Month March 2020
For the first time, groups promoting traditional religious values and Jewish rights in the entire Land of Israel will lead the American delegation to the 2020 World Zionist Congress. This comes according to initial results published this morning, and indicates… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Woodrow Wilson was more focused on the end of World War I than a flu virus that was making its way around the globe, ultimately sickening hundreds of thousands of Americans, including the president himself. George W…. Continue Reading →
Listen to the conference below held last night.
PARIS (AP) — The hunt for ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe on Monday, as new coronavirus infections soared and political paralysis stalled efforts for a quick aid package from Congress. Asian markets and U.S. futures… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] As schools stay closed for an indefinite amount of time, parents and educators are desperately looking for ways to continue their kids’ Jewish education. One solution is the Torah Live distance learning platform, which brings Torah to life with educational… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — In a whirlwind week, teachers came up with digital versions of everything from high-school English discussions to kindergarten gym classes, city officials scrambled to find laptops for students in need, and parents grappled with how they… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Due to the current situation, many Jews are faced with the inability to say Kaddish. When a person passes away the soul ascends to the heavenly court where it must face judgment for all the actions performed during its lifetime…. Continue Reading →
While it is true that shochtim who were working in South America have returned home, it is not true that there will be a shortage of meat for Pesach –… Read more » The post Rabbinate: No Shortage of Meat,… Continue Reading →
Here’s a list of incidents Lakewood Police reported since the Governor issued the stay-at-home order
Below is a list of the incidents the Lakewood Police Department reported all Sunday – the day after the Governor issued the stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus outbreak. 1) Missing person (located). That’s it. Is the lockdown keeping people… Continue Reading →
There are 1,234 Israelis diagnosed with the coronavirus as of Monday morning, the Health Ministry announced, with 24 patients in serious condition. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said on Kan News on Monday morning that Israel will gradually implement a… Continue Reading →
Following a telephone conference held on Monday led by the deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council (NSC), a decision was made that the possibility of delaying daylight savings time until May 1 will not able to be implemented and… Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump is falsely asserting how quickly automakers including GM, Ford and Tesla can manufacture ventilators to help fill an acute U.S. shortage of the medical equipment for coronavirus patients. Ford and GM have yet to… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — When Margaret Novins of Freehold, N.J. fell ill on March 8, it started with fatigue, a cough and fevers that brought on vicious chills for five evenings straight. A week later she went to an urgent… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — In its boldest effort to protect the U.S. economy from the coronavirus, the Federal Reserve says it will buy as much government debt as it deems necessary and will also begin lending to small and large businesses… Continue Reading →
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievski issued a letter Sunday in which he called on each and every Jew to increase the study of Torah since “Calamities only occur because of Yisrael” (Yevamot 63a) and Torah study has been… Continue Reading →
The High Court told Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on Monday to hold a vote on choosing his replacement by Wednesday, hinting that otherwise it will rule against him and force… Read more » The post High Court Tells Edelstein to… Continue Reading →
CHICAGO (AP) — For Jalen Grimes, the virus pandemic is stirring up a slew of emotions. “Annoyed” is the first one the 13-year-old Chicagoan mentions. “Scared, confused, worried.” She was supposed to be enjoying the end of her eighth-grade year,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In light of the extensive spread of COVID_19 in the US, the Bobover Rebbe-45, Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger, has instructed his Chasidim not to set up private minyanim even if they maintain the requisite social distancing…. Continue Reading →
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CHICAGO (AP) — Tucked deep in the obituary for Charles Recka was an announcement that a Mass celebrating his 87 years of life “will be held at a later date.” Such notices are increasing amid the coronavirus pandemic, as an… Continue Reading →
The coronavirus death toll in Spain has reached 2,182, adding 462 fatalities overnight, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The number of cases registered in Spain rose to 33,089 up… Read more » The post Spain’s Coronavirus Death Toll Passes… Continue Reading →