Friday, March 29, 2024

Health

Director Of Chareidi Hospital Resigns After Outrage Over His Anti-Charedi Comments

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BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Professor Motty Ravid, the director of the Ma'ayanei Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak, resigned Thursday after a furious public outburst broke out over his shar...

Nurse To Rabbi Asher Weiss: ‘I May Have Killed A Patient By Mistake , How Can I Atone?’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Asher Weiss received a letter from a New York nurse bemoaning the fact that in her haste and tiredness she may have inadvertently caused the death of a ...

Op-Ed: Israeli Police, You Have Lost All Self-Respect. Perhaps Try A Different Approach

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Theoretically a parent can use force against his child to curb his insolent behavior. In most cases the child will not fight back but if the parent uses excess...

Jewish Physician Among Winners Of Nobel Prize For Medicine

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Jewish virologist and physician Harvey Alter was among three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine Monday. US-based Alter who serves as chief of t...

The Pittsburgh Rebbe Zatzal: An Appreciation

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ASHDOD (VINnews) — When Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna, the greatgrandson of Rabbi Meir of Premishlan was in the last year of his life, he often said that the Holy One, Blessed Be He,...

Florida Forges Ahead In Lifting Curbs Amid Virus Concerns

MIAMI (AP) — As the summer coronavirus spike in Sunbelt states subsides, Florida has gone the furthest in lifting restrictions, especially on restaurants where the burden of ensuri...

De Blasio Moves To Order Shutdowns In 9 Brooklyn And Queens ZIP Codes With Virus Outbreaks

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's mayor said Sunday that he has asked the state for permission to close schools and reinstate restrictions on nonessential businesses in several neigh...

Analysis: Police Brutality Result Of Incessant Incitement Against Chareidim

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After a period in which police appeared to have internalized that their uncouth and violent approach to the Chareidi community's violations of COVID-19 regula...

Israeli Police Brutally Attack Chareidim Over New Coronavirus Regulations

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BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Violent clashes broke out between police and Chareidi worshipers as police closed numerous shuls in accordance with the new lockdown regulations in Israel. Po...

Brown Dean Calls Trump COVID Case ‘Failure’ By White House Team

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Dr. Ashish Jha, a leading infectious diseases expert, called President Donald Trump’s infection with the coronavirus “a total failure” to protect him. Jh...

Biden Tweets That He’s Praying For Trump

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Friday that he and his wife Jill “send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery” after they ...

White House: VP Mike Pence Tests Negative And ‘Remains In Good Health,’ After Trump Tests Positive For COVID-19

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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: VP Mike Pence tests negative and 'remains in good health,' after Trump tests positive for COVID-19.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievski Tests Positive For Coronavirus

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BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievski has tested positive for coronavirus, according to reports from his household members. Rabbi Kanievski was tested after his temperature r...

President Trump And First Lady Test Positive For Coronavirus

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a tweet published a short time ago, President Donald Trump announced that he and First Lady Melania have tested positive for coronavirus. Trump wrote that "...

Sukkot Is Mostly Celebrated Outside. That Doesn’t Necessarily Make It Safe During COVID-19

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NEW YORK (JTA) - Sukkot, the harvest festival that Jews celebrate each fall, would seem to be designed for the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, it’s typically observed outdoors in tem...

Amazon: Nearly 20,000 Workers Tested Positive For COVID-19

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Thursday that nearly 20,000 of its front-line U.S. workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. But the...

NYCDOH: Update On Areas Of Concern In New York City

NEW YORK (VINnews) - Today, the Health Department issued a new Commissioner’s Order giving city agencies the power to issue closure orders to ...

High Demand For Flu Shots? Experts Hope To Avoid ‘Twindemic’

LONDON (AP) — October is prime time for flu vaccinations, and the U.S. and Europe are gearing up for what experts hope is high demand as countries seek to avoid a “twindemic” with ...

White House Ups Bid In Last-Ditch COVID Talks With Congress

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and is dangling the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill above $1.5 trillion as last-ditch, p...

Rabbi Kanievski And Rabbi Edelstein: Organize Minyanim Outdoors, Wear Masks, No Sukkos Visits

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BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievski and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein signed a manifest calling on the Chareidi public to maintain health guidelines in the wake of the increase i...