Month June 2020
A toddler in the Bronx was left with burns and stitches to his head after fireworks shot through their top floor apartment window on Wednesday, with his family telling Pix11… Read more » The post Toddler Hit by Fireworks Blast… Continue Reading →
The city of Elad petitioned the High Court of Justice on Thursday following the government’s decision to lock down the city in order to stem the spread of the coronavirus.… Read more » The post Elad Petitions High Court After… Continue Reading →
NASCAR went to Talladega Superspeedway on heightened alert after Bubba Wallace, its only Black driver, took on an active role in a push for racial equality. Wallace had successfully called for the ban of the Confederate flag and received threats…. Continue Reading →
Nizmi Abu Bakar, the terrorist who is accused of fatally striking Amit Ben Yigal, Hy”d, with a rock last month, was indicted Thursday for intentionally causing death by the Military… Read more » The post Terrorist Who Killed Amit Ben… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Nosson Wachtfogel zt”l, the first mashgiach Ruchni of BMG in Lakewood and an alumnus of both the Kelm and Mirrer yeshivos in Europe, was once on the telephone attempting to get a young… Continue Reading →
The Eiffel Tower on Thursday welcomed back visitors after the coronavirus outbreak forced the Paris landmark into its longest period out of action since World War II. Strict hygiene and… Read more » The post Eiffel Tower Reopens After Three-Month… Continue Reading →
Guinea’s best hope for coronavirus patients lies inside a neglected yellow shed on the grounds of its main hospital: an oxygen plant that has never been turned on. The plant was part of a hospital renovation funded by international donors… Continue Reading →
Who would be the first to get a COVID-19 vaccine? Probably people in the country where the first effective vaccine is developed. About a dozen different vaccines are in various… Read more » The post FOCUS: Who Would Be the… Continue Reading →
World shares and U.S. futures slipped Thursday as investors focused on surging new coronavirus cases in the U.S. that are dimming hopes for a relatively quick economic turnaround from the… Read more » The post World Stocks Skid as New… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump will deliver a “big announcement” on Israel’s annexation, senior presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway told reporters on Wednesday night as White House officials met earlier in the day… Read more » The post Trump Set to Deliver ‘Big… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry announced Thursday that 532 people were diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest number since April 22. The number of active patients as of… Read more » The post New Spike: 532 New Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the sudden Petirah of Mordechai Greenes Z”L. He was 30. Mordechai (Mordy) Z”L grew up in Lakewood and recently resided in Manhattan. He was found unresponsive in his apartment. The Levaya is expected to… Continue Reading →
We are saddened to report the petirah of Mrs. Marta Schron, a”h, wife of the noted baal tzedakah, ybl”c Mr. Ruby Schron. She was 75 years old. The hallmark of the Schron family… Read more » The post BD’E – Mrs. Marta (Mattel… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Mrs. Marta Schron A”H, the wife of Reb Ruby Schron. She was 75. YWN reports Mrs. Schron suffered from an illness which took a rapid turn for the worse this week,… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Mrs Marta Schron A”H, the wife of Reb Ruby Schron. She was 75. Mrs Schron suffered from an illness which took a rapid turn for the worse this week, and was… Continue Reading →
SEATTLE (AP) — A collection of Seattle businesses, property owners and residents sued the city Wednesday over its tolerance of an “occupied” protest zone, saying officials have been complicit in depriving them of their rights to their property. The plaintiffs… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (Newsmax)- The re-election campaign of President Donald Trump is suing the largest political organization supporting Democratic rival and former Vice President Joe Biden, claiming it produced a television advertisement that misrepresents the president’s remarks about the novel coronavirus. The… Continue Reading →
Americans are unlikely to be allowed into more than 30 European countries for business or tourism when the continent begins next week to open its borders to the world, due to the spread of the coronavirus and President Donald Trump’s… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Omer Yankelevich is the new minister of Diaspora affairs in Israel, meaning she’s in charge of managing the Jewish state’s relations with Jewish communities abroad. It has never been an easy task, but tensions in recent years… Continue Reading →
EBENFURTH (JTA) — Some 28 Jewish gravestones dating from the 17th century were discovered in the foundation of a wall built to protect a castle in Austria. They were discovered during restoration work earlier this year on the Ebenfurth Castle… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry officials are concerned about the high rate of morbidity in Chareidi areas, with data showing that 20% of the active coronavirus patients are from Chareidi communities, with the infection rate in Chareidi areas much higher than other… Continue Reading →