Month March 2020
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Yisroel Yechezkel Plutchok ZATZAL, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Chaim in Boro Park. As YWN reported earlier, Rav Plutchok was in critical condition from COVID-19 and was Niftar… Continue Reading →
See letter below. [File photo credit: AM Shapiro]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will travel to Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday to see off a 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship that will relieve the pressure on New York hospitals dealing with coronavirus patients. Trump says he told New… Continue Reading →
Britons around the country were set to take to their balconies and front gardens on Thursday evening to applaud healthcare workers who are battling the spread of coronavirus. The “Clap… Read more » The post Britons Laud Healthcare Workers With… Continue Reading →
MILAN (JTA) – At least twice a day, Micol Naccache breaks down in tears over what the coronavirus is doing to her city of Milan and its Jewish community. A high school teacher and mother of two, Naccache describes herself as “an… Continue Reading →
The Kevura will be taking place in Lakewood.
It is with profound sadness Hamodia reports the passing of Harav Yisroel Yechezkel Plutchok, zt”l, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Chaim in Boro Park. Rav Plutchok was a close talmidof Harav Chaim… Read more » The post BD’E – Harav Yisroel Yechezkel… Continue Reading →
Statement from Sam Joshi in response to his Facebook post: This morning I drove to Lakewood, New Jersey and was blessed to meet Rabbi Aaron Kotler from Lakewood, the largest Yeshiva outside of Israel and with Michael Cohen from Simon… Continue Reading →
ROCKLAND COUNTY (VINnews) — Rockland County legislator Aaron Wieder released a video on Thursday, in which he calls out the Rockland County Health Department for issuing a violation against the Central UTA school for being open, when the school is… Continue Reading →
A study of 33 expectant women in China who were infected with the new coronavirus found that three of them gave birth to babies with COVID-19. All three infants survived… Read more » The post Study: Expectant Women With Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
The coronavirus is not mutating significantly as it circulates through the human population, according to scientists who are closely studying the novel pathogen’s genetic code. That relative stability suggests the… Read more » The post Coronavirus Isn’t Mutating Quickly, Suggesting… Continue Reading →
El Al is grounding all flights to and from Israel on Thursday at midnight amidst a dire financial crisis in the wake of the lack of demand due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Israel’s national airline has dwindled to its… Continue Reading →
Hagaon Harav Mordechai Gross, Av Beis Din of Chanichei Hayeshivos, traveled with a group of ten students on Tuesday night to the kever of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron to recite a rare tefillah for ending epidemics. During the… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) and Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-09) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to request that New Jersey’s recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits be eligible to… Continue Reading →
Rural counties suffered the sharpest population drops in New York since 2010, according to census estimates released Thursday, the latest sign of a long-running exodus of people and jobs. Counties… Read more » The post Census Figures Show Decline of… Continue Reading →
Kohelet Yeshiva High School, an Orthodox Jewish school in Merion Station, PA, began fabricating special protective face shields for medical professionals who are on the front lines battling COVID-19. The… Read more » The post Pennsylvania Yeshiva High School Fabricates… Continue Reading →
Thursday morning, March 26, was the second Passover Food Distribution held by the Boro Park Jewish Community Council in partnership with the Met Council. Hundreds of families were able to… Read more » The post Boro Park Jewish Community Council… Continue Reading →
Benny Gantz’s former Blue and White party colleagues Yair Lapid and Moshe Yaalon vented their indignation at his decision to join a Likud-led unity government at a press conference Thursday… Read more » The post Lapid, Yaalon Blast Gantz for… Continue Reading →
[Submitted] Save lives! Volunteer to help hundreds of families, elderly individuals, and people who are medically compromised who cannot leave their homes due to the Coronavirus and are struggling to obtain essential items such as food and medication. Am Yisrael… Continue Reading →