It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of a toddler after she was left in a vehicle this morning.
Matzav.com was told that the child was supposed to have been dropped off at her day care this morning and was mistakenly forgotten in the vehicle instead.
The baby was treated by Hatzolah of Lakewood paramedics and then transported to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus on River Avenue, where her petirah was confirmed.
Further information, including levayah details, will be provided once they are finalized.
Umacha Hashem dimah me’al kol ponim.
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Yeshivas Rinat Yisrael in Carmiel is facing a difficult situation following the Chodesh Nissan bein hazmanim. The yeshiva reports it is being targeted by angry secular neighbors, and the harassment has reached a new level, so much so that it has delayed the opening of the new zman.

Though Israel has not issued any formal comments regarding an alleged ceasefire with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, authorities have begun to relax security restrictions and urge Israelis to start returning to normal.
No rockets have been fired since 4:30 a.m., and Israel’s Home Front Command has lifted all restrictions for Gaza border residents.
Hamas confirmed that “intensive diplomatic efforts” were brokered by the United Nations, Qatar and Egypt, and reported an agreement on Al-Aqsa TV.
Economy and Industry Minister Eli Cohen announced that workers and business owners in areas affected by the bombing are eligible for financial assistance, including compensation.

First Shabbat since attack a mixture of somber reflection, grief, and a 'celebration of miracles'

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing that all gun owners be licensed by the federal government, a process that would include an interview and safety training.
National licensing is one of more than a dozen specific proposals in a sweeping gun control agenda the U.S.

Washington – A significant portion of the information about Iran’s preparations for a terror attack against a US target or its Gulf allies was achieved by Israeli intelligence, especially the Mossad, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Monday. The U.S. is rushing an aircraft carrier and other military resources to the Middle East after seeing Iranian [...]

The United States may review its ties with countries it deems as being anti-Israel after what a US envoy said on Sunday was a shift in policy toward equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a March speech that anti-Zionism — opposition to Israel’s existence as a homeland for the Jewish people — was a form of antisemitism, or hostility toward Jews, that was on the rise worldwide and that Washington would “fight it relentlessly.”
The State Department’s special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism, Elan Carr, said this US position could spell reviews of ties with foreign governments or leaders.

A planned meeting on Monday, May 6, 2019, between Yahadut Hatorah and Likud coalition negotiators was canceled at the behest of Yahadut Hatorah, as the chareidi lawmakers were angered after learning of the mass Chilul Shabbos that will take place as Israel hosts the Eurovision Song Contest.

Otisville, NY – Michael Cohen took a last swipe at President Donald Trump as he reported to a federal prison Monday to begin a three-year prison sentence for crimes including tax evasion and campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments made to protect his former boss. “I hope that when I return to my family [...]