Articles by: JewishNews-David

‘World War Z’ author/West Point teacher: Disasters are averted in pre-production

‘World War Z’ author/West Point teacher: Disasters are averted in pre-production

Preparedness is no joke to comedy legend Mel Brooks’ son Max, a writer and US military advisor, who lauds Israel’s COVID response and says global… Read More ›

Israel bans all Lag BaOmer bonfires due to coronavirus outbreak

Israel bans all Lag BaOmer bonfires due to coronavirus outbreak

Traditional lighting of bonfires banned in private homes and gardens due to fears of another mass spike in infections and possible house fires; pilgrims not… Read More ›

Court rejects petitions against Netanyahu, coalition deal, clears path to gov’t

Court rejects petitions against Netanyahu, coalition deal, clears path to gov’t

Judges find no legal justification to prevent PM from leading new gov’t; say accord ‘raises serious difficulties’ but intervention inappropriate; coalition to be sworn in… Read More ›

Intel shared among US allies indicates virus outbreak more likely came from market, not a Chinese lab

Intel shared among US allies indicates virus outbreak more likely came from market, not a Chinese lab

  Washington – Intelligence shared among Five Eyes nations indicates it is “highly unlikely” that the coronavirus outbreak was spread as a result of an… Read More ›

Minister: Israel ready to help world Jewry fight virus, but not exactly sure how

Minister: Israel ready to help world Jewry fight virus, but not exactly sure how

Diaspora Affairs Minister Tzipi Hotovely says Jerusalem exploring ways to help, in talks with community leaders, but Diaspora Jews yet to formulate concrete needs  … Read More ›

We Found And Tested 47 Old Drugs That Might Treat The Coronavirus: Results Show Promising Leads And A Whole New Way To Fight Covid-19

We Found And Tested 47 Old Drugs That Might Treat The Coronavirus: Results Show Promising Leads And A Whole New Way To Fight Covid-19

NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) – The more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the search for… Read More ›

Amazon’s Q1 profit misses Wall Street estimates even as sales jump on a surge in consumer demand

Amazon’s Q1 profit misses Wall Street estimates even as sales jump on a surge in consumer demand

  Amazon reported its first-quarter earnings on Thursday after the bell. Amazon’s sales grew faster than expected as more people shopped online amid COVID-19. But… Read More ›

Trump erupts at campaign manager as reelection stress overflows

Trump erupts at campaign manager as reelection stress overflows

As he huddled with advisers on Friday evening, President Donald Trump was still fuming over his sliding poll numbers and the onslaught of criticism he… Read More ›

Arab Israelis fear that Ramadan could bring a coronavirus surge

Arab Israelis fear that Ramadan could bring a coronavirus surge

“We don’t want them coming in just when we have protests, with violence, but to come in and make order,” Yunes said. “There are lawbreakers,… Read More ›

Democrats Expect ‘In-Person Convention,’ Party Chairman Says

Democrats Expect ‘In-Person Convention,’ Party Chairman Says

  ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez said Thursday that he expects to hold an “in-person convention” in Milwaukee to nominate Joe Biden… Read More ›

Australia To Make Google And Facebook Pay For News Content

Australia To Make Google And Facebook Pay For News Content

  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia, the government said on… Read More ›

Reopening America could be done in 2 to 3-week phases, with certain aspects of society resuming sooner than others

Reopening America could be done in 2 to 3-week phases, with certain aspects of society resuming sooner than others

  The US is considering what reopening would look like amid the coronavirus pandemic. For each state that might be different. To help governors navigate… Read More ›

Ministers said fuming after health officials issue new rules before cabinet okay

Ministers said fuming after health officials issue new rules before cabinet okay

After detailed new guidelines published, one minister writes to others that Health Ministry ‘making a mockery of cabinet’; another wonders ‘why we need a cabinet… Read More ›

Forbes Study Ranks Israel As Safest Country Regarding Coronavirus Pandemic

Forbes Study Ranks Israel As Safest Country Regarding Coronavirus Pandemic

  NEW YORK — A new Forbes study published Monday ranked Israel as the safest country in the world with regard to dealing with the… Read More ›

Under India’s caste system Dalits are considered untouchable. The coronavirus is intensifying that slur

Under India’s caste system Dalits are considered untouchable. The coronavirus is intensifying that slur

Mumbai, India – Polamma carefully descends the 250 steps from the hilltop slum where she lives in southern India to walk one kilometer to the… Read More ›

Former Sephardic chief rabbi Bakshi-Doron succumbs to coronavirus, aged 79

Former Sephardic chief rabbi Bakshi-Doron succumbs to coronavirus, aged 79

Rabbi dies 5 days after admission to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek and testing positive for COVID-19; Deri mourns loss of ‘giant of a scholar, a guide… Read More ›

Some Doctors Moving Away From Ventilators For Virus Patients

Some Doctors Moving Away From Ventilators For Virus Patients

  NEW YORK (AP) — As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away… Read More ›

WHO defends coronavirus response after Trump criticism

WHO defends coronavirus response after Trump criticism

The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday defended the organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, at one point directly responding to criticisms leveled… Read More ›

Pelosi Seeking At Least $1 Trillion For Next Virus Bill

Pelosi Seeking At Least $1 Trillion For Next Virus Bill

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling House Democrats another $1 trillion is needed for the next coronavirus rescue package. Pelosi told Democrats… Read More ›

How did coronavirus break out? Theories abound as researchers race to solve genetic detective story

How did coronavirus break out? Theories abound as researchers race to solve genetic detective story

A vacuum of knowledge about the origins of the new coronavirus ravaging the world has provided fertile ground for all manner of theories — from… Read More ›