Month August 2020
Potential accuracy issues with a widely used coronavirus test could lead to false results for patients, U.S. health officials warned. The Food and Drug Administration issued the alert Monday to doctors and laboratory technicians using Thermo Fisher’s TaqPath genetic test…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is pushing back against former first lady Michelle Obama, claiming that her husband’s Oval Office performance is what catapulted him into the White House. In her remarks Monday night at the Democratic National Convention,… Continue Reading →
Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez said Monday that the handful of 2020 presidential caucuses should be the last the party ever holds. He didn’t specifically name Iowa, which for decades has led off the nominating calendar, but his position… Continue Reading →
A U.N.-backed tribunal on Tuesday said there was no evidence the leadership of Hezbollah or the Syrian government were involved in the 2005 killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik… Read more » The post U.N. Tribunal: No Evidence Hezbollah… Continue Reading →
NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt took former Republican governor of New Jersey Christie Whitman to task for throwing her support behind Joe Biden and speaking at the Democratic National Convention last night. Whitman, who is a lifelong Republican and served two… Continue Reading →
By Jerry Sandler Well, the former first lady spoke at the Democratic National Convention. It was designed, of course, in every way, to make Joe Biden look good – and the president look bad. It is ironic, however, that on… Continue Reading →
The government confirmed this week that Israelis and foreign residents are now allowed to arrive quarantine-free from the United Kingdom, Slovenia, New Zealand, Georgia, Denmark, Austria, Canada, Estonia, Rwanda, Italy, Finland,… Read more » The post Bachurim Arriving From ‘Green’ Countries… Continue Reading →
Defense Minister Benny Gantz expressed satisfaction with the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, only added that he should have been updated about it ahead of time.… Read more » The post Gantz: UAE Peace Deal Is… Continue Reading →
In accordance with new regulations and the reopening of other museums, the Kosel Heritage Foundation announced Tuesday that the Kosel Tunnels sites are to reopen, in a restricted manner and… Read more » The post Kosel Tunnel Sites Reopening After… Continue Reading →
Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small U.K. study almost doubled during the peak of Britain’s COVID-19 epidemic, suggesting a possible link between the two diseases that… Read more » The post U.K. Study Links COVID-19 to… Continue Reading →
Arik Yekouel, the Israel Police’s first chareidi commissioner, who now serves as adviser to the Public Security Minister Amir Ohana on chareidi affairs, recently drafted a letter to Ohana concerning… Read more » The post Chareidi Adviser to Minister: Restrictions… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Klal Yisroel loves Segulos. We run for this Segulah and that Segulah. Now this Segulah is one that is mentioned in the Torah – and it also says that it really works. It is… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Klal Yisroel loves Segulos. We run for this Segulah and that Segulah. Now this Segulah is one that is mentioned in the Torah – and it also says that it really works. It is… Continue Reading →
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of whom were… Read more » The post WHO: Pandemic Now Driven by… Continue Reading →
Israel registered 1,660 new coronavirus infections on Monday, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday morning. With 25,228 tests conducted over the previous day, 6.57% out of those returned positive, the… Read more » The post 1,660 New Cases of Coronavirus;… Continue Reading →
Lebanese President Michel Aoun dismissed as “impossible” the chance that a vast explosion in Beirut’s port this month was caused by a blast from a deposit of Hezbollah arms, but… Read more » The post ‘Impossible’ That Beirut Blast Was… Continue Reading →
The Knesset plenum on Monday passed in its first reading an amendment that would give the government an additional 100 days to approve the state budget beyond the current August… Read more » The post Bill to Extend Deadline for… Continue Reading →
A U.N.-backed tribunal in the Netherlands is delivering verdicts Tuesday in the trial in absentia of four members of Hezbollah who are accused of involvement in the truck bomb assassination… Read more » The post U.N.-Backed Court to Deliver Verdicts… Continue Reading →
Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Tuesday he knew of no change to a policy opposing U.S. sales of advanced weaponry to Arab states that could diminish Israel’s military superiority, after… Read more » The post Minister: Policy on U.S. Arms… Continue Reading →
The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Monday that the government will prohibit arrivals to the city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah. Ukraine Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that… Read more » The post Ukraine Bans Foreign Travel to… Continue Reading →
Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday, after buying of technology stocks nudged the S&P 500 closer to the record high it set in February before the pandemic crunched the… Read more » The post Asia Shares Mixed After Tech… Continue Reading →