Missed U.S. mortgage payments surged by 1.6 million in April, the largest single-month jump in history, according to a new report. It’s yet another shocking indicator of the devastating effect the coronavirus pandemic has had on U.S. households.

Agudas Yisroel of America released the above letter to Matzav.com. The letter is signed by three senior members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rav Dovid Feinstein, and Rav Aharon Feldman.
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An immune system run amok may be responsible for some COVID-19 patients faring worse than others, suggests a new international study led by immunology researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science.

Israel’s capital, Yerushalayim, is also the nation’s most populous city, with 924,800 residents, according to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics ahead of Jerusalem Day 2020.
One out of every 10 Israelis lives in Yerushalayim, and 560,000 of the city’s residents are Arabs, according to the report. Still, the city has suffered from negative population growth for years, and thus far 2020 has seen 8,400 residents move away.

An Iranian company and its executives have been charged for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, announced U.S. prosecutors on Monday.
Iranian financial-services company PAYMENT24 and two of its executives—founder and CEO Seyed Sajjad Shahidian and chief operating officer Vahid Vali—were charged with conspiracy to commit offenses against and defraud the United States, wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft.
Shahidian, 33, who was extradited from the United Kingdom, made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, according to prosecutors.
Vali, 33, remains at large, according to prosecutors.