This Sunday, July 26th (5 Av), you can make history!   Take part in a program that can help bring the Geulah and strengthen achdus and ahavas yisrael!   Yeshivat Hakotel presents a third worldwide unprecedented achdus Torah learning program.   Sar HaTorah, Rav Chaim Kanievsky, has given his bracha to the program which features introductory remarks from Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, rosh yeshiva of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America and Rav Asher Weiss, rosh kollel of Machon Minchas Osher L’Torah V’Horaah.

The Health Ministry reported 1,108 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, a number far lower than the almost 2,000 daily cases that have been reported in the past week but the lower number was due to the reduced amount of tests performed over the weekend. The number of seriously ill patients rose to 329, of whom 100 are ventilated and the death toll has risen to 464. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke about the battle against the coronavirus at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday. “There are no magic solutions,” Netanyahu said. “It’s impossible to stop the pandemic without the personal responsibility of each and every one of you, the citizens of Israel.

Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll shows, a sign of increasing pessimism that would translate into roughly 10 million workers needing to find a new employer, if not a new occupation. It’s a sharp change after initial optimism the jobs would return, as temporary cutbacks give way to shuttered businesses, bankruptcies and lasting payroll cuts. In April, 78% of those in households with a job loss thought they’d be temporary. Now, 47% think that lost job is definitely or probably not coming back, according to the latest poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times It is known as the final journey, and what happens on it is a question that many ponder. Philosophers, scientists, and great men have explored this question since the dawn of time. What happens to the soul after death? The Torah sources teach us that the soul is immortal. This is a foundation of Torah-true Judaism. This can be seen from the emphasis that is placed upon Shabbos observance. Although we keep Shabbos mainly because the Torah tells us to do so, it is also the flagship of Jewish belief. We stop all forms of creative acts because G d ceased and desisted from creative acts and rested on the seventh day.

If the outbreak roars back in New York City, Anil and Joyce Lilly will not be sheltering again in their Bronx apartment. They just bought a house an hour north in the Hudson Valley. “We need more elbow room,” said Joyce Lilly, explaining their move to Washingtonville, New York. “Because we were locked into the apartment for three months, a solid three months, I feel like I’m getting out of prison and I want to run as far away as possible.” New Yorkers anxious after weathering the worst of the coronavirus pandemic are fueling a boom in home sales and rentals around the picturesque towns and wooded hills to the north. Real estate brokers and agents describe a red-hot market recently, with many house hunters able to work from home.

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Norman Rosenbaum, a Melbourne based lawyer who became well-known in the US for his battle for justice following his brother Yankel’s murder in the Crown Heights riots, passed away on Shabbos at the age of 63, Collive reported. Yankee Rosenbaum, a 29-year-old yeshivah student, was stabbed to death by 30 African-American men in 1991 in the Crown Heights riots, triggered by a car accident that killed one African-American child, Gavin Cato, and severely injured another. Lemrick Nelson Jr., 16, was charged with Rosenbaum’s murder but was acquitted at a trial the following year. Norman Rosenbaum began traveling to New York on a regular basis, staying months at a time, in a campaign for justice for his brother’s murder.

The IDF is preparing for an imminent attack on Israel’s northern border in the coming days, Yisrael Hayom reported on Sunday. The report follows heightened tensions on the northern border following an airstrike on Damascus last week attributed to Israel which killed Hezbollah member Ali Kamel Mohsen Jawad. On Friday evening, the IDF carried out airstrikes on military targets on Syria in response to fire from Syria toward the Golan Heights on Friday afternoon. Hezbollah wants to attack Israel by sea and is developing methods to do in the future, outgoing commander of the Israel Navy’s Haifa base, Brig. Gen. Gil Aginsky, who retired last week after 32 years of military service, said. In an interview with Yisrael Hayom, Aginsky said that Israel is prepared for the challenge.

Get ready for the second heat wave of the season with near-record highs expected for the first half of the week. The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory for New York City and northeastern New Jersey from 12 p.m. Sunday through 8 p.m. Monday. Temperatures are expected to reach into the mid-90s through Tuesday, but the heat index could make it feel closer to 100 degrees in some spots. Feel-like temps in New Jersey may get as high as 105. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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