The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 100,000 Friday as the epidemic in the U.S. cut a widening swath through not just New York City but the entire
The coronavirus crisis is taxing New York City’s 911 system like never before. Operators pick up a new call every 15.5 seconds. Panicked voices tell of loved ones in declining health. There are multitudes of cardiac arrests and respiratory failures and others who call needing reassurance that a mere sneeze isn’t a sign they’ve been […]
Israel’s Health Ministry announced on Motzei Shabbos that the number of people who have been confirmed carriers of Covid-19 Coronavirus in Israel has reached 10,743. Of those, 175 are listed
A total of 1,705 fines were handed out by Israeli Police to residents throughout Israel in the past few days for violating Health Ministry regulations. Tel Aviv district police handed
Governor and mayor locked horns again Saturday, this time over whether school buildings in the nation’s largest district would close for the rest of the year, with classes continuing online. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a news briefing that public school sites in the city’s 1.1 million-student school district would shutter […]
As New York City deals with a mounting coronavirus death toll and dwindling morgue space, the city has shortened the amount of time it will hold unclaimed remains before they are buried in the city’s public cemetery. Under the new policy, the medical examiner’s office will keep bodies in storage for just 14 days before […]
There are a total of 10,743 confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel as of Motzei Shabbos, of whom 175 are in serious condition with 129 on ventilators. A total of 101
Important message from Flatbush Hatzolah for those with family members in the hospital over Yom Tov and Shabbos: Flatbush Hatzolah has spoken to our Rabbonim following many requests how family
(by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) Normally people smile when they see the cheerful picture of the Gerber baby. That’s why they chose her. Not so, over Pesach. Finding her face on oatmeal cereal left in the diaper bag over Pesach can bring fear and agony to the heart of the […]
Omar Barghouti, the founder of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, said that if Israel invents a vaccine for the coronavirus, BDS supporters who reject normalization with Israel
Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv will be the first hospital in the world to allow families of coronavirus patients to part from their dying relatives. Prof. Ronni Gamzu, Ichilov’s director,
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Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky made his annual Siyum on Kol HaTorah Kulah on Erev Pesach. This is reportedly his 76th Siyum cycle at which Rav Chaim completes Talmud Bavli, Talmud
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This guide is presented, as a last minute “just in case.” It is presented in honor of an old friend, Rabbi Yitzchok Scherman, who made the request. Also, the Chofetz Chaim tells us that if we learn the halachos – it is as if we had actually brought it. […]
Following the news that Hamekubal Harav Dov Kook was hospitalized after falling ill with the coronavirus, the city of Tiverya has put its secular versus religious clashes behind it to
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Yes, you had better check that Matzah. This is for two reasons: The first is to fulfill a Torah Mitzvah of personally guarding the Matzah – and the second is to make sure that they are not Chometz. We will start with the second reason first. Yes, it is […]
In the wake of the severe outbreak of the coronavirus in Bnei Brak, the local hospital stated on Tuesday that they are unable to accept any more patients due to
An initiative supported by Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky has been launched in Israel to lessen the loneliness of those spending the Seder alone, including the elderly. According to Harav Yitzchak
The Knesset approved the nationwide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday evening. The lockdown bans Israelis from leaving their cities or yishuvim from 7 p.m. on Tuesday
An unspeakable tragedy has befallen us! A shocked community grieves and four young children are left without a father while their mother battles Corona Virus. The unspeakable tragedy which began
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