Month April 2021
Holocaust survivors experience lingering effects from the trauma they suffered in their younger years, increasing the chances of cancer and heart disease, according to a recently published Hebrew University study. The study examined the death records of 22,000 people who… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Footage of a mountain biker being chased and nearly caught by a black bear in Montana has emerged this week, more than a year after it was shot from a ski lift above the scene. The… Continue Reading →
The Gemara in Eruvin 54b explains how the Mesorah was handed down. Moshe learned directly from Hashem. Aaron entered, and Moshe gave over the lesson he had heard orally. Aaron moved aside and sat to Moshe’s left. Aaron’s sons entered… Continue Reading →
The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell last week to 547,000, a new low since the pandemic struck and a further encouraging sign that layoffs are slowing on… Read more » The post Jobless Claims Fall to 547,000,… Continue Reading →
In a 79-36 vote, the Florida House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation which aims to consolidate the state’s scholarship programs for special needs students and expand the state’s means-tested scholarship… Read more » The post Florida House Passes Major School… Continue Reading →
The Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday ordered the release of two Arabs who were videoed beating up a Rav earlier this week. The judge claimed that there is no evidence that the attack was carried out for nationalistic motives… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hopes will spur other big emitter countries… Read more » The post U.S. Pledges to Halve Its… Continue Reading →
Former ZAKA head Yehuda Meshi-Zahav was discovered unconscious at his home by his son on Thursday morning. His son called emergency medical services who quickly arrived and carried out life-resuscitation techniques and evacauted him to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in critical… Continue Reading →
Former ZAKA head Yehuda Meshi-Zahav was discovered unconscious at his home by his son on Thursday morning. His son called emergency medical services who quickly arrived and carried out life-resuscitation techniques and evacauted him to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in critical… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former ZAKA director Yehuda Meshi Zahav (61) is in critical condition in Shaarei Tzedek hospital after an apparent suicide attempt in his home. A television investigation regarding Meshi Zahav is due to air Thursday evening and it… Continue Reading →
How have Israeli intelligence agents penetrated the most top-secret nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic? How did they manage to assassinate wanted targets who did everything they humanly could to stay out of the public eye? Well, according to The… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times In honor of the recent birth of our granddaughter in Lakewood to Eliyahu and Tzivi Hoffman THE SEFER CHASSIDIM There is a fascinating Sefer Chasidim (#843) that states: A certain… Continue Reading →
Free Gelbstein’s food boxes will be distributed today beginning at 3:30 pm and lasting until supplies are exhausted. Children under the age of 18 who do not receive free lunch from their school or daycare are eligible to receive the… Continue Reading →
The House of Representatives on Thursday is set to approve, for the second time in less than a year, legislation making the District of Columbia the 51st state, in a… Read more » The post House Prepares to Say Yes… Continue Reading →
During a raging wildfire at the University of Cape Town in South Africa on Sunday, Campus Rabbi Nissen Goldman braved the flames that were engulfing nearby buildings to salvage a… Read more » The post Chabad Rabbi Braves Flames to… Continue Reading →
A car drove into a restaurant in Bat Yam on Thursday morning, injuring at least nine people. A woman in her 60s was reportedly in serious condition. The rest are… Read more » The post Car Drives Into Bat Yam… Continue Reading →
The European Commission is working on legal proceedings against AstraZeneca after the drugmaker cut COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union, sources familiar with the matter said. The move would… Read more » The post EU Preparing Legal Case Against… Continue Reading →
Had Israel not embarked on its unprecedented vaccination drive, 12,000 Israelis would have lost their lives to the coronavirus, according to a model presented by pediatrician and epidemiologist Professor Eli… Read more » The post Leading Prof.: Israel’s COVID Vaccine… Continue Reading →
India marked a grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, reporting 314,835 new daily cases, the highest one-day tally anywhere, as its second wave and similar surges elsewhere raised… Read more » The post India Records World’s Biggest Single-Day… Continue Reading →
Iran has installed extra advanced centrifuges at its underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz that was hit by a blast last week, a report by the U.N. atomic watchdog on… Read more » The post IAEA: Iran Adds Machines at… Continue Reading →