In this exclusive interview, NYC Councilman Kalman Yeger discusses the NYPD’s double standard in its treatment of frum Jews. He speaks about Mayor DeBlasio’s tweet singling out the Jews, Commissioner Dermot Shea’s claim that the police did not approve last week’s Levaya. “Lies, lies, lies”, Yeger said about Dermot. He also discussed when he believes shuls and camps should reopen, and much more. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app, including iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and Podbean. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Mrs Chana Feige Eichler A”H from the Sanz community of Yerushalayim was Niftar on Sunday from COVID-19. She was hospitalized in Kaplan hospital in Rechovot where she sadly passed away. She was 79. Chana had contracted the virus two weeks ago and was hospitalized after her condition deteriorated. Doctors fought to save her life but unfortunately were unable to do so. She was married to Rabbi Yaakov Eichler, one of the most important rebbeim in Hamesorah Talmud Torah in Yerushalayim. Chana was a storeowner for her livelihood and helped her husband and enabled him to teach Torah. She left behind five daughters and grandchildren who carry on her legacy. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

While many students from the general population of Israel returned to school on Sunday, Chareidi students held off and waited for a more outlined plan of how to operate when sending students back to school in the wake of the Coronavirus. In the general population, students from grades 1-3 and 11 and 12 returned to school on Sunday. According to instructions given by Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and Hagaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, yeshiva ketanos and Chareidi students from grades 7 and 8 will return to school on Monday. The return will be under strict protocols outlined by a committee that was set up by the Gedolei Yisrael to oversee the adherence of regulations. There has not been any decision as of yet with regards to the return of the Chareidi children in grades 1-3.

Anxious to spur an economic recovery without risking lives, President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted that “you can satisfy both” — see states gradually lift lockdowns while also protecting people from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 60,000 Americans. The president, fielding questions from Americans in a virtual town hall from the Lincoln Memorial, acknowledged valid fears on both sides of the issue. Some people are worried about getting sick; others are reeling from lost jobs and livelihoods. But while Trump increased his projection for the total U.S.

Israeli media reports on Sunday said that the Health Ministry will soon announce a further rollback of restrictions due to the decreasing rate of coronavirus infections. The Knesset is meeting on Monday to vote on the new regulations. The Health Ministry is set to allow Israelis to visit relatives, including grandparents sometime this week and allow social gatherings of up to ten people as long as social distancing is maintained and masks are worn. The Health Ministry also recommended opening beaches. Malls, open-air markets, museums and libraries may be opened by mid-May as well as gyms and swimming pools. The Finance Ministry is also pushing for professional sports to be allowed to resume without an audience.

After about a month of close cooperation in the fight to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, a joint meeting was held in the city of Elad, between the city’s Mayor Israel Porush, his team, and Brigadier General (res.) Gal Hirsch. As previously reported, Hirsch volunteered a month ago to help the city of Elad, and has been working since in various ways for the good of the city and its residents, helping to contain the COVID-19 and collaborating with numerous parties in and outside of the city. In recent days, data on the first wave of the outbreak in Israel has been made public, showing that the rate of infections has declined sharply for the time being and further revealing that no new patients were tested positive for the virus in the pasted day.

A New York City police officer who was caught on video Saturday pointing a stun gun at a man and violently taking him to the ground over an alleged social distancing violation has been stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk duty pending an internal investigation. Bystander video showed the plainclothes officer, who was not wearing a protective face mask, slapping 33-year-old Donni Wright in the face, punching him in the shoulder and dragging him to a sidewalk after leveling him in a crosswalk in Manhattan’s East Village. “The behavior I saw in that video is simply not acceptable,” Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Sunday. He said earlier in the day that there will be a careful look into what happened. Police spokeswoman Sgt.

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A Colorado paramedic who came to New York City to save lives before losing his own to the coronavirus will be forever honored in a memorial to medical workers who answered the city’s 911 call to the rest of America, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. De Blasio said at his daily news briefing that he learned of Paul Cary’s death the previous day, and “it really hit me.” “There’s something particularly painful when someone does the right thing, a fellow American comes from across the country to try and help the people of New York City and while working to save lives here gives his own life. It’s very painful. It’s heroic,” the Democrat said.

The streaming video began and, within minutes, the president’s eldest son was musing that Osama bin Laden had endorsed Joe Biden. Subtle, it was not. Welcome to the Trump campaign, digital edition. Seven nights a week, President Donald Trump’s reelection team is airing live programming online to replace his trademark rallies made impossible for now by the coronavirus pandemic. Hosted by top campaign officials, prominent Republicans and “Make America Great Again” luminaries, the freewheeling shows offer reality according to Trump. The shows are an effort to stay connected with core supporters and maintain enthusiasm for a suspended campaign that has had to rewire itself on the fly. Trump himself has not yet appeared in his campaign’s shows. A review of one week’s worth of the 8 p.m.