The Annual I80 BBQ in conjunction with Bikur Cholim of Cleveland is kicking off its 6th year for those traveling for Yom Tov and will be held on Thursday April 18th right off Exit 173 on Interstate 80 in Lamar, PA at the FLYING J From 1-9 pm, No reservations are needed.

The following is via CNN: 
An Israeli flight attendant has slipped into a coma after contracting measles, according to health officials.
The 43-year-old woman has encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, a well-known and potentially deadly complication of the virus.

This year’s Boro Park Pesach food distribution event benefited more than 1,000 needy families equal to more than 6,500 vulnerable and insecure individuals. The Boro Park participants were supplied with Passover staple food items during the annual holiday food distribution organized by the Boro Park JCC in partnership with Met Council.

Inmates at the Otisville Correctional Facility in Upstate NY received some good news today, that the prison will once again allow visitors this Friday – just in time for Pesach.
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A person is fighting for his life after being struck by a vehicle in Boro Park, Wednesday afternoon.
It happened at around 5:30PM at 17 Avenue and 47 Street, when an approximately 25-year-old male riding a bicycle was struck by a truck.
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The much anticipated Pre-Pesach Kumzits for Men, Bochirm and boys took place once again last Wednesday evening. This year was the seventh annual event. The organiser Duddy Iczkovits of Duddy’s Events was only persuaded to make the evening a short time before, just as the bochurim were returning home from Yeshivah.

Officials trying to contain a measles outbreak in a county north of New York City on Tuesday ordered all unvaccinated people exposed to the disease barred from public gathering places, including houses of worship, for up to three weeks.

New York State Assemblymembers Steve Cymbrowitz, Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee and Simcha Eichenstein, a member of the committee, visited the site of the Culver El Housing project on 37th Street in Boro Park this week.
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A burgeoning movement to outlaw fur is seeking to make its biggest statement yet in the fashion mecca of New York City.
Lawmakers are pushing a measure that would ban the sale of all new fur products in the city where such garments were once common and style-setters have all rocked furs over the years.

NJ Governor Phil Murphy welcomed Jewish community activists to Trenton on Tuesday, just days before Pesach. The group expressed their appreciation to the Governor for his unwavering support of Jewish communities statewide.