Month December 2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police officers on Sunday provided harrowing details of responding to a Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the blast and offering gratitude that they… Continue Reading →
New York state officials are working with the medical community to increase hospital capacity as the number of residents hospitalized with COVID-19 reaches the highest level since mid-May, Gov. Andrew… Read more » The post New York Works to Raise… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials believe the coronavirus mutation that set off alarms in parts of Britain is no more apt to cause serious illness or be resistant to vaccines than the strain afflicting people in the United States… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mrs. Leah MillerWife Mrs. Chaya MillerMother R’ Yisroel MillerBrother R’ Chaim Aron MillerBrother R’ Avrohom Meir MillerBrother R’ Yaakov Dov MillerBrother R’ Yoel MillerBrother Mrs. Esther Mattel BienerSister Mrs. Blima WeissSister Mrs. Sora BlumSister Mrs. Chana HoltzerSister… Continue Reading →
The LRRC would like to remind all NJ residents that the last chance to purchase health insurance to begin January 2021 is this Thursday, on December 31. Although Open Enrollment will be until the end of January, you must enroll… Continue Reading →
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, known for his provocative statements against Israel, said on Friday that Turkey is interested in improving its relations with Israel but its policy against Palestinians is a “red line.” Erdoğan added that if Netanyahu wouldn’t… Continue Reading →
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New York lawmakers plan to convene remotely for a special session Monday to pass a bill extending the state’s ban on residential evictions past its Jan. 1 deadline. State Senate… Read more » The post NY Lawmakers Set Special Session… Continue Reading →
A man whose business was destroyed in Nashville’s Friday morning blast says an RV identical-looking to the one that detonated was recently lurking outside his shop — suggesting the bomber had been “staking out” the area. Ink-parlor owner Peter Gibson told WZTV that… Continue Reading →
The shekel has proved impervious to the chaos of Israeli politics, as it continued to strengthen against the dollar and the euro on Sunday, Globes reported. Analysts were quoted saying… Read more » The post BoI Gov to Exporters: Get… Continue Reading →
A debate over whether the schools should be exempt from the latest coronavirus shutdown turned into another political spat between the Likud and Blue and White parties on Sunday. The… Read more » The post Lockdown Debate Turns into Partisan… Continue Reading →
As Israel prepares for its third lockdown, hospitals in Jerusalem are reaching their maximum capacity for coronavirus patients. The Health Ministry told emergency services on Sunday that some coronavirus patients in Jerusalem who need to be hospitalized should be taken… Continue Reading →
BROOKLYN (JTA/VINnews) – A network of health clinics owned by a Hasidic man and serving a number of Hasidic communities in Brooklyn and upstate New York which is is under investigation for administering COVID-19 vaccines to members of the general… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mrs. Bracha WhiterWife R’ Mordechai WhiterSon R’ Nuchem Tzvi WhiterSon Mrs. Nechama ShremDaughter
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — During a protest Sunday by the Jerusalem Faction over the arrest of a draft dodger yeshiva student, a policewoman was seen punching a Chareidi protester repeatedly in the face during the course of his arrest. אגרופים… Continue Reading →
The last veteran survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Ray Chavez, is getting a California post office named after him posthumously. President Donald Trump signed the bill last week, authorizing the “Ray Chavez Post Office Building” in… Continue Reading →
Approximately 100 people today donated plasma during the latest drive by Bikur Cholim. Bikur Cholim thanked its partners; Covid Plasma Intiative Antibody Everybody; and StreamLine Verify for hosting the event.
Police officers on Sunday provided harrowing details of responding to a Friday morning explosion in downtown Nashville, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the… Read more » The post Officers Give Harrowing Account of… Continue Reading →
A total of 69 suspected cases of the new British COVID-19 variant were discovered in Israeli laboratories last week. Forty-nine of the cases were discovered in the lab at Assaf HaRofeh Hospital in Be’er Yaakov and another 19 in a… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A visit by a volunteer dressed as Santa Claus has apparently led to a huge outbreak of coronavirus in a Belgian care home in Mol,Antwerp, leaving 121 residents and 36 health care workers infected and 18… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] “I couldn’t believe this was happening right around the corner from me…” These were the dumbfounded words of Mrs. S, a young mother of 2 living in the Ramat Eshkol neighborhood of Jerusalem. Mrs. S sends her son to… Continue Reading →