“COVID Flight:” 14 Israelis Returning From Dubai Test Positive For Virus
A senior Health Ministry official confirmed on Wednesday that 14 Israelis who returned to Israel on a flight from Dubai were diagnosed with the...
1st US Case Of Virus Variant Has No Travel History
A new variant of the coronavirus that may be more contagious has been found in a Colorado man who had not been traveling, triggering...
Israel’s Chevros Kadisha: “We’ll Stop Taharos For COVID Victims In 2 Days”
Several days ago, Israel's Chevros Kadisha requested of the Health Ministry that all their workers involved in caring for the bodies of the deceased...
Half A Million: More Israelis Vaccinated Than All COVID Cases
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced that Israel has vaccinated about half a million Israelis in the nine days since the start of Israel's vaccine...
“It’s A Catastrophe, Our Oxygen Machines Are Running Out,” Israeli Medical Organizations Say
The Chareidi medical organizations that provide medical treatment for coronavirus patients at home say that there has been an unprecedented demand for oxygen machines...
Overtaking Bahrain, Israel Leads The World In Vaccinations Per Capita
Israel has overtaken Bahrain in the percentage of its population that has been vaccinated against the coronavirus and is currently leading the world in...
“COVID-19 Will Be With Us For Another 10 Years”
Uğur Şahin, CEO of German biotech firm BioNTech, which partnered with Pfizer in developing the coronavirus vaccine, said that the coronavirus will continue for...
J-m Hospitals Reach Capacity For Virus Patients Ahead Of Lockdown
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...
69 Cases Of Mutated Virus Variant Found In Israel
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...
Nurses Fear What’s To Come: ‘Walk Down Our Unit For A Day’
The nurses of California are afraid.
It’s Christmas Eve, and they aren’t home with their families. They are working, always working, completely gowned up —...
US Requires UK Passengers To Get Negative Test
The United States will require airline passengers from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test before their flight.
The U.S. is the latest country to...
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein: “The Vaccine Has The Authority Of Beis Din”
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein, Rav of Ramat Elchanan and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, publicized a p'sak din halacha on Wednesday on...
Studies Find Having COVID-19 May Protect Against Reinfection
Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. Researchers found that people who made antibodies to...
COVID-19 Reaches Antarctica, Last Untouched Continent
The pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth.
Chilean authorities announced that at least 58 people that were at two military bases in Antarctica...
HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein Is Vaccinated, Urges Public To Vaccinate As Soon As Possible
HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein went to Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak on Tuesday afternoon to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The Ponavezh Rosh Yeshivah,...
Belzer Rebbe Instructs His Chassidim To Be Vaccinated
The Belzer Rebbe added his signature to the Rabbanim and Dayanim of the Machzikei Das of the chassidus on Tuesday, calling for his chassidim...
BioNTech CEO Confident Vaccine Will Work On UK Variant
German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant, but further studies are needed to be completely...
California, Averaging 233 Deaths A Day, Could See 100,000 Hospitalizations In January
California has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks and in a month could be facing a once-unthinkable caseload of nearly...
UK: “New COVID Mutation ‘Out Of Control'” – Israel, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Holland Ban...
Israel and European countries banned flights from the UK on Sunday as the UK warns that a new coronavirus mutation is "out of control."
Israel,...
US Jews Plan Smaller Chanukah Celebrations Amid Virus
Jewish Americans from a variety of branches of the faith are celebrating Hanukkah with smaller-than-usual gatherings this year, in hopes of keeping the year-end...
US Panel Endorses Widespread Use Of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic...
AUDIO: Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe: “What Happened To Us? How Are We The Ones Endangering Lives?”
The Admor of Karlin-Stolin, HaRav Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet, blasted those who do not adhere to the Coronavirus guidelines for their actions in a...
Motzei Shabbos News Round-Up From Israel
Israel's Health Ministry updated that over the course of Shabbos, 1,386 people were found to have contracted the Coronavirus. The positive results were among...
Heatwave To Grip NYC Area From Shabbos Into Next Week
According to the National Weather Service, hot and humid weather will arrive in the NYC area on Shabbos and stick around until Tuesday.
The heat...
Rosh Ha’Ayin Man Shot and Killed After Stabbing Police Officer
A police officer shot and killed a man in Rosh Ha'Ayin who was waving a knife and making threats on the street. The man's...
WORRYING: 38 New Cases of COVID-19 In Belzer Neighborhood in Yerushalayim
Health Ministry Officials have noted a dramatic and worrying rise in the number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in the Belz neighborhood of Yerushalayim. 38...
Israel’s Population Closes In on 9.2 Million On Eve of Independence Day
72-years-young and Israel is hitting its highest population numbers ever. According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, as reported by Globes business news website,...
Couple Shot in Ofra: Our Baby United The Jewish People, Terror Will Not Break...
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Amichai and Shira Ish-Ran, the couple who were shot in the terror attack at Ofra junction last week and subsequently lost...
Fundraising Disappointment for the Women of the Wall
In recent days, Women of the Wall (WoW) has been working to raise funds to finance security guards to accompany them in their monthly...
Charedi Boy Seriously Injured After Falling Off Cliff in Scotland
A Charedi resident of London, was airlifted to the hospital in Scotland on Wednesday after he fell more than 40 feet off of Kincraig...
SUPREME COURT OPENING: Justice Kennedy Is Retiring; Trump Gets 2nd Pick
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, giving President Donald Trump a golden chance to cement conservative control of the high court.
The...
National Security Council of Israel Issues Travel Warnings For 28 Countries
Due to a high-level terror threat in some 34 countries, the National Security Council of Israel issued travel warnings for 28 countries in addition...
Would-Be Terrorist Armed with a Knife Apprehended at the Machpelah
10:14PM IL Motzei Shabbos: Security forces near the Ma’aras HaMachpelah in Hebron checked a suspicious Arab male and found he was concealing a knife,...
