An attorney for the man accused of committing an anti-Semitic attack with a machete wants the body of the victim who later died to be exhumed. Attorney Michael Sussman wants the body of Josef Neumann exhumed for an autopsy, The Journal News reported. Neumann was one of five people injured in the attack on a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, on Dec. 28. “We need to know medically if it’s a murder or if it’s the consequence of some disease pattern or something else,” Sussman said in an interview Tuesday. Grafton Thomas has been indicted on federal hate crime charges and state charges including attempted murder. He has pleaded not guilty. Sussman has argued that his client was not motivated by anti-Semitism and is mentally ill.

The Ramapo PD says they arrested 8 people on Thursday at an “illegal gathering” at 92 North Saddle River Road in Monsey, NY [Congregation Shaarei Chesed]. Police say the group was released on appearance tickets without bail as per State statutes and are returnable to the Town of Ramapo Justice Court. (Photos released to media by Ramapo Police).   (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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This is the first time that I am writing to YWN or for that matter to any Jewish newspaper. Tonight (Thursday night) a friend of mine went shopping in a large kosher Supermarket in Monsey and was shocked to see that it was packed to the gills with even elderly people (even more than a […]
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Over the past few days, ADL and the Jewish Federation and Foundation of Rockland County have seen a number of very concerning and highly antisemitic social media posts arising out of Rockland County. This dangerous rhetoric has resulted in a heightened sense of fear and distrust among residents as well as calls for different treatment […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Monsey stabbing victim R’ Yosef Neiman Z”L. He As YWN reported at the time, R Yosef was brutally stabbed during the horrific Chanukah Monsey attack at Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul. He was in and out of the hospital since then, and was Niftar on Sunday afternoon. Boruch […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Lipa Freidrich Z”L of Monsey. He was 39. The Niftar was a perfectly healthy young man with no prior medical condition. He tested positive for COVID-19 three days ago and was in isolation at home. This morning he had severe shortness of breath and Monsey […]
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The number of cases of COVID-19 in NYC have increased to 12,339. That includes 3,621 cases in Queens 2,572 in Manhattan, 3,494 in Brooklyn 1,829 in the Bronx, and 817 in Staten Island. White House’s coronavirus response coordinator, Dr. Deborah L. Birx, said nearly 1 in 1,000 people in the region has contracted the virus – five times the rate of other areas. NY has now surpassed 20,000 positive cases of the COVID-19, with 5,000 new cases, Governor Cuomo said. Cuomo said 13% of the 20,940 cases resulted in hospitalization, with 157 fatalities. Cuomo promised 1,000 beds were coming soon to a vast Manhattan convention center that’s being made into a temporary medical center as officials raced to prepare for an overwhelming number of coronavirus patients.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day instituted a state of emergency today. All public schools that serve grades K-12 are to suspend all classroom and extracurricular functions starting Tuesday. The closure will be for two weeks. Private schools must close starting Wednesday. Day’s order also mandates that universities, colleges and other public and private educational facilities shut to all students by Wednesday, except for resident students, who will be allowed to access dorms and dining facilities. Facilities that are solely dedicated to daycare, preschool and pre-kindergarten are exempt from this order. STAY UPDATED WITH BREAKING UPDATES FROM YWN VIA WHATSAPP – SIGN UP NOW Just click on this link, and you will be placed into a group.

New City, NY, – Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert advises residents that two Rockland County residents who have been confirmed to have Coronavirus (COVID-19) potentially exposed others to the disease from February 28 to March 2. Anyone who visited the following locations in Rockland County may have been exposed to Coronavirus (COVID-19): 150 Remsen Avenue, Monsey, NY Friday, February 28, 2020, between 11:00 am and 11:45 pm Saturday, February 29, 2020, between 11:30 am and 4:00 pm The Atrium Ballroom, 401 NY-59, Monsey, NY Monday, March 2, 2020, between 2:30 pm and 11:45 pm STAY UPDATED WITH BREAKING UPDATES FROM YWN VIA WHATSAPP – SIGN UP NOW Just click on this link, and you will be placed into a group.

New York State now has 33 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, including two cases in Rockland County, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today. All the new cases connected to the New Rochelle lawyer who was the initial Westchester patient, the governor said. The two cases have been tracked to a Bar Mitzvah attended by an earlier confirmed case. Of the 33 people with positive results, five of them have been hospitalized. The governor said their conditions continue to improve. STAY UPDATED WITH BREAKING UPDATES FROM YWN VIA WHATSAPP – SIGN UP NOW Just click on this link, and you will be placed into a group. Cuomo also announced that 4,000 people across the state are in quarantine as a precaution — that includes 2,700 in NYC, 1,000 in Westchester and 70 in Nassau County.