BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Despite the easing of the lockdown in most areas of Israel, a number of chareidi cities including Bnei Brak, Elad and Beitar are deemed to be ‘red’ cities due to the high levels of infection in them and police sealed those cities off as well a number of chareidi Jerusalem neighborhoods, […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York State Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein released a powerful video on Sunday, highlighting the position the New York jewish community finds itself in at the moment. Eichenstein says he spent the last week attempting to work in good faith with the Governor’s senior officials to create a path forward for the […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — As the cases of coronavirus gradually decrease in Israel, with less than 2000 cases reported on Shabbos and only 4% of the tests producing positive results, there has been significant pressure this week to reach a framework allowing for the opening of Talmud Torahs. The original decision of the rabbinical leadership […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Friday unveiled a plan to get yet-to-be-approved coronavirus vaccines to nursing home residents free of charge, enlisting two national pharmacy chains to help. Such a vaccine is not yet available, and that led to skepticism from some long-term care experts. The distribution program is contingent on the Food […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Pfizer Inc. cannot request emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine before the third week of November — and that’s if everything goes well, the company’s CEO announced Friday. Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated promises of a vaccine before Election Day, scientists have been cautioning that it’s unlikely data showing a leading […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pregnant women should avoid a group of common pain relievers including Advil and Aleve for the last four months of pregnancy, federal health officials said Thursday, expanding the warning from three months. The Food and Drug Administration said the fever-and-pain-reducing drugs can cause a rare but serious complication that can harm the […]

NEW YORK (JNS/Daniel Greenfield) The problem isn’t just the “China Virus.” It’s that we adopted the China Model to fight it. Public health experts adopted China’s draconian lockdowns without knowing how well they really worked and in a country that, fortunately, lacks the power to truly enforce them. China’s deceptiveness and lack of transparency meant […]

LONDON (JTA) – Former British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks announced he has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatment. In a statement posted to his Twitter feed Thursday afternoon, Sacks’ office said he had been “recently diagnosed” with an unspecified cancer and hoped to return to work “as soon as possible.” “He remains positive […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened Thursday’s coronavirus Cabinet meeting by lauding what he called the “major success” of the nationwide lockdown, according to a statement released by his office. “We are seeing a decline in all data, a clear and consistent decline,” he said, at the start of the meeting convened […]

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel decided on Thursday to relax some of the restrictions imposed during a monthlong nationwide lockdown that was meant to drive down a raging coronavirus outbreak. The country’s coronavirus Cabinet voted to resume daycare and pre-school for children up to six years old, allow some businesses — those without walk-in […]