Eight people died due to Coronavirus related complications on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths in the country o 919 since the virus first hit back in the spring. The total number of cases diagnosed over the previous 24 hours dropped and stood at 897, while 965 people recovered from the virus during the same time period. As of 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, 429 new cases were reported with 545 patients finishing their recovery. Israel has registered 114,020 cases since the pandemic began of which 92,796 have recovered leaving only 20,305 active cases in Israel. Only 897 patients are hospitalized in the country, 444 of those patients are in serious condition. The number of patients on respirators also dropped and now stands at 127. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

A fast-moving fire left a Jewish-owned home in Monsey totally destroyed on Sunday afternoon. The fire department was on the scene at the fire on Carlton Lane in the Viola neighborhood at around 12:30PM. The fire spread quickly through the home. Bichasdei Hashem, no residents were injured in the blaze. Rockland Hatzolah was on the scene standing by in case their services were needed. Rockland Chaveirim were on the scene bringing cold drinks to the firefighters. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Ukraine has announced that no visitors will be allowed to enter the country until the end of December. In spite of that, a group of 30 Breslov Chassidim from Israel attempted to fly to Ukraine via a connecting flight in France. According to a report in BChadrei Charedim, the group was detained in France for two days at the request of the Ukrainian government before dressing up as regular tourists and being allowed to finish their flight to Ukraine. Once the plane landed in Ukraine, any person who was identified as being Jewish or Israeli, based on their passport photos, was held on the plane for a number of hours and not allowed to disembark.

A group of about a dozen Breslover chassidim who landed in Kiev, Ukraine from London on Sunday were forced to reboard the plane for a return flight to the UK. In a video of the incident, a group of chassidim are seen being escorted onto the Ryanair flight by Ukrainian security officials. On Friday, about 300 Breslover chassidim from Israel, the US and Europe, who were detained at Ukrainian airports due to the country’s ban on foreign nationals were released shortly before the onset of Shabbos following extensive efforts by Israeli politicians. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

El Al requested permission from Saudia Arabia to use its airspace for its historic first commercial flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, Ynet reported. Israel’s National Security Council conveyed the request on behalf of El Al, the report said. Saudia Arabia has yet to respond to the request. The Israel Airports Authority’s website listed the flight on Friday as Flight LY971, a nod to the UAE’s international calling code number. A return flight to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Tuesday will be numbered LY972, Israel’s international calling code. The first official flight between #Israel and the UAE is officially listed on the Ben Gurion Airport website! FYI: the flight from Israel is flight number 971 (

About 300 Breslover chassidim who were detained at Ukrainian airports on Friday due to the country’s ban on foreign nationals were released shortly before the onset of Shabbos following extensive efforts by Israeli politicians, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. In light of the fact that the Ukrainian authorities were insisting on sending the Jews back on return flights on Shabbos, frantic diplomatic efforts were initially made on Friday to at least convince the authorities to delay their return until Motzei Shabbos. Among those attempting to solve the issue were Higher Education Minister Zeev Elkin (Likud), Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine and others.

Following President Trump’s speech Thursday night at the White House — marking the end of the the Republican National Convention — a spectacular display of red, white and blue fireworks around the Washington Monument took place which spelled out “Trump 2020.” The National Park Service earlier this week said it had approved the fireworks permit. The Republican National Committee is footing the bill for the show, as well as for reimbursing the agency for its work overseeing the event, the parks service. (AP)

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden appears to have confused Jacob Blake with the 17-year-old who was arrested for shooting at rioters in Kenosha, Wis., during an interview on Thursday. Asked by CNN’s Anderson Cooper why President Donald Trump has not addressed the police shooting of Blake, a 29-year-old black man, Biden replied with a response about a different man. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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When a passenger in an Uber taxi in Melbourne found out that his driver was Jewish, he insisted on leaving the car immediately, saying: “I’m not going to ride with a Jew,” The Jerusalem Post reported. “About 45 seconds into the trip, the man asked me if my name was Naftoli and if I was Jewish,” said the 60-year-old Uber driver, who was wearing a yarmulke on his Uber app photo. “When I answered that I was, he then said that he didn’t want a Jew driving him and asked to get out.” “I pulled over to the curb, and as he was getting out, he started calling me names such as Jewish scumbag,” he continued. “I was quite shaken by this and was concerned that he would assault me.” The driver reported the incident to Uber.