Month April 2020
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There are 14,803 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel on Thursday, with 139 in serious condition, of whom 107 are ventilated. A total of 5,685 Israelis have recovered from the virus. Israel recorded 193 deaths by Friday including Rav… Continue Reading →
With over 10,000 coronavirus-related fatalities in New York City over the last few weeks, the New York City Department of Health has been facing an unprecedented volume of requests for… Read more » The post Misaskim Implores Doctors to Register… Continue Reading →
This is a time of questions, and thankfully, Mrs. P has the answers. If your question is, “What can I do with my children so we can all cherish these days together at home?”, then look no further than these… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — An Iraqi man went on trial in Frankfurt on Friday for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, on allegations that as an Islamic State member he was part of an effort to exterminate the Yazidi religious… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets top inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Yaakov Schwei ZATZAL. He was 86. Sources confirm to YWN that he was Niftar from COVID-19. The Niftar was a Posek in the Crown Heights community, as well as… Continue Reading →
The death toll from the new coronavirus reached 50,000 in the U.S., now the epicenter of the global outbreak, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. New York City has suffered the most, with more than 16,000 deaths. Some… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Enclosed is a letter from the Rabbis of the Five Towns/Far Rockaway community that is a result of a meeting that occurred this week. It should be noted that in another letter from Rav… Continue Reading →
In one such report, doctors at a New York hospital said that heart rhythm abnormalities developed in most of the 84 coronavirus patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin, a combo Trump has promoted. Last month, the FDA authorized… Continue Reading →
(By: Sandy Eller) With over nearly 11,000 coronavirus-related fatalities in New York City over the last few weeks, the New York City Department of Health has been facing an unprecedented volume of requests for death certificates. Hoping to streamline the… Continue Reading →
BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite the devastating economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Britain is making scant effort to negotiate a far-reaching free trade deal in the wake of Brexit that would stave off a costly final separation at the end… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors against prescribing a malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus outside of hospitals or research settings. In an alert Friday, regulators warned… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Aharon Yaacov Schwei was a member of the Crown Heights Beis Din. He was 86 years old.
While Israel’s prison service is doing everything it can to ensure that the Covid-19 Coronavirus doesn’t spread to the prisons, prisoners are still receiving their religious rights. During the month of Nissan prisoners who wished to do so were allowed… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — US deaths surpass 50,000, according to JHU count.
Dear Editor, As a local psychologist and active researcher in the area of Jewish mental health, I am collecting data on the frum communities experience with and response to COVID-19. The aims of the research are to 1) Provide data… Continue Reading →
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, once a powerful Florida Democrat, has been released from federal prison over coronavirus concerns after serving just over two years of a five-year sentence for fraud and other crimes related to… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) Yes, there is a special segulah for this Shabbos, where we can get special additions from shamayim into our lives. Who wouldn’t want to do this over Corona? This is a segulah for Chassidim,… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Eitan and Shira Shnerb, the parents of Rina Shnerb, who was murdered in a terror attack near the Binyamin settlement of Dolev eight months ago, were interviewed by Israeli media following the birth of a baby girl on Tuesday…. Continue Reading →
I am writing to you with the hope that you or your readership may have some advice to share. The next quarter’s real estate taxes are due at the end of this month. As someone in the middle income bracket,… Continue Reading →