A collision involving multiple vehicles injured at least four people in Brooklyn early Monday. The car crash happened at approximately 4:30AM at 18th Avenue and 64th Street – just outside of Boro Park. The force of the crash caused some vehicle s to jump the curb, taking down light poles along the way, causing injuries to at least four people. The severity of their injures are currently unknown. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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A moving story was told by Chabad bochur Shneur Lipskar about his experience at the home of Rabbi Asher Tumarkin, the Chabad shaliach in Kazakhstan, last Tishrei. Lipskar, who lives in Jerusalem, traveled with two other Chabad bachurim to Karaganda, Kazahkstan for Tishrei of 2019 to assist Rav Tumarkin. “When we entered his home for the first time, I didn’t see any kids,” Lipskar wrote. “After a few hours passed and no children returned from gan, I suddenly understood that they don’t have children.” “The thought that they don’t have children hit me. How is it possible to run a Chabad house, to deliver shiurim, to help Jews put on tefillin and return to an empty house? A clean and neat house – too neat, no toys on the floor.

According to statistics from Israel’s rabbinical court system, which were published today, the number of divorces in Israel has risen by three percent from last year. In 2019, the number of divorces also rose, but this year’s total has surpassed that of last year’s by more than 300 couples in the same time frame. Thus far, 11,465 couples have gotten divorced in Israel, whereas, at the same time last year, the total was 11,127. This is a daily rate of 31 ratified divorces per day, more than one every hour. According to the courts, 57 percent of the divorces were amicable and agreed upon by both parties and only 42 percent of the divorces began with contention. Of those divorces, 5,699 cases were opened by mutual agreement of both parties and 2,262 files were opened by the wife.

Israel’s Health Ministry was significantly delayed in updating Monday morning’s coronavirus data, only publishing it close to 4 p.m. The ministry recorded 1,221 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising the number of active patients to 20,251, the first time the number of active patients has reached above 20,000. There are currently 160 seriously ill patients, 51 of whom are ventilated. The death toll has risen to 364. Israel’s coronavirus committee voted to reopen gyms and pools against the advice of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the Health Ministry‏‏ and overruling their decision minutes earlier to leave gyms closed and allow pools to open under certain criteria.

One Saturday in mid-April, a group of Orthodox Jewish leaders held a conference call with a Minnesota doctor as they grappled with spiking coronavirus cases in their New York area communities. Dr. Michael Joyner of the Mayo Clinic is leading a nationwide study on the use of blood plasma to treat patients with severe COVID-19. On the call that afternoon, he told the religious leaders he needed something for his research: more blood from people who have survived the virus. “Do what you can,” Joyner said, according to Yehudah Kaszirer of Lakewood, New Jersey, one of the rabbis on the call. About 36 hours later, Kaszirer boarded a private jet with roughly 1,000 vials of blood stored in coolers.

New data from the NYPD shows there were 68 shootings across the city in the past seven days, leaving dozens of people wounded and nearly a dozen dead. At least 92 people were shot in the city during the period spanning from 12 a.m. on July 5 to 11:59 p.m. on July 11. At least 11 of them died from their injuries, according to the data. During the same period last year, there were 22 shootings with 30 victims, the data shows. Meanwhile, Socialist Mayor Bill DeBlasio launched his “Occupy the Corner” initiate to combat the shootings. Just a few weeks ago DeBlasio chose to disband the entire “anti-crime” division in the NYPD with all its plainclothes officers – who specifically focus on removing guns from the streets.

The Yearim Corona Hotel, which during the first wave served the Chareidi population who became infected with the disease, reopened today after two months of being closed, to once again serve the Chareidi public. Yearim joins two other Corona Hotels that aim to host people who have tested positive for the disease but are not in serious or critical condition. The Defense Ministry decided on Sunday, in conjunction with the Health Ministry, to open the three corona hotels once again. The Hotels that are set to open are the Metropolitan Hotel in Tel Aviv for people in isolation, Yearim will cater specifically to the Chareidi population and the Seven Arches hotel on the Mount of Olives, will host people who are ill.

A report published over the weekend by the World Health Organization (WHO) ranked Israel as the European country with the third-highest number of new daily coronavirus cases, with only Russia and Kazakhstan having a higher number of daily cases. Turkey was ranked in fourth place followed by Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Romania. In light of the skyrocketing infection rate, Israel’s Health Ministry predicted that there will be 400 coronavirus patients in serious condition within ten to 14 days. Currently, there are 141 patients in serious condition and 109 patients in moderate condition. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Almost 20% of the midwives at Ma’anyei Hayeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak were found to be positive for the coronavirus, a 103FM Radio report said. A list of about 200 new mothers who were attended by the midwives in question was transferred to the Health Ministry. “Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, the staff of Ma’anyei Hayeshua Hospital has been properly protected while working,” a statement from Ma’anyei Hayeshua Hospital said. “We had zero infections until last week. None of the labor room staff members were infected and not one mother was infected. Since the beginning of the pandemic, a designated separate ward was established for mothers who were positive for the coronavirus.

ew York City’s recent uptick in crime reports could be partly due to economic consequences caused by the pandemic, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested during a recent Zoom conference with constituents. The conference, which The Hill shared online via its YouTube channel on Sunday, saw Ocasio-Cortez address a handful of issues related to law enforcement and police reform. Her comments came amid a nationwide push for policies that increase transparency about law enforcement practices, hold officers accountable for conduct violations, and decrease funding to departments. “Why is this uptick in crime happening? Well, let’s think about it. Do we think this has to with the fact that there’s record unemployment in the United States right now?” asked Ocasio-Cortez.