Month April 2020
Health Minister Rabbi Yaakov Litzman has made a decision to leave his post in favor of the Construction and Housing portfolio, as the new government is taking shape. Rabbi Litzman… Read more » The post Rabbi Litzman to Leave Health… Continue Reading →
Italy will start reopening its manufacturing industry on May 4 as part of plans to ease its coronavirus lockdown, and schools will reopen in September, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said… Read more » The post Italy to Start Reopening Business… Continue Reading →
While Israel continues to lift restrictions placed due to the spread of the coronavirus, a top Health Ministry officials said Sunday that in her opinion, Israel is moving too quickly and… Read more » The post Health Min. Official: Virus Restrictions… Continue Reading →
Iran should draw up economic plans based on a worst-case scenario of nearly a year of disruptions due to the coronavirus, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, as the death… Read more » The post Rouhani: Iran Should Assume Worst-Case… Continue Reading →
A difficult tragedy occured last summer, when the choshuve yungerman, muflag in Torah and Yiras shomayim, Rabbi Eliyahu Kletzkin zt”l passed away at a young age, after having been purified through bitter and difficult travails, the physical and emotional pain… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Hey, they’re talkin’ here! With New York City at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. and its native-born among those offering crucial information to the nation in televised briefings, the New York accent… Continue Reading →
Bais Tova/Shiras Devora is once again offering lunch and snack for THEIR STUDENTS and their siblings between the ages of 2-18. Please note the following: 1) Curbside pick up will be on Sunday April 26th. The boxes will include food… Continue Reading →
An upbeat Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered coffee and donuts to front-line health care workers Saturday, noting the city’s aggressive war against COVID-19 was showing signs of success. “I think… Read more » The post NYC Mayor Visits Testing Center,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s plan for taming the coronavirus hinges on taking a time-tested practice to an extraordinary level: hiring an “army” of people to try to trace everyone who might be infected. In the coming weeks, the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode. When a rare solar eclipse happened in 2017, astronomers and… Continue Reading →
translated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for Five Towns Jewish Times To the Teachers of Torah, Roshei Yeshiva of our Holy Yeshivos, and Mashgichim Shlita, 2 Iyar, 5780 To our honorable friends, Geonim. Teachers of Torah, Roshei Yeshiva of our Holy… Continue Reading →
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that in an attempt to increase food security during the coronavirus national emergency, increases for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have reached $2.0… Read more » The post Monthly SNAP Benefits Increase by… Continue Reading →
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that there was currently “no evidence” that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus… Read more » The post WHO : “No Evidence” That… Continue Reading →
Announcing plans to begin reopening his state, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster cited the ongoing economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. “South Carolina’s business is business,” he declared this week as he lifted restrictions on department stores, florists, music shops… Continue Reading →
Studies have begun to emerge that try to determine how many Americans have been infected by the new coronavirus. But are they accurate? The results depend on where and how the research is done, and it can be difficult to… Continue Reading →
Nursing homes in New York must immediately report how they’ve complied with regulations for resident care during the coronavirus, and non-compliant facilities could face hefty fines or lose their licenses, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Cuomo said the state Department… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Stein felt useless — stuck in his Brooklyn brownstone apartment, watching his neighbors suffer deprivations as COVID-19 swept the city. Then, on television, the retired public-sector lawyer and political activist saw people around the world… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering replacing its secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, because of early missteps in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Wall Street… Read more » The post White House Considering Replacing HHS… Continue Reading →
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Video calls weren’t really cutting it for Fiet Aussen, a 91-year-old widow who has spent the past six weeks in lockdown at this city’s Jewish nursing home. Nearly deaf, she isn’t really able to use that technology… Continue Reading →