Month April 2020
BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his Southeast Asian counterparts on Thursday that China is taking advantage of the world’s preoccupation with the coronavirus pandemic to push its territorial ambitions in the South China Sea. Pompeo… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – Shulem Lemmer’s singing career took a wildly positive turn over the past year. He went on a major stadium and arena tour, playing to packed houses at Fenway Park in Boston, Citi Field in New York… Continue Reading →
OXFORD, ENGLAND (VINnews) — As COVID-19 continues to cause relentless infections and death worldwide, the race to develop an effective vaccine against the virus has gathered pace in recent days. In Oxford, England, a clinical trial of an experimental vaccine… Continue Reading →
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While the coronavirus pandemic has affected New Yorkers of all stripes, people living with special needs and those who care for them have faced a particularly unique set of challenges.… Read more » The post Pandemic Brings Special Problems for… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut down, the government said Thursday. Roughly 26 million people have now filed… Continue Reading →
This year, for the first time in 12 years, Rosh Chodesh Iyar falls out on Friday and Shabbos. Such being the case, we have the special occasion of Kedushah and Simcha together. According to many Poskim, haircuts and shaving are… Continue Reading →
FORT LEE, NJ (JTA) – Claiming Jews are responsible for the coronavirus, a New York City man has been charged with bias intimidation and harassment f0llowing two confrontations with a Jewish man at a Dunkin’ Donuts in New Jersey. Afrim… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for federal authorities to deport certain immigrants who have committed crimes in a victory for President Donald Trump’s administration. The court ruled… Read more » The post Supreme Court Eases Path to… Continue Reading →
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Roadwork is booming in Israel as construction crews take advantage of empty roads and railways in the time of coronavirus to upgrade the developed world’s most congested highways. Many countries… Read more » The post Risking Contagion, Israel Upgrades Empty… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Mordechai Marcus ZT”L, the Rov of the Beth Medrash Govoha Minyan (Lakewood Minyan) in Flatbush. The Levaya will be held at 11:00AM today in Lakewood, and can be accessed… Continue Reading →
Two Border Police officers were interrogated Thursday by the Police Investigations Department and released under restrictive conditions, on suspicion of attacking a man in Yerushalayim’s Meah Shearim earlier this month.… Read more » The post Two Police Officers Interrogated for… Continue Reading →
There are 14,592 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel on Thursday, with 136 in serious condition, of whom 107 are ventilated. According to a statement by the National Security Council, Wednesday’s spike of new cases was inaccurate due to… Continue Reading →
Cult leader Aharon Ramati was indicted on Thursday for holding victims in slave-like conditions, assaulting a minor through the person responsible and obstruction of justice. According to the indictment, the defendant has been “collecting” young women around him since 2008,… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Rav Mordechai Marcus Z”L, Rav of the Lakewood Minyan on Coney Island in Flatbush. The Rav was Niftar late last night. The Kevurah will be taking place in Lakewood. The Levaya… Continue Reading →
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MONSEY, NEW YORK (VINnews) — Chaim Lebovits, a Chasidic shoe wholesaler from Monsey, New York, is leading an effort to get the New York City area’s Orthodox Jews who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate their blood plasma so that… Continue Reading →
The more than $300 billion set aside to replenish the emergency loan program for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic is likely already all spoken for, banking industry groups said Wednesday. The initial $349 billion set aside for the… Continue Reading →
MADILL, Okla. (AP) — Severe weather was moving through Mississippi early Thursday after apparent tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, where six deaths included a trailer factory worker whose body was found a quarter mile from his… Continue Reading →