Month May 2020
The U.S. auto industry slowly returned to life on Monday, with some vehicle assembly plants reopening after the coronavirus lockdown while suppliers geared up to support a sector that employs… Read more » The post Auto Industry Starts to Return… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump’s idea of golf getting back to normal is having thousands of fans who aren’t wearing masks in attendance and “practically standing on top of each other.” Trump joined the NBC broadcast Sunday of “TaylorMade Driving Relief,” a… Continue Reading →
The United Kingdom has added the loss of smell and taste to its official list of COVID-19 symptoms including fever and new continuous cough – a step that it hopes… Read more » The post U.K. Adds Loss of Smell… Continue Reading →
China has decided it will not send a team to investigate the death of Ambassador Du Wei in his Herzliya home Sunday, Channel 12 news reported Monday. A preliminary probe… Read more » The post China Backtracks on Probing Israeli… Continue Reading →
Over the course of the weekend, Israeli police arrested a 39-year-old Tel Aviv resident who is suspected of publicizing articles of incitement against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The investigation was permitted by the Deputy State’s Attorney, Nurit Litman. Police brought… Continue Reading →
Outgoing Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz and incoming Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi held a change of the guard ceremony at the Foreign Ministry on Monday morning, attended by the office’s executive… Read more » The post Incoming FM Gabi Ashkenazi: ‘We… Continue Reading →
Health ministers from around the world are expected to call for an independent evaluation of the World Health Organization’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during a WHO meeting on Monday.… Read more » The post U.S. Likely to Back Call… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry on Monday morning denied earlier reports that the government has approved a plan to reopen shuls, with restrictions. The ministry said that a draft plan on guidelines… Read more » The post Health Ministry Denies That Shuls… Continue Reading →
Asian stock markets rose Monday after the chief U.S. central banker expressed optimism the the American economy might start to recover this year from the coronavirus pandemic. Benchmarks in Shanghai,… Read more » The post Asian Stocks Rise After Fed… Continue Reading →
Unknown warplanes attacked Iran-backed fighters in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, killing several of the Iraqi militiamen, Syrian opposition activists said Sunday. The strikes late Saturday targeted a base… Read more » The post Report: Airstrikes in East Syria… Continue Reading →
The Lod District Court on Monday convicted Amiram Ben-Uliel of murdering three members of the Dawabsha family in August 2015 by setting fire to their home, but cleared him of… Read more » The post Jewish Man Found Guilty of… Continue Reading →
The IDF has increased its alert level along the northern border with Lebanon after a number of attempted incursions have taken place over the past month. An official within the IDF stated that there have been three instances in which… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government agency that processes citizenship applications and work visas is running out of money because of the COVID-19 pandemic and says it needs to raise its fees and receive emergency funding from Congress to stay… Continue Reading →
Chinuch Atzmai schools in Israel, which include about 100,000 students throughout Israel announced that schools for all ages are resuming on Monday except in “red zones,” which have a high rate of coronavirus infections (Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh and certain… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will “exact consequences” on the International Criminal Court if it “continues down its current course” of attempting to “assert jurisdiction over Israel.” Israel has for years been accused of… Continue Reading →
Is it called Corona or Covid-19? This is one of the many things that is confusing with the coronavirus; actually with Covid-19. But there’s one thing that’s crystal clear. Click to donate Coronavirus has forced kollelim and batei midrashim to… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed optimism Sunday that the U.S. economy can begin to recover from a devastating recession in the second half of the year, assuming the coronavirus doesn’t erupt in a second wave. But… Continue Reading →
In a heartbreaking video, the children of Rav Rafael Sheinfeld, z’tl, a renowned ba’al chesed and a ZAKA volunteer who passed away of the coronavirus on Friday night, are seen singing “tzama lecha nafshi” by his kever. Rav Sheinfeld was… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf company announced that the products in its Los Angeles stores will no longer all be certified kosher. A statement on the California-based international company noted that though its LA-area stores… Continue Reading →
A jet from the Canadian air force’s Snowbirds aerobatics team that was on a tour to lift spirits during the coronavirus outbreak crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia, on Sunday, killing… Read more » The post One Crew Member Dead as… Continue Reading →
The world lost another giant last week, with the passing of 59-year-old father of 12 Rabbi Refael Schoenfeld. Schoenfeld was famous throughout Israel for his volunteer work with ZAKA and the Cheva Kadisha. He dedicated his life to giving others… Continue Reading →