Month May 2020
Israel bade farewell on Wednesday to China’s ambassador to the country who died earlier this week. Diplomats held a short ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport in honor of Du Wei before… Read more » The post Body of Chinese Ambassador Who… Continue Reading →
Renovation works at Auschwitz have turned up spoons, forks, cobbler’s tools and other objects hidden beneath a chimney flue — some that might have been used to plan escapes. The… Read more » The post Renovations at Auschwitz Uncover Objects… Continue Reading →
The novel coronavirus is behaving differently in patients in northeast China who have contracted it recently compared with early cases, indicating it is changing as it spreads, a prominent doctor… Read more » The post Expert: Coronavirus Behaving Differently in… Continue Reading →
The IDF “will continue to use a variety of military tools and unique combat methods to hit the enemy,” Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi stated hours after reports… Read more » The post IDF Chief: Army Will Not… Continue Reading →
Ben-Gurion University’s Professor Gabby Sarusi has developed, and is now validating, a test that identifies carriers of the COVID-19 virus in less than a minute. According to a university statement,… Read more » The post Ben-Gurion Uni. Researcher Develops One-Minute… Continue Reading →
A bachur walking on Lefferts Ave. near Kingston Ave. in Crown Heights Tuesday night was the victim of an attempted robbery by a group of teens hanging out on the… Read more » The post Group of Teens Attempt to… Continue Reading →
A Jordanian arms smuggler was shot and wounded by Israeli security forces while attempting to infiltrate into Israel early Wednesday morning. Police forces operated to stop two suspects and fired… Read more » The post Jordanian Shot While Trying to… Continue Reading →
The Immigration Department together with the Health Ministry has given permits to 300 engineers and construction workers from China to return to Israel in order to continue the work on the train line in Tel Aviv. According to the Israeli… Continue Reading →
Iran‘s navy will continue its “regular missions” in the Gulf, an Iranian military official was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency on Wednesday, a day after the U.S.… Read more » The post Iran’s Navy Will Continue Activities… Continue Reading →
A 33-year-old man has passed away from coronavirus at the Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer on Wednesday morning. The man was named as Avishalom Rozilio, z”l, a resident of Migdal… Read more » The post 33-Year-Old With Preexisting Condition Is… Continue Reading →
Johnson & Johnson is ending sales of its iconic talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the U.S. and Canada, where demand has dwindled amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it has caused… Read more » The post J&J to Stop Selling Talc-Based… Continue Reading →
An Etihad Airways plane flew from the United Arab Emirates to Israel on Tuesday to deliver coronavirus supplies to the Palestinians, a spokeswoman for the Abu Dhabi airline said, marking… Read more » The post Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Makes First… Continue Reading →
Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority will no longer be committed to any signed agreements with Israel or the United States, following Israel’s pledge to annex large parts… Read more » The post Abbas: PA No Longer to… Continue Reading →
Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as market players waffled between hopes for recovery as economies gradually reopen and worries over the havoc wreaked by the pandemic. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225… Read more » The post Asian Shares Mixed as Virus… Continue Reading →
An unmarked Etihad Airways cargo plane flew aid to help the Palestinians fight the coronavirus pandemic from the capital of the United Arab Emirates into Israel on Tuesday, marking the first known direct commercial flight between the two nations. The… Continue Reading →
Ateres Shlomo is now the first yeshiva allowed by the Health Ministry to return to full functionality, following two weeks of learning in “capsules”, small groups of students in outdoor areas. During his drasha, Rav Sorotzkin emotionally declared the… Continue Reading →
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Located in what used to be this Dutch city’s Jewish neighborhood, its Jewish Cultural Quarter — a group of museums and other institutions situated within a few blocks of each other — packs centuries of European history… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump implored Senate Republicans to “be tough” on Democrats heading into the fall election, touting his own poll numbers against rival Joe Biden during a free-wheeling private lunch on Capitol Hill. With top White House advisers in tow,… Continue Reading →
ROCKLAND COUNTY (VINnews) — 2 girls were found safe on Tuesday evening, after having gone missing for several hours. According to reports, the girls had reached out to Chaveirim of Rockland stating they were lost while hiking in a wooded… Continue Reading →
As the Jewish community awaits with anticipation on a decision if Upstate NY summer camps will be permitted to open this coming summer, at least one camp has reportedly received the green light. Camp Oraysa, located on Todd Road in… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli restaurants will reopen next week and require about 5 feet between patrons, but what about people who aren’t ready to take off their masks when they eat in public? Some Israeli inventors have created a face… Continue Reading →