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The Boro Park community lost one of their beloved Rabbanim on Monday with the passing of Harav Yonasan Binyamin Goldberger, zt”l, the Bikovsker Rav. Rav Yonasan Binyamin was the son of…
After the High Court raised concerns earlier in the week over three elements of the Likud-Blue and White emergency coalition agreement, the parties updated the agreement on Tuesday. The judges objected…
Israeli airstrikes in eastern Syria killed 14 Iranian and Iraqi terrorists and wounded others, some seriously, an opposition war monitoring group said Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israel announced Tuesday that the airspace above the…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio apologized Monday for a tweet last week that called out the “Jewish community” for social distancing violations at a large funeral, but said…
The Kosel Heritage Foundation announced Tuesday that following the government's decision on Monday night to abolish the restriction of tefillos only within 500 meters of one's residence, the tefillah area at…
Israel
A Knesset panel on Tuesday authorized the Shin Bet security service to continue using mobile phone data to track people infected by the coronavirus until May 26, prolonging an initiative described by…
The Health Ministry announced Tuesday morning that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases stands currently at 16,268 – an increase of 31 over the past 24 hours. Israel’s death toll…
The Defense Ministry has announced that the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), a secretive unit that works under the Prime Minister’s Office, has completed the development phase of COVID-19…
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More than 1,000 people participated in the Orthodox Union’s Semichas Chaver Program’s (SCP) virtual siyum on Sunday celebrating the completion of Hilchos Shabbos. Participants joined from 54 Jewish communities on…
The New York State WIC program has added more kosher certified foods to its list of accepted food products, in response to requests by Senator Simcha Felder, Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein…
The Boro Park Jewish Community Council held a 2020 Census Drive-Thru event. The well-attended, family-friendly event, the first of its kind, was done in partnership with Yad B’Yad. It took…
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The Supreme Court undertook its own version of a partial reopening Monday and gave the public its first chance to listen to a live broadcast of oral arguments. And within…
U.S. senators returned to Washington for the first time in nearly six weeks on Monday, amid concerns that their legislative sessions could put lawmakers and staff at risk of contracting…
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French scientists say they may have identified a possible case of the new coronavirus dating back to December — about a month before the first cases were officially confirmed in…
Taiwan Rebuffs WHO, Says China Has No Right to Represent ItOnly Taiwan’s democratically elected government can represent its people on the world stage, not China, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to “cast…
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