Month May 2020
Target and CVS said Sunday that they are temporarily closing certain locations, including some that were damaged during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. Target… Read more » The post Target, CVS Temporarily Close Stores… Continue Reading →
According to a Channel 12 News report on Sunday, the outbreak at the Hebrew Gymnasium school in Rechavia, now the epicenter of the new virus outbreak in Jerusalem, was caused by a teacher who came to work despite knowing he… Continue Reading →
According to a report published by the Israel Cancer Association (ICA), the Coronavirus caused more than half of Israeli smokers to consider quitting. The report stated that 51 percent of Israelis who smoke between the ages of 18 and 24,… Continue Reading →
CAMDEN , NJ (AP) – Police officers in one of New Jersey’s largest and most violent cities were praised on social media for marching alongside protesters in rallies held this weekend over George Floyd’s death. Camden County Police Chief Joe… Continue Reading →
New York—-5/25/2020 THE TRAGEDY OF DEATH As hundreds of Yidden continue to suffer the deadly wrath of COVID-19, Misaskim stands on the frontlines, assisting those in need, and witnessing their never-ending pain and grief. So many did not have a… Continue Reading →
New York City is seeing fewer rodent complaints because of the coronavirus pandemic — and conducting about 80% less inspections despite warnings about ravenous rats. The decrease in inspections in… Read more » The post NYC’s Rat Population May Surge… Continue Reading →
YWN has been inundated the past few hours from Flatbush / Midwood residents with messages inquiring about protests in the community. They are all false and sowing unnecessary fear and panic in the community. Some messages told of protests on… Continue Reading →
President Trump on Sunday blamed far-left anarchists for a flare-up of street violence amid nationwide protests against police brutality, even as critics denounced him for stoking divisiveness at a moment… Read more » The post Trump Blames ‘Antifa’ Movement for… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (JTA) – A synagogue in Los Angeles was vandalized with graffiti reading “F**k Israel” and “Free Palestine” as protests against the police killing of George Floyd swept the city. Also Saturday, the window of a synagogue in Richmond,… Continue Reading →
Last winter’s unusually severe storms that caused flooding and power outages across the country left their mark in a place that didn’t make the news at the time: the Gulf… Read more » The post Eilat Coral Reefs Took Beating… Continue Reading →
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal law enforcement officer who was shot and killed while providing security at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland during a protest has been identified. Dave Patrick Underwood, 53, died from gunshot wounds sustained after someone… Continue Reading →
The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday. “In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,”… Read more » The post New Coronavirus Losing Potency, Top… Continue Reading →
Street protests spiraled into New York City’s worst day of unrest in decades Saturday, as fires burned, windows got smashed and dangerous confrontations between demonstrators and officers flared amid crowds of thousands decrying police killings. A day that began with… Continue Reading →
Street protests spiraled into New York City’s worst day of unrest in decades Saturday, as fires burned, windows got smashed and dangerous confrontations between demonstrators and officers flared amid crowds of thousands decrying police killings. A day that began with… Continue Reading →
New York City officials were looking for a peaceful way forward as the city entered a fourth day of protests against police brutality that have left police cars burned and led to the arrest of hundreds of people. Mayor Bill… Continue Reading →
New York City officials were looking for a peaceful way forward as the city entered a fourth day of protests against police brutality that have left police cars burned and led to the arrest of hundreds of people. Mayor Bill… Continue Reading →
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MONTREAL (JTA)—Vandals ransacked a small Montreal synagogue sometime after it closed weeks ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic in what was described as one of the worst local synagogue desecrations in memory. The damage at the Kol Yehouda Sephardic congregation… Continue Reading →
America’s cities boarded up windows, swept up glass and covered graffiti Sunday as the country’s most significant night of protests in a half-century promised to spill into another day of unrest fueled by killings of black people at the hands… Continue Reading →
Dear Lakewood community, We all heard the good news from the governor announcing that day camps can open on July 6. Perhaps we all need to readjust our normal schedule. Instead of boy camps opening at the end of July,… Continue Reading →