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President Trump seethed during Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily coronavirus press conference today, tweeting that the New York leader needed to spend less time complaining and more time doing his job, the NY Post reports.
“Governor Cuomo should spend more time ‘doing’ and less time ‘complaining.’ Get out there and get the job done. Stop talking!” Trump wrote during Cuomo’s televised coronavirus address, which he appeared to be watching and live tweeting from the White House.

NITRO, W.Va. (AP) — The sweet peppers were picked over, the tomatoes were taken and the flowers were fixing to be next. The empty spots on the store’s display were starting to outnumber the full ones. Gardeners are feeling the need for seed, grabbing packets off shelves at an accelerated rate. Those still looking for […]

More than 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment aid since President Donald Trump declared a national emergency four weeks ago, a staggering loss of jobs that has wiped out a decade of employment gains and pushed families to line up at food banks as they await government help.
The United States has not seen this level of job loss since the Great Depression, and the government is struggling to respond fast enough to the deadly coronavirus health crisis and the widespread economic pain it has triggered.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Mrs. Mindy Lamm a”h.
Mrs. Lamm was the wife of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, former president, chancellor and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva University.
Mindella, as she was known, was born to the Mehler family in Midwood, Brooklyn. Her father passed away when she was very young. After completing her Bais Yakov education, she attended Hunter College, where she majored in Education and minored in Drama.

At least 50 percent of the workforce should continue working at home, which will contribute to social distancing on the streets and in the buildings of New York City.
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Dear Editor,
A gitten Zimmer.

This was definitely one for the books. A Yom Tov apart from our families. Sedarim with one or two people. But BH we made it thorough and we passed with flying colors, as the saying goes. Now as we count down, or up to Lag B’omer and Shvuos, it is incumbent upon us to shteig just as the count does. Someone mentioned that his learning and shmoneh esrei’s have never been better. This probably applies to most of us. We have been taken out of our normal element, out of our shuls, and thrust into a lonely davening. But the reality is that it was always about two, each of us and Him. And that is what it is now.

All are asked to daven for the refuah sheleimah of Rav Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, rosh Yeshivas Brisk in Yerushalayim.
As Matzav.com reported on the last day of Chol Hamoed, Rav Soloveitchik fell that morning and required surgery on his hip.
The surgery was performed over Yom Tov, and boruch Hashem the rosh yeshiva has already returned home in a turnaround that talmidim told Matzav.com is simply remarkable.
All are asked to daven for Rav Meshulam Dovid Halevi ben Alte Hendel.
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It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rebbetzin Malka Kalmanowitz a”h. She was 94.
The rebbetzin was the wife of Rav Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn, NY.
Rebbetzin Kalmanowitz was a daughter of Rav Meir Shimon Pinsky zt”l, rov in Barashi, Russia. Rav Meir Shimon’s brother-in-law, Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz, later used his connections to bring Rav Pinsky to America, where he became a morah hora’ah in Boro Park.
Rebbetzin Malka’s mother, Rebbetzin Elka Vishka Pinsky, was Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz’s sister.