Mazel Tov to Yehuda Bortz (St. Louis) and Hannah Grayman (Baltimore) on their Engagement
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 18, 2022 – BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yehuda Bortz (St. Louis) and Hannah Grayman (Baltimore) on their engagement. ×™×””ר שיזכו ×œ×‘× ×•×ª בית × ×מן בישר×ל. ×מן!
CDC Advises Americans Against Travel to Israel Because of High Covid Risk
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday advised against travel to 22 nations and territories because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases, including Israel. The CDC elevated its travel recommendation to “Level Four: Very High,” telling Americans they should avoid travel to those destinations, which also include Panama, Qatar, the […]
Mazel Tov To Faiga Bracha & Tzvi Piasek On The Birth Of A Daughter
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 18, 2022 – BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Faiga Bracha & Tzvi Piasek on the birth of a daughter. Mazel Tov grandparents Shana & Moshe Kravetz ×™×””ר שיזכו לגדל ×‘×ª× ×œ×ª×•×¨×”, לחופה, ×•×œ×ž×¢×©×™× ×˜×•×‘×™×. ×מן!
Israel’s Omicron Wave Expected To Peak In A Week, Official Says
The surge in coronavirus infections due to the fast-paced spread of the omicron variant is expected to peak in a week, a top Israeli health official said. “In the coming week, we will still see increasing numbers, but in another week we will start to see a decline,” Health Ministry Director General Nachman Ash said […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Spending More Than Half Her Salary on Mask Fines
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) must not care much about her congressional salary, the Daily Beast reports. According to documents provided to NBC News, Greene has spent more than half of her $174,000 salary on mask fines in her first year in Congress, paying out more than $88,000 from her paychecks. First-time offenders of the House mask […]
NTSB Chief To Fed Agency: Stop Using Misleading Statistics
With traffic fatalities spiking higher, the nation’s top safety investigator says a widely cited government statistic that 94% of serious crashes are solely due to driver error is misleading and that the Transportation Department should stop using it. Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that […]
US Faces Wave Of Omicron Deaths In Coming Weeks, Models Say
The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March. The seven-day rolling average for daily new COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. has been trending upward since mid-November, […]
Tesla Driver Faces First Felony Charge for Car Crash Involving Autopilot
California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019. The defendant appears to be the first person to be charged with a felony in the United States for a fatal crash involving […]
Dems Target Manchin in Over 700 Facebook, Instagram Ads
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has been targeted in more than 700 ads on Facebook and Instagram by Democrat colleagues since the House sent President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better package to the Senate on Nov. 15, Newsmax reports. The multitrillion package has been stalled in large part due to Manchin. He has said the package is too […]
NYC: Mayor Adams Says He Also Feels Scared on the Subway
NYC Mayor Eric Adams confessed to a roomful of reporters Tuesday that he has his own trepidations about riding the subway — just three days after the tragic murder of Michelle Go, a Manhattan woman who perished after being pushed into the path of a train by a mentally ill homeless man, the NY Daily News reports. […]