Am-Shalem Singson, 28, a member of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community in Israel, was attacked and viciously beaten on Shabbos by two men in Tiverya, the Shavei Israel organization stated
A patient suspected of being infected with the coronavirus fled from the emergency room of a Hadera hospital and boarded a southbound train. Medical staff at the hospital summoned the
The Israeli government’s decision on Sunday to shut the doors of special education schools was not made lightly, with officials aware of the tremendous burden families would face as a
There is some uncertainty regarding two issues that dozens of people in New York have asked YWN to clarify. We spoke with NYS Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein who spent the day in Albany, and answered both pressing questions to clarify for those asking. The first is school closures. Governor Cuomo today announced that he’s signing an […]
(By Ezry Sonnenschein, MSW, RSW – Psychotherapist in Private Practice) I’m hearing from clients and acquaintances who feel like the world is coming apart at the seams. There’s a sense
The head of Zichron Menachem in France is seriously ill with the coronavirus, the Zichron Menachem organization for children with cancer stated. Dr. Maurice Dahan, the president of the Jewish
There is growing panic in the frum community in Postville, Iowa, home of Agriprocessors, the largest meat processing plant in the United States, after three members of the community were
The Corona virus has led to schools being shut down across the country – and parents scrambling to keep their kids entertained and engaged. Fighting boredom in the face of
The U.S. stock market plunged more than 12% Monday for its worst day in more than three decades as voices from Wall Street to the White House said the coronavirus
U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday — leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. With a careful jab in a healthy volunteer’s arm, scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute in Seattle begin an anxiously awaited […]
Israel is currently taking some of the strictest precautions in the world in order to stagger the spread of the coronavirus. This is highly necessary due to the once-booming tourist
As the world deals with the difficult challenges presented by COVID – 19 (Coronavirus), we, rabbis of Toronto’s Jewish community, have taken guidance from medical experts and Toronto Public Health and have developed a strategy to navigate the current situation that is in the best interest of our community. Unfortunately, we now know that COVID […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day instituted a state of emergency today. All public schools that serve grades K-12 are to suspend all classroom and extracurricular functions starting Tuesday. The closure
Canada is barring entry to all travellers who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today. There will be exceptions for air crew, diplomats, immediate
The Rav of the Kosel, Harav Shmuel Rabinowitz, has instructed mispallelim to refrain from kissing the stones of the Kosel in light of the Health Ministry’s instructions regarding personal hygiene.
Try to Imagine and feel that little Yankie has been in isolation for over five years! It causes huge suffering to him and his dear parents. We have to take
A Telzstone woman who gave birth on Sunday tested positive for the virus, raising the number of people diagnosed with the virus in Telzstone to eight and sending another 600
The federal government’s effort to rapidly expand testing for the coronavirus will initially focus on screening health care workers and the elderly, Trump administration officials said Sunday. Members of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force attempted to flesh out their plan to screen thousands of Americans for the virus amid growing frustration about lack of […]
They came together to bump elbows, then retreated by six feet — and stood there in awkward silence. The visual, dictated by the threat of coronavirus, came to define Sunday’s audience-free debate as Democrats Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders struggled to step together against President Donald Trump in the time of COVID-19. They agreed on […]
The White House put in place new measures Monday to protect President Donald Trump and his staff during the coronavirus outbreak, including taking the temperature of anyone who enters the
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