Month April 2020
HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes just wanted to do the humane thing. After so many frail and elderly nursing home residents had been held in seclusion from their loved ones in the first weeks of the… Continue Reading →
This occurred last night in Lakewood. (Via Status)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — On Saturday afternoons, the Strip District neighborhood of Pittsburgh becomes a jam-packed hub of old-fashioned shopping. People stride along Penn Avenue, hopping from greengrocer to butcher to fishmonger to Italian market, smiling and gesturing and jabbering as… Continue Reading →
Both Air Canada and British Airways are renewing their incoming flights to Israel. According to the British Airways website, flights from London to Tel Aviv will recommence from next Friday,… Read more » The post British Airways, Air Canada to… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Aryeh Leib (Leibel) Katz ZATZAL. He was approximately 75. Rav Katz was Niftar from COVID-19. The Niftar prepared thousands of Chasanim for their weddings with his classic Sefer Ohel… Continue Reading →
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli researchers reported Monday that the global coronavirus outbreak has sparked a rise in anti-Semitic expression blaming Jews for the spread of the disease and the economic recession it has caused. The findings, which came… Continue Reading →
As physicians who are שומרי תורה ומצוות and on the frontlines of the active COVID-19 pandemic, we implore all fellow Jews to continue strict adherence to isolation guidelines WITHOUT exceptions. Our Jewish communities require unique consideration and are at higher risk for rapid… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers would need to be tested for the coronavirus daily before city officials could start to loosen restrictions that have shuttered most workplaces and forced… Read more » The post NYC Mayor Wants Hundreds of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi David Yosef, the son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and a member of the Sephardic Torah Council, referred yesterday to the Israeli government decision to ease restrictions on public prayer and allow up to 19 people to… Continue Reading →
With standard Shiva Houses inaccessible to the usual stream of visitors, this has turned the proverbial Shiva Call into no more than just a call. The Misaskim Aveilim list which is widely used contains no street addresses, only phone numbers… Continue Reading →
The top infectious-disease expert in the United States has a message for protesters who are ignoring their governors’ stay-at-home orders and calling for him to be fired over his guidelines.… Read more » The post Fauci: Reopening Too Quickly Will… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood School District will resume free and reduced lunches and breakfasts today, Monday, April 20, for all public school students as occurred prior to the break. Deliveries will be as they occurred earlier, via bus service. Also, all public… Continue Reading →
Belgium‘s immediate coronavirus crisis appears to have passed its peak as the number of people admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 fell to its lowest level in a month, health officials… Read more » The post Belgium Says COVID-19 Peak Passed,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (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 news,… Continue Reading →
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Yaffa Ben-David, the head of the Israeli Teachers Union, reiterated Monday that teachers will “not work one more day” beyond nine days that they committed to working during the summer… Read more » The post Union Head: ‘Teachers Will Not… Continue Reading →
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump have spoken on the phone, discussing the coronavirus pandemic, bilateral relations and regional developments. According to an account of the phone call shared by the Turkish presidency’s office on Sunday,… Continue Reading →
TZFAT (VINnews) — A 27-year-old coronavirus patient in serious condition hospitalized in the Sieff hospital in Tzfat underwent a successful delivery by caesarian section. The baby, who weighed in at 2.4 kilos (5 pounds) was transferred to the local neonatal… Continue Reading →
The Mayor of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan has publicly asked Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and the Minister of the Economy Eli Cohen to put limits on the prices that stores are allowed to charge for protective masks. Dagan… Continue Reading →
As a doctor in North Korea during the SARS outbreak and flu pandemic, Choi Jung Hun didn’t have much more than a thermometer to decide who should be quarantined. Barely paid, with no test kits and working with antiquated equipment,… Continue Reading →