Baltimore, MD - Sept. 24, 2020 - The following emails were  sent to TA staff & parents this morning: September 23, 2020 Dear Rebbeim, Faculty and Staff,  We want to begin by wishing all of our families a Gmar Chasima Tova, and our wishes for a year of hatzlacha and bracha. As the Yom Tov season of Tishrei is upon us, we find it necessary to share the following with our entire TA family.    As you know, we have had cases of COVID in TA. It is important that you know that despite the administration and staff’s best efforts and considerable time spent to develop safe plans for the reopening of our Yeshiva, some of the COVID spread that we have experienced happened within the walls of TA. We have analyzed and identified exactly what took place and have ta...
We are again at a crossroads. Both in the Jewish calendar, entering into Yom Kippur, where life and death decisions will be made, and in the world of COVID-19, with a disconcerting continuing rise in cases in our area, where life and death decisions will be made. “Mi Bamageifa” (and who will die by plague…): In just the past 24 hours, I have been inundated with numerous pressing shailos from communities all over regarding COVID-19 exposures. Here are but a few of the quarantine questions that Rabbonim and shul presidents have asked me. “Our Rosh Hashana chazzan said wearing a mask was too difficult. He davened for the amud without one. He developed symptoms and tested positive the following day…” “Our Rav gave a drash...
The economy has recovered only about half the 22 million jobs lost to the pandemic The U.S. government provided its latest snapshot Thursday of the pace of layoffs, which have remained elevated but have been declining as some sectors of the economy have rebounded in the six months since the viral pandemic erupted. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits each week was 870,000 for the week ending September 19, the Labor Department said. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF The economy has recovered only about half the 22 million jobs that were lost to the pandemic. Many employers, especially small retailers, hotels, restaurants, air...
The government met through the night on Wednesday to determine the next steps required to stop the spread of coronavirus infection. The ministers ultimately approved a total lockdown beginning Friday at 2 p.m., which will last at least two weeks. The following regulations were approved by the government: •  All workplaces, except essential ones, will operate in accordance with approved regulations •  Marketplaces – closed •  Travel – only one kilometer from home, unless for an approved reason •  Prayer and demonstrations – in open spaces only, up to 20 people and within one kilometer from home •  Synagogues – closed, except for prayers on Yom Kippur in accordance with the ...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 24, 2020 -—  Yeshivas Ner Yisrael Baltimore Campus On Lockdown After COVID Positive Cases
Dear TAG Parents, At 9:30 this evening, we received a phone call from the NYC Department of Health ordering that the school be closed effective immediately. We have not been provided with any specific details as relates to the reasons, causes or duration of the closure. We anticipate a meeting with the DOH tomorrow morning at which we hope to receive additional information which we will share with you. We apologize for this late notification; however, we were given no warning that this closure was pending. Indeed, as you all know, TAG COVID policies met and exceeded all published State and CDC Guidelines. Please note: Other than the classes that had already been quarantined, we HAVE NOT been instructed to quarantine other students. Unfortunately, as we all know, everything is in the ha...
Moving thirty families to quarantine on camp grounds in upstate New York so as not to miss a day of the Zman, even during COVID-19...Replacing lunch on a Taanis with a Mussar Vaad , then learning straight through unti maariv Motzei-taanis...These statements sound like anecdotes from a biography of earlier generations. However  these stories are all in a day’s work for Kollel Cheshek Shlomo.                                                                  &nbs...
BROOKLYN (VINnews) – A second lockdown is starting to emerge as a real possibility in several areas of Brooklyn and Queens, where the number of confirmed COVID cases has been rising steadily in recent weeks. Speaking today at a press conference alongside Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City’s Health + Hospitals CEO and president Dr. Mitchell Katz discussed the uptick in the “Ocean Parkway Cluster”, which includes Borough Park, Midwood and Bensonhurst, Williamsburg and Far Rockaway, where positive rates have tripled over the last six weeks, and Kew Gardens, where COVID cases have doubled over the same time period. Dr. Katz, who grew up and attended a synagogue in the Ocean Parkway area and still has relatives living nearby, urged residents to take the necessary preca...
Scientists in Houston on Wednesday released a study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the coronavirus, which reveals the virus’s continual accumulation of mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious. That mutation is associated with a higher viral load among patients upon initial diagnosis, the researchers found. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, was posted Wednesday on the preprint server MedRxiv. It appears to be the largest single aggregation of genetic sequences of the virus in the United States thus far. A larger batch of sequences was published earlier this month by scientists in the United Kingdom, and, like the Houston study, concluded that a mutation that changes the structure of the “spike protein” on the surface of the ...
President Donald Trump announced to a Catholic prayer breakfast on Wednesday that he’s signing an executive order purporting to protect babies born prematurely, in an appeal to anti-abortion voters ahead of November’s election. “I will be signing the Born Alive Executive Order to ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter their circumstances, receive the medical care that they deserve,” Trump said in a videotaped address to the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF Trump has occasionally seized on remarks in January by the governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, to falsely accuse ...
Over 9,000 New York City employees will be furloughed for five days between October and March to save about $21 million as the city battles a severe budget shortfall from the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday. “It’s a difficult one because it will affect real people and their lives, it will affect their families,” de Blasio told reporters. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF The furloughs will impact city employees in managerial positions and non-union employees, he said. Read more at NEWSMAX.
Hunter Biden received a $3.5 million wire transfer from Elena Baturina, the richest woman in Russia and the widow of Yury Luzhkov, the former mayor of Moscow, Senate Republicans revealed in their report on the younger Biden’s work in Ukraine. Baturina is referenced in the 87-page report, which was released Wednesday, addressing her payment to Biden’s investment firm in early 2014.Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF “Baturina became Russia’s only female billionaire when her plastics company, Inteko, received a series of Moscow municipal contracts while her husband was mayor,” it said in providing background on ...
The city is ramping up efforts to crack down on coronavirus “clusters” in Brooklyn — with a “serious uptick” in cases popping up in predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. The mayor pointed out two areas of concern with dense Jewish populations at his press briefing: the Ocean Parkway cluster, encompassing Midwood, Borough Park and Bensonhurst, and a cluster in Williamsburg. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF The Edgemere-Far Rockaway area and Kew Gardens are also seeing a surge in COVID-19. “We have a lot to do because we’re seeing a serious uptick...
(CNN)Once a fixture at the administration's coronavirus briefings, Dr. Deborah Birx has confided to aides and friends that she has become so unhappy with what she sees as her diminished role as coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force that she is not certain how much longer she can serve in her position, sources familiar with her thinking tell CNN. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF Birx has told people around her that she is "distressed" with the direction of the task force, describing the situation inside the nation's response to the coronavirus as nightmarish. According to people familiar with her thi...
Protests in Louisville turned violent as police said an officer was shot during demonstrations that erupted after a Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted one officer for allegedly endangering the neighbors of Breonna Taylor during the police shooting that resulted in her death. The Louisville Metro Police Department couldn't provide details about the shooting, which took place just before the 9 p.m. curfew went into effect. The officer's condition was also unknown. The FBI confirmed the officer shooting in a tweet. The investigation into the shooting was ongoing, according to the LMPD. It is unclear if the shooting was directly related to the protests. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an o...
Another Arab country will sign a peace deal with Israel in the “next day or two,” US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft told Al Arabiya in an interview on Wednesday. “Our plan is to bring more countries, which we will have more being announced very soon … One [country will sign] in the next day or two,” she said. “I know others are going to be following,” Craft added. In August, the United Arab Emirates announced a deal with Israel to establish diplomatic ties and normalize relations. Bahrain followed suit and the three countries signed the deal at a ceremony at the White House last week. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for b...
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Baltimore, MD - Sept. 23,  2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Miriam & Ozzie Marizan on the birth of a daughter. Mazel Tov grandparents Aiton & Deborah Marizan and great-grandparents Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Taragin. יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 23, 2020 - A must read letter to the community from the Baltimore orthodox Jewish day schools.For a larger, printable copy, click on the graphic below.
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