STATEN ISLAND (JTA) — Rabbi Avrohom Hakohen Cohn survived the Holocaust and went on to fight the Nazis in his native Czechoslovakia. He is credited with saving the lives of 56 families during the genocide. In January, Cohn, known as Romi, delivered the opening prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 75th anniversary […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A group of Chareidi protesters demonstrated outside the house of Israeli health minister Yaakov Litzman over the last few nights, complaining against his decision to close all of the Talmudei Torah, despite the fact that Litzman’s decision was supported by numerous rabbis and prominent figures in Chareidi society. Police arrived at the […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah have called for a global day of prayer, to occur tomorrow, Wednesday March 25. Please see the message below from Moatzos Gedolei HaTorah in the United States and Israel detailing the ‘Global Day of Prayer’ this Wednesday.

MOSCOW (JTA) — The congregation of a Moscow synagogue has been placed under quarantine after one of its rabbis contracted the coronavirus. Rabbi Gershon Lisus, 36, is in the hospital in stable but serious condition. He attended several communal events at the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue, including a Purim party on March 8, the news site […]

NEW YORK (AP) — As multiple governors issue orders to curb large gatherings and implore residents to stay home in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, at least a half-dozen states have exempted some level of religious activity. The divergent treatment of faith in some states’ pandemic-fighting orders comes as a few […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israel’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday morning that the number of Israelis diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus has risen to 1,656, an increase of 214 cases since Monday evening. According to the ministry, 31 patients are in serious condition, 47 are in moderate condition and 1,528 in mild condition. There have […]

TOKYO (AP) — This summer’s Tokyo Olympics fell victim to the coronavirus crisis Tuesday as the death toll mounted rapidly in Europe and the United States, while U.S. lawmakers closed in on a nearly $2 trillion deal to blunt the outbreak’s economic damage. Around the globe, India, with a population of 1.3 billion, ordered the […]

LAKEWOOD (VINnews) — A Lakewood resident has unfortunately passed away on Tuesday, due to Coronavirus. Rabbi Avrohom Levi Bresler was 58 years old. Rabbi Bresler was known for his tremendous accomplishments in learning, including publishing Seforim, all with humility behind closed doors. Rabbi Bresler originally experienced COVID-19 symptoms last week. On Shabbos he was transported […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy’s Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks. Fashion designer Briana Danyele left Italy last month to return to her mother’s Greer, South […]

LONDON (JTA) — Why will this Passover be different from all others? This year, the London Beth Din, or religious court, has created a list of permissible products not made under special supervision for Passover due to difficulties caused by the coronavirus crisis. The Kashrut Division of the court developed the list, titled “Product guidelines […]