Month May 2020
NEW YORK (JTA) – Despite Wednesday’s announcement that New York state will now allow religious services to resume with up to 10 people, some Orthodox rabbis are saying not so fast. A group of 27 Orthodox rabbis on suburban Long… Continue Reading →
ספר תורה שרוי בצער!הרבנים הגאונים הגאון הצדיק רבי שמעון גלאי שליט״א והגאון הצדיק רבי יצחק קולדצקי שליט״א חתן מרן הגר״ח קנייבסקי שליט״אHave gathered together to launch this emergency campaign.One of the great Talimidie Chachomim in Eretz Yisrael, is in a… Continue Reading →
Health officials have shuttered a gym in southern New Jersey that re-opened this week in defiance of a state order that shut down nonessential businesses to help stem the spread… Read more » The post Health Officials Shutter Defiant Gym… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is running against himself. With his cries to “Reopen our country!” and his rebukes of the federal bureaucracy and health regulations amid the coronavirus pandemic, Trump has tried to tap into the same populist,… Continue Reading →
Dear Governor Phil Murphy, A recent news report summed it up in its headline: “Summer camps are more important than ever. But are they possible during coronavirus pandemic?” The answer is unequivocal. Summer day camps are indeed “more important than… Continue Reading →
Bikur Cholim has partnered with the prestigious Mayo Clinic and the NIH to offer the most advanced antibody testing for the purpose of qualifying you as a convalescent plasma donor. This may also allow researchers to better understand the COVID-19… Continue Reading →
WE MUST DO OUR UTMOST TO SAFEGUARD OUR LIVES AND THOSE OF OUR COMMUNITY. Click to download the PDF! The post Reopening Shuls in The Wake of Covid-19: Preparedness & Prevention Guidelines appeared first on The Yeshiva World.
Iran is slowly pulling out of Syria in response to Israeli strikes, as well as growing domestic discontent linked to the economy and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the… Read more » The post Iran Slowly Retreats in Syria… Continue Reading →
Macy’s warned Thursday that it could lose more than a $1 billion and see sales fall at least 45% during its first fiscal quarter after the coronavirus pandemic paralyzed retail… Read more » The post Macy’s Hefty Loss Reveals Challenges… Continue Reading →
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies (“NJ CARES”), and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that New Jersey physicians, dentists, and other healthcare practitioners who prescribe opioids for the management… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) It is a sad reality that very often, lawyers win cases not on the evidence per se, but rather upon their ability to speak more passionately and more convincingly than the lawyer representing the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Hackers targeted dozens of Israeli websites on Thursday in a coordinated attack ahead of the Islamic Republic’s Quds Day, which falls on May 22. Among the sites downed were those of the City of Ramat Hasharon, Free… Continue Reading →
Strong concern about a second wave of coronavirus infections is reinforcing widespread opposition among Americans to reopening public places, a new poll finds, even as many state leaders step up efforts to return to life before the pandemic. Yet support… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION-John Nathaniel Aucott Johns Hopkins Medicine) – Her symptoms started quickly: neck pain, extreme fatigue and intermittent fever and chills. The woman had been healthy until then, and since she enjoyed gardening and landscaping at her rural… Continue Reading →
The Yom Tov of Shavuos. The acceptance of the Torah. Not merely a remembrance of what was, but an actual giving of the Torah to those people that study it and hold it dear. Shavuos has always come, no matter… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The leadership of Agudath Israel have released a public letter on Thursday morning in response to a viral audio recording criticizing their decisions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The audio can be heard here. The letter issigned… Continue Reading →
The Trump administration notified international partners on Thursday that it is pulling out of a treaty that permits 30-plus nations to conduct unarmed, observation flights over each other’s territory —… Read more » The post U.S. Says It’s Pulling Out… Continue Reading →
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This special Tefillah was composed by the Sheloh Hakodosh for parents on behalf of their children. The Shloh Hakodosh said that the optimal time for parents to recite this prayer is Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan, Thursday, May 21, but it… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Ben Gee carries the coronavirus all over London. A bicycle courier, Gee zips from the city’s hospitals and clinics with medical samples of the virus, taking them to laboratories for processing. Gee faces a two-fold fear: exposure… Continue Reading →
The Palestinians have suspended contacts with the CIA after announcing an end to security coordination with Israel and the United States in protest at Israeli proposals to annex parts of… Read more » The post Palestinians Shun CIA After Declaring… Continue Reading →