Month September 2020
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has slammed the brakes on the country’s return to offices, saying people should work from home if possible, to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Johnson on Tuesday announced a package… Continue Reading →
The lower house of the Sejm, the Polish Parliament, voted in favor of an amendment of the Law on Animal Protection on Thursday night, banning the slaughter of animals without prior stunning. The move is a step to ending Poland’s… Continue Reading →
Poland’s ruling right-wing coalition looked to be hanging by a thread on Monday, as a government spokesman said he could imagine the largest party in the grouping, Law and Justice… Read more » The post Polish Government Doubt Over Coalition,… Continue Reading →
New York commercial tenants are protected from evictions and foreclosures through Oct. 20 under a new executive order announced Monday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the executive order helps commercial tenants and mortgagors hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic restrictions… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Israeli healthcare system is on the brink of collapse and will soon no longer be able to ensure coronavirus patients receive adequate care, health officials warned Monday amid new data indicating that the country’s second outbreak… Continue Reading →
The United States and the United Arab Emirates hope to have an initial agreement on the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to the Gulf state in place by December,… Read more » The post Sources: U.S. and UAE Eye… Continue Reading →
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told Russia on Monday to hand over the clothes he was wearing when he fell into a coma last month and accused Moscow of withholding an… Read more » The post Russia Faces Problems in Navalny… Continue Reading →
David “Harpo” Avramson embarked on a fascinating journey in an attempt to reveal the secret of the Great Rabbis, our forefathers. A new masterpiece produced by Yehuda Grovais, teaching us about the magical world of the ancient luminaries of Israel,… Continue Reading →
Health Ministry Deputy Director General Professor Itamar Grotto on Tuesday told MKs that Israel must reduce its coronavirus infection rate from nearly 12% to 7% before the lockdown can be… Read more » The post Grotto: Lockdown Will Be Removed… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com During Aseres Yemei Teshuvah – we make sure that we are on our best behavior. Of course, we try to be on our best behavior, morally, ethically, and halachically, all the time – but… Continue Reading →
Monday’s return to New York City schools wasn’t the one anyone planned for. For most, it wasn’t a return at all. Only pre-kindergarten and some special education students ended a six-month absence from school buildings after a last-minute decision to… Continue Reading →
The Russian Health Ministry will complete the registration of Vektor Center’s COVID-19 vaccine by 15 October, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Rospotrebnadzor, said… Read more » The post Russia Says Vektor’s COVID-19 Vaccination… Continue Reading →
The Coronavirus Cabinet is expected to meet on Tuesday afternoon to outline a list of new restrictions that could be implemented perhaps even before Yom Kippur. Both Assuta Ashdod University… Read more » The post Coronavirus Cabinet to Meet Tuesday,… Continue Reading →
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell people on Tuesday to work from home and will impose new curbs on pubs, bars and restaurants in a bid to tackle the… Read more » The post British PM Starts to Shut… Continue Reading →
Defense Minister Benny Gantz headed to Washington on Monday for talks with his U.S. counterpart on maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge in the Middle East following its historic normalization agreement… Read more » The post Gantz Travels to U.S. to… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump, who prefers speaking to boisterous crowds, is set to give a prerecorded address to the U.N. General Assembly as he grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, chilly relations… Read more » The post Trump to Use U.N. Address… Continue Reading →
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state leader on Tuesday described an Israeli court decision to extradite a former teacher wanted in Australia on charges of molesting children as a victory for abuse victims. Daniel Andrews is premier of Victoria… Continue Reading →
The Manhattan district attorney’s office told a federal appeals court Monday that its quest to gain access to President Donald Trump’s tax returns is supported by “a mountainous record” of public allegations of misconduct. The president and Manhattan District Attorney… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump met Monday with Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House as the conservative jurist emerged as a favorite to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, the start of a… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed 2,565 new coronavirus cases on Monday morning, a lower number in comparison to the average number of new cases in the past week due to the reduced amount of testing performed over Rosh Hashanah. There are… Continue Reading →