Month April 2020
NEW YORK (AP) – The new coronavirus doesn’t care about a blue uniform or a shiny badge. Police, firefighters, paramedics and corrections officers are just a 911 call away from contracting COVID-19 and spreading it. With N95 masks hanging off… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Yehuda Jacobs ZT”L. He was around 80 and Niftar from COVID-19. Rav Jacobs was a longtime Mashgiach at Lakewood’s Beth Medrash Govoha, where he delivered thousands of Vaadim and Drashos… Continue Reading →
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top South Korean official said his country remains confident there have been no “unusual developments” in North Korea, suggesting that rumors about the possible ill health of leader Kim Jong Un are untrue. Unification… Continue Reading →
“People kept calling us about different COVID-19 related relief and needs. They had no idea where to start,” said Jacob Rubinstein, founder of DisasterLoanAid.com. “Some asked how they could obtain the loans; some wanted wills, some bankruptcy filing and some… Continue Reading →
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes flying over Lebanon fired missiles toward areas near Damascus early Monday, killing three civilians, the Syrian military and state media said while a war monitoring group said four Iran-backed fighters were also killed. The military… Continue Reading →
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it has added six symptoms as indicators of a possible Covid-19 infection, in addition to its existing list of symptoms for the virus. For months, the CDC has said that… Continue Reading →
Non-Israelis will not be allowed into Israel until May 16, Israel Airports Authority said on Monday in a statement to foreign airlines. While foreign airlines have been announcing the resumption of… Read more » The post Ban of Entry of Non-Israelis… Continue Reading →
Watch the North Miami Beach community come out and show their support with a loud “send off” for ICU Dr Daniel Heller heading in for the overnight shift at Aventura Trauma Center. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC) The post SALUTING… Continue Reading →
Watch the North Miami Beach community come out and show their support with a loud “send off” for ICU Dr Daniel Heller heading in for the overnight shift at Aventura Trauma Center. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC) The post SALUTING… Continue Reading →
Laying a political bombshell, Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid threatened Monday that if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would like to cancel the rotation deal with Benny Gantz, “we will… Read more » The post Lapid: If Netanyahu Wants to… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Lakewood Mashgiach, Rav Yehuda Jacobs Z”L. Rav Yehuda Z”L was a mashgiach in Bais Medrash Govoha for many years, where thousands attended his famed shiurim and vaadim on shalom bayis. His soft-spoken advice was highly sought after,… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — During times of war and strife, national leaders often aim to unite a broken country and, in the process, broaden their appeal beyond their most loyal supporters. Not President Donald Trump. Confronting a pandemic that has upended… Continue Reading →
WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK (VINnews) — R’ Lipa Deutsch, a Tzanz-Klausenberg Chasid from Williamsburg, hovered between life and death for weeks before regaining strength and recovering. His friends prepared a special welcome home for him, complete with wine, balloons and joyous… Continue Reading →
Timo Haaker, 26, a resident of the Netherlands, was concerned about his grandmother, who lives in the Beth Shalom nursing home in Amsterdam. Fiet Aussen, 91, has spent six weeks in isolation and since she is nearly deaf, she can’t… Continue Reading →
An emotional scene took place this past Friday in the Maalot Dafna neighborhood of Jerusalem. The ten adult children of the Eisenstark family of Maalot Dafna surprised their parents, whom they haven’t seen in a month and a half due… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary nation to be patient Monday, arguing that easing social and economic restrictions too soon would create a second deadly spike of coronavirus infections. On his first day back at… Continue Reading →
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden for president, joining a list of top Democrats who have recently thrown their support behind the former vice president. Pelosi‘s… Read more » The post Speaker Nancy Pelosi Endorses Biden… Continue Reading →
The Yerushalayim District Court ruled on Friday that the Palestinian Authority must pay NIS 500 million ($142 million) to the family members of those killed in Palestinian terror attacks. Judge… Read more » The post Yerushalayim Court Rules PA Must… Continue Reading →
HaRav Avrohom Klyne returned home to singing and dancing on Friday, after a few weeks stay in the Intensive Care Unit, where he was listed in serious condition due to COVID-19. Rav Klyne is a Rebbe in Yavneh for more… Continue Reading →
China‘s Foreign Ministry on Monday denied claims that Beijing is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus following a European Union report that said there was “significant evidence” of covert Chinese operations… Read more » The post China Denies Spreading Coronavirus Disinformation… Continue Reading →
The Torah world mourns the petirah of Harav Dovid Rubinfeld, zt”l, the author of noted sefarim Pri Megadim Hamevoar on Orach Chaim, who was niftar in London on Sunday at the… Read more » The post Harav Dovid Rubinfeld, Zt”l, of… Continue Reading →