Harav Dovid Lau, the Chief Rabbi of Israel, paskened that no one should kiss or even touch mezuzahs due to the spread of the coronavirus, Israeli media outlets reported on Wednesday. Harav Lau was responding to a shaila that someone asked regarding kissing mezuzahs in light of the fear of contracting COVID-19. “For your knowledge, there […]
A week ago Friday, the Coronavirus officially arrived in Israel when one of the passengers from the Cruise Ship docked in Japan came back to Israel and was re-diagnosed with
Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was charged today in the District of Columbia with transmitting highly sensitive classified national defense information to a foreign national with apparent
Billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. It was a stunning collapse for the former New York
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ bid for redemption evolved into a struggle for political survival as he was forced into a runoff for the Republican Senate nomination from Alabama, a seat he owned for 20 years before his rocky stay in the Trump administration. In all, Super Tuesday voters in four states — including North […]
New York senators moved to strengthen the state’s seat belt laws Tuesday and approved a bill that requires backseat adult passengers to buckle up. The legislation, passed by the state Senate and Assembly, now moves on to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Current law requires front seat adult passengers to be buckled, but the legislation would […]
This year, more than ever before, with the current difficult matzav for acheinu b’nei yisroel in general and B’nei Torah in particular, there is just so much negativity worldwide. We
A Muslim man from Syria, who is currently living in Canada, has donated a tree in Israel in honor of a Jewish boy’s bar mitzvah. Aboud Dandachi is a refugee from Syria who came to Canada in 2017 as part of the refugee resettlement program. When he read a story that appeared in the Jewish Telegraphic […]
Having food stamps offers Richard Butler a stability he’s rarely known in his 25 years. He was in state custody at age 2, spent his teen years at a Chicago boys’ home and jail for burglary, and has since struggled to find a permanent home. The $194 deposited monthly on his benefits card buys fresh […]
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The future of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign was in serious doubt after she finished a surprisingly weak third in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in her home state of Massachusetts. The disappointing result in the state she represents and a decidedly underwhelming showing in other Super Tuesday contests — she had built an impressive campaign infrastructure […]
A resurgent Joe Biden scored victories from Texas to Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, revitalizing a presidential bid that was teetering on the edge of disaster just days earlier. But his rival Bernie Sanders seized the biggest prize with a win in California that ensured he — and his embrace of democratic socialism — would drive […]
A 15-year-old yeshivah bochur was bitten by a snake on Nachal Kishon in Ramat Beit Shemesh on Tuesday. He was evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in moderate condition. “When
Prof. Itamar Grotto, the Deputy Director-General of Israel’s Health Ministry stated on Wednesday that the wide-scale spread of the coronavirus in Israel is inevitable after a vice-principal of an elementary
Lawmakers are finalizing a $7.5 billion emergency bill to fund the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, even as fear is growing that the rapid spread of the virus is a shock to the economy and will lead to significant disruption in people’s everyday lives. Lawmakers across the spectrum said negotiations are likely to produce […]
El Al announced that it has canceled all flights to Cyprus due to minimal demand, a Channel 12 News report said. Although Cyprus has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus,
The wife, 20-year-old son, 14-year-old daughter and neighbor of a Westchester man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus have also all tested positive. That makes six positive cases in
Claire Dinneen’s daughters thought that worsening dementia was causing her growing confusion, but her doctor suspected something else. Dr. Pei Chen asked them to round up medicines in the 89-year-old woman’s home and they returned with a huge haul. There were 28 drugs ordered by various doctors for various ailments, plus over-the-counter medicines. Chen spent […]
Following the almost final results of the 23rd Knesset election, Israel will have its first-ever Hijab-wearing lawmaker. Iman Khatib, a representative of the Islamist United Arab List, occupies the 15th
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