Month May 2020
Dozens of cities across the United States were left early Sunday to assess the toll of a grim night of violent riots that left at least three dead, dozens injured, hundreds arrested and buildings and businesses in charred ruins as… Continue Reading →
SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon capsule approached the International Space Station on Sunday, just hours after a historic liftoff from Florida. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken reported that the capsule… Read more » The post SpaceX’s Astronaut-Riding Dragon Approaches Space… Continue Reading →
New York City officials braced for the possibility of more violence after three days of protests against police brutality following George Floyd’s death, which have left police cars burned out… Read more » The post NYC Reels After Days of… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson announced the immediate availability of up to $20 million in grants to assist child care centers and youth camps in meeting health and safety guidelines in response to COVID-19. Child care centers can… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an urgent press conference convened during the course of Shavuot, Prime Minister Netanyahu and health ministry officials warned that they may have to rethink the opening of the educational system in the wake of a significant… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials braced for the possibility of more violence after three days of protests, which have left police cars burned out and led to the arrest of hundreds of people, against police brutality following… Continue Reading →
As states remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the New Jersey Office of the Department of Homeland Security is warning that far-right extremists are using anti-lockdown protests and rallies as platforms to push their agendas. “Far-right extremists are likely… Continue Reading →
A total of 121 students and staff members from the Hebrew Gymnasium school in the Rechavia neighborhood of Jerusalem have tested positive for the coronavirus as of Motzei Shabbos after an outbreak of the coronavirus among its students and staff… Continue Reading →
Mossad head Yossi Cohen secretly met with high-ranking Egyptian security officials in Cairo last week, London-based Arabic daily Al-Araby reported on Saturday. According to the report, Cohen met with Egyptian… Read more » The post Report: Mossad Chief Met With… Continue Reading →
A man shot by New York City police last month after menacing officers with a knife and an antique gun died of the coronavirus five days after he was wounded, police said Thursday. Ricardo Cardona, 55, repeatedly told officers “please… Continue Reading →
CORDOBA, SPAIN (VINnews) — Belgium’s Prince Joachim, a nephew of King Philippe of Belgium and ninth in line to the Belgian throne, has contracted COVID-19 after violating lockdown rules by flying 1000 miles south and attending an illegal social gathering… Continue Reading →
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Another night of unrest in every corner of the country left charred and shattered landscapes in dozens of American cities Sunday as years of festering frustrations over the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of police… Continue Reading →
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BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Israeli rock star Aviv Gefen has been trying to heal tensions between the Chareidi and secular communities which have flared up over the course of the coronavirus outbreak. Gefen recently confessed in a televised interview that… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister apologized on Sunday for the Israeli police’s deadly shooting of an unarmed, autistic Palestinian man. The shooting of Iyad Halak, 32, in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday, drew broad condemnations and revived complaints alleging… Continue Reading →
By Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l Translated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Never before in the history of mankind has the term “social distancing” been employed so many times, in so many circumstances, by so many people. We do, however, come across… Continue Reading →
LONDON — Thousands gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square to express their outrage over the death of a black American while in police custody in Minnesota. Demonstrators clapped and waved placards as they offered support to U.S. demonstrators. The crowd gathered… Continue Reading →
By Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l Translated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Never before in the history of mankind has the term “social distancing” been employed so many times, in so many circumstances, by so many people. We do, however, come across… Continue Reading →
RAANANA (VINnews) — In 1999 a young technology entrepreneur named Naftali Bennett established a start-up company named Cyota which dealt in securing information online. In 2001 Bennett moved his business from Petach Tikva to Manhattan where he served as CEO… Continue Reading →
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein warned Sunday of the possibility of having to institute a new lockdown, as he noted that the rate of positive coronavirus cases was now five times… Read more » The post Health Minister Warns of New… Continue Reading →