Month April 2020

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the federal government Monday to boost wages for health care workers, cops, firefighters and others on the front lines of the battle against… Read more » The post Cuomo Proposes Hazard Pay for… Continue Reading →

For weeks, U.S. laboratories have complained about shortages of swabs and other testing supplies that governors say are key to reopening the country. Now, the Trump administration says it’s moving… Read more » The post White House Uses Defense Production… Continue Reading →

A tornado warning has been issued for Manhattan and the Bronx, as well as Nassau and Westchester counties until 3 p.m. as a storm system that brought similar warnings through the Southeast pummels the tri-state area. The rare warning came… Continue Reading →



U.S. sales of existing homes cratered 8.5% in March with real estate activity stalled by the coronavirus outbreak. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that 5.27 million homes sold last month, down from 5.76 million in February. The decrease… Continue Reading →

Just two months ago, the discovery that two people infected with the coronavirus had no symptoms was such big scientific news that it was published in the New England Journal… Read more » The post Coronavirus Is Largely Spread by… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] A major light from theTorah learning community went out this week, with the passing of Rosh Yeshiva Rav Chaim Aharon Turchin. Turchin lived in Bnei Brak but ran a yeshiva in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem.He was hospitalized in… Continue Reading →

Someone in the city of Beitar Illit had a creative solution for anyone stuck in the house due to coronavirus regulations and hadn’t yet had a chance to say Birchas Hailanot. A vehicle pulling a trailer with a tree in… Continue Reading →

A Verizon service booster placed by Verizon in a parking lot near the corner of 9th Street and Lexington Avenue has been removed due to complaints. The booster was put into operation on March 26th after social distancing measures caused… Continue Reading →

There are 13,930 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of Tuesday, of whom 119 are ventilated. A total of 4,353 Israelis have recovered from the virus and for the fourth day, there are more recovered patients than new… Continue Reading →

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German prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged the suspect in last year’s botched attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle with murder and attempted murder, among other… Read more » The post Murder Charges Filed Against German… Continue Reading →

The Israeli cabinet will likely approve a nationwide closure on Independence Day and a closure of cemeteries on Memorial Day in a vote later Tuesday night. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏… Read more » The post Independence Day Closure Likely appeared… Continue Reading →

(by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) Today is Rav Avigdor Miller’s Yahrtzeit and he has a message that is remarkably pertinent today. Below are some quotes and summaries of what appears on the tape. Some 30 years ago, he described… Continue Reading →

Rabbi Cohen said stories about his grandfather Zatzal, and spoke about the lessons we can learn from the great Rav.

As state and federal leaders tussle over when and how fast to “reopen” the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, some corporations are taking the first steps toward bringing their… Read more » The post Companies Take Halting Steps Toward… Continue Reading →

U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK’d the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in… Read more » The post U.S. OKs 1st Coronavirus Test… Continue Reading →