The head of ZAKA and the Chevra Kadisha in France, Harav Menachem Peretz, recorded an emotional video imploring frum Jews in Israel and abroad to heed the instructions of health professionals in the wake of the deaths of many members of the Jewish community in France due to the coronavirus. “My brothers and friends in […]
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From an email.. He was one of those who never missed a minyan.  He owned a business and always worked it out that he attended minyanim – even during those times that he had long business trips -which were frequent.  His dedication made the rest of the family look bad. And then the Gedolim came […]

(New York) By Moshe R. Morris Generally speaking, experts tell us that there are four factors that make a disease an epidemic or a pandemic: How “mediocre-deadly” it is. How effective it is at getting new victims How easy or hard it is to contain How elusive it is to vaccines So now let’s see […]

A nurse died from coronavirus after working nonstop for weeks at a hospital where staffers frustrated with dwindling supplies posed in gowns made of trash bags. An emergency room doctor fears he had the virus long before getting too sick to work. Another nurse worries the lone mask she’s issued each day won’t be enough […]
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The IDF issued a statement on Thursday which claimed that they had shot down a drone near the Lebanese border that was being flown by Hezbollah operatives. The incident, which took place on Thursday morning, saw a drone fly into Israeli airspace from Lebanon. According to the statement, the small drone was retrieved by IDF […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Yisroel Yechezkel Plutchok ZATZAL, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Chaim in Boro Park. As YWN reported earlier, Rav Plutchok was in critical condition from COVID-19 and was Niftar on Thursday afternoon. Together with his brother in law, HaRav Mordechai Rennert Zt”l, Rav Yisroel […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Lipa Freidrich Z”L of Monsey. He was 39. The Niftar was a perfectly healthy young man with no prior medical condition. He tested positive for COVID-19 three days ago and was in isolation at home. This morning he had severe shortness of breath and Monsey […]
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Hagaon Harav Mordechai Gross, Av Beis Din of Chanichei Hayeshivos, traveled with a group of ten students on Tuesday night to the kever of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron to recite a rare tefillah for ending epidemics. During the tefillah, the mispallelim held lulavim used on Sukkos and carried out seven hakafos around the […]
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El Al is grounding all flights to and from Israel on Thursday at midnight amidst a dire financial crisis in the wake of the lack of demand due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Israel’s national airline has dwindled to its current ten flights a day to New York, Toronto, London and Paris. El Al stated […]
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