Month March 2020
The Likud and Israel Resilience issued statements Sunday morning that “substantial progress” was made during a face-to-face meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Resilience leader Benny Gantz on talks… Read more » The post After Marathon Meeting, Netanyahu, Gantz… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Based upon new information in the most recent Journal of the American Medical Association, it is clear that ALL MINYANIM, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, SHOULD BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY ON ACCOUNT OF THE NEW INFORMATION REGARDING DANGER… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As many as 30,000 California restaurants could close permanently because of coronavirus restrictions that have shuttered dining rooms and led to widespread layoffs, the industry warned Friday, while urging the state to delay tax payments and… Continue Reading →
More than a fifth of Detroit’s police force is quarantined; two officers have died from coronavirus and at least 39 have tested positive, including the chief of police. For the 2,200-person department, that has meant officers working doubles and swapping… Continue Reading →
The IDF struck terror targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday night after a rocket was launched from the coastal enclave toward Israel earlier Friday evening, the first rocket launched from Gaza in almost a month amidst the ongoing coronavirus… Continue Reading →
Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons. Virus prevention measures have taken… Continue Reading →
Four passengers have died aboard a cruise ship now anchored off the coast of Panama and two people aboard the ship have tested positive for the coronavirus, the cruise line said Friday, with hundreds of passengers unsure how long they… Continue Reading →
The world changed remarkably this past week — yet again, just as it did the week before, as the coronavirus marched across the world. No corner of the planet was safe, it seemed: If the virus itself wasn’t upending lives,… Continue Reading →
A New York City subway driver was killed and several other people were injured early Friday in a fire on a train that is being investigated as a crime, officials said. Fires were reported at three other stations nearby at… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – The coronavirus pandemic is defining for the globe what’s “essential” and what things we really can’t do without, even though we might not need them for survival. Attempting to slow the spread of the virus, authorities… Continue Reading →
The post Klal Yisrael Unites in Chessed Vs COVID-19 appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Torah Jewry in Eretz Yisrael Unites in Call for Mass Atzeres on Sunday Klal Yisrael Prepares for Yom Hadin Klal Yisrael Mourns Another Loss… Continue Reading →
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliberately dismissive position of any major world leader, calling the pandemic a momentary, minor problem and… Continue Reading →
The race is on to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus. Researchers in Seattle have launched a study to evaluate whether an experimental vaccine called mRNA-1273 could induce an… Read more » The post Mayo Clinic Researchers Join Quest… Continue Reading →
MIAMI (VINnews/SandyEller) – With vacation rentals halted and checkpoints set up at all entry points into the state, Florida has rolled up the proverbial welcome mat and is warning those who hope to slip past law enforcement that they could… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Groundless assurances keep coming from President Donald Trump, a rosy outlier on the science of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s been that way since before the virus spread widely in the United States, when he supposed that the… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump issued an order Friday night that permits the Pentagon to bring back to active duty some veterans and reserve members of the military to augment forces already… Read more » The post Trump Issues Order to Bring… Continue Reading →
If you were planning on traveling for Pesach, it is near absolute certain that you will be unable to, and that you will be making Pesach home. This applies even if you have been in quarantine for 14 days, as… Continue Reading →
The NYS Department of Health notified Steven Vegliante, the Supervisor of the Town of Fallsburg on Friday, March 26, that the recent Declaration of Town Wide Emergency and Emergency Order… Read more » The post NYS Department of Health Reverses… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — For many in the public health and political worlds, Dr. Deborah Birx is the sober scientist advising an unpredictable president. She’s the data whisperer who will help steer President Donald Trump as he ponders how quickly to… Continue Reading →
Mayor de Blasio called for a rent freeze for 2.3 million tenants in nearly 1 million rent-stabilized units across the City amid the COVID-19 epidemic. The mayor announced that the… Read more » The post Mayor De Blasio Calls for… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of at least 8 Frum people over Shabbos from COVID-19. The list of people in critical / serious condition is long, and YWN urges all our readers to see the list of… Continue Reading →