Month April 2020
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius held a ceremony (modest in accordance with coronavirus restrictions) on Thursday to mark 300 years since the Vilna Gaon was born. Israel’s ambassador to Lithuania, Yossi Avni-Levy, was present at the ceremony, during which Linkevičius… Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — Cindy Parkhurst could have stayed home collecting most of her pay while the Ford plant where she normally works remains closed due to coronavirus fears. Instead, she along with hundreds of workers at Ford, General Motors, Toyota… Continue Reading →
See the Psak below. Here is also a letter from Hagaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky and Hagaon Rav Gershon Edelstein regarding the start of the Summer Zman.
Our holy yeshiva, Yeshivas Toras Chaim in Moscow founded by HaGaon HaRav Moshe Soloveitchik of Zurich ztz”l, enjoys the quiet and secluded setting of one of Moscow’s suburbs. We are now able to say Kaddish and learn Mishnayos for the elevation of… Continue Reading →
After two months and more than 10,000 deaths that have made the nation’s nursing homes some of the most terrifying places to be during the coronavirus crisis, most of them still don’t have access to enough tests to help control… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will fund a plan to help develop and implement a regional contact tracing program in the effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in hard-hit New York and… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yeshayahu Haber, Who Founded “Gift Of Life” For Kidney Donations, Passes Away From Coronavirus
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Yeshayahu Haber, the Chareidi rabbi who founded of the “Gift of Life” (Matnat Chaim) association for kidney donations, has passed away at the age of 55 after testing positive for COVID-19 last week. Rabbi Haber has… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Thursday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus. ________________________ ALTERED… Continue Reading →
Congressional Democrats are pressing the General Services Administration for information about President Donald Trump’s D.C. hotel lease after Trump’s company said it asked the federal government to include it in… Read more » The post Democrats Press General Services Administration… Continue Reading →
The Cleveland Heights Police took notice of a few Orthodox Jewish children that made a beautiful Kiddush Hashem today. They posted the following on their facebook page along with the attached photos: “What a great surprise today when we looked… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Yes, it is permitted. If you can find a barber or relative to do it in your house during COVID-19 isolation, that is. Tomorrow, a number of Ashkenazic Jews will be getting haircuts following… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The man President Donald Trump just named to speak for the Health Department accused George Soros and the Rothschild family of seeking to exploit the pandemic for control and to advance their agendas. Michael Caputo, who advised… Continue Reading →
Erev Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5780 “We call on our communities to join the entire Jewish People in focusing extra effort on prayer throughout the day on this Thursday,Yom Kippur Katan.” Iyar is known as a month of healing; it’s name… Continue Reading →
Harav Mordechai Marcus, the Rav of The Lakewood Minyan of Flatbush on Coney Island, was tragically taken from us early Thursday morning, 29 Nisan, 5780. Rav Marcus was a tremendous… Read more » The post Harav Mordechai Marcus, zt”l appeared… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A district court judge sharply rebuked the only Chareidi judge in Israel, Chavi Toker, after she claimed selective and discriminatory enforcement of the public health directives against Chareidim. The judge said that her claims were “unreasonable.” The… Continue Reading →
Yes, that is a real fruit tree on the truck.
An alarming incident occurred in Tiveria when an 86-year-old man who had seemingly completely recovered from the coronavirus and was released from the hospital after testing negative twice for the virus had a relapse, a Channel 12 News report said…. Continue Reading →
A number of Arab states and Iran are concealing the true extent of coronavirus in their populations, according to the Mossad on Thursday. Mossad director Yossi Cohen told Israeli health… Read more » The post Mossad: Iran, Arab States Lying… Continue Reading →
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has made himself the daily spokesman for the nation’s coronavirus response. Yet few Americans regularly look to or trust Trump as a source of information on the pandemic, according to a new survey from… Continue Reading →