admin | September 4, 2020
(RNS) In the biblical account, the walls of Jericho came tumbling down after Joshua commanded seven priests to blow their rams horns or shofars. This year, it will take a lot more than seven priests for the plaintive wail of the shofar to penetrate the walls of Jews sheltering in place for the Jewish High Holy Days. The coronavirus has left nearly all synagogues across the country shuttered
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admin | August 29, 2020
The NYPD is asking the publics assistance identifying the following individual depicted in the attached surveillance video and photo regarding an assault that occurred in Willliamsburg. The NYPD tells YWN that at round 6:00AM on Tuesday, August 25th, a 46-year-old female victim was walking at the southwest corner of Division Avenue and Rodney Street, when an unknown individual approached from behind, picked up the victim and slammed her onto the sidewalk
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admin | August 29, 2020
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo threatened on Thursday to step in to prevent large weddings - particularly in Brooklyn's Hasidic community - if New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio fails to do so. If the mayor is not doing any enforcement actions, then the state will, Cuomo told a news conference, according to the New York Post. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (Photo: AFP) Weve had superspreader events in New Rochelle with the Jewish community, weve had them in the Catholic community.
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admin | August 29, 2020
There has recently been some speculation that the human population, or at least some segments of it, may already have had sufficient COVID-19 infections to achieve the protective effect of herd immunity. There are also new studies using computational modeling that suggest that the population levels of immunity needed for broad protection are lowerthan the most common estimates of 60-66% immune
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admin | August 29, 2020
With a vision of Bible prophecies deeply embedded in his heart, and with God on his side, Rabbi Ezekiel Ben Aharon is single-handedly putting into play an end-times project to convert the entire Muslim world to faith in the God of Israel.
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admin | August 29, 2020
He created a series of 12 songs and music videos, each combining his past experiences hope and inspiration for the future. By Joseph Wolkin, World Israel News Musician and songwriter Aryeh Shalom is telling his story of religious awakening and personal struggles in a unique way, combining the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov with Broadway. Shaloms Exile And Redemption: A Neo-Hasidic Rock Opera debuts on Oct
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admin | August 29, 2020
Parashat Ki Teitzei is filled with rules. Rules about who we are and who we should be. Rules about how to build a just society
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admin | August 29, 2020
Glorias job as adomestic worker was hard enough before the pandemic hit.
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admin | August 24, 2020
Menahem is an ordinary ultra-Orthodox boy in Ashdods Belz Hasidic community. His life was seemingly serene until a week ago when his father, David, died of COVID-19. Menahem just finished sitting shivah for him and, in a photo that came into my hands, you can see the 13-year-old boy sitting by himself on a low chair
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admin | August 24, 2020
An uptick in coronavirus cases in Borough Park has been linked in part to a large wedding attended by members of Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox community, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday.
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