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Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order which permits child care services to resume normal operations on or after June 15. The resumption is subject to their compliance with health…
A group of teenagers assaulted and menaced two Jews in Bensonhurst early Shavuos morning. Around 4:32 a.m. Friday, a 25-year-old man was walking home from an all-night learning session. Just steps…
Three more Israeli schools have found coronavirus cases among their students on Motzoei Shabbos, sending many pupils into quarantine, and threatening the continuation of the lifting of the restrictions. According to…
Israel welcomed the decision by the Austrian parliament calling for measures against the Hezbollah terrorist organization. The resolution, unanimously passed in parliament, calls on the Austrian government to take action against…
A fourth day of violence in Los Angeles prompted the mayor to impose a rare citywide curfew and call in the National Guard after demonstrators clashed repeatedly with officers, torched…
Israel
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley will remain in what he described as an “enclave” after Israel annexes the territory and will…
Passengers on bus #283 from Ashdod to Elad on Thursday afternoon, Erev Shavuos, were sent into quarantine after a passenger on the bus learned that he tested positive for coronavirus.…
Border police officers fatally shot a man they suspected was carrying a weapon near the Lion’s Gate in the Old City of Yerushalayim on Shabbos, a police spokesman said, but…
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Anti-Semitic crimes in Germany last year reached their highest level since the country started keeping statistics, amid an overall strong increase in right-extremist criminality that is a cause for “great…
Boro Park Jewish Community Council in partnership with Met Council held a Holiday Food Drive for the Boro Park community. Over 500 families received necessary holiday food staples. A large…
National
Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze…
Shouting “Black Lives Matter” and “I can’t breathe,” hundreds of people converged on the White House for a second straight day Saturday to protest the death of George Floyd in…
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China announced on Sunday two new confirmed cases of coronavirus and four new asymptomatic cases, including one person without symptoms of COVID-19 on a chartered flight from Germany. The two…
China’s state media lashed out on Sunday at possible retaliatory moves by the United States to impose sanctions and end Hong Kong’s special status if Beijing imposes new national security…
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