JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has decided to begin sending children back to school. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Sunday that his coronavirus cabinet voted in favor of reopening school for children in grades one through four on Nov. 1. The older children will be divided into “capsules,” and the children in younger grades will […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — In an unprecedented demonstration of support for President Trump, a letter carrying the signatures of a large number of prominent chareidi rabbis in the US was released Saturday night thanking President Trump for deeming houses of worship “essential” and enabling them to remain open despite the high levels of COVID-19 at […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago businesses will have to close by 10 p.m. and residents are asked to limit gatherings to six people as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases among residents continues to rise, the city’s mayor announced Thursday. “We are — no doubt whatsoever — in a second surge,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Tucker Carlson took some time in his opening monolugue on Wednesday to expose CNN’s Chris Cuomo as a hypocrite when it comes to his mask usage. Cuomo had always portrayed himself publicly as a strong proponent of mask wearing, but as Carlson reveals, Cuomo did not always wear one when he […]

CALIFORNIA (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given through an IV for patients needing hospitalization. The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average […]

DAVIS, CAL. (VINnews) — A courageous police officer in Davis, California succeeded in pulling a woman out of a burning car seconds before she would have been burnt to death. The entire episode was captuered on the policeman’s body camera. Corporal Pheng Ly reached the scene after witnesses reported a crash off the I-80 highway […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As the coronavirus cases and number of sick people have dropped sharply in Israel, government ministers continue to discuss frameworks which would allow a return of different elements of the economy to normal without seeing yet another spike in COVID-19 cases. The health ministry wishes to go from stage to stage based […]

BROOKLYN (VINnews) — As previously reported by VINnews, a kosher café located on the outer perimeter of Brooklyn’s red zone has been inundated with both communal support and customers after being slapped with a violation notice from a city inspector despite being open for takeout only. On Wednesday evening, the cafe owner was interviewed by […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Some Orthodox neighborhoods classified as “red zones” by the state of New York due to their high COVID-19 test positivity rates in recent weeks will soon be allowed to reopen schools and nonessential businesses. But the areas of Brooklyn where Orthodox Jews have staged protests against the restrictions imposed by Gov. […]

BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — The Jewish owner of a large Argentine hypermarket chain has started selling kosher meat for far less than competitors this month, claiming that the country’s kosher supervision industry has artificially driven up costs for consumers. Roberto Goldfarb, the founder and CEO of Diarco, first announced his intentions in a call in […]