Month August 2020
Now debuting is the Sefer “Shabbat” compiled by Avichai Samimi, which provides a concise yet thorough rendition of these halachot le’maaseh according to Minhag Sepharadi. The Sefer is divided according to daily study, comprised of 2 to 4 halachot… Continue Reading →
The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the presidential election in November, not a planned U.S. bid this week… Read more » The post Despite Sanctions Bid, Iran Aims… Continue Reading →
The High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition by dozens of Yerushalayim residents to end or limit protests near Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s official state residence on Balfour Street in… Read more » The post High Court Rejects Request to… Continue Reading →
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan on Wednesday fired the spokesman for the country’s foreign ministry, a day after he remarked that the African country was looking forward to making a peace deal with Israel. The development comes after last week’s bombshell… Continue Reading →
Due to the severe overcrowding of COVID-19 at both Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, the Health Ministry is opening up a new ward for Corona patients in Herzog Psychiatric Hospital. The new ward… Continue Reading →
Members of the Agudas Yisrael faction in the Knesset, Rabbi Yaakov Litzman, Rabbi Meir Porush, Rabbi Yaakov Tessler, Rabbi Yisrael Eichler and Rabbi Eliyahu Chassid, on Wednesday sent a letter to… Read more » The post Agudas Yisrael to Netanyahu: Traveling… Continue Reading →
If you’ve received a private school bus pass from the Jackson School District, take note, they are invalid. Transportation officials say that due to mistakes on the passes, they will be sending out new ones. The new passes are expected… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — An Iraqi-born man deliberately drove his car into motorcycles along a stretch of Berlin highway, leaving at least one person in life-threatening condition in what German officials said Wednesday was a terror attack. “According to the current… Continue Reading →
The IDF conducted airstrikes on Hamas terror sites in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night in response to the launching of a rocket into southern Israel early on Tuesday evening as well as the continuous launching of incendiary and explosive… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry recorded 1,640 new coronavirus cases as of Wednesday in the previous 24 hours. There are currently 23,548 active coronavirus cases, with 401 seriously ill patients, of whom 118 are ventilated. The death toll has risen to 772…. Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] The transition from kollel to the workforce can at times be a painful one, fraught with confusion, doubt and often costly mistakes that can set a family’s parnassah even further back. Chesed of Lakewood’s Executive Business Center is therefore… Continue Reading →
ABU DHABI (VINnews) — Israeli journalist Roi Keis, who serves as the Arab affairs corresponded for the state-funded Kan news outlet, interviewed Jamal Al Musharakh. the Director of the Policy Planning Department at the United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry. Keis… Continue Reading →
Israel’s first “cereal café,” Lulu&co., opened last week on Rothschild Street in Tel Aviv. With restaurants closing around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s a brave time to open a new restaurant or café. In fact, the largest… Continue Reading →
Yeshiva and Kollel Bonei Yerushalayim is opening for the coming Elul Zman for all bochurim and Yungleit who were planning on going to Eretz Yisroel. Call 732-901-5210 or email office@boneiyerushalayim.com The post Attention: Bochurim- Yeshiva and Kollel Bonei Yerushalayim… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Laura Loomer, a Jewish right-wing provocateur known for her anti-Muslim rhetoric, has won the Republican primary in the southern Florida congressional district where President Donald Trump votes. The primary win caps a rapid rise for the 27-year-old… Continue Reading →
Americans turned to Walmart and Home Depot for supplies and do-it-yourself projects as they stayed close to home at a time when new cases of virus surged, resulting in soaring sales for their fiscal second quarter. Walmart’s online sales nearly… Continue Reading →
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The Western Wall Heritage Foundation is preparing for selichos at the Kosel in the shadow of the corona pandemic. The Sefardim being reciting selichos from after Rosh Chodesh Elul. Planning… Read more » The post Preparations for Selichos at the… Continue Reading →
Negotiators for the European Union and Britain began a seventh round of talks on Wednesday to reach a post-Brexit deal on all aspects of future relations, from trade to security,… Read more » The post EU and Britain Resume Talks,… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry announced Wednesday that another 53 people have passed away in nursing homes across the country after being infected with the coronavirus in the past two months –… Read more » The post Israel’s Corona Death Toll to… Continue Reading →
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has gained a national following through his management of the coronavirus pandemic, is writing a book that looks back on his experiences so far,… Read more » The post Gov. Andrew Cuomo Book on… Continue Reading →