The NYPD shut down a Yeshiva in Brooklyn after neighbors reported the school was operating in violation of city and state orders, law enforcement officials told NBC New York. The Yeshiva is on Madison Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn • Full Story
Approximately one million Israeli children returned to their classrooms on Sunday, following a two-month forced hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the rest of the country’s elementary, middle and high schools slated to resume operations by the end of the week • Full Story
World renowned speaker Rabbi YY Jacobson published a video in support of the Zucker family who tragically lost their mother last week and needs everyone’s support • Watch • Donate
At Sunday morning’s daily coronavirus press conference, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and his staff discussed the emerging guidelines for the opening of summer camps in New York State • Full Story
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday that the Canadian Center for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University has been given the green light by the federal health authority to begin clinical trials of vaccine candidate • Full Story
The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, said today in his daily covid-19 press conference that there is a strong possibility that Shuls can be opened for Shavuos with a maximum of fifteen people and several safety precautions in place • Watch
A decision was made to re-open shuls in Israel at a meeting of senior officials of the National Security Council (NSC), the Health Ministry and Interior Ministry on Sunday • Full Story
New York state beaches will open for Memorial Day weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday. New York State Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein responded with a tweet at the Governor demanding camps and bungalows be allowed to open as well • Full Story
The public is being asked to say Tehillim for Rabbi Yudi Dukes who is in urgent need of our Tefillos after contracting coronavirus. The name for Tehillim is Chaim Shneur Zalman Yehuda Ben Hinda Yocheved • Tehillim
The Thirty-Fifth Government of Israel was officially voted into power Sunday afternoon, ending nearly a year and a half of political deadlock and three successive general elections within the span of less than one year • Full Story
Berel Grossbaum (Minnesota) to Chana Shmotkin (Detroit)
L’Chaim tonight in F.R.E.E.
Baby boy to: Shmuel and Esther Neft (nee Tyshenko) – Toronto.
Baby boy to: Menachem and Esty Sheinberger – Crown Heights
Baby girl to: Meir and Chanie Levinger (nee Richler) – Yerushalayim, Israel