JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Asher Weiss, the head of the Darkei Torah institutions, discussed a heartwrenching question he received from a person who had been sick with coronavirus and is almost certain that he was responsible for another person getting infected and then dying from the virus. Rabbi Weiss said that the person sat and […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — One of Jerusalem’s most erudite Geonim, Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi, died on Shabbat from COVID-19. Ashkenazi was a prolific author with encyclopedic knowledge who over a 70-year period wrote an incredible number of articles on all aspects of Jewish knowledge. The articles have only recently been compiled into a number of volumes as […]

LONDON (AP) — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in about 1,000 people, half of whom got the experimental vaccine. Such early […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) – An Israeli kindergarten teacher has died of the coronavirus, two weeks after she made an emotional appeal for parents to keep home children who had been exposed to the deadly virus. After Shalva Zalfreund, 64, died Friday, the mayor of her city posted on Facebook the message that she had sent to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The recent closure imposed on the Romema neighborhood in Jerusalem was not just because of the spiraling levels of coronavirus in the region, as unfortunately there are at present in Israel a number of “red” zones where the virus has seen an exponential growth. However the alarming nature of the Belz Hasidim’s […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A health official on the Texas Gulf Coast said 85 infants have tested positive for the coronavirus. Corpus Christi Nueces County Public Health Director Annette Rodriguez said Friday that the 85 infants are each younger than 1, but offered no other details, including how the children are suspected to have become […]

LONDON (AP) — Russia’s ambassador to Britain has rejected allegations that his country’s intelligence services sought to steal information about a coronavirus vaccine. Andrei Kelin said in a BBC interview broadcast Sunday that there was “no sense” in the allegations made last week by the United States, Britain and Canada. “I don’t believe in this […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli government’s plan to provide a flat grant to every family in Israel has come under severe criticism in recent days, as economists claimed that the plan does not provide a proper respite for those in more desperate need. However Chareidi politicians and Chareidi media also sharply attacked the grant plan […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York state dropped to 743 and 11 more people died, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged residents Saturday not to let down their guard. Daily statewide statistics show New York with 754 newly confirmed cases, representing 1.08% of all tests performed. The number […]

NEW YORK (JTA) – That hummus may not be as healthful as you want to believe, according to an environmental advocacy group’s latest research. Laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found glyphosate, the chemical better known as Roundup, in 80% of conventional chickpeas and hummus tested. Glyphosate, commonly used to kill weeds, is […]