Virus Hospitalizations Hit Record In California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 7,400 people are hospitalized for coronavirus in California, the state's highest number yet.
The state reported 7,415 coronavirus hospitalizations o...
NYC To Reopen Schools, Even As Virus Spread Intensifies
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will reopen its school system to in-person learning, and increase the number of days a week many children attend class, even as the coronavirus pandem...
ZAKA Volunteer Dies while Performing Taharah On Deceased Person
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — ZAKA volunteer Chaim Rechnitzer, one of the founders of the Tel Aviv section of the ZAKA organization which is devoted to maintaining the honor of the dead, c...
Researchers Urge Arizona Shutdown, Mask Mandate
PHOENIX — University of Arizona researchers say the current surge in the coronavirus outbreak will present the state with a hospital crisis that could become a disaster unless the ...
S. Korea Agency Says N. Korea Executed People To Control COVID
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down the capital, Pyongyang, as part of frantic...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Rejects COVID-19 Shot, Calls Masks Taboo
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he won't take any working COVID-19 vaccine himself and calls the use of masks to limit the spread of the disease “the last ...
Virus Keeps Black Friday Crowds Thin, Shoppers Shift Online
NEW YORK (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a small beacon of ho...
UK Asks Regulator To Assess AZ-Oxford Vaccine Amid Questions
LONDON (AP) — The British government said Friday it has formally asked the country’s medicines regulator to assess whether a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford...
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Takes Flight In Virus Times
NEW YORK (AP) — The balloons were in the sky and the marching bands took to the streets for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, but coronavirus restrictions mean...
Arab Israelis Join Peace Train, Abandoning Palestinian Narrative
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The recent peace agreements between Israel and Arab nations in the Middle East have exposed and refuted the myth that there can be no peace without a solution...
Watch: Heavy Flooding In Bnei Brak, Hod Hasharon And Other Low-Lying Regions
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — As heavy rains hit most regions in Israel Wednesday, a number of low-lying regions suffered massive flooding, causing damage to cars, infrastructure and to so...
Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Agudath Yisrael Against Governor Cuomo’s Synagogue Restrictions
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The US Supreme Court issued a midnight ruling in favor of a suit brought by Agudath Israel and the Diocese against NY Governor Cuomo's rules regarding synagogu...
California Records New High In Coronavirus Cases
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California reported a record number of coronavirus cases Wednesday as Los Angeles restaurants prepared to close for three weeks and firefighters in Silicon Valle...
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade To March On Despite Pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — Jawan M. Jackson recently got to do something he's been yearning to do for months — sing and dance again with his Broadway cast.
Jackson is one of the stars of “...
Umm Jan, The Jewish Midwife Who Became A National Heroine In Bahrain
MANAMA, BAHRAIN (VINnews) — A Jewish midwife who moved to Bahrain in the 1930's is now a national icon in the tiny Gulf state, and was even immortalized in a recent Kuwaiti-Saudi t...
Defying Warnings, Millions In The US Travel For Thanksgiving
NEW YORK (AP) - Millions of Americans took to the skies and hit the road ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire, disregarding increasingly di...
Tweet On Spare Change Generates Big Money For Virus Aid
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Andy Larsen is a sports writer, but with so many games scratched during the pandemic he has spent a lot of time digging into coronavirus data and its sobering...
To Help Others, Duchess Of Sussex Shares Her Story Of Miscarriage ‘Pain And Grief’ In Emotional NY Times Op-ed
LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, giving a personal account of the traumatic experience in hope of helping others.
Meghan desc...
Montreal Jewish Nursing Home Hit Hard By COVID Infections In 2nd Wave
MONTREAL (JTA) — A prominent Jewish nursing home in Montreal has seen dozens of residents and staffers infected by COVID-19 amid the second wave of the pandemic to hit Quebec.
T...
Wiping Down Groceries? Experts Say Keep Risk In Perspective
NEW YORK (AP) — Cleaning wipes are harder to find on store shelves, and businesses are reassuring customers with stepped up sanitation measures. In New York, the subway system is s...