Month April 2020
Beit Shemesh Mayor Dr. Aliza Bloch requested on Wednesday from National Security Council (NSC) head Meir Ben Shabbat and Director-General of the Health Ministry Moshe Bar-Siman Tov to cancel the lockdown that was placed on the neighborhoods of Nachala U’Menucha… Continue Reading →
New rumors about Kim Jong Un pour in daily. The North Korean leader is dead. Or he’s very ill. Or maybe he’s just recuperating in his luxury compound, or isolating himself from the coronavirus. As speculation about his health builds,… Continue Reading →
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook on Wednesday reported its slowest quarterly growth as a public company, pressured by the coronavirus pandemic and a resulting global slowdown in digital advertising. The social network, like Google on Tuesday, said it’s feeling the… Continue Reading →
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. Investigators who responded to… Continue Reading →
A life of Harbotzas Hatorah with Passion Who would have believed that a young boy, born in suburban Chicago 69 years ago to a middle class Jewish/ American family, would end up influencing the lives of so many yidden; imbuing… Continue Reading →
Over the course of the 27-hour enforced lockdown on Israelis during Yom Ha’Atzmaut to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 Coronavirus, police issued 1,091 tickets for countermanding the regulations set forth by the Health Ministry of for people breaking the… Continue Reading →
Rambam Hospital in Haifa announced on Wednesday that there was continued improvement in the status of the 11-year-old girl who was hospitalized in serious condition with the Covid-19 Coronavirus According to the statement, the girl has fully recovered from the… Continue Reading →
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will be refunded $800,000 it spent to buy malaria drugs once touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors, officials said Wednesday. Leaders in both Utah and Oklahoma… Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla reported that it eked out a first-quarter net profit Wednesday and its CEO went on a rant about the legality of government stay-home orders issued to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. The electric car and solar… Continue Reading →
A week ago, a baby girl was born to Rabbi Eitan and Shira Shnerb, parents of Rina, hy’d, who was murdered in a terror attack eight months ago at the age of 17. In an interview after the birth, the… Continue Reading →
Economists Agree: No Quick Rebound From Recession Is Likely WASHINGTON (AP) — Devastated by the coronavirus, the U.S. economy is sinking. And the plunge is accelerating. Now, as some businesses… Read more » The post Business Briefs – April 30,… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the first contract award to provide nearly $600 million in federal investment for the construction of storm risk reduction infrastructure on both the… Read more » The post Hurricane Risk Reduction Measures Coming… Continue Reading →
Stocks around the world whipped higher Wednesday, riding a wave of optimism on encouraging data about a possible treatment for COVID-19. The upswell of hope was so strong that investors… Read more » The post Stocks Charge Higher on Hopes… Continue Reading →
Humanity’s struggle against the coronavirus continues, and so does the struggle between the Trump administration and the Democratic party — even if it has to be waged by teleconference. In… Read more » The post TRUMP v CONGRESS x 2… Continue Reading →
It was clear from the start that the coronavirus slump was a strange kind of recession. Some economists even thought “recession” was the wrong word. The setback would be brief… Read more » The post About That V-Shaped Recovery appeared… Continue Reading →
With the push of a red button, one of the two operating reactors at an aging nuclear plant serving millions of people in the New York City area will shut down Thursday night as federal regulators consider the owner’s proposal… Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved the “capsule plan” to allow yeshivas to reopen and the day before, on Monday evening, Netanyahu confirmed a plan to re-open daycares and schools for children up to 3rd grade in a limited… Continue Reading →
Rav Yaakov Kolodetsky ztz”l was a renowned talmid chacham, who learned with Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv ztz”l as a chavrusa for many years, as well as being close to many of the leaders of our generation, including Rav Chaim Kanievsky… Continue Reading →
LAKEWOOD (VINnews) — The following was submitted to VINnews by a reader: I am a choson a few short weeks away from my chasunah. Being engaged brings about many new feelings and emotions in all that experience it, but very… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA-Rabbi Avi Shafran) — Among the most disturbing spectacles over the months since the coronavirus was unleashed on the world have been the attacks on haredi Orthodox Jews in both Israel and the United States. Some criticisms, like… Continue Reading →
As Klal Yisroel continues to mourn the loss of the Novominsker Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow ztvk’l, Rosh Agudas Yisroel, chaverim of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and family members offered deeply emotional divrei hesped for a leader who was a major… Continue Reading →