Month March 2020

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced that the federal income tax filing due date is automatically extended from April 15, 2020, to July 15, 2020. Taxpayers can also defer federal income tax payments due on April 15, 2020,… Continue Reading →

Spain‘s death toll from coronavirus soared to 1,720 on Sunday from 1,326 the day before, according to latest data from the Health Ministry. The one-day rise in deaths of 394… Read more » The post Spain’s Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 1,700,… Continue Reading →

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday ordered many venues to close from midday Monday to combat coronavirus after many people appeared to disregard health warnings and congregated in large… Read more » The post Australia Orders Widespread Business Closures… Continue Reading →

With seven MKs and ministers in quarantine after exposure to individuals sick with coronavirus, Knesset director-general Albert Sacharovich is making plans for the complete closure of Israel’s parliament if, as… Read more » The post Seven MKs, Ministers in Quarantine;… Continue Reading →

As the fight against a new virus shifts to Europe and beyond, China is supplying millions of masks and other desperately needed items to struggling governments, hoping to build political… Read more » The post China, on PR Offensive, Sends… Continue Reading →

Iran’s death toll has reached 1,685 with 129 deaths in the past 24 hours, the health ministry’s spokesman told state media on Sunday, adding that the total number of infected… Read more » The post Iran’s Death Toll From the… Continue Reading →

The Russian military will start sending medical help to Italy from Sunday to help it battle the new coronavirus after receiving an order from President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s Defense Ministry… Read more » The post Russian Army to Send Coronavirus… Continue Reading →

The Health Ministry announced Sunday morning that 945 people in Israel have been diagnosed with the coronavius, including 20 patients listed in serious condition. The ministry said 24 people were… Read more » The post 20 Patients in Serious Condition… Continue Reading →

A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital on Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic. A 15-year-old was killed and there were other injuries, media reported. The European seismological agency,… Read more » The post Strong Quake Shakes Croatian Capital;… Continue Reading →

The virus pandemic advanced Sunday after the U.S. and Europe reported soaring new cases, prompting a scramble in some regions to set up additional hospital beds and replenish much-needed medical… Read more » The post Virus Advances Around the World… Continue Reading →

The offer by the United States to help Iran fight the coronavirus pandemic is strange, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech on Sunday, describing U.S. leaders… Read more » The post Khamenei: U.S.’s Offer to Help… Continue Reading →

After many months of record-low unemployment, more than 500,000 Israelis are out of a job right now – 16.5% of the workforce, the Employment Service said Sunday. The number of… Read more » The post Israeli Unemployment Jumps to 16.5%… Continue Reading →

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For the sake of your family, your neighbors, and your  friends, do not go out of your house to stop the spread and save lives. NO ONE should go out of their homes except for ESSENTIAL FOOD and MEDICINE. Grocery… Continue Reading →

The Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe Chicago is in critical condition from the Coronvirus, and Tefillos are being requested. The Rosh Yeshiva was rushed to the hospital on Shabbos morning, after severe difficulty breathing and a fever. He is listed in… Continue Reading →

Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago sent out an urgent message to all their talmidim on Motzaei Shabbos urging everyone to say Tehillim at 10:30 (Central) for the Rosh Yeshiva, Harav Chaim Dov Keller, shlita,… Read more » The post Tehillim Requested for Harav Chaim… Continue Reading →

The founder and President of United Hatzalah has been placed on a respirator after contracting COVID-19. As YWN reported last week, Beer was in Miami on a fundraising mission when he took ill. He was placed in the ICU at… Continue Reading →

  Siddur Dikdukei Tefillah, first published in 5320/1560, is one of the first commentaries on the siddur ever printed. Rav Hirtz Shliach Tzibbur of Frankfurt, who was recognized as one… Read more » The post Segulah From Rav Hirtz Shliach… Continue Reading →

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New York City was hit by the nation’s largest coronavirus jail outbreak to date this week, with at least 38 people testing positive at the notorious Rikers Island complex and nearby facilities — more than half of them incarcerated men,… Continue Reading →

The coronavirus pandemic took an increasingly bleak toll Saturday in the U.S. and Europe, producing staggering caseloads in New York and Italy and setting off a desperate scramble to set up thousands of additional hospital beds as the disease notched… Continue Reading →