Month April 2020
JERUSALEM (AP) — With the global coronavirus pandemic ravaging the elderly, Israel’s aging population of Holocaust survivors finds itself on the country’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day this year much like they were during World War II — alone and in… Continue Reading →
Harav Rav Chaim Aharon Turchin, 48, ztl, Rosh Yeshivas Ohr Yitzchak, passed away overnight Monday at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv from the coronavirus, leaving behind a wife and 14 orphaned children. Rav Chaim Aharon, ztl, who had no preexisting… Continue Reading →
Antibodies from the plasma of recovered coronavirus patients have been administered to 33 Israeli coronavirus patients, Times of Israel (TOA) reported. Eilat Shinar, the head of MDA’s blood services, told the TOA that between 30 percent and 40% of patients… Continue Reading →
BANGKOK (AP) — The market for U.S. crude was in turmoil Tuesday, with one contract trading below zero, as investors worried about full storage facilities and a collapse in demand as the pandemic leaves factories, automobiles and airplanes idled. The… Continue Reading →
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials reported no unusual activity in North Korea on Tuesday following unconfirmed media reports that leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile health after surgery. But the possibly of high-level instability raised troubling… Continue Reading →
The surveillance footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower.… Read more » The post Conspiracy Theorists Burn 5G Towers… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Coca-cola’s global volume tumbled 25% in April as the coronavirus pandemic began to grip large swaths of the world population. The year began strongly at Coke, with volumes up 3% through February excluding China, where the… Continue Reading →
The coronavirus death toll in Israel has risen to 182, with the passing of a 100-year-old woman in the Kaplan Medical Center in Rechovot on Tuesday morning. The Health Ministry said… Read more » The post Israel’s Coronavirus Death Toll Up… Continue Reading →
World War II ended 75 years ago, but the Jewish world has yet to recover from the demographic shock of the Holocaust, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Monday. Releasing… Read more » The post 189,500 Holocaust Survivors Still Alive… Continue Reading →
Asian shares skidded on Tuesday after U.S. oil futures plunged below zero with storage for crude nearly full as demand collapses due to the pandemic. Shares fell in Tokyo, Hong… Read more » The post Shares Skid After Oil Prices… Continue Reading →
A gemach in the Tri State Area is offering individuals and families with credit card debt the option to significantly reduce their interest rate, for a fraction of the normal fees, or even free for certain approved cases. This service is especially… Continue Reading →
Indonesia will ban its annual exodus by people streaming out of cities at the end of the Muslim month in May, as the Southeast Asian nation looks to curb the… Read more » The post Indonesia Bans Ramadan Exodus to… Continue Reading →
After years of failed efforts to improve access to Me’aras Hamachpelah for disabled visitors, a legal solution is now available that will allow Israel to move ahead with the work… Read more » The post Justice Ministry Gives OK to… Continue Reading →
Two U.S. warships are operating in the South China Sea, the Navy said on Tuesday, with three regional security sources saying they were near an area of a standoff between… Read more » The post Two U.S. Warships in South… Continue Reading →
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that rushing to ease coronavirus restrictions will likely lead to a resurgence of the illness, a warning that comes as governments start rolling out… Read more » The post WHO Warns Rush to Ease… Continue Reading →
With the signing of a coalition agreement between Likud and Blue and White, three petitions were filed Tuesday with the High Court opposing the agreement, which will leave Binyamin Netanyahu… Read more » The post Groups Reboot High Court Petitions… Continue Reading →
South Korean and Chinese sources on Tuesday cast doubt on reports North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was gravely ill after media outlets said he had undergone a cardiovascular procedure… Read more » The post S. Korea, China Cast Doubt… Continue Reading →
The telephone lines have been ringing at Adler Tank Rentals in Texas as oil companies found a new use for steel tanks that had been left idle when shale producers… Read more » The post A Hunt for Storage Space… Continue Reading →
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UNITED STATES (AP) — A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared. While that’s clearly good… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said Monday that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect… Continue Reading →