A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic. The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, also said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention improperly failed to justify its decision and did not follow proper rulemaking. In her 59-page ruling, Mizelle said the only remedy was to vacate the rule entirely across the country because it would be impossible to end it for the limited group of people who objected in the lawsuit.

As part of New Jersey’s education standards, teachers will be required to teach students in 2nd grade about gender identities when the new school year begins this fall. The standards were first put in place in 2020 but are only going into effect this September. The education standards call for second graders to understand the “core ideas” that all “individuals should feel welcome and included regardless of their gender [and] gender expression.” The “performance expectations” include talking about “the range of ways people express their gender and how gender role stereotypes may limit behavior.” Sample lessons that have been distributed in New Jersey include teaching a first grader that he has “boy parts” but “feel like” a girl.

Israeli political and other leaders including NYC Mayor Eric Adams pay tribute to the passing of the Gadol Hador אני דואב עמוקות עם כל בית ישראל על פטירתו של ענק התורה ומנהיג הרבים, הרב חיים קניבסקי זצ״ל. עם ישראל איבד תלמיד חכם עצום שהיה חוליה מרכזית בשרשרת מסירת התורה מדור לדור >> — Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) March 18, 2022 אש התמיד של אהבת ישראל ותורת ישראל שבערה ברב קניבסקי זצ״ל לא תכבה לעולמי עד. תנחומיי העמוקים מסורים למשפחתו היקרה. תהא נשמתו צרורה בצרור החיים. — Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) March 18, 2022 הוא היה מנהיג ציבור אמיתי, אשר מביתו הצנוע בבני ברק הנהיג רבבות מעם ישראל – בחוכמה, ביישוב הדעת, בבקיאות נדירה. בתורת ה' חפצו, ובתורתו יהגה יומם ולילה. אני משתתף בצער המשפחה באבלה הכבד. יהי זכרו ברוך ונשמתו צרורה בצרור החיים.

This money will be given out in Flatbush & Lakewood on Purim morning to dozens of poor families. Believe it or not, there are families that do not have money to pay for their own Purim Seudas. These people are your neighbors and you don’t even know! Many of these families struggle with their daily bills, and can’t make ends meet. They have all had their share of electric and gas shut-offs, owing money to their grocery, tuition’s, medical bills and other pressing issues. There is no greater Mitzvah then making poor people happy on Purim. While many of us continuously donate to causes in Eretz Yisroel, many times the poor are suffering in our own backyards. The Halacha is clear: “Aniyei Ircha come first”.

An appeals judge temporarily restored New York’s mask mandate Tuesday, a day after a judge in a lower court ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration lacked the constitutional authority to order people to wear face coverings. Judge Robert Miller in New York City granted the state’s request for a stay of a Long Island judge’s ruling while the governor’s administration pursues an appeal. Arguing before Miller on Tuesday, Judith Vale, an attorney for the state, said judge Thomas Rademaker’s earlier ruling would “radically disrupt the status quo” and endanger the health of students and staff at schools.

An antisemitic employee at a convenience store who refused service to a Jewish customer for not having a mask who refused service to a Jewish customer for not having a mask, but gave no problem to an unmasked non-Jewish customer, has been fired from her job. In an email responding to the incident, the store owner said he was sorry for what happened, and that the employee has been terminated. “Let me assure you that our policy does not direct employees to refuse service to any customer based upon adherence to the mask requirement imposed by the State of New York. Neither the refusal of service nor the ensuing confrontational actions of the staff member are acceptable in our business, are not in line with out policies and are not tolerated,” the email reads.

A young girl was struck and critically injured on Monday evening at the intersection of County Line Road and Squankum Road in Lakewood. Hatzolah was called to the scene and found an approximately 12-year-old girl with serious traumatic injuries. Hatzolah paramedics transported the girl to Jersey Shore Medical Center in critical condition. Please say tehillim for Pinya Gittel bas Rochel Shaindel.  (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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A young woman was the victim of an attempted assault in Boro Park, Tuesday night. Sources tell YWN that the suspect approached a 16-year-old girl on 60th Street near 18th Avenue at around 9:00PM, touched her inappropriately, and attempted to assault her. The victim fought back, and began screaming. A driver passing by heard the screams and stopped his vehicle, causing the suspect to flee on foot. Police are looking for a Hispanic male suspect. (Exact description will be published when available.) The victim was Bichasdei Hashem not injured. The NYPD Special Victims Unit is investigating the incident. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com HaGaon Rav Moshe Shternbuch’s gabbai reached out to this author and forwarded the following Teshuvah from Rav Shternbuch shlita. Rav Shternbuch is the Raavad of the Eida HaChareidis nd is one of the Gedolei HaDor. [The Rav further conveyed orally that the obituaries published in the Charedi press [in Eretz Yisroel] constitute a CHILLUL HASHEM as were the hespedim that were given.  He is a מאבד עצמו לדעת [and should not have been given them].

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a book interview called “Trump’s Peace: The Abraham Accords and the Reshaping of the Middle East.” Speaking to the book’s author, journalist Barak Ravid, Trump said that he is no longer on speaking terms with Netanyahu after the latter was quick to congratulate Joe Biden on his win in the presidential election. “The first person that congratulated [Biden] was Bibi Netanyahu, the man that I did more for than any other person I dealt with. … Bibi could have stayed quiet. He made a terrible mistake,” Trump said. “I liked Bibi. I still like Bibi. But I also like loyalty. The first person to congratulate Biden was Bibi.