Month March 2020
SEATTLE (AP) — With her due date fast approaching, Kelly McCarty packed a bag with nursing tops, a robe, slippers and granola bars. Last week’s ultrasound, she said, showed “this baby is head down and ready to go.” But the… Continue Reading →
Lakewood Police Chief Greg Meyer today said the Department is seeing nearly 100% compliance with Governor Murphy’s orders during this coronavirus lock-down. “Our officers have visited local stores, banquet halls, parks and other spaces, and what we’ve seen so far… Continue Reading →
Watch this stirring 3D animation video and experience a walk-through of the Bais Hamikdash and see what we are missing. Video available to Live-stream in Hebrew, English & Yiddish. Click here and use code Pesach2020 to view this masterpiece. Available… Continue Reading →
Please say Tehillim for the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Chaim in Boro Park, Hagaon HaRav Yisroel Plutchok Shlita, who is in critical condition from COVID-19. His name for Tehillim is Yisroel Yechezkel ben Chaya. Additonaly, YWN has learned that… Continue Reading →
The government has opened up a war bunker in the Yerushalayim hills to help coordinate its campaign against the spread of the coronavirus, Israeli officials said on Thursday. The bunker,… Read more » The post Israeli Leaders Open Up Nuclear… Continue Reading →
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hoping to escape all the coronavirus-caused economic uncertainty by winning a giant lottery jackpot? Think again. Those jackpots are going to shrink as the pandemic tamps down lottery sales. The group that oversees the Powerball… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) – Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Wuhan, China, journalists at the biggest U.S. news organizations have diligently reported on the many dangers posed by its rapid spread. Yet even as entire states – like California… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic move designed to establish a government in Israel after three unresolved elections over the past year, Benny Gantz’s faction in Blue-And-White has agreed to form a unity government together with the Likud and the… Continue Reading →
There is major political drama unfolding in Israel, as Benny Gantz of Blue and White appears to be breaking away from Yair Lapid and set to join a unity government with Likud and the Religious parties. It began with the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite increasing the stringent regulations on the lockdown, Israel continues to count increasing numbers of coronavirus patients and the death toll has also begun to mount, with three more Israelis dying Thursday from the deadly virus, bringing… Continue Reading →
The number of coronavirus infections closed in on a half-million worldwide Thursday, with both Italy and the U.S. on track to surpass China, and a record-shattering 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in a single week in a stark… Continue Reading →
Sen. Simcha Felder released a statement on Wednesday, warning of the dire situation in New York. “I’m speaking to you now because we are really in a very dangerous situation… Read more » The post Sen. Felder: Make the Right… Continue Reading →
El Al is planning to halt all passenger flights abroad starting Thursday night, Channel 12 reported, due to the severe financial crisis the company faces in light of the coronavirus… Read more » The post Report: El Al to Stop… Continue Reading →
The economy is essentially on hold as the coronavirus ravages the earth. All non-essential businesses have been closed in Israel, and individuals are forbidden from walking the streets without intent to purchase food or medicine. The precautions are meant to… Continue Reading →
Harav Avraham Yechiel Kraus, z’l, 67, of Montreal, was niftar on Wednesday night from the coronavirus. Reb Avraham’s death was sudden – he was still at home with his family only three days when he began to feel ill and… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) – As the coronavirus began to spread in the United States, people faced an unknown risk and evolving health recommendations. Policy measures to curb the coronavirus epidemic have turned the world upside down, and the true… Continue Reading →
Nicolás Maduro effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups as he and his allies stole billions from the South American country, the Justice Department charged in several indictments against the embattled… Continue Reading →
UPDATE: Since launching our annual ‘Sponsor-a-Seder’ campaign for Tomchei Shabbos, an unprecedented 300 Sedorim have already been sponsored by our readers! TLS is pleased to announce that we are once again hosting our once-a-year, 3-week Web-a-Thon fundraiser for the community-based… Continue Reading →