Month September 2020
By Yehudit Garmaise, Matzav.com Every year a highlight of the Fall Yom Tov season at the Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has been a field trip during the aseres y’may t’shuva, in which the staff takes 50 to… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Chareidi analyst and PR rep Berele Kromby offered an interesting explanation for the behavior of the Chareidi community in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19. Kromby told Arutz Sheva that during the first wave people… Continue Reading →
CLEVELAND (JTA) – Who are the Proud Boys, the far-right group that Donald Trump name-checked at the first presidential debate? And do they hate Jews? The answer to the second question: Some of them — including their founder — certainly… Continue Reading →
CHEMED and MyCare submitted the following statement in response to the long lines yesterday. We apologize for the extreme wait experienced by many on Tuesday at our CHEMED and MyCare locations. Together we provided over 1,000 Covid tests – more… Continue Reading →
Motti Felman of Bnei Brak contracted the coronavirus three months ago and was recently diagnosed with it again and was hospitalized on Erev Yom Kippur. Felman, 53, is in general good health and has no underlying medical issues, but is… Continue Reading →
Motti Felman of Bnei Brak contracted the coronavirus three months ago and was recently diagnosed with it again and was hospitalized on Erev Yom Kippur. Felman, 53, is in general good health and has no underlying medical issues, but is… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament on Wednesday passed a law that would allow the government to curtail public protests during the country’s nationwide coronavirus lockdown, a measure that drew fierce opposition a day earlier. The law allows the government to… Continue Reading →
The worries are growing for United Airlines flight attendant Jordy Comeaux. In a few days, he’ll be among roughly 40,000 airline workers whose jobs are likely to evaporate in an industry decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. Unless Congress acts to… Continue Reading →
A man allegedly trying to break into homes was arrested following a foot chase by Lakewood police. Late last night, LCSW members spotted the man allegedly attempting to break into homes, and phoned police. The members followed the man until… Continue Reading →
In light of the government’s decision to tighten the lockdown for the near future, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation announced that it will be broadcasting Shacharis, Minchah and Maariv daily… Read more » The post Kosel to Be Closed for… Continue Reading →
Eli Rozenberg, the new owner of El Al, responded to the airline’s demand that the government thwart his takeover of El Al because he is a “straw man for his father, NY-based businessman Kenny Rozenberg,” Globes reported. In a letter… Continue Reading →
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that he will meet with Orthodox Jewish leaders to address COVID-19 clusters in communities downstate. “I’m going to be meeting with religious leaders… Read more » The post Gov. Cuomo to Meet Orthodox… Continue Reading →
By a vote of 46-38, the Knesset plenum early Wednesday morning passed a bill under which the government may declare, during a national lockdown, a “special state of emergency due… Read more » The post Knesset Bans Citizens From Taking… Continue Reading →
Those mysterious debt collectors who call insisting you’ll be in legal peril if you don’t pay them big bucks are in hot water themselves, accused in a nationwide crackdown of harassing and threatening consumers, often about debts that don’t actually… Continue Reading →
Hello, my name is Adel. I was born a quadruplet, one of four siblings, and we live in Eretz Yisrael. With great appreciation to Hakadush Baruch Hu, my sister just got married a few weeks ago and it was a great… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry reported Wednesday morning that 4,949 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday after 34,352 tests had been conducted. The number of seriously ill has gone up to 810,… Read more » The post Israeli Hospitals to Add 1,500… Continue Reading →
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has inspected the second of two suspected former secret atomic sites in Iran, as agreed with Tehran last month in a deal that ended a standoff… Read more » The post U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Inspects Second… Continue Reading →
Former Director General of the Health Ministry Moshe Bar Siman-Tov has recently received an offer from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to return to a senior position in the government’s “operations… Read more » The post Report: Netanyahu Offers Bar Siman-Tov… Continue Reading →
Iraq will protect foreign mission buildings and ensure only the state has weapons, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi told 25 top diplomats on Wednesday, after Washington warned it could shut down… Read more » The post Iraq Pledges to Protect Diplomats… Continue Reading →
Almost 500 days after Belgian parliamentary elections, seven parties from both sides of the linguistic aisle agreed early Wednesday on forming a fully functioning majority government that will center on… Read more » The post Seven Parties Agree on Belgian… Continue Reading →
Ahoy! There’s phosphine in yonder clouds of Venus! Not excited? Well, some scientists are joyously farbrenging, because the garlic-odorous, explosive gas seems to have been detected in the morning star’s atmosphere, and is produced in nature, at least here on… Continue Reading →