Month September 2020
NEW YORK (AP) – A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for breathing machines in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the first large study that primarily enrolled Hispanics and… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA/JONATHAN S. TOBIN) – If it’s good enough for the Democrats, Republicans have decided they can play the same game. That’s the motivation behind the attempt to claim that an attack on a GOP congressional candidate by House Speaker… Continue Reading →
R’ Mordechai Samet of Kiryas Joel was released from prison on Erev Rosh Hashanah, after serving 20 of his 27-year sentence. Samet was released under the new “First Step Act” law. R’ Moshe Margaretten of the Tzedek Association who was… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr drew sharp condemnation Thursday for comparing lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery. In remarks Wednesday night at an event hosted by Hillsdale College, Barr had called the lockdown orders the “greatest… Continue Reading →
A yesoma, from a chashuva family just got married a day ago and is in a terrible financial situation, as she cannot pay for the wedding or new clothing and appliances! Her father died of cancer a year ago, and her mother is at… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] In a world filled with uncertainty, we search for something steady. Something to grab onto to keep us afloat in these tumultuous times. ואין לנו שיור רק התורה הזאת when we have nothing we have the Torah. Throughout the… Continue Reading →
BUDAPEST (JTA) – When Rosh Hashanah begins on Friday night, none of Hungary’s 100,000 Jews will be in a synagogue. Instead, they’ll be on a boat in the Danube, under tents and atop the deck of a floating hotel —… Continue Reading →
Textbooks for Emirati students in grades 1-12 already include lessons about the peace treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, media news outlets reported this week. The textbooks praise the Abraham Accords, stating that “the historic agreement stems from… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department will roll out a ban of transactions in the U.S. using TikTok and WeChat starting Sunday. The order Friday was put into place, according to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, to “combat China’s malicious collection… Continue Reading →
Reb Asher Biton of Ashdod, who suffered a multi-system injury after being hit by rocket shrapnel on Monday, remains in serious condition in the ICU of the Assuta Medical Center. The doctors have decided not to operate on him out… Continue Reading →
El Al announced on Thursday that it is resuming passenger flights from October 1 and cargo flights from September 21, Army Radio reported. Yeshivah student Eli Rozenberg, 27, acquired 42.89% of El Al with a $150 million offering at the… Continue Reading →
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Dear Editor of The Lakewood Scoop, Shalom U’Bracha, I hope this letter finds you all well. It has been an extremely challenging six months since the last time we had contact. This year on Rosh Hashanah we will all add… Continue Reading →
The remnants of Hurricane Sally dumped more than a foot of rain over the U.S. Southeast on Thursday, killed at least one person, washed out bridges and roads and left… Read more » The post Hurricane Sally’s Rains Wreak Havoc… Continue Reading →
Britain’s health minister said on Friday that the novel coronavirus was accelerating across the country, with hospital admissions doubling every eight days, but refused to say if another national lockdown… Read more » The post Second U.K. Lockdown? COVID Hospital… Continue Reading →
The Palestinian Authority will resume negotiations with Israel fairly soon, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said this week, according to a report by Yisrael Hayom. In a closed-door conversation, Netanyahu said… Read more » The post Netanyahu: If Trump Is Reelected,… Continue Reading →
Analysts and security officials say they are watching for signs that North Korea may use an upcoming holiday to unveil new weapons or test fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM),… Read more » The post Missile Launch or Storm Repairs?… Continue Reading →