Two months after the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Newark, Delaware was destroyed by arson, a second Chabad Center in Delaware has been damaged by an intentionally set fire, Newark Post Online reported. The latest incident came around 12:30 a.m. Friday at the Chabad Center on Silverside Road in Wilmington, according to Assistant State Fire Marshal Michael G. Chionchio. Someone set a fire outside the building, but it was extinguished before flames could extend into the structure. The damage was estimated at only $200. Chionchio did not publicly release any information directly tying the incident to the arson in Newark, but he did note in a press release that it is the second time in two months a Chabad Center in Delaware has been the victim of arson.

Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed 812 new coronavirus cases on Motzei Shabbos, with test results reflecting a positivity rate of .2.1%. There are currently 419 seriously ill patients, of whom 182 are ventilated. The death toll has risen to 2,523. The coronavirus cabinet approved a rollback of coronavirus restrictions on Friday, including the reopening of shuls for minyamin of ten mispallelim beginning on Sunday at 6 a.m. Minyanim of 20 mispallelim are allowed outdoors. Participants of any minyanim found to be in violation of restrictions will be fined NIS 500 each. Weddings and other simchas will also be allowed with up to ten participants indoors and 20 outdoors.

Schools in New York state’s “red zones” and “orange zones” will be allowed to resume in-person learning if they test all students and faculty members for COVID-19 first, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. Cuomo on Oct. 6 announced that schools in areas deemed red zone “clusters” or orange zone “warning zones” would have to shift to remote learning for at least two weeks. In a teleconference Friday afternoon, the governor said the state has been working with schools in those zones to “try to find ways to keep people safe, but allow children to go to school.” “Basic rule is, before you open a school, all the people who go into the school, students or teachers, will be tested,” he said.

Behind all of the false bravado & chest thumping of ineffective rabble rousers, aggressive Covid testing campaigns have been ongoing. These efforts led by well known community leaders & organizations under the guidance of Rabbonim with the stated goal of reducing the covid positivity rate, thus freeing orthodox neighborhoods in South Brooklyn from the Iron grip of the Cuomo RedZones. Unfortunately, despite the continuous testing, community leaders & politicians remain extremely frustrated with State & City authorities for their refusal to share pertinent and timely data that can assist these frantic efforts.

Heads of the Jewish communities in the city of Nice in France have decided to close all schools and shuls in the city following the fatal stabbing attack that took place on Thursday. The attack, which claimed the lives of three people took place outside of a church in the city. A Chabad Shaliach in the city, Rabbi Reuven Vanunu, said: “We have made the decision to close all Jewish schools and shuls in the city and to place heavy security around kosher stores in the city.

“Hunter Biden and his associates” have been under criminal investigation by the FBI since 2019, according to a new report. The probe is focused on allegations of money-laundering and the case remains open and active, James Rosen, Investigative Reporter for Sinclair Broadcast Group, said Thursday. EXCLUSIVE: Tony Bobulinski tells @WeAreSinclair he was questioned by six @FBI agents, with counsel present, for five hours on October 23, listing him as a "material witness" in an ongoing investigation focused on Hunter Biden and his associates. His cell phones were examined.

A dangling crane shut down several streets in Midtown on Thursday evening. It happened at 111 West 57th Street near 6th Avenue. The FDNY received a report of debris falling from a building just after 6:40 p.m. The building is an 84-story condo tower on what is referred to as “Billionaires Row.” The city is shut down 55th to 59th streets from Madison to 8th avenues. #BREAKING: huge construction crane swinging wildly at top of mega high rise under construction on 57th and 6th. Reports of debris in street. Lots of streets closed. #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/fwWS21E8h7 — Josh Einiger (@JoshEiniger7) October 29, 2020 JOIN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO ALREADY ARE ALERTED OF BREAKING NEWS LIKE THIS IN LIVE TIME: YWN WHATSAPP STATUS UPDATES: CLICK HERE to join the YWN WhatsApp Status.

Rosh Yeshivas Brisk, HaGaon HaRav Meshulam Dovid Halevi Soloveitchik has just been taken to the hospital in serious condition. As YWN had reported, the Rosh Yeshiva contracted COVID-19 a few days ago, and his condition has worsened. He was being treated at his home until his condition took a turn for the worse today, and taken to the hospital. Vehicles were driving around Yerushalayim and Bnei Brak with announcements telling everyone to say Tehillim. The public is asked to daven for Hagaon HaRav Meshulam Dovid ben Alta Hendel b’soch shaar cholei Yisrael. JOIN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO ALREADY ARE ALERTED OF BREAKING NEWS LIKE THIS IN LIVE TIME: YWN WHATSAPP STATUS UPDATES: CLICK HERE to join the YWN WhatsApp Status.

Following Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s statements on Tuesday that Holocaust denial is not banned on Twitter, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted: “Why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust?” Khamenei also claimed that Mohammad caricatures is akin to Holocaust denial, asking why denying the genocide of millions of people is a crime but insulting Muhammad is not. “Why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust?” he wrote on Twitter. “Why should anyone who writes about such doubts be imprisoned while insulting the Prophet (pbuh) is allowed?” The next question to ask is: why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust? Why should anyone who writes about such doubts be imprisoned while insulting the Prophet (pbuh) is allowed?

A frum doctor in the South Florida Jewish Community, who worked the front lines of the pandemic in Mount Sinai Medical Center, went home after fighting COVID-19 for more than three  months! Dr. Yaakov Rafael Elgozy, father of five from Walnut Creek, miraculously recovered after being on a ventilator for more than two months. The situation at one point was so dire, that he was flown to Gainesville for a possible double lung transplant. BIchasdei Hashem, he made a turn for the best and during his recovery in the hospital, the local Chabad Shluchim, Rabbi Goldman and Rabbi Notick, visited him on a daily basis; putting Tefillin on him while providing support to him and to his amazing and dedicated wife – Rachel.