Month April 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone wants to know: When, oh when, will it go back to normal? As some governors across the United States begin to ease restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, hopes are soaring that… Continue Reading →
Fear of catching the coronavirus could have kept North Korean leader Kim Jong Un away from state ceremonies for a key holiday in mid-April, a South Korean minister said on… Read more » The post S. Korea: N. Korea’s Kim… Continue Reading →
A 12th inmate has died from COVID-19 complications at a southern Michigan prison where more than 50% of inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Corrections Department said Monday.… Read more » The post Michigan Prison Hot Spot Reports… Continue Reading →
This evening, Agudath Israel of America will be hosting an Azkarah in memory of the Novominsker Rebbe, HaRav Yaakov Perlow Z’’TVKL, Rosh Agudas Yisroel, at 7:30 pm EDT. It will be addressed by memebers of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah: Harav… Continue Reading →
MONTREAL, CANADA (VINnews) — After a Montreal resident tweeted her appreciation of the public prayers taking place near her house, she was surprised and gratified to receive a letter together with a small gift thanking her for her forbearance while… Continue Reading →
The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas where COVID-19 is spreading, especially Latin… Read more » The post WHO Warns of Supply Disruptions… Continue Reading →
A stabbing attack occurred in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba early Tuesday afternoon when a terrorist stabbed a 62-year-old woman waiting at a bus stop near a mall. The victim was treated by MDA medics at the scene… Continue Reading →
EU plans to help the dairy sector weather the coronavirus crisis by storing surplus milk have come under fire from milk producers as prolonging rather than solving the problem. The… Read more » The post EU Milk Producers Suffer Export,… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Businesses should close break rooms. Restaurants should consider disposable menus and plates. Schools should have students eat lunch in their classrooms. These are some of the recommendations offered in new federal plans designed to help restaurants, schools,… Continue Reading →
The number of routine medical tests critical for detecting and monitoring cancer and other conditions has plummeted in the United States since mid-March, as the coronavirus spread and public officials… Read more » The post Medical Testing, Cancer Screenings, Plunge… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Former Vice President Joe Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the deadly shooting at a synagogue in Poway, California, with a proposal to add protections for Jews and other targets of hate attacks. “These are acts of… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, the Lakewood School District provided approximately 5710 breakfast and lunch meals to Lakewood residents / students via bus routes,all public school buildings, and via the 4 new locations (public school buildings -Clifton Avenue, Lakewood Middle School, Piners Elementary, and… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says states should “seriously consider” reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens already have said it would be unsafe for students to return until the summer or… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Doctors in Britain, Italy, and Spain have been warned to look out for a rare inflammatory condition in children that is possibly linked to the new coronavirus. Earlier this week, Britain’s Paediatric Intensive Care Society issued an… Continue Reading →
Hadas Biton, the 11-year-old girl who was hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus is in slightly better but still serious condition, the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa reported Tuesday.… Read more » The post Slight Improvement in Condition of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian teenager stabbed an Israeli woman on Tuesday before being shot and wounded by a bystander, Israeli police said. The attack came on Israel’s Memorial Day, when the country mourns those killed in wars and militant… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden is already working with a team to plan for his transition in preparation for winning the White House in November, he told donors during a virtual fundraiser Monday night. Biden said he… Continue Reading →
A woman was stabbed on Tuesday afternoon in the central city of Kfar Sava. The woman, 62, was rushed to the Meir Hospital by Hatzalah medics in moderate-to-serious condition. Police… Read more » The post Stabbing Attack in Kfar Sava;… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Moshe Sheinfeld is a Rav who serves in Kaunas (formerly Kovno), Lithuania, a city that has a glorious Jewish past which was sadly wiped out during the Holocaust. Today there are very few local Jews but there is a… Continue Reading →
Some children in the United Kingdom with no underlying health conditions have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome which researchers believe to be linked to COVID-19, Health Secretary Matt Hancock… Read more » The post U.K.: Some Children Have Died… Continue Reading →
Australia has asked the Chinese ambassador to explain what it called a threat of “economic coercion” in response to Canberra’s push for an international inquiry into the source and spread… Read more » The post Australia, China Tensions Rise Over… Continue Reading →