Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

34 states, Puerto Rico, DC Must Now Quarantine In NY, NJ, CT

34 states, Puerto Rico, DC Must Now Quarantine In NY, NJ, CT

  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Travelers from 34 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, must now quarantine for 14 days… Read More ›

Will a coronavirus vaccine be a ‘cure’ for the pandemic?

Will a coronavirus vaccine be a ‘cure’ for the pandemic?

The answer to this is more complicated than one thinks and centers on the question of the strength and longevity of the immune response.  … Read More ›

34 arrested amid mass anti-government protests in Jerusalem

34 arrested amid mass anti-government protests in Jerusalem

Two different protests were integrated together in front of the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem – one demanding the resignation of Netanyahu and another organized… Read More ›

Politics and populism — not coronavirus — are making Israelis sick

Politics and populism — not coronavirus — are making Israelis sick

“Right now, everything is political,” Hadassah Medical Center head Zeev Rotstein said.   Populism and politics can be as deadly as most serious diseases, and… Read More ›

Hawley Seeks Civil Rights Probe In Case Of St. Louis Couple

Hawley Seeks Civil Rights Probe In Case Of St. Louis Couple

  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday urged Attorney General William Barr to launch a federal civil rights investigation of St.… Read More ›

Israel’s lawmakers must come clean on coronavirus, no matter how painful

Israel’s lawmakers must come clean on coronavirus, no matter how painful

Opinion: Fixing the economy begins with stopping the spread of the virus, there is no way around it; the real source of national unrest is… Read More ›

Jewish NFL players: Educate, don’t cancel DeSean Jackson for anti-Semitic posts

Jewish NFL players: Educate, don’t cancel DeSean Jackson for anti-Semitic posts

Former and current football players say much of the anti-Semitism in NFL comes from ignorance from players who are unfamiliar with Jews and Jewish culture… Read More ›

Disney World Reopens As Coronavirus Cases Surge In Florida

Disney World Reopens As Coronavirus Cases Surge In Florida

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — “The Most Magical Place on Earth” has reopened after nearly four months with new rules in place to help prevent… Read More ›

Opinion: We’re Hasidic Women With Our Own EMT Corps. Here’s Why We’re Fighting For Our Own Ambulance.

Opinion: We’re Hasidic Women With Our Own EMT Corps. Here’s Why We’re Fighting For Our Own Ambulance.

  NEW YORK (JTA) – Editor’s note: On Nov. 19, 2019, the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York City voted not to grant the all-female Orthodox EMT… Read More ›

Trump now in open dispute with health officials as virus rages

Trump now in open dispute with health officials as virus rages

Five months into a still-raging pandemic that has killed more than 130,000 Americans, the long-simmering tensions between President Donald Trump and the health experts who… Read More ›

Aggressive anti-mask customers are forcing some restaurants to shut dining rooms to protect employees from abuse

Aggressive anti-mask customers are forcing some restaurants to shut dining rooms to protect employees from abuse

  Some restaurants are shutting down or closing dining rooms back up after employees faced harassment and violence from anti-mask customers. Restaurants in states, including Texas,… Read More ›

Vatican summons US, Israeli envoys over annexation moves

Vatican summons US, Israeli envoys over annexation moves

The Vatican appealed to Israelis and Palestinians to do everything possible to reopen the process of direct negotiations.   The Vatican, in a highly unusual… Read More ›

9 Thoughts and Sayings from Rav Yisroel Salanter

9 Thoughts and Sayings from Rav Yisroel Salanter

  A person who cannot stop smoking is in violation of a Torah prohibition for every cigarette – “Do not return to Mitzrayim.” The purpose… Read More ›

Sure, Dump the Mask – Just Remember, the New Interns Start in 1 Week & Their Last Semester Was Online

Sure, Dump the Mask – Just Remember, the New Interns Start in 1 Week & Their Last Semester Was Online

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Yes, it is true.  The new interns are starting on July 1st, and they really did do their last… Read More ›

Record increases of new Covid-19 cases in 3 US states with the most population

Record increases of new Covid-19 cases in 3 US states with the most population

The three most-populous states in the US are reporting record increases in new coronavirus cases as concerning trends in the pandemic have emerged across the… Read More ›

Trump’s Tulsa rally was a tour of his most misleading and racist comments about coronavirus

Trump’s Tulsa rally was a tour of his most misleading and racist comments about coronavirus

  President Donald Trump’s comments at his Tulsa, Oklahoma rally included several claims about the novel coronavirus pandemic. Trump partially used his first appearance in… Read More ›

Israel’s class system in a coronavirus world

Israel’s class system in a coronavirus world

Opinion: When one child in school tests positive for COVID-19 hundreds of students and teachers are told to quarantine but a confirmed case in the… Read More ›

Jordan’s King says Israeli annexation plans threaten regional stability

Jordan’s King says Israeli annexation plans threaten regional stability

Monarch tells US lawmakers plans to annex settlements and Jordan Valley are ‘unacceptable’ and he remains full committed to establishment of an independent Palestinian state… Read More ›

Youngest Israeli victim: 26-year-old man dies from rare complication of COVID-19

Youngest Israeli victim: 26-year-old man dies from rare complication of COVID-19

Oshri Asulin, from Kfar Saba, said to have developed heart condition usually only found in children   A 26-year-old man died Sunday evening from a… Read More ›

High Court nixing of settlement law keeps Israel out of ICC

High Court nixing of settlement law keeps Israel out of ICC

Opinion: Legislation to retroactively recognize settler homes built on private lands could have led to petitions at The Hague, but a strong judiciary is an… Read More ›