Month November 2020
Los Angeles County announced a new stay-home order Friday as coronavirus cases surged out of control in the nation’s most populous county, banning most gatherings but stopping short of a full shutdown on retail stores and other non-essential businesses. The… Continue Reading →
Coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths in New York continue to rise, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. There were 3,287 hospitalizations recorded statewide Friday, compared with 3,108 the previous day, Cuomo said.… Read more » The post Uptick in Coronavirus Numbers Continues… Continue Reading →
Iran’s supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republic’s top nuclear scientist, raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel… Read more » The post Iran’s Leader Promises Retaliation for… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday demanded the “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing of a scientist who led Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear program, as the Islamic Republic blamed Israel for a slaying that has raised… Continue Reading →
The British government said Friday it has formally asked the country’s medicines regulator to assess whether a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University should be authorized for use. The step comes amid questions about preliminary results from trials… Continue Reading →
Iranian students demonstrated in front of the foreign ministry in Tehran on Saturday in protest of the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which Iran has blamed on Israel, with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani… Continue Reading →
Across the grounds of a south Georgia courthouse, scores of masked and socially distanced voters bowed their heads in prayer for the 260,000-plus Americans who have died from the coronavirus. Then Democratic Senate hopeful Raphael Warnock took the microphone, promising… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump’s attempt to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to divvy up congressional seats is headed for a post-Thanksgiving Supreme Court showdown. The administration’s top lawyers are hoping the justices on a… Continue Reading →
A former Trump campaign associate who was the target of a secret surveillance warrant during the FBI’s Russia investigation says in a federal lawsuit that he was the victim of “unlawful spying.” The suit from Carter Page alleges a series… Continue Reading →
A convicted former union boss for New York City corrections officers wants to serve his nearly five-year prison term at home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lawyers for Norman Seabrook said in a court filing last week that he is… Continue Reading →
Israeli has placed its embassies worldwide on high alert in the wake of Iranian threats of reprisal for the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in a village near Tehran on Friday, Channel 12 News reported. The killing… Continue Reading →
With great sadness Hamodia reports the petirah of Rav Elya Meir Sorotzkin, z”tl, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiv Tiferes Boruch of Spingfield/Plainfield. He was the son R’ Boruch Soroktzin z”tl,… Read more » The post BDE: HaRav Elya Meir Sorotzkin… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Elya Meir Sorotzkin ZATZAL, the Rosh Yeshiva of Springfield Yeshiva in NJ. He was approximately 62. Rav Sorotzkin took ill a number of years ago, and despite his illness… Continue Reading →
UAE (JTA) — A member of the United Arab Emirates’ royal family has formally announced his interest in buying half of the Israeli soccer team Beitar Jerusalem. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan on Friday sent representatives of the team’s… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Harav Elya Meir Sorotzkin Zatzal, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Tiferes Boruch of Springfield. Rav Elya Meir is the son of Harav Boruch Sorotzkin, Rosh Yeshiva in Telze Cleveland, and the son-in-law… Continue Reading →
The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling… Read more » The post COVID Keeps Black Friday Crowds… Continue Reading →
The post Agudah Convention 2020 Motzoei Shabbos Livestream appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Yahrtzeit of the Rebbe Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk, zy”a Greenfield Thanks Ohel at Chanukah Party Family of Skulener Rebbe, Shlita, Issue Plea for Tefillos… Continue Reading →
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down the capital, Pyongyang, as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its… Continue Reading →
Italian authorities will soon approve an experiment with “COVID-tested” flights from three U.S. airports, with the aim of eliminating the required 14-day quarantine for passengers arriving in Italy, Rome’s main… Read more » The post Rome Airport Poised to Try… Continue Reading →
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results, in a case that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court if… Read more » The post U.S. Appellate Court Rejects Trump… Continue Reading →
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he won’t take any working COVID-19 vaccine himself and calls the use of masks to limit the spread of the disease “the last taboo to fall.” Bolsonaro’s comments, broadcast on his… Continue Reading →