Month September 2020
BROOKLYN (VINnews) – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor detailed the uptick in cases and test positivity in select ZIP codes in New York State, where 27%… Continue Reading →
A rapid coronavirus screening test developed in Israel will be used to screen passengers in several European airports. The test involves gargling with a small amount of special mouthwash and… Read more » The post Israeli Rapid Coronavirus Test to… Continue Reading →
Israel’s coronavirus death toll has reached 1,507 after 49 more patients have died in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported on Monday evening, Motzoei Yom Kippur. The ministry… Read more » The post Israel’s Coronavirus Death Toll Passes… Continue Reading →
Saudi Arabia said on Monday it had taken down a terrorist cell this month that had received training from Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards, arresting 10 people and seizing weapons and explosives.… Read more » The post Saudi Arabia Says It Busted… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report in The New York Times. Trump, who has… Continue Reading →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised alarm Monday about the emergence of a handful of coronavirus hot spots in New York, saying just 10 ZIP codes represented more than a quarter of… Read more » The post Cuomo Raises Alarm About New… Continue Reading →
BROOKLYN, NY (VINnews) – COVID-19 cases continue to grow at an alarming rate in eight neighborhoods in the city, outpacing the citywide average by 3.7 times over the past 14 days. Six of the 8 neighborhoods saw increases even from… Continue Reading →
A report that Donald Trump paid little or no federal income tax in recent years sparked broad outrage on Monday, from rich Democrats to teachers and coffee shop workers taking… Read more » The post Trump Tax Revelations Spark Outrage… Continue Reading →
The head of a top U.S. government health agency contradicted President Donald Trump upbeat assessment of the coronavirus pandemic, saying “We’re nowhere near the end,” NBC News reported on Monday.… Read more » The post CDC Director: ‘We’re Nowhere Near… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is called “Eating less than the shiur” and if medically necessary – is what is done on Yom Kippur. For those who cannot reach their Rav, what follows are the emergency amounts that… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Sarah* grew up in a very modest home in Lakewood with just the very basics. Over the years, the financial situation of her large family grew worse until last year their home was foreclosed and the bank was threatening… Continue Reading →
In order to ensure all are properly hydrated for Yom Kippur, Lakewood Bikur Cholim is distributing Gatorade today. Pickup is at Bikur Cholim Building, 93 Prospect, until 4:00 PM.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has stashed $1.6 billion in bank accounts outside Lebanon in case of an urgent need to flee Lebanon, a report by the Jordanian newspaper Al-Hadath said on Sunday, citing the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the… Continue Reading →
See the Halachos below.
I’m writing this letter in the hopes that by voicing my opinion as an emergency room medical practitioner, I will inspire you to resume aggressive social distancing practices which are critical to the well being of this community. I work… Continue Reading →
Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky fulfilled the minhag of kapparos on a chicken on Motzei Shabbos. Later that night, the Rav of Modiin Illit, Rav Meir Kessler, asked HaRav Chaim: “What can we do in order to be saved and merit… Continue Reading →
In a Friday afternoon conference call, NYS Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein spoke with over 100 community leaders, including the heads of many local mosdos, beseeching them to encourage their members to… Read more » The post Assesmblyman Simcha Eichenstein Asks Community… Continue Reading →
As COVID-19 positivity rates in Brooklyn neighborhoods have risen over the past few days, many kehillos in Boro Park and Flatbush have made announcements over Shabbos imploring their members to adhere strictly… Read more » The post Boro Park and Flatbush Kehillos… Continue Reading →
The post appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Low-Cost Leaders Stock Market Jumps After Strong Jobs Report U.S. Stocks Rally on Fed Minutes, Earnings News Stocks Stabilize, But End Down For the Week Windshield Shattered on Bus Traveling Between… Continue Reading →
Yom Kippur is only a few hours away. This year, especially with Covid-19 and the uncertainty of life, it is very normal to be nervous right before Yom Kippur. We want to live. We want Hashem to allow us to… Continue Reading →