Month October 2020
New Zealanders voted to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum, but preliminary results released Friday showed they likely would not legalize recreational marijuana use. With about 83% of votes counted, New Zealanders emphatically endorsed the euthanasia measure with 65% voting… Continue Reading →
A federal judge in upstate New York on Friday upheld the state’s restrictions on religious gatherings in coronavirus hot spots. The decision by U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe in Albany followed two other similar rulings earlier this month that also… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced new guidelines allowing out-of-state travelers to New York to “test out” of the mandatory 14-day quarantine. Travelers from states that are contiguous with New York will continue to be exempt… Continue Reading →
New York is now requiring travelers from non-neighboring states to get a coronavirus test before, and potentially after, they arrive in the state. New York for months had attempted to maintain a list of states with high COVID-19 infection rates,… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed 812 new coronavirus cases on Motzei Shabbos, with test results reflecting a positivity rate of .2.1%. There are currently 419 seriously ill patients, of whom 182 are ventilated. The death toll has risen to 2,523. The coronavirus… Continue Reading →
Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 37 people and injured more… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Ivanka Trump said in an interview that she is “unapologetically” pro-life, taking a side for the first time in the culture wars over abortion, an issue that Jewish law does not take a definite stand on. “I… Continue Reading →
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Pennsylvania National Guard arrived in Philadelphia on Friday following days of protests, store break-ins and ATM thefts after a Black man holding a knife was shot at 14 times by police, killing him. The Guard is… Continue Reading →
How timely, that this year, the annual memorial lecture in honor of M. Leo Storch, a”h, is scheduled for this upcoming Sunday evening, November 1st. His children, Mindy Spetner, Judy (Bregin) Gross, and Frank Storch, will have just finished sitting… Continue Reading →
Schools in New York state’s “red zones” and “orange zones” will be allowed to resume in-person learning if they test all students and faculty members for COVID-19 first, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. Cuomo on Oct. 6 announced that schools… Continue Reading →
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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a deal that will allow schools in red and orange micro-cluster zones to reopen for in-person learning. The new testing protocol will include mass testing before school reopens followed by weekly… Continue Reading →
In a conference call on Friday afternoon, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he is relaxing the restrictions in COVID-19 red zones, and will allow schools to open provided… Read more » The post Cuomo Allows Yeshivos in Red… Continue Reading →
MICHIGAN (JTA) — The leader of a white supremacist group has been arrested after trying to harass a podcaster — but accidentally targeting someone else instead. The Michigan State Police and the FBI have charged Justen Watkins, the self-proclaimed leader… Continue Reading →
Texans have already cast more ballots in the presidential election than they did during all of 2016 — an unprecedented surge of early voting in a state that was once… Read more » The post Texas Early Voting Exceeds Total… Continue Reading →
Israel supporter Mohammed Saud of Saudi Arabia has contracted the coronavirus along with his father, who is ill with cancer and is now in critical condition. Saud, who is well-known in Israel, asked for prayers and many Israelis responded with… Continue Reading →
EDINBERG, Texas (AP) — Texans have already cast more ballots in the presidential election than they did during all of 2016 — an unprecedented surge of early voting in a state that was once the country’s most reliably Republican, but… Continue Reading →
Assemblyman Edward Thomson plans to introduce legislation that would impose stricter penalties for people involved in violent protests and attacks on police officers. Thomson said violent protests across the country, and most recently in Philadelphia, have made it necessary to… Continue Reading →
Statistics compiled by the New Jersey State Police show that from January through September of 2020, a total of 7,131 autos were reported stolen statewide, 4.4% fewer than reported during the same period in 2019. However, high-end auto thefts climbed… Continue Reading →
Visitation in residential congregate facilities will be banned, except in limited circumstances, in New York’s “red zone” COVID hotspots. The directive from the state Health Department dated Oct. 23 applies… Read more » The post New York Bans General Hospital,… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: R’ Elya RothFather R’ Avrohom Shmiel RothBrother R’ Hershel RothBrother R’ Yona RothBrother R’ Shimshy RothBrother Mrs. Goldy LandauSister Mrs. Miriam Chaya ReichSister Mrs. Gitty WeiserSister Mrs. Faigy BrachSister Mrs. Frady GottleibSister Mrs. Machly SteinSister