Month July 2020
Chesed of Lakewood would like to inform that public that the last subsidized women’s CPR course for the season will be”H take place this Monday, July 27, at 8:30pm. The program follows the American Heart Association curriculum, with the option… Continue Reading →
Norman Rosenbaum, a Melbourne based lawyer who became well-known in the US for his battle for justice following his brother Yankel’s murder in the Crown Heights riots, passed away on Shabbos at the age of 63, Collive reported. Yankee Rosenbaum,… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said the Russian navy will get 40 new ships and vessels this year, as he attended a naval parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday marking the Navy Day in Russia. The parade in St…. Continue Reading →
If the outbreak roars back in New York City, Anil and Joyce Lilly will not be sheltering again in their Bronx apartment. They just bought a house an hour north in the Hudson Valley. “We need more elbow room,” said… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times It is known as the final journey, and what happens on it is a question that many ponder. Philosophers, scientists, and great men have explored this question since the dawn of… Continue Reading →
Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll shows, a sign of increasing pessimism that would translate into roughly 10 million workers needing to find… Continue Reading →
Spain‘s COVID-19 death toll could be nearly 60% higher than the official figure of 28,432, according to an investigation by El País newspaper published on Sunday. The country’s official death… Read more » The post Report: Spain’s COVID-19 Death Toll… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry reported 1,108 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, a number far lower than the almost 2,000 daily cases that have been reported in the past week but the lower number was due to the reduced amount of tests… Continue Reading →
Israel’s newly appointed coronavirus task force chief, Professor Ronni Gamzu, stated his intention to reassign responsibility for testing and tracking potential coronavirus sufferers from the Health Ministry to the Defense… Read more » The post Gamzu Aims to Deploy IDF… Continue Reading →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under total lockdown after a person was found there with suspected COVID-19 symptoms,… Read more » The post North Korea Locks Down Border… Continue Reading →
CHENGDU, China (AP) — Moving trucks and vehicles with diplomatic plates pulled out of a U.S. Consulate in southwest China on Sunday, as its impending closure over rising bilateral tensions drew a steady stream of onlookers for the second straight… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Police said Sunday they arrested more than a dozen Israelis in country-wide protests the previous night that drew thousands of people in a growing and persistent show of force against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and… Continue Reading →
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities declared a riot early Sunday in Portland, Oregon, where protesters breached a fence surrounding the city’s federal courthouse building where U.S. agents have been stationed. Police described via Twitter the “violent conduct of people downtown”… Continue Reading →
Washington has dispatched a special envoy for Afghanistan to press for peace talks between the government and Taliban fighters, with the diplomat scheduled to visit Kabul on a trip with stops in five nations, the U.S. State Department said on… Continue Reading →
Washington has dispatched a special envoy for Afghanistan to press for peace talks between the government and Taliban fighters, with the diplomat scheduled to visit Kabul on a trip with stops in five nations, the U.S. State Department said on… Continue Reading →
Authorities declared a riot early Sunday in Portland, Oregon, where protesters breached a fence surrounding the city’s federal courthouse building where U.S. agents have been stationed. Police described via Twitter… Read more » The post Portland Protesters Breach Fence Around… Continue Reading →
Moving trucks and vehicles with diplomatic plates pulled out of a U.S. Consulate in southwest China on Sunday, as its impending closure over rising bilateral tensions drew a steady stream… Read more » The post Police Corral Crowds as Movers… Continue Reading →
The government approved on Sunday afternoon the ‘check for every citizen’ program, which would give every citizen a financial grant with a minimum of NIS 750 ($218) per person. According… Read more » The post Cabinet Approves Coronavirus Stimulus ‘Check… Continue Reading →
MK David Bitan (Likud), chairman of the Knesset’s Aliyah and Absorption Committee, agreed Sunday with the Foreign Ministry that yeshivah students from abroad will not need to physically come to… Read more » The post Knesset Committee: Yeshivah Students From… Continue Reading →
The next hearing in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s case will take place on December 6 and will deal with preliminary arguments. This is what emerged Sunday from the State Attorney’s… Read more » The post Next Hearing for Netanyahu to… Continue Reading →