Month August 2020

Can mosquitoes spread the coronavirus? No. While mosquitoes can spread some diseases, most notably malaria, experts say COVID-19 is not among them. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has no data to suggest the coronavirus is… Continue Reading →

Submitted by a Pickup G’mach. Here at the Pickup G’mach, we’re gearing up for winter. We’re busy hanging beautiful used clothing, still in good condition, in our boutique so local Lakewood families can clothe their children in a bakovidik fashion… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump kicked off his reelection campaign with a swaggering World Series ad that declared he’s “No Mr. Nice Guy,” but his campaign has taken pains to highlight a softer side of the famously brusque and bombastic chief executive… Continue Reading →

A suspected terror attack occurred on Wednesday when a 39-year-old Chareidi man was stabbed by an Arab in Petach Tikvah. Paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man lying on the sidewalk unconscious. They provided emergency medical treatment and… Continue Reading →

It is much regret we inform you of the sudden Petirah of Rav Yosef Dovid Neuschloss Z”L of Lakewood. He was in his fifties. Rav Yosef Dovid Z”L was rushed to the hospital with chest pains late last night, and… Continue Reading →

Just over a month after New York Mayor de Blasio signed police-reform laws, the controversial chokehold law could be changed after criticism from police saying that the ban could make… Read more » The post NYPD Concerns Could Change Chokehold… Continue Reading →

For five months, thousands joined together to daven for Rabbi Yudi Dukes, who was critically ill with COVID-19. Tehillim groups and mitzvah campaigns were organized and shared by the many who felt the pain of his family as their own…. Continue Reading →

Gidon Cohen, Israeli Mossad Agent receives a dangerous mission. He must fly to Nepal to foil an Al-Qaeda purchase of a deadly virus that could potentially kill masses in Israel. The seller, son of a German diplomat can not be… Continue Reading →

A male stabbing victim aged around 35 was found unconscious and with critical injuries to his upper torso at the Segula Junction, Petach Tikvah. Magen David Adom paramedics are conducting… Read more » The post Stabbing at Segula Junction, Petach… Continue Reading →

A 61-year-old man has died in the Gaza Strip after contracting the coronavirus, Palestinian authorities said on Wednesday as they clamped down on an outbreak of the pandemic in the… Read more » The post Gaza Man Dies of Coronavirus;… Continue Reading →

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com When covering the Republican National Convention, the New York Times will also cover the fashion aspects of the convention – kind of as a side commentary.  A Torah based publication should cover the halachic… Continue Reading →

For the first time in August, the number of new daily coronavirus cases in Israel has nearly hit the 2,000-mark, health officials reported Wednesday morning. The Health Ministry said that… Read more » The post For First Time in Weeks,… Continue Reading →

Hurricane Laura is now expected to rapidly power up into a “catastrophic” Category-4 hurricane — an even stronger storm than previously expected — as it churns toward Texas and Louisiana,… Read more » The post Laura Now Forecast to Be… Continue Reading →

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Greece on Wednesday not to test his country’s patience or courage, further stoking tensions between the NATO allies over offshore energy exploration in the… Read more » The post Turkey Warns Greece Not to… Continue Reading →

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday is to convene a special meeting to discuss the plans for operating shul during the coronavirus crisis, ahead of the Tishrei chagim. The meeting… Read more » The post Details for Opening Shuls, ‘Traffic… Continue Reading →

A senior ally of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he believed only President Vladimir Putin could have authorized the suspected poisoning of the outspoken Kremlin critic. The… Read more » The post Navalny Ally Says Only Putin… Continue Reading →

The post Reciting Selichos at the Kever of Benayahu ben Yehoyada in Tzfas, Under Restriction appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Reciting Selichos at the Kever of Benayahu ben Yehoyada in Tzfas Reciting Selichos in Meron on Motzoei Shabbos… Continue Reading →

Israeli helicopters struck observation posts of the Hezbollah terror group along the Lebanon border overnight after shots were fired at Israeli troops operating in the area, the IDF said Wednesday.… Read more » The post Israel Attacks Hezbollah Posts After… Continue Reading →

Three people were shot, one of them fatally, as gunfire broke out on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the third straight night of unrest sparked by the police shooting… Read more » The post Shots Fired on Third Night… Continue Reading →

The president of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s demand to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran, a move that drew an angry rebuke from the… Read more » The post U.N. Council Rejects U.S. Demand… Continue Reading →