The Jewish community in Buenos Aires, which has been in continuous lockdown since before Purim, has been dealing with closed shuls and inactive Jewish organizations for months. Last week, the government extended a mandatory lockdown in its capital city of Buenos Aires and several other parts of the country until June 28, as coronavirus cases in the country continue to rise, currently totaling 23,607 confirmed cases. The South American country also has the strictest travel restrictions in the world, with a commercial flight ban in place until September 1. “Everyone hoped that the shuls would open this week for at least a minyan of men,” a Chareidi resident of Buenos Aires told B’Chadrei Chareidim.

The head of New York state’s Police Benevolent Association Mike O’Meara raged at a PBA press conference in New York City today. O’meara slammed the the media and state legislators who he says were “vilifying” police “like animals and thugs,” despite police interactions around the country being “overwhelmingly positive.” “Everybody’s trying to shame us. Legislators. The press. Everybody’s trying to shame us into being embarrassed of our profession. You know what? This isn’t stained by someone in Minneapolis,” he said, holding up his badge before gesturing to the crowd of officers standing behind him. “It’s still got a shine on it, and so do theirs.”

A series of overnight shootings across Brooklyn has left at least eight people wounded, according to police. There was also one shots fired incident as well. All of this happened in around three hours – and comes on the heels of failing NYC Socialist Mayor Bill DeBlasio pandering to the “Black Lives Matter” movement, and vowing to “defund the police”. DeBlasio laid out the next wave of police reforms on Sunday, including shifting funds from the NYPD to youth and social services, in the aftermath of days of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “The details will be worked out in the budget process in the weeks ahead. But I want people to understand that we are committed to shifting resources to ensure that the focus is on our young people,” de Blasio said.

In each borough at a “crucial” location, a street will be named “Black Lives Matter,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. “What will be clear — the street name and on the streets of our city — is that message that now this city must fully, fully deeply feel and this nation must as well, that Black Lives Matter,” de Blasio said. This follows a Sunday meeting with activists, including Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who died after an NYPD officer used a chokehold on him. One of the locations will be near city hall, and the other locations will be decided with participants activists and city leaders, de Blasio said. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Belgian Jews were permitted to resume davening in their shuls on Monday, with various restrictions in place, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. “People were actually walking in the street with tears in their eyes after davening on their porches for three months,” one resident of Antwerp told B’Chadrei.

The dripping hypocrisy and double standard is simply sickening. Hasidic children were once again tossed out of a playground. It happened on Monday afternoon at the park located at Lee Avenue near Division Avenue. Meanwhile, just a few days ago, NYC Mayor DeBlasio (who was not wearing mask) joined tens of thousands at a protest in Brooklyn at Cadman Plaza to protest the horrific murder of George Floyd. Once again, it’s a tale of two cities. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Watch this video and see how the Los Angeles Orthodox Jewish community made an incredible Kiddush Hashem this past week. As YWN has been reporting, the National Guard was deployed in Los Angeles to deal with the riots following the black lives matter protests which spiraled out of control, and turned into all out looting of businesses. The Jewish community has been dropping off food and drinks, and allowing them to use the bathroom at a nearby Chabad House. YWN has publish dozens of videos and photos of Orthodox Jews delivering food and cards to Police Departments all around the nation, as they show their unwavering support while they come under attack. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar went beyond calls to defund the police following the death of George Floyd, instead calling for dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department because it is “rotten to the root.” “We need to completely dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Because here’s the thing, there’s a cancer,” she said, continuing that amputation is needed so it doesn’t spread. “The Minneapolis Police Department is rotten to the root, and so when we dismantle it, we get rid of that cancer, and we allow for something beautiful to rise, and that reimagining allows us to figure out what public safety looks like for us,” Omar, a first-term congresswoman, said. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

There are 17,915 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of Monday, with 52 new cases diagnosed overnight. There are currently 2,474 active cases, with 27 patients in serious condition, of whom 23 are ventilated. The death toll rose to 298. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein noted that 800 new cases were identified in the past week, as opposed to about 300 infections confirmed in the preceding two weeks combined. At a meeting of the Knesset Coronavirus Committee on Monday, ministers approved delaying restrictions originally scheduled to end on June 14. Theaters and other cultural centers such as movie theaters will not be permitted to reopen and train service will not resume. The freeze was imposed for a week’s time and will be re-evaluated at a meeting next week.

A judge on Monday set bail for ex-police officer Derek Chauvin at $1.25 million, or $1 million if he met certain conditions, in the May 25 the death of George Floyd. Chauvin faces charges including second-degree murder in a case that has sparked global unrest about social injustice and police brutality. Chauvin, 44, said almost nothing during an 11-minute hearing in which he appeared before Hennepin County Judge Denise Reilly on closed-circuit television from the state’s maximum-security prison in Oak Park Heights. His attorney, Eric Nelson, did not contest the bail — raised from the $500,000 initially set in the case — and didn’t address the substance of the charges, which also include third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.