Month April 2020
Dovid HaMelech used the power of Brachos to stop the plague of his time. These days, coronavirus presents a similar opportunity to deepen our connection with Hashem. That’s why Torah educators in Jerusalem have put together this special seminar: The… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] The death toll from the Coronavirus amongst אחינו בני ישראל has reached frighteningly high numbers. There’s almost nobody who hasn’t heard the name of somebody he recognises who has been נפטר. And such a huge part of that… Continue Reading →
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines reported a staggering loss of $2.24 billion for the first quarter, when the coronavirus pandemic triggered a sharp drop in air travel. The airline’s revenue fell 19% while costs continued to rise even as the… Continue Reading →
The NYPD is trying to identify two suspects in an anti-Semitic attack in Williamsburg last week. Two men attacked a pair of Jewish teens and yelled anti-Semitic slurs at them… Read more » The post NYPD Searching for Suspects in… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s. Roughly 30.3 million people have now filed… Continue Reading →
The Emory University medical school doctor leading the remdesivir drug trials said on Thursday that the drug provides a “glimmer of hope” for coronavirus treatment. Aneesh Mehta told the ABC that… Read more » The post ‘Glimmer of Hope’ Seen for… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a meeting Thursday with health and other officials regarding restrictions on coronavirus hotspots, and intends to announce lockdown measures in three neighborhoods in Yerushalayim. In addition,… Read more » The post Cabinet Mulls Proposal for New… Continue Reading →
BEIT SHEMESH (VINnews) — Beit Shemesh mayor Dr. Aliza Bloch drew fire from numerous sources after she organized an Independence Day celebration in the town which including crowding, lack of face masks and a general flaunting of public health directives… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump erupted at his top political advisers last week when they presented him with worrisome polling data that showed his support eroding in a series of battleground states as his response to the coronavirus comes… Continue Reading →
More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s.… Read more » The post 30 Million Have Sought U.S…. Continue Reading →
The coalition deal between the Likud and Blue and White passed by a vote of 72 MKs to 31 MKs against in its first reading by the Knesset on Thursday.… Read more » The post Unity Gov’t of Likud-Blue and… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Chareidi and right-wing MK’s reacted angrily to the Israeli Supreme Court ruling Thursday stating that hospitals are not authorized to prevent Chametz from entering their premises on Pesach. UTJ officials said that they would support the override… Continue Reading →
The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to AskTheMayor@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: Now that the streets are free from any traffic is the time to make road repairs… Continue Reading →
On March 11, 2011, late Friday night, five members of the Fogel family, residents of Itamar, were brutally murdered in their beds, including three out of the family’s six children. It was a massacre that shocked and appalled the world,… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut announced Tuesday that the justices will convene next week to begin hearing petitions asking them to bar Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from returning to the premiership while he remains under… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Police were called to a Brooklyn neighborhood Wednesday after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, and a passerby complained about the smell, officials said…. Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The partial return of educational facilities in Israel, scheduled for Sunday May 3, may be delayed after health ministry officials may advise the government not to open kindergartens and lower grades since this could lead to a… Continue Reading →
Following the levaya of Harav Yaakov Kolodetsky, z’tl, of Bnei Brak, who passed away from the coronavirus on Tuesday night, his brother, Harav Yitzchak Kolodetsky, the son-in-law of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, told the niftar’s sons about a disturbing dream… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s Supreme Court ruled in response to petitions that the prohibition by hospitals of allowing Chametz into their premises during Pesach was devoid of authority and that people should be allowed to freely bring Chametz into hospitals…. Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — It started with a funeral that got out of hand. It ended Wednesday with some of New York City’s Jews at odds with the mayor over his criticisms of the Orthodox community as it struggles to… Continue Reading →