles girding for a potentially crippling surge of coronavirus cases, a massive white Navy hospital ship chugged into port: a powerful symbol of the government’s response to the pandemic. The… Continue Reading →
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats considering about $1 trillion to go to state and local governments in the next coronavirus spending bill, a much larger figure than… Read more » The post Democrats Want to Commit $1… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Know of a job? Reach out to Aviva Barrish, Director of Job Development, at 732-905-9700 x 615 or aviva@nj.pcsjobs.org In need of a job? Reach out to Yoel Tolwinski, Director of Job Placement, at 732-905-9700 x 609 or yoel@nj.pcsjobs.org…. Continue Reading →
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that he had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus and was temporarily stepping down to recover. Mishustin, 54, suggested… Read more » The post Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin… Continue Reading →
Britain is past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday, as he promised to reveal a “road map” out of national lockdown — but not… Read more » The post Johnson: UK ‘Past the Peak’… Continue Reading →
Israeli authorities were reportedly planning to slow down the easing of restrictions in the coronavirus crisis, with a delay in school openings, according to media reports on Thursday. Kindergartens and… Read more » The post Kindergartens May Delay Reopening appeared… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to dispel economic gloom, President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s anticipating a major rebound in the coming months and a “spectacular” 2021. While economists are warning of serious long-term damage as the country plunges into recession… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Rav Yaakov Kolodetsky ztz”l was a renowned talmid chacham, who learned with Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv ztz”l as a chavrusa for many years, as well as being close to many of the leaders of our generation, including Rav Chaim Kanievsky… Continue Reading →
North Korea’s collapse has been predicted — wrongly— for decades. Some said it would happen after fighting ended in the Korean War in 1953. Others thought it would be during a 1990s famine or when national founder Kim Il Sung… Continue Reading →
The Trump administration has told Israel that it will only approve annexations in Yehuda and Shomron if they are accompanied by a recognition of the right of Palestinians to have… Read more » The post US to Israel: Annexation Conditioned… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the days following the January capture of an American contractor in Afghanistan, Navy SEAL commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of a Taliban-linked militant network, The Associated Press has learned. U.S. intelligence agents also… Continue Reading →
Paper goods giant Georgia-Pacific is cranking out 1.5 million more rolls of toilet paper a day than two months ago, but George Bugg still can’t find it on the shelves… Read more » The post When Will the Toilet Paper… Continue Reading →
Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz is urging the Justice Department “to closely monitor New York City” for potential religious discrimination amid the pandemic after its mayor singled out “the Jewish… Read more » The post Cruz Urges DOJ to Watch… Continue Reading →
I recently got up from Shiva for another of Corona’s victims and immediately sat down to write this short article in the hope that my family’s experience using Zoom for the Shiva will help others during this unfortunate time. May… Continue Reading →