Month July 2020
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Nurses across Israel launched a strike on Monday to protest staff shortages which have added to the heavy strain they already endure as they battle the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives of the Nurses Association and the Finance Ministry… Continue Reading →
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.… Read more » The post Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine Prompts Immune… Continue Reading →
Are you or your son having difficulties with your learning? Are you not managing to get yourself to learn enough? Having difficulty with your hebrew reading and feel that’s holding you back in your learning? Feeling frustrated or guilty about… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British researchers first began testing the vaccine… Continue Reading →
Britain’s government will be making changes in its extradition arrangements with Hong Kong on Monday, after China imposed a tough new national security law. As tensions grow with Beijing, Prime… Read more » The post U.K. to Make Changes to… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a prominent Revolutionary Guard general later killed by a U.S. drone strike, state TV reported on Monday. The report said the… Continue Reading →
LONDON (VINnews) — A new treatment for COVID-19 could dramatically reduce the number of patients requiring intensive care, according to its UK developers. The treatment, discovered by the Synairgen biotech company situated in Southampton, involves the usage of a protein… Continue Reading →
A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge as he answered the door of the family home Sunday in New Jersey and shot and wounded the… Read more » The post Son of U.S. District Judge… Continue Reading →
Dear TLS community, With the heat index once again reaching above 100 degrees, I want to bring something to your attention. We all know the dangers regarding leaving children in a car, about not doing strenuous work outside or even… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — One of Jerusalem’s most erudite Geonim, Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi, died on Shabbat from COVID-19. Ashkenazi was a prolific author with encyclopedic knowledge who over a 70-year period wrote an incredible number of articles on all aspects of… Continue Reading →
Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has been admitted to hospital in the capital Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gall bladder, state news agency SPA said on… Read more » The post Saudi King Salman, 84, Admitted… Continue Reading →
ANTWERP (AP) – The prosecutor’s office in the Belgian port city of Antwerp has launched a judicial investigation following the death of a 29-year-old Algerian man hours after his arrest by police. Amid accusation of police brutality on social media… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Asher Weiss, the head of the Darkei Torah institutions, discussed a heartwrenching question he received from a person who had been sick with coronavirus and is almost certain that he was responsible for another person getting… Continue Reading →
Global shares were mixed in directionless trading Monday as the number of coronavirus cases soared in the U.S. and investors cautiously eyed the summit of European leaders discussing the pandemic… Read more » The post Global Shares Mixed as Investors… Continue Reading →
Chai Lifeline’s annual dinner will be taking place tonight at 8:30 pm. To ensure the safety of the thousands of participants, the yearly gathering in support of families battling illness in our community will be taking place virtually. An inspiring… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There is such a thing as a “miracle” air flight – where a person who was a wheel-chair bound invalid before he entered the airplane, somehow, through the miracle of air flight, experiences his… Continue Reading →
As Israel’s government attempts to curb the soaring coronavirus infection rate in the country by mulling lockdowns and imposing more and more restrictions on public movement, many public officials have expressed opposition to lockdown measures, saying they are ineffective in… Continue Reading →
Eli Rozenberg, who was revealed last week as the man bidding to acquire El Al, Israel’s flagship airline, sent an official proposal to the chairman of the board of El Al, offering… Read more » The post El Al’s Potential Buyer Offers… Continue Reading →
A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge as he answered the door of the family home Sunday in New Jersey and shot and wounded the judge’s husband before fleeing, according to judiciary officials. The shootings… Continue Reading →
The Civil Aviation Authority announced on Monday that the current entry restrictions for foreigners into Israel will continue until at least September 1. Currently, only citizens or residents of Israel… Read more » The post Ban of Entry of Non-Israelis… Continue Reading →
Finance Minister Yisrael Katz and coalition chairman MK Miki Zohar clashed during a meeting of the Knesset’s Finance Committee on Monday, with Katz accusing Zohar of having family interests in… Read more » The post Finance Minister, Likud MK Clash… Continue Reading →