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Schools to open gates on Sunday morning, some cities refuse

Schools to open gates on Sunday morning, some cities refuse

The number of active cases in the country has decreased to 6,363, including 105 patients in serious condition and 82 intubated. To date, 229 citizens… Read More ›

Over 1,000 protest Netanyahu-Gantz coalition deal, urge court to strike it down

Over 1,000 protest Netanyahu-Gantz coalition deal, urge court to strike it down

High Court set to hear petitions Sunday against MK under indictment, like Netanyahu, forming a government, and against alleged illegal elements in the deal  … Read More ›

Opinion: Mayor DE Blasio Is No Enemy of Orthodox Jews. but Others Are Weaponizing the Coronavirus to Vilify Our Community.

Opinion: Mayor DE Blasio Is No Enemy of Orthodox Jews. but Others Are Weaponizing the Coronavirus to Vilify Our Community.

  NEW YORK (JTA-Rabbi Avi Shafran) — Among the most disturbing spectacles over the months since the coronavirus was unleashed on the world have been… Read More ›

The new justice minister has no power

The new justice minister has no power

Opinion: While Nissenkorn’s appointment seems like positive step, the Blue & White MK will face numerous difficulties from elected officials who are not only critics… Read More ›

Global death toll from coronavirus surpasses 200,000

Global death toll from coronavirus surpasses 200,000

Many governments begin easing restrictions as World Health Organization warns recovering from coronavirus may not protect people from reinfection   The global death toll from… Read More ›

Trump ‘Disagrees Strongly’ With Georgia’s Plan To Reopen

Trump ‘Disagrees Strongly’ With Georgia’s Plan To Reopen

  ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he “disagreed strongly” with the decision by Georgia’s Republican governor to reopen salons, gyms and… Read More ›

Disgraceful unity deal serves one person only

Disgraceful unity deal serves one person only

Opinion: After three election campaigns and months of tense negotiations, the fifth Netanyahu government is here, and it is now clear how much Blue &… Read More ›

The survivors who ‘didn’t survive’: Photographer captures Shoah psych patients

The survivors who ‘didn’t survive’: Photographer captures Shoah psych patients

Gili Yaari, a Holocaust survivor’s son, did two stints documenting life at Sha’ar Menashe, a mental hospital where those whose lives were changed forever can… Read More ›

Watch: Policeman And Soldier Join Bnei Brak Porch Minyan

Watch: Policeman And Soldier Join Bnei Brak Porch Minyan

  BNEI BRAK — In this unusual clip taken this Shabbat by a Filipino working for a local resident, a motley group of people join… Read More ›

A gift for Passover: The tenth plague told from the perspective of an Egyptian child

A gift for Passover: The tenth plague told from the perspective of an Egyptian child

In time for the Jewish holiday, world-renowned Israeli author Etgar Keret has written a new iteration of the Plague of the Firstborn, which helped liberate… Read More ›

New York death toll soars past 10,000 after officials add ‘probable’ fatalities

New York death toll soars past 10,000 after officials add ‘probable’ fatalities

Authorities say 3,778 died of virus without being tested as outbreak in state appears to plateau; Cuomo clashes with Trump after president claims ‘total’ authority… Read More ›

Coronavirus: Jerusalem’s restricted zones announced, take effect Sunday

Coronavirus: Jerusalem’s restricted zones announced, take effect Sunday

There are four districts specified by the committee, which include mostly haredi (ultra-Orthodox) communities.   The special ministerial committee on coronavirus has approved creating “restricted… Read More ›

Modeling Coronavirus: ‘Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty’

Modeling Coronavirus: ‘Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty’

  SEATTLE (AP) — A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of deaths… Read More ›

‘I can’t take it back’: Trump’s Navy secretary resigns and apologizes after he described a fired carrier captain as ‘too naïve or too stupid’

‘I can’t take it back’: Trump’s Navy secretary resigns and apologizes after he described a fired carrier captain as ‘too naïve or too stupid’

  Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has resigned, CNN and Politico reported on Tuesday. Modly’s offer to step down came a day after he visited the USS Theodore Roosevelt… Read More ›

As US starts to see signs of hope, virus crisis escalates alarmingly in UK

As US starts to see signs of hope, virus crisis escalates alarmingly in UK

New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces the first, faint signs outbreak there might be near its peak, but Britain sees deaths climb and PM Johnson… Read More ›

Fighting coronavirus the smart way

Fighting coronavirus the smart way

Opinion: Countless mistakes have been made in this battle simply because the authorities failed to realize that the Health Ministry can’t manage the crisis alone;… Read More ›

Israel’s Health Minister Litzman and his wife test positive for coronavirus

Israel’s Health Minister Litzman and his wife test positive for coronavirus

71-year-old is most senior Israeli official to be diagnosed so far with COVID-19, said to be in a good condition and working from isolation at… Read More ›

Hospital ship arrives in New York as virus death toll rises above 1,200

Hospital ship arrives in New York as virus death toll rises above 1,200

Cuomo laments ‘staggering’ number of deaths; refrigerated trucks reportedly being prepared to work as mobile morgues, as officials warn health system could collapse   NEW… Read More ›

Israel is coronavirus light unto Arab nations

Israel is coronavirus light unto Arab nations

Opinion: Middle East countries are not looking towards Europe, which is failing to stem the virus, or the U.S., which seems to have missed the… Read More ›

New York plans more hospitals as virus death toll surges

New York plans more hospitals as virus death toll surges

State records 519 fatalities as governor announces 4 temporary medical centers throughout New York City; outbreak in area expected to peak in 3 weeks  … Read More ›