Month April 2020
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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published demographic details about the country. Israel’s population in 2020 numbers 9,190,000 of whom 74% are Jewish (6.806 million), 21% Arab (1.930 million, the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two months after an embarrassing end to his presidential campaign, Mike Bloomberg is again deploying his massive personal fortune – this time to combat the coronavirus. The billionaire former New York City mayor is spending… Continue Reading →
Britain’s stand-in leader resisted pressure on Sunday to explain how the government plans to ease a coronavirus lockdown that has been in place for a month, warning that hasty action… Read more » The post U.K. at ‘Dangerous’ Stage, No… Continue Reading →
The Labor party is voting Sunday on proposal to join a government headed by arch-rival Binyamin Netanyahu despite repeated campaign promises to never sit with a prime minister facing… Read more » The post Labor Party Votes on Unity… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Mrs. Chava Weisberger A”H, the Almana of the famed mechanech Rav Zevulun Weisberger Z”L. She was 84. Mrs. Weisberger Z”L, originally from Boro Park and recently Lakewood, was a renowned Baalas… Continue Reading →
Many readers have been asking us why they haven’t received any text alerts since Thursday. As we posted last night, Twitter – without warning – shut down their SMS notifications system. Which means, thousands of our followers who were receiving… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews/ Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated Friday in a video conference, hosted by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, with prominent world leaders on the corona pandemic. The leaders discussed international cooperation in dealing with… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) — As 2019 came to close, the New York metropolitan region recorded extremely high number anti-Semitic incidents. Lawmakers, community leaders, law enforcement and ordinary citizens expressed the importance of tolerance and respect for all people. It seemed… Continue Reading →
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been parked at his compound on the country’s east coast since last week, satellite imagery showed, amid speculation about his health that has… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — Hawaii extended its stay-at-home order until the end of May, and California police closed a park because it got too crowded as U.S. states and nations around the world took divergent paths on when to reopen their… Continue Reading →
Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in cases, mainly among its large community of… Read more » The post Singapore Races to Build Beds… Continue Reading →
TOKYO (AP) — When the Japanese government declared an emergency to curb the spread of the coronavirus earlier this month and asked people to work from home, crowds rushed to electronics stores. So much for social distancing. Many Japanese lack… Continue Reading →
North Korea has never announced who would follow leader Kim Jong Un in the event he is incapacitated, and with no details known about his young children, analysts say his… Read more » The post ANALYSIS: Heir Unapparent: If N…. Continue Reading →
You may or may not have heard of them but the likelihood is that you or someone you know has directly felt their impact. Among the many new challenges presented by the current pandemic was the inability of those on… Continue Reading →
When United Hatzalah CEO Eli Beer landed in Israel on Wednesday after a prolonged battle for his life due to the coronavirus, Israeli media outlets were eager to interview him and Beer, despite his weakness, spoke to many of them…. Continue Reading →
Reb Chanoch was enveloped in flames. He was admitted to the ICU with third-degree burns on his face, hands, feet and parts of his body. Tragically, early in the morning of Erev Shabbos Parshas Shmini, 23 Nissan 5780, Reb Chanoch… Continue Reading →
Israel’s population is closing in on nearly 9.2 million, according to pre-Independence Day figures published on Sunday by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The Israeli population numbers 9,190,000, the CBS… Read more » The post CBS: Israel’s Population Up to… Continue Reading →
Many have voiced their complaints that they were being taken advantage of when trying to bring their family members to Israel for kevurah amid the coronavirus pandemic. Since global air traffic… Read more » The post El Al to Bring Coffins… Continue Reading →
Spain said on Sunday that the number of daily coronavirus-related fatalities fell to its lowest level in more than a month, with 288 deaths in the previous 24 hours. That… Read more » The post Spain Records Lowest Number of… Continue Reading →
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, now has no remaining cases in its hospitals, a health official told reporters on Sunday. The novel coronavirus is… Read more » The post China: All Coronavirus Patients in… Continue Reading →