Channel 12 News military and security correspondent Nir Dvori reported Monday that attempts have been made to sabotage Israel's ability to produce a vaccine for the coronavirus in the form of a cyber attack against the Israeli research institutes that are trying and trying to produce drugs to treat the disease as well as a vaccine. This is not an attempt to steal information or intelligence, but to attack and sabotage efforts to combat the coronavirus. No damage was done to the research institutes as a result of the attacks. Initial speculation has blamed Iran for the cyber-attack.
NETANYA (VINnews) — The Tzanz- Klausenberg Rebbe of Netanya, Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam, suffered a light heart attack Monday and was hospitalized in the city’s Laniado hospital founded by his father. The Rebbe, a member of the Agudath Yisrael’s Council of Torah Sages, is conscious and being treated by doctors at the hospital. A local Tzanzer chasid told the Kikar Hashabat site that the Rebbe has been very depressed recently over the deaths of some prominent Chasidim in America from COVID-19. “There is no doubt that the matter has seriously affected the Rebbe,” the chasid said. The Rebbe is expected to undergo a catheterization procedure at 8 PM (1PM USA time) and the Tzanz communities worldwide will organize minyanim to say Tehillim and study for his s...
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Within the space of a few hours, there were two terror attacks in the Jerusalem area Monday during the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Two terrorists attempted to stab IDF soldiers patrolling near the settlement of Amichai which was built for in the Binyamin region north of Jerusalem for residents evacuated from Amona. The terrorists were shot and neutralized and there were no injuries to IDF soldiers. Just a few hours later, a terrorist approached the border police checkpoint situated in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in south Jerusalem. The terrorist shouted Allah Akhbar and wielded a knife. Police at the outpost first used tear gas in an attempt to subdue him but when he drew nearer he was shot and seriously injured. There were no Israeli casual...
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA (VINnews) — As scientists worldwide frantically search for COVID-19 vaccines, epidemiologists also seek to find the source of the outbreak in order to be able to locate and prevent any future mutations of the virus from spreading and causing worldwide havoc. Most scientists were convinced until now that the virus emanated from an animal in China’s wet market but Professor Nikolai Petrovsky, a researcher from Adelaide’s Flinders University, claims that the virus may have come from a laboratory since it is ‘perfectly adapted to humans’ from day 1. Professor Petrovsky says that the technology exists in labs worldwide which could enable a virus accidentally to be released from a lab when the viruses are not regulated properly.
In the wake of his arraignment at the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday afternoon and hours after conducting the first Cabinet meeting of the newly sworn-in government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down for a lengthy chat with Channel 20‘s Boaz Golan. The following are translated excerpts from the interview. Boaz Golan: Mr. Prime Minister, good evening. We are here after the first hearing [of your trial]. How are you feeling? Netanyahu: I think it was an important day. You know why? Because for the first time, Israeli citizens heard the truth. The things that I said outside the courtroom were the truth. And the time has come to speak the truth. I also requested that there be a live broadcast—not one that’s cut and that all the transcript writers o...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a video message posted on social media on Monday that “we will not allow Palestinian lands to be offered to anyone.” In the video, which was addressed to American Muslims in honor of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan, Erdoğan said that the Har Habayis in Yerushalayim was a “red line” for all Muslims. “I would like to reiterate that al Quds as-Sharif [the Temple Mount], the holy place of the three religions … is a red line for all Muslims in the world,” he said. The appeal appears to be an effort by Erdoğan to mobilize the American Muslim against the U.S. government’s decision to allow Israel to apply its law to parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley. Israel is w...
An attempted stabbing attack took place Monday afternoon in Yerushalayim, Israeli news site N12 reported. The incident took place on Meir Nakar Street, near the Arab neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in the eastern section of the city. The suspect, who N12 said was a Palestinian resident of eastern Jerusalem, approached a group of police officers and shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” The police officers used tear gas against the attacker, but he nonetheless attempted to stab one of them. The police then shot the attacker in the stomach, leaving him seriously wounded. The attempted attack was the second incident of its kind on Monday, after two terrorists tried to stab a group of IDF soldiers in the West Bank earlier in the day. The assailants were shot and wounded, while no soldiers we...
"If these last few difficult​ months have reminded us of anything, it is that life is so fragile," Gov. Larry Hogan said on Memorial Day. MARYLAND — As of Monday morning, the Maryland Department of Health reported 47,152 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. In the last day, 839 new cases of the virus have been confirmed. Officials say 2,187 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus; lab results are pending for 115 others as of Monday. Of those who have died, officials reported Monday morning that 1,001 were residents of Montgomery and Prince George's counties, where 526 and 475 have died from the illness, respectively. "On this Memorial Day weekend, we pray for all of our fallen," Gov. Larry Hogan said in a video r...
The Taz in Orach Chaim 494 writes that we delay davening Maariv on Shavuos night so that the counting of the Omer should be complete. The Magen Avraham 494 says that on the night of Shavuos we don’t make Kiddush until after tzais hakochavim so it should be temimos. The question can be asked; is it permissible for women, who are exempt from the mitzvah of Sefiras HaOmer because it is a time bound mitzvah, to daven Maariv earlier or make Kiddush early? Is the concept of temimos necessary in order to bring in Shavuos?  The Teshuvos Lehoros Nosan Vol 7:31writes that women, despite the fact that they are exempt from ...
In a report to Congress, the Trump administration is pledging to buy 100 million swabs by the year’s end and distribute them to states to help expand the nation’s capacity to test for the novel coronavirus. But the report, delivered on the Sunday deadline Congress set for a national testing strategy for the novel coronavirus, doubles down on the administration’s stance that individual states, not the federal government, should bear primary responsibility for carrying out diagnostic tests to help curb the pandemic. The Washington Post obtained the 81-page document, called Covid-19 Strategic Testing Plan, from an individual on Capitol Hill who was not authorized to disclose it. Federal health officials did not release it publicly, submitting it to four congressional commi...
Baltimore, MD - May 25, 2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Dani and Ora Zuckerbrod on the birth of a son. Mazel Tov to the grandparents Shalom and Syma Kelman and David and Sharon Zuckerbrod. יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
Baltimore, MD - May 25, 2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yosef and Rochel Zuckerbrod (Pittsburgh) on the birth of a daughter. Mazel Tov grandparents David and Sharon Zuckerbrod and Jeff and Adele Sidney (Ottawa) יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
Baltimore, MD -  May 25, 2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Vromie & Sara Mutterperl  on the birth of a son. יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
Baltimore, MD - May 25, 2020 - Yeshivat Mekor Chaim (YMC) opened its doors in September 2019 with an inaugural 9th grade class. With an emphasis on academic excellence in both Torah Studies and General Studies and focus on the whole child using project-based learning empowered by excellent educators, students jumped straight into their high school experience adjusting to a new schedule, new routine and new classmates.  The first year of any new school will undoubtedly involve unexpected challenges and unanticipated roadblocks to be navigated. Certainly, what no new school could ever account or plan for is a world-wide pandemic closing the school doors in March for the rest of the academic year. After a single day off for teacher training the YMC students logged on to their school-issu...
The tablet, made of clay, depicts a captor leading a naked and humiliated captive. This tablet opens a visual window to understanding the struggles for control in the south of the country during the Canaanite period. *The boy turned the find over to the National Treasures Department, and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) presented him with a certificate of good citizenship. Six-year-old Imri Elya from Kibbutz Nirim near the Gaza Strip, went on an outing last March with his parents to tour the Tel Jemmeh archaeological site near Kibbutz Re'im. Suddenly, a small, square clay object 2.80 x 2.80 cm caught his eye. The curious boy picked up the object, and to his surprise saw two figures engraved on it. Imri's parents contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority and they handed ov...
Baltimore, MD - May 25, 2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Rabbi Eli And Keren Perles on the birth of a daughter. Mazel Tov Grandparents Marvin & Linda Diamond of Boynton Beach/Baltimore and Stuart & Kathy Perles of Monsey NY. Great Grandmother Mrs. Dorothy Perles of Monsey NY. יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
Millions of dollars earmarked for the Palestinian’s COVID-19 coronavirus response have been misappropriated for use by organizations with links to terrorism, a new NGO Monitor report has claimed. The research watchdog found that several of the groups in receipt of funds that the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) coordinated, are tied to the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), as cited in The Jerusalem Post. The PFLP is a proscribed terrorist organization in Israel, the EU, US and Canada. NGO Monitor’s report questioned whether the stated activities the money was earmarked for, were actually vital or lifesaving. It argued that rather than the money being used for “public health needs...
Yosef Chaim Machlouf, a haredi religious Israeli from the Givat Ze'ev area, noticed a bag on the road in the neighborhood a few days ago. Picking up the bag, he discovered 40,000 shekel ($11,347), along with checks for more. Later, it turned out that the bag belonged from an Arab residing in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. In an interview with Kol Hai Radio, Machlouf said, "According to Jewish law, not only did I not have to return the bag, it was even forbidden to return the bag, unless doing so would sanctify G-d's Name, and then it would be permissible. So I returned it." "Because of the situation with coronavirus, I decided to go above and beyond, and I asked G-d to act the same way with us." Read more at Arutz-7
President Trump warned Monday that planners would be "reluctantly forced" to find a new site for the Republican National Convention if North Carolina's governor can't guarantee the party will be allowed "full attendance" at the event currently planned in the state's largest city. The convention has been planned for the week of Aug. 24 in Charlotte. In a rapid-fire series of tweets, Trump complained that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is in "Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed ... full attendance in the Arena." He continued: "[Planners] must be immediately given an answer by the Governor as to whether or not the space will be allowed to be fully occupied. If not, we will be reluctantly forced ... to find, with all of the jobs and...
As coronavirus lockdowns loosen and some Americans flock to restaurants, beaches and other outdoor spaces for Memorial Day weekend, the question of reopening too quickly is striking an eerily familiar echo. The global flu epidemic of 1918 remains the deadliest on record. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the pandemic killed an estimated 50 million worldwide and over half a million in the United States. J. Alexander Navarro of the University of Michigan’s Center for History of Medicine is one of the organizers of the “Influenza Archive,” a collection of information cataloguing and studying the effects of the 1918 pandemic in 43 major U.S. cities. The research sought an answer to a key question: Was social distancing effective in 1918 as a way o...
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