Month March 2020
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JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will enter self-quarantine after an aide tested positive for the virus. His office says the 70-year-old leader has undergone a test and will remain in quarantine until he receives results… Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — Twelve days ago, General Motors put hundreds of workers on an urgent project to build breathing machines as hospitals and governors pleaded for more in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But President Donald Trump, claiming the company… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Government Employment Agency has issued a dire statistic stating that the unemployment rate in Israel has risen to 22.6 percent of the entire workforce. Currently, some 939,459 people in Israel have registered for unemployment. Before the Covid-19 Coronvirus struck,… Continue Reading →
KIRYAT SEFER (VINnews) — Rabbi Meir Kessler, the rabbi of Kiryat Sefer, published a sharp letter Sunday in which he explained why he had decided to cancel all minyanim in his town and why those males who continue to immerse… Continue Reading →
The Agudah will be hosting an inspiring virtual Yarchei Kallah this week, with shiurim from world-renowned English speaking Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbonim from Eretz Yisroel. Every day there will be a hachanah shiur, a chazarah shiur, a shiur klali, and… Continue Reading →
White House health experts argued strongly with President Donald Trump to extend a stay-at-home order for Americans fighting the spread of the coronavirus so the country could start seeing the… Read more » The post Fauci: Health Experts Pushed Strongly for… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Reb Yosef Tzvi Czapnik Z”L, of Lakewood. Reb Yosef Tzvi Z”L was a Mispallel at the Gerer Bais Medrash, and was a Talmid Chochom who was close to many Gedolim. Levaya… Continue Reading →
Israel Prison Services is preparing for a variety of possible scenarios that will develop due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus outbreak in Israel. Assessments are being made on a daily basis as the situation in Israel continues to develop. Acting Prison… Continue Reading →
In a recent report in the Hebrew-language Yated Ne’eman, the Chief Rabbi of Tehran, Rav Yehudah Grami, spoke about the Jewish community’s preparations for Pesach in the shadow of the frightening toll of the coronavirus pandemic in Iran. Rav Grami… Continue Reading →
The Likud is seeking to increase the number of ministers in the government to 36, in an attempt to mollify unrest in the party among senior MKs who feel they… Read more » The post Report: Likud Seeking to Increase… Continue Reading →
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments this weekend related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus. ______ WALL STREET EXECUTIVE DIES:… Continue Reading →
Edited by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There is a near prophetic thought that the great Mussar giant, Rav Yeruchem Levovitz zt”l, the Mashgiach of the Mirrer Yeshiva in Europe, expressed some 100 years. The relevance to today’s crisis is… Continue Reading →
North Korea said Monday that “reckless remarks” by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it clear that Washington has no intention of resuming nuclear talks and Pyongyang warned that… Read more » The post North Korea Says U.S. Clearly… Continue Reading →
With almost no traffic to speak of, it’s the perfect time for road work, the Transportation Ministry has decided – and it is starting with a greatly accelerated construction program… Read more » The post No Traffic Means More Road… Continue Reading →
The first Jewish victim of the coronavirus in Argentina was cremated by government authorities despite protests from the Jewish community near Buenos Aires, JTA reported. Ruben Bercovich, 59, the owner of the BercoMat construction materials company and active in the… Continue Reading →
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Spain‘s total number of coronavirus cases rose to 85,195 on Monday from 78,797 on Sunday, the country’s Health Ministry said, as the infections surpassed those reported in China, at 81,470… Read more » The post Spain’s Coronavirus Cases Rise to… Continue Reading →
A 58-year-old man with very significant pre-existing conditions died of the coronavirus in the Yitzchak Shamir Medical Center in Be’er Yaakov on Monday, making him the 16th – and youngest… Read more » The post 58-Year-Old Dies of Coronavirus, Raising… Continue Reading →
Contradicting earlier reports, the Prime Minister’s Office said Monday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu likely won’t need to self-isolate, according to preliminary assessments. In a statement, it said that the… Read more » The post PMO: Netanyahu Likely Won’t Need… Continue Reading →
With Israelis more or less resolved to remain under strict house quarantine through Pesach, the question of when the all-clear signal will be sounded remains – and that is likely… Read more » The post Israeli Health Ministry Head: No… Continue Reading →