Month July 2020
British tourists flying home on Sunday from holidays in Spain reacted angrily to the U.K. government’s abrupt decision to impose a two-week coronavirus quarantine on everyone traveling from there. The… Read more » The post British Decision to Quarantine Travelers… Continue Reading →
Israel issued a stern warning to Hezbollah via the United Nations that it will not tolerate any act of aggression following the death of a Hezbollah terrorist in Damascus last… Read more » The post Report: Israel Warns Hezbollah Against… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry updated Sunday morning that 1,108 new infections were diagnosed in Israel over the last day, with the rate of positive tests standing at 7.6%. Thus, the number… Read more » The post 1,108 New Coronavirus Cases Diagnosed;… Continue Reading →
Reb Norman Rosenbaum, z”l, a lawyer in Melbourne, Australia, who became known for his struggle for justice for the murder of his brother Yankel, Hy”d, during the Crown Heights riots… Read more » The post BD”E: Reb Norman Rosenbaum, Z”l… Continue Reading →
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 4,099,310 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 74,818 cases from its previous daily count, and said the number… Read more » The post U.S. Reports 74,818 New Cases… Continue Reading →
Recovering from even mild coronavirus infections can take at least two to three weeks, according to U.S. research published Friday. Lingering symptoms can even affect otherwise healthy young adults. Among… Read more » The post Research Shows: COVID-19 Recovery Can… Continue Reading →
Hezbollah wants to attack Israel from the sea, and is developing capabilities that will allow it to do so in a future conflict, warns outgoing commander of the Israel Navy’s… Read more » The post Official: Hezbollah Will Try to… Continue Reading →
Police said Sunday they arrested more than a dozen Israelis in countrywide protests the previous night that drew thousands of people in a growing and persistent show of force against… Read more » The post Arrests and Clashes Follow Violent… Continue Reading →
With great sadness Hamodia reports the petirah of Harav Eliezer Dovid Friedman, zt”l, who was niftar on Thursday at the age of 91. Rav Friedman one of the elder Rabbonim… Read more » The post BD’E — Harav Eliezer Dovid… Continue Reading →
A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court denied a rural Nevada church’s request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50-person cap on worship services as part of the state’s… Read more » The post U.S. Supreme Court Denies Nevada… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (Israel21C) – Hand sanitizers—once the preserve of nurses, mothers and the uber-clean—have now become a ubiquitous accessory found in purses, cars, businesses and offices worldwide. But the surge in demand as the global coronavirus pandemic rages for the ethanol-based… Continue Reading →
A Chabad day camp in Los Angeles was evacuated Friday as a precaution when a fire broke out in a nearby building. 75 campers and their counselors were moved to… Read more » The post Jewish Day Camp in Los… Continue Reading →
Jewish leaders expressed outrage Friday and Saturday over an anti-Semitic meme posted on the social media page of Rodney Muhammad, president of the Philadelphia NAACP. They called for Muhammad’s removal… Read more » The post Jewish Groups Call for Ouster… Continue Reading →
Tropical Storm Hanna is no more. She graduated to Hurricane Hanna and was vamping her way toward the Texas coast Saturday morning. As of 8 p.m., the eye of Hurricane… Read more » The post Hurricane Hanna Makes Landfall in… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of armed, predominantly black, activists demanded justice for Breonna Taylor during peaceful demonstrations Saturday in her Kentucky hometown that drew counter-protesters from a white militia group. Police closed streets… Read more » The post Competing Protesters Converge on Louisville… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The Sinclair Broadcast Group said Saturday it is pulling from the air an edition of its “America This Week” program that discusses a conspiracy theory involving Dr. Anthony Fauci and the coronavirus. Sinclair spokesman Michael Padovano… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign ministry complained Saturday that American law enforcement officials improperly entered its consulate in Houston, which was ordered to close in an escalating diplomatic feud. The ministry gave no details, but U.S. federal agents checked the… Continue Reading →
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that Republicans were set to roll out the next COVID-19 aid package Monday and assured there was backing from the White House after he… Read more » The post Mnuchin: Virus Aid Package Soon,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,”… Continue Reading →
Seattle police declared a riot Saturday following large demonstrations in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood and deployed flash bangs and pepper spray to try to clear an area near where… Read more » The post Police Declare Riot at Seattle… Continue Reading →
A Kentucky teen and The Washington Post have settled a lawsuit over the newspaper’s coverage of his encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington last… Read more » The post Newspaper, Kentucky Teen Settle Lawsuit… Continue Reading →