Month May 2020
Stormy weather is threatening to delay SpaceX’s first astronaut launch. A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to blast off Wednesday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, carrying a Dragon capsule with NASA… Read more » The post Stormy Weather Puts Damper on… Continue Reading →
Maccabi, one of Israel’s four public health organizations, published on Tuesday its recommendations for preparing the country for a potential second wave of coronavirus, warning that in the coming winter,… Read more » The post Maccabi CEO: Israel Must Prepare… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is at a crossroads in the coronavirus crisis, wrestling over whether to “go big,” as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants for the next relief bill, or hit “pause,” as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insists. It’s… Continue Reading →
The U.S. military said on Tuesday that Russia has deployed fighter aircraft to Libya to support Russian mercenaries fighting for eastern forces, adding to concerns of a new escalation in… Read more » The post U.S. Military Says Russia Deployed… Continue Reading →
The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is reopening for the first time in two months, but its controlled chaos will be more subdued. The floor, known… Read more » The post The Bell Rings Again; NYSE… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Latam Airlines, South America’s biggest carrier, sought U.S. bankruptcy protection Tuesday as it grapples with a sharp downturn in air travel sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing underscores the severity of the… Continue Reading →
Baruch Ben Yigal, the father of Amit, Hy”d, the IDF soldier killed on May 12, came to the office of the Rishon LeTzion and Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Yerushalayim, Harav… Read more » The post Harav Amar Gives Chizuk to… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] We are grief-stricken with this immeasurable tragedy. Mrs. Baila Rivka Mertzbach nee Uhr a”h A young mother from Monsey, with no prior medical conditions, has tragically succumbed to the coronavirus. She left behind a family of 11 children… Continue Reading →
Neither public rivals nor personal friends, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Stacey Abrams spent years climbing parallel ladders at Atlanta City Hall and the Georgia Capitol. They are now Georgia’s most… Read more » The post Atlanta Is Home to Two… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The trading floor of the New York Stock exchange reopened Tuesday for the first time in two months and the state legislature was set to reconvene as the state relaxed more restrictions aimed at curbing the… Continue Reading →
The public is asked to daven for the refuah sheleimah of Hagaon HaRav Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, the Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Brisk in Yerushalayim. The Rosh Yeshiva was hospitalized on Monday at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital after a fall in… Continue Reading →
BANGKOK (AP) — As Brazil and India struggle with surging coronavirus cases, a top health expert is warning that the world is still smack in the middle of the pandemic, dampening hopes for a speedy global economic rebound and renewed… Continue Reading →
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The Bohosh chasidic center in Bnei Brak continued to conduct minyanim during the period of the coronavirus despite public health regulations to the contrary. As a consequence, the chasidim suffered from numerous whistleblowers and informers who… Continue Reading →
Dear TLS and the Lakewood community, As I read the letter sent in by a member of our community about refusing to have unvaccinated children in our schools, I was extremely disturbed, specifically by the parallel drawn between the tragic… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court on Tuesday ruled that a former teacher wanted on pedophilia charges in Australia is fit to stand trial for extradition. The ruling in the Jerusalem district court capped a years-long legal battle in the… Continue Reading →
The Afghan government urged the Taliban to extend a three-day ceasefire which is due to end on Tuesday night and also announced that it would release 900 prisoners from the… Read more » The post Afghan Gov’t Will Free 900… Continue Reading →
Research conducted by the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) indicates that the analogues of two drugs designed to treat Gaucher’s disease are effective against coronavirus. In addition, they may… Read more » The post Defense Ministry: Analogues of Gaucher’s… Continue Reading →
BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC (VINnews) — The Jewish community of Brno in the Czech Republic in coordination with the Czech government and local municipality will invest €1 million in the renovation of the 17th century grave of Rabbi Shabbatai HaKohen (known… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Hebrew University Professor David Kazhdan has received the prestigious Shaw Prize on his contributions to the field of mathematics, the first Israeli ever to win the prize. Kazhdan is one of two recipients of the prize; he… Continue Reading →