Month April 2020
The White House is pitching “emerging” research on the benefits of sunlight and humidity in diminishing the threat of the coronavirus as President Donald Trump encourages states to move to… Read more » The post Trump Showcases Idea That Heat,… Continue Reading →
The government approves on Friday an NIS 8 billion ($2.27 billion) plan to increase support for self-employed Israelis and small business owners who have been hit hard by the coronavirus.… Read more » The post Government Approves NIS 8B to… Continue Reading →
to find out how to get your picture, CLICK HERE Dear Klal Yisroel,Please read on for our thank you gift to you. During these turbulent times we hope you are feeling well and in good health. As a token of our… Continue Reading →
Asian shares are lower Friday after an early rally on Wall Street suddenly vanished, the latest example of how fragile the hopes underpinning the stock market’s month-long recovery are. Japan’s… Read more » The post Asian Shares Lower as Wall… Continue Reading →
Dear Klal Yisroel,Please read on for our thank you gift to you. During these turbulent times we hope you are feeling well and in good health. As a token of our deep appreciation towards your generous support to Yad L’Achim, we… Continue Reading →
It is with great sadness that Hamodia reports the passing of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Heber, zt”l, founder of Matnat Chaim, an organization which facilitates kidney donations, who was niftar on Thursday… Read more » The post BD’E—Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Heber, Z”l… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the petirah of R’ Avraham Simcha Steinberg Z”L of Lakewood. He was 88 years old. R’ Avraham Simcha is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rivky Steinberg, and his children, R’ Tzvi, R’ Yanky, Mrs…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prosecutor on the Roger Stone trial team who abruptly resigned from the Justice Department because of a dispute over the recommended sentence has a new job. Jonathan Kravis will run a new public corruption unit for… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Schick was the longtime president of Yeshiva and Mesivta Rabbeinu Yaakov Yosef, and was the founder of the prestigious Edison Yeshiva, in Edison NJ.
[COMMUNICATED] After being closed for 4 weeks, with careful consideration and implementation of safety protocols, Lakewood Immediate Care, located in the Gourmet Glatt Plaza has reopened. “One of the first things we do is immediately escort the patient to an… Continue Reading →
An Israeli teenager passed away over Pesach due to meningitis caused by a severe ear infection that wasn’t properly treated due to her fear of contracting the coronavirus, a Channel 12 News report said. Yam Kirdi, 19, of Nes Harim,… Continue Reading →
In a break from custom, the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe spoke to his Chassidim over the phone on Thursday evening in order to offer them encouragement in this difficult time. The Rebbe, who normally refuses to use a microphone or loudspeaker when… Continue Reading →
This person serves as the dedicated Shliach Tzibur for the Minyan – held on porches.
YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden petira of Dr. Marvin (Meir) Schick Z”L. He was 85. Dr Schick suffered a massive heart attack on Thursday afternoon at his home in Boro Park, and was Niftar shortly after. His… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) During this horrible pandemic – there are thousands of families that are sitting shiva. How does one console the family members of a tzaddik that passed away young – in the prime of his… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Big public companies that received loans under a government program intended to help small businesses devastated by the coronavirus outbreak could be forced to return it. The Small Business Administration issued an advisory Thursday clearly aimed… Continue Reading →
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A loss of hydraulic pressure prevented a military pilot from controlling an F-16 jet that crashed into a warehouse last year just outside March Air Reserve Base in California, according to a newspaper report Thursday. The… Continue Reading →
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday that he is considering resigning his post from the Health Ministry in order to become the Minister of Housing and Construction. According to many reports in the Israeli media,… Continue Reading →
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Mideast envoy warned Thursday that Israeli moves to annex parts of the West Bank and accelerate settlement expansion, combined with the coronavirus pandemic’s devastating impact, could ignite Israeli-Palestinian conflict and “destroy any hope of… Continue Reading →
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez said Thursday that he expects to hold an “in-person convention” in Milwaukee to nominate Joe Biden for president, though he didn’t rule out the potential that portions of the event would be… Continue Reading →
Reports from China said that the coronavirus seems to survive in the eye longer than in other areas of the body, a Channel 13 News report said. A 65-year-old Chinese woman who became ill with the coronavirus in January had… Continue Reading →