Month September 2020
Israel is heading toward a nationwide lockdown, the Coronavirus Cabinet ruled Thursday night, as the country passed more than 4,000 COVID-19 diagnoses in a single day for the second day… Read more » The post Israel Heads Towards Full Lockdown,… Continue Reading →
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Americans are commemorating 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign, drawing both President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden to… Read more » The post U.S. Remembers 9/11 as Pandemic… Continue Reading →
Syrian air defenses thwarted an Israeli attack on Aleppo city, Syrian state media said on Friday. Later, the broadcaster said the army downed several Israeli missiles before they reached their… Read more » The post Syrian Media Says Israel Behind… Continue Reading →
With COVID-19 still very much a reality, Torah Academy of Boca Raton, Florida, joined countless other yeshivos worldwide in facing the challenge of resuming in-person learning this fall. Beyond devising… Read more » The post Unique Student Guide Helps Talmidim… Continue Reading →
Following the violence at the Kever of Reb Nachman of Breslov in Uman earlier this week, two Israelis were expelled from Ukraine. Deputy Minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Herashchenko said, “The national police and the immigration… Continue Reading →
Tashlich at bodies of water has been effectively banned by Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Dovid Lau this year, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Tashlich sometimes draws crowds and often involve large gatherings, potentially creating superspreader events that could exacerbate… Continue Reading →
Senate Democrats scuttled a scaled-back GOP coronavirus rescue package on Thursday as the parties argued to a standstill over the size and scope of the aid, likely ending hopes for coronavirus relief before the November election. The mostly party-line vote… Continue Reading →
LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than 4,400 relatives and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history could receive a total of $800 million in payouts from MGM Resorts International and its insurers by January, the casino giant… Continue Reading →
A tragedy that began 10 days ago got worse as Dr. Shirley Almassi Ariel A”H, the 34-year-old bride who collapsed at her own wedding after she suffered a cardiac arrest, was Niftar in Soroka hospital on Wednesday. Ariel, a renowned… Continue Reading →
Technology and energy companies led a broad sell-off on Wall Street Thursday that wiped out nearly all of the market’s gains from a strong rally the day before. The S&P 500 lost 1.8% after having been up briefly by 0.8%… Continue Reading →
Try as he might to change the subject, President Donald Trump can’t escape the coronavirus. In April, the president tried to shift the public’s focus to the economy. In July, to defending the country’s “heritage.” In September, to enforcing “law… Continue Reading →
HOUSTON (AP) — Four Houston police officers have been terminated after an internal investigation determined they did not use reasonable force when they fired their weapons 21 times at a man who had been experiencing a mental health crisis, killing… Continue Reading →
Until the accident, Yonatan was a husband, father, hard worker, and G-d fearing Jew. One day, on his way to work to make a living for his family, Yonatan is learning on a bus, but in one turn there is… Continue Reading →
On Thursday morning, a train inspector at the Bat Yam train station ordered a Chareidi couple not to board the train. “Chareidim don’t board,’ he shouted. Secular bystanders intervened, telling the couple to board the train anyway and started filming… Continue Reading →
Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center. Now, as she stands in front of the gleaming glass and concrete hospital, she… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – As the Israeli cabinet weighs increasingly stringent steps to deal with the growing numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases, the Israel Defense Forces’ Home Front Command is playing an increasingly essential part in the state’s fight against the… Continue Reading →
New York-based businessman Meir Gurvitz flew to Israel on Tuesday for a brief visit to hold meetings regarding his bid to acquire El Al, Globes reported. This is Gurvitz’s second visit to Israel to meet with El Al’s board. In… Continue Reading →
Emergency Pikuach Nefesh Request My father was a successful businessman whose life took a downward spiral when my mother Z’l passed away from cancer. Soon after, my dad was diagnosed with skin cancer and his business began to falter. He… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS/MELANIE PHILLIPS) – The former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, Jonathan Sacks, has come in for some stick over remarks he recently made about religion and politics. In an interview with JTA, he was asked what he… Continue Reading →