Month March 2020
The Israeli Foreign Ministry’s effort to help Israeli citizens abroad to return home while some travel windows remain open yielded a rescue flight carrying 206 travelers, employees of Israeli companies… Read more » The post Rescue Flight Brings 206 Israelis… Continue Reading →
In another warning sign of how hard the coronavirus crisis may punish the U.S. economy, American consumer confidence in March saw its sharpest drop since the Great Recession in 2008.… Read more » The post American Consumers, Once Bulwark of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) — The Israeli government is considering placing the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak under quarantine, Israeli Finance Ministry director general Shai Babad told the country’s parliament on Sunday. With police reporting difficulty in enforcing lockdown directives in the… Continue Reading →
Minister of the Interior Rabbi Aryeh Deri has been appointed coordinator of the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis in the chareidi and Arab sectors, which have been the hardest-hit… Read more » The post Minister Deri to Coordinate Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
Efforts to finalize a deal with Benny Gantz has caused loud rumblings of discontent in Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc, which stands to lose ministerial portfolios in the… Read more » The post Unity Deal Threatens to Squeeze… Continue Reading →
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According to current Health Ministry data, the four communities with the highest percentage of confirmed coronavirus cases are Chareidi, prompting the Finance Ministry’s Director-General Shai Babad to suggest locking down those communities at a government meeting on Sunday morning. Some… Continue Reading →
Gas prices across the nation are still falling amid decreased demand, with fewer drivers on the road during the coronavirus epidemic. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the national average price of a… Read more » The post Gas Prices Keep Falling Amid… Continue Reading →
FLORIDA (JTA) — A Florida campaign office for Bernie Sanders was vandalized with swastikas. A tweet Saturday from the Florida for Bernie account showed two large swastikas painted in black and the words “voting didn’t stop us last time.” It… Continue Reading →
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continues to defy calls from health officials looking to prevent gatherings that might spread the new coronavirus, posting videos of himself gathering small crowds in several neighborhoods in the capital of Brasilia…. Continue Reading →
Due to being inundated with requests to post Tehillim names for Cholim of the terrible Mageifa, we are opening this thread for families to list names of Cholim in the comments section. Besuros Tovos.
New York state’s coronavirus death toll is nearing 1,000. The state accounts for more than 40% of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. The number of disease-related deaths in the state… Read more » The post New York State Nears 1,000… Continue Reading →
New York state’s coronavirus death toll is nearing 1,000. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. The state accounts for more than 40% of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. The number of disease-related deaths in the state jumped Sunday to 965 from 728… Continue Reading →
Fatalities from the coronavirus in Israel reached 15 on Sunday as Rosa Sherman, 84, passed away at Shaarei Tzedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim. The hospital said she was she was… Read more » The post Fifteenth Person Falls to Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Embassy in Israel warned American citizens on Sunday that they should leave the country immediately or risk an open-ended stay in Israel. “U.S. citizens who live in or… Read more » The post U.S. Embassy in Israel: Leave… Continue Reading →
The city of Strasbourg in eastern France has one of the largest Jewish communities in France outside of Paris and according to the chief rabbi, a majority of the community is most likely already infected with the coronavirus. Chief Rabbi… Continue Reading →
CENTRAL, La. (AP) — Hundreds of people flouted Louisiana’s COVID-19 ban on gatherings, coming on buses and in personal vehicles to the first of three Sunday services at their church a day after New Orleans police broke up a funeral… Continue Reading →
Making Pesach for the first time? Check out these ‘How To’ Cleaning and Kashering Videos from the OU
R’ Nochum Rabinowitz of OU Kosher produced a series of videos teaching the basics of cleaning and kashering your kitchen, especially relevant to those making Pesach this year for the first time. Introduction to Kashering on Passover – Episode 1… Continue Reading →
The breakup of the Blue and White party became official on Sunday afternoon as the Knesset Arrangements Committee unanimously approved it. Moshe Yaalon’s Telem and Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid parties… Read more » The post Yesh Atid, Telem Go Into… Continue Reading →
Agudah’s Live Teleconference TONIGHT! Hachana L’Seder, featuring Rabbi Yisroel Reisman at 10:00 p.m. (English), and Chayav Adam Liros Es Atzmo Keilu Hu Yotza MiMitzrayim, featuring Rabbi Elya Brudny at 10:30 p.m. (Yiddish). Call 929.219.1197 The post Tonight: Agudath Israel Torah… Continue Reading →