Month March 2020
The toll grows grimmer by the day: New York accounts for 30,811 positive cases, with 17,856 in New York City. 285 have died in the state, 199 in New York City. More than 2,850 people are hospitalized and 700 are… Continue Reading →
While Israel was going into lockdown, its parliament was going into limbo on Wednesday. After Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein resigned his post rather than carry out a High Court order… Read more » The post Knesset in Limbo as Edelstein… Continue Reading →
Agudath Israel’s SBCO division has set up an emergency mortgage hotline to assist the community with all mortgage and other bank loan matters. This service is being provided in… Read more » The post Agudath Yisrael’s SBCO Sets Up… Continue Reading →
Canada announced Wednesday it is imposing mandatory self-isolation for those returning to Canada under the Quarantine Act. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said it will begin at midnight Wednesday and the requirement will be for 14 days. “It will be… Continue Reading →
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[COMMUNICATED] This Sunday morning Lakewood consumers will be able to shop from any one of our ever-growing list of stores from the comfort of their own home. With so many stores closed, but their shelves full, www.TheShopsofLakewood.com, a service of… Continue Reading →
In these tumultuous and uncertain times, it is natural for us as Yidden to increase our prayers; davening that the disease ends soon, that those stricken be healed, that our parnassah doesn’t suffer. But it’s not enough to just increase… Continue Reading →
Officials keep announcing the number of people who have become sick or died from coronavirus, but not the number of those who made a recovery. Have you had coronavirus, or symptoms, and made a recovery?
A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by… Read more » The post ‘Cacophony of Coughing’: Inside New… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP/Katherine Seley-Radtke, University of Maryland, Baltimore County) An Arizona man died, and his wife was hospitalized, after taking a form of chloroquine, which President Trump has touted as an effective treatment for COVID-19. The couple decided to… Continue Reading →
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York climbed to 3,800, with close to 900 in intensive care, with the peak of the outbreak weeks away, Gov. Andrew… Read more » The post COVID-19 Patients Rise in New… Continue Reading →
The social distancing rules repeated like a mantra in America’s urban centers, where the coronavirus is spreading exponentially, might seem silly in wide-open places where neighbors live miles apart and “working from home” means another day spent branding calves or… Continue Reading →
[Submitted by the G’mach] Here at the Pickup G’mach, we’re picking up and hanging out beautiful, used clothing so families in our area can benefit and clothe their children in a bakovidik fashion in time for yom tov, especially those… Continue Reading →
Stocks are higher in another day of bumpy trading Wednesday as Congress moves closer to passing a $2 trillion package to help the economy deal with damage caused by the… Read more » The post Wall Street Looks for First… Continue Reading →
Public transportation in Israel was set to shut down almost completely, though minimal operations will be allowed for essential activities, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday. The fate of buses… Read more » The post Public Transportation Survives Total Shutdown,… Continue Reading →
We hope this letter finds you and your families well. Your health, and the health of our dedicated members are very important to us. Effective today at 11 pm (Wednesday, March 25, 2020) Hatzalah of Union County will temporarily suspend… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] A few more hours left for all entries to be doubled! Tomorrow, March 26, is the final deadline. For over 11 years CCHF has been giving away $100,000 guaranteed!! Each $100 entry is entered for a chance to win… Continue Reading →
The Palestinian Authority has ordered home Palestinian laborers in Israel, saying their jobs exposed them to risk of the coronavirus. The edict, announced late on Tuesday by PA Prime Minister… Read more » The post PA Calls Palestinian Workers Home,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP/Tammy Chang University of Michigan) The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. I am sitting at my kitchen table. To my right is my… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state has climbed to 3,800, with close to 900 in intensive care. New York officials are keeping a close eye on already-stressed… Continue Reading →
CHICAGO (AP) — Hours before his first shift cooking for people with mild cases of COVID-19 who are being quarantined in a downtown Chicago hotel, Jose Gonzalez made a plan to protect his family from the coronavirus. Chicago’s plan to… Continue Reading →