The great music keeps coming our way from the Chizuk Project, as philanthropist Jeremy Strauss’s Covid-era dream of bringing music to the community steams full speed ahead through this challenging winter. This past Sunday night, was chosen for the release of the most upbeat Chizuk Project song so far, a wordless “Chizuk Nigun” full of […]
Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind the cyberattack against the United States and tried to minimized its impact. In his first comments on the breach, Trump scoffed at the focus on the Kremlin and downplayed […]
From the producer of Gad Elbaz comes the timeless biblical story of Yosef, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable emotion, dance, comedy and the powerful message of unity. It’s
An arcane battle over emergency Federal Reserve powers is frustrating efforts to lock down an agreement on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package. Saturday’s impasse is just the latest stumble in a partisan, monthslong fight, and feelings hardened as the Senate congregated for a weekend session. Lawmakers on both sides said a provision […]
First, Theresa Pirozzi’s 85-year-old dad got sick and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. Days later, her mom was so weak she could barely walk. Now, instead of getting ready for Christmas, Pirozzi is anxiously awaiting updates from the hospital where both of her parents are in intensive care with the coronavirus. “I’m […]
Three people were killed early Saturday in a three-alarm house fire in Queens. Two firefighters were among the wounded in the blaze that broke out after 5:30 in the Elmhurst
President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday rolled out an environmental team that he hopes will steer America toward greater action to curb climate change and protect the nation’s air and water. “We literally have no time to waste,” Biden told reporters as introduced his choices. Biden compared the climate threat to the calamity of the coronavirus […]
California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers. As of Friday, nearly 17,000 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections — more than double the previous peak reached in July — and a state model that […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent years dodging legal and public relations blows that might have knocked others out of politics. The Republican has so far proven too wily
Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Chezy Levy signed an order on Friday designating all countries as “red,” forcing all Israeli travelers to enter quarantine upon arriving back in Israel, Channel 12
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday blamed his COVID-19 on a combination of negligence and bad luck, urging his compatriots to stay safe as critics called out slip-ups in his
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu?? and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein received the first coronavirus vaccines in Israel on Motzei Shabbos. The historical moment, broadcast live in order to encourage Israelis to
Irma Baralija is looking forward to Sunday, when she intends to vote and hopes to win her race as the southern Bosnian city of Mostar holds its first local election
Chevra Hatzalah, the largest volunteer ambulance corps in the United States, is pleased to announce the hiring of Rabbi Yehiel Kalish, as CEO. The Board’s choice follows a comprehensive, nationwide search that attracted significant interest from a diverse pool of impressive candidates. Rabbi Kalish brings twelve years’ experience as Vice President for Development and State […]
President Donald Trump’s expected move to his Mar-a-Lago club after he leaves office next month is being challenged by a lawyer who says a 1990s agreement allowing Trump to convert the Florida property into a business prohibits anyone from living there, including him. Attorney Reginald Stambaugh sent a letter this week to the Town of […]
While excitement and enthusiasm greeted the Western-developed coronavirus vaccine when it was rolled out, the Russian-made version has received a mixed response, with reports of empty Moscow clinics that offered the shot to health care workers and teachers — the first members of the public designated to receive it. Kremlin officials and state-controlled media touted […]
Please help me! My wedding is a week after Chanuka and I do not have any money. I lost both of my parents! My father died when I was only a child
Coming on the heels of a very successful recent plasma drive, Lev Rochel Bikur Cholim has announced a second drive to help save even more lives. Here’s what Kip Kuttner, Miller-Keystone medical director had to say about the recent drive: If you’ve recovered from covid-19, your plasma can save others! When a person recovers from […]
Hagaon HaRav Yitzhak Yosef, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel traveled to Dubai on Thursday in the first-ever visit by a sitting chief rabbi to an Arab country. He is
Two owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to Congress on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller played a role in the opioid epidemic but they stopped short of apologizing or admitting wrongdoing. “I want to express my family’s deep sadness about the opioid crisis,” David Sackler, whose family owns Purdue Pharma, said at […]
Popular Posts
