Police on Saturday arrested a woman they say stole an NYPD lieutenant’s police vehicle in Harlem. Officials say at approximately 11:15 p.m., the lieutenant got out of his unmarked car at Madison Avenue and E 132nd Street and began to run after a suspect in a gun case. The lieutenant left his keys in the car during the chase when 28-year-old Kassie Moses then took his vehicle for a ride, heading to the Madison Avenue Bridge. Moses struck another NYPD vehicle driven by a captain according to the New York Post, then got stuck in traffic where officials tracked her down. Police arrested Moses and charged her with grand larceny of an automobile, grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, reckless endangerment and unauthorized use of a vehicle. (Source: 1010WINS)

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Yehuda Jacobs ZT”L. He was around 80 and Niftar from COVID-19. Rav Jacobs was a longtime Mashgiach at Lakewood’s Beth Medrash Govoha, where he delivered thousands of Vaadim and Drashos over the years to Bochrim and Yungerleit. He was a sought-after address for all types of Eitzas, whether is was Shalom Bayis, guidance with Shidduchim or other questions. Rav Jacobs had been on a respirator in critical condition with COVID-19. Unfortunately, he was Niftar early Monday morning. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… 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. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbetzin Esther (née Puretz) Liebb A”H. Her Levaya took place early Sunday morning. Rebbetzin Liebb who was raised in Williamsburg and from the early Bais Yaakov students in America, was married to Rav Zevulan Dovid Liebb, long time Marbitz Torah and who together raised דורות ישרים מבורכים. She lived by her daughter in Lakewood the last years of her life. She is survived by her husband and her children: R’ Shloima Yitzchok (EY), R’ Avrohom Shmuel (Lakewood), R’ Shragi (Lakewood), R’ Yerucham (Lakewood), Mrs. Sara Gittel Anisfeld (Lakewood), Rebbetzin Chana R. Tabak (Brooklyn), Mrs. Leah Malka Abraham (Toms River), Mrs. Raizel Nissenbaum (Lakewood), her brother R’ Leiby Puretz and Mrs. Rivka Feller.

Two of the US military’s elite flight teams will honor essential workers in New York City and nearby cities on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak with a dazzling aerial display. A formation of US Navy Blue Angels and US Air Force Thunderbirds will fly over New York City and Newark, New Jersey beginning at noon Tuesday for about 35 minutes before moving onto Trenton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These are among the first of multi-city flyovers by the teams to honor essential workers in what the military is calling, “America Strong.” “We hope to give Americans a touching display of American resolve that honors those serving on the frontline of our fight with COVID-19,” said Lt. Col.

Watch the North Miami Beach community come out and show their support with a loud “send off” for ICU Dr Daniel Heller heading in for the overnight shift at Aventura Trauma Center. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav David Jemal ZT”L. He was approximately 70, and was Niftar from COVID-19. Rav Jemal was the longtime Rabbi at Kehillat Har Lebanon on Avenue S and East 9th Street in Flatbush, and was loved by all. His passing is a devastating blow to the entire Brooklyn Sephardic Jewish Community. When asking anyone if they could describe Rav Jemal, they all said the same thing: He would literally always be seen with a smile on his face, his life full of Simchas Hachayim and Simchas Hatorah.

Dear Members of the Lakewood kehillah and beyond, COVID-19 has impacted us in unprecedented ways, bringing illness and death along with paralysis of community life. Antibody testing is now available and many in our community have had antibody testing done. Antibody testing can help us identify those who have had COVID-19 illness whose blood plasma may be useful to help treat sick patients. The antibody test is a blood test that is different than the nasal swab test that is done to confirm an active COVID-19 infection. We urge everyone in our community to know that although antibody testing may have benefit in the future, the antibody test has several serious limitations. PLEASE NOTE: The presence of antibodies DOES NOT necessarily mean that you are immune to the COVID-19 virus.

This is in response to the person who is taking on the chevas daas of the 57 Rabbis in the Five Towns/Far Rockaway community Rabbis who have banned even the safe minyanim.  Their reasoning is that people will copy the safe outdoor minyanim but will not adhere to the safety standards and it will cause the deaths of even more people and lead to even more chillul Hashem. By the way, it is not just the 5T/FR Rabbis. It is Passaic, Rav Meir Stern. It is Chicago, Rav Shmuel Fuerst. It is Rav Asher Weiss. It is Rav Yitzchok Berkowitz and so many others. Also, virtually every frum doctor in America thinks it will lead to more deaths. The concept of Tekias Shofar on Shabbos can be instructive too. When Rosh Hashana falls on Shabbos – we should blow shofar by Torah law.

L’Kovod Chashuve Five Towns & Far Rockaway Rabbanim, I, like most of the community received the letter that was put out on Friday (and published on YWN). It is indeed undeniable that the Coronavirus has taken a tremendous toll on the world at large and specifically Klal Yisrael. We have lost our rabbiem, grandparents, fathers, mothers, uncles and aunts. We are in a tremendous Eis Tzarah. While we have utmost Achrayos to uphold the Mitzvah in the Torah of “V’nishmartem m’eod lnafshosachem”, that does not mean we do not have to think in the way that the Torah teaches us to. It does not mean that we cannot be creative in trying to find ways to perform mitzvos under duress. The letter banning minyanim under any circumstance is draconian and too encompassing.

Most of the fleet of ambulances belonging to Catskills Hatzolah were seen being disinfected on Sunday. In the attached image, you will see 10 of the 15 ambulances parked at the Catskills Hatzolah garage on Brickman Road in Fallsburg. As YWN had reported, at least four ambulances were driven down to New York City to assist in the incredibly high call-volume that was pouring into the Hatzolah Emergency Call Center during the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic. At one point Hatzolah across NYC was responding to more than 550 calls a day (actual ambulance responses) throughout all the various neighborhoods (Flatbush, Boro Park, Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Queens, Far Rockaway/Lawrence etc). During the peak of the crisis, the Hatzolah emergency hotline was fielding over 1,000 calls a day.