Hagaon Rav Menachem Aryeh Tovolaski, z’tl, one of the most esteemed talmidei chachamim of Bnei Brak, passed away of the coronavirus on Sunday evening in Sheba Hospital at the age of 80. The niftar’s grandaughter, a young mother of 26, is currently hospitalized in critical condition in Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, sedated and ventilated and attached to an ECMO machine. Two weeks ago, she arrived at Ma’ayanei Hayeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak in dire condition, with both her life and the life of the baby she was carrying at risk. The doctors performed an emergency C-section and managed to save both mother and baby but the mother remains in critical condition. The public is asked to daven for Chava Leah bas Esther b’toch sha’ar cholei Yisrael.

Washington state officials said Monday they were again unsuccessful at live-tracking a “murder” hornet while trying to find and destroy a nest of the giant insects. The Washington State Department of Agriculture said an entomologist used dental floss to tie a tracking device on a female hornet, only to lose signs of her when she went into a forest. The hornet was captured on Oct. 5 and kept alive with strawberry jam, which she seemed to enjoy, said Sven Spichiger, a department entomologist. Scientists then tied a tracking device onto her body and released her two days later onto an apple tree. They lost track of her after she went through some blackberry bushes, though officials believe the tracker was still attached at the time of its last signal.

Seventy-six people were arrested and more than 30 buildings and businesses were damaged when a downtown celebration turned chaotic after the Los Angeles Lakers won their 17th National Basketball Association championship, police said Monday. Causes for the arrests included failure to disperse, vandalism and assault on a police officer. View this post on Instagram LA LAKERS FANS RIOT AFTER CHAMPIONSHIP WIN: – 76 Arrested – 8 Officers Injured – 30 businesses damaged or destroyed – MTA bus set ablaze A post shared by TheYeshivaWorld.com (@theyeshivaworld) on Oct 12, 2020 at 11:17am PDT Eight officers were treated for injuries and three members of the crowd were taken to hospitals after being injured by so-called less lethal munitions fired by officers, a police statement said.

Roberta Wright McCain, the mother of the late Sen. John McCain who used her feisty spirit to help woo voters during his 2008 presidential campaign, has died. She was 108. A spokesperson for daughter-in-law Cindy McCain says Roberta McCain died Monday. A cause of death was not immediately released. “It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my wonderful Mother In-law, Roberta McCain,” Cindy McCain posted on Twitter. “I couldn’t have asked for a better role model or a better friend.” In a tweet, granddaughter Meghan McCain thanked her “Nana” for teaching her how to live life with “grit, conviction, intensity and love.” “There will never be another one like you, you will be missed every day.

Joe Biden campaigned Monday in Ohio, attempting to expand the battleground map and keep President Donald Trump on the defensive in a state thought to be out of reach for Democrats after Trump’s wide margin of victory there four years ago. The Democratic presidential nominee stressed an economic message and touted his own record while casting Trump as having abandoned working-class voters who helped him win Rust Belt states that put him in the White House in 2016. In Toledo, Biden addressed United Auto Workers who represent a local General Motors’ powertrain plant.

The British government carved England into three tiers of coronavirus risk on Monday in a bid to slow a resurgent outbreak, putting the northern city of Liverpool into the highest-risk category and shutting its pubs, gyms and betting shops. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the three-level national system was designed to “simplify and standardize” a confusing patchwork of local rules, as the country enters a “crucial phase.” Johnson said hospitals are now filling up with more COVID-19 patients than in March, when he ordered a national lockdown. “These figures are flashing at us like dashboard warnings in a passenger jet, and we must act now,” he said during a televised news conference.

Hello, my name is Elisheva. I am part of a family of 10 children, bli ayin hora, and we live in Eretz Yisrael. Our father raised us until he was niftar about a year ago. My mother, unfortunately, is currently being treated for a serious illness. Despite all of this, I must thank Hashem from the bottom of my heart for finding me my chosson, a wonderful ben Torah, who I will be married to in about 3 weeks. But I am embarrassed to confess that I have not bought anything for my chasuna. It pains me to no end that I have no father to rely on for my financial needs, or to lead me down the chuppah, as other girls have. There are so many necessities that I am lacking, and I have no idea how I am going to pay for them.

Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new policy Monday, the latest attempt by the company to take action against conspiracy theories and misinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential election three weeks away. View this post on Instagram Zuckerburg says Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide.

Tragedy stuck the Chicago community, as word spread of the tragic Petira of Yoni Kohn Z”L, a well know Baal Tzedakah and Baal Chesed. According to news sources, a car crash occurred around 12:00PM on Monday in northern Van Buren County, Michigan. Yoni Z”L was one of the victims. Two other adults from another vehicle lost their lives in the crash. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Yoni Z”L, who was just 46-years-old, was a beloved father and husband and community member, whose Chesed and Tzedakah were far reaching – not just in Chicago. He was well-known in the nursing home and real estate industries. He resided in Edison, NJ, and Lakewood prior to moving back to Chicago.

To hear Democrats tell it, a Supreme Court with President Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett could quickly get rid of the law that gives more than 20 million Americans health insurance coverage. But that’s not the inevitable outcome of a challenge the court will hear Nov. 10, just one week after the election. Yes, the Trump administration is asking the high court to throw out the Obama-era healthcare law, and if she is confirmed quickly Barrett could be on the Supreme Court when the court hears the case. But even if the justices agree that the law’s mandate to buy health insurance is unconstitutional because Congress repealed the penalties for not complying, they could still leave the rest of the law alone.