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September 22, 2020 at 3:20 pm
Nearly 800 doctors and nurses have contracted the virus, more than 3,000 medical personnel have been ordered into isolation • “This is a fiasco in the making,” warns chairman of Israel Physicians Association.
(September 22, 2020 / Israel Hayom) The Israeli health-care system is on the brink of collapse and will soon no longer be able to ensure coronavirus patients receive adequate care, health officials warned on Monday amid new data indicating that the country’s second outbreak is showing no signs of slowing down.
As of Monday evening, several major hospitals announced that their COVID-19 units had either exceeded capacity or were nearing full capacity, raising concerns patient care would be compromised.
While the Health Ministry had committed to...
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September 22, 2020 at 3:12 pm
A new study from Cleveland Clinic found getting vaccinated for the flu does not increase your risk of contracting COVID-19 or your chances of complications or death from the disease.
The study, published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, also revealed the seasonal flu vaccine is an important tool to protect your health during the upcoming “twindemic” —the collision of the flu and COVID-19.
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According to Science Magazine, scientists compared 13,000 patients who tested for COVID-19 at Cleveland Clinic and found those who had the 2019 vaccine had no variance in incidenc...
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September 22, 2020 at 3:08 pm
Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Monday, amid heightened tension between the longtime foes.
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Washington has long demanded that Iran release U.S. citizens including Iranian-American father and son Baquer and Siamak Namazi, who it says are political prisoners.
Tehran denies it holds people for political reasons and has accused many of the foreigners in its jails of espionage. It says Iranians detained in the U.S., mostly for breaking sanctions, are being unjustly h...
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September 22, 2020 at 3:06 pm
There’s powerful evidence that COVID-19 affects the heart and not just the respiratory system. Experts are seeing more recovered patients with inflammation and scar damage in their hearts and are encouraging people who have been sick for more than a few days to ease slowly back activity but not into vigorous activity. Athletes are advised to get a blood test and an EKG, or electrocardiogram, before resuming sports.
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“You don’t get sick with COVID-19 and stay home from school for a week and then go back and play two hours of soccer,” Dr. Steven Erickson, a sports medicine specialist from...
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September 22, 2020 at 1:52 pm
A political message was stenciled onto a busy Massachusetts road in at least six locations, officials said.
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The yellow "Trump 2020" messages were discovered Monday morning on Route 44, according to Massachusetts Department of Transportation officials.
MassDOT officials said they would dispatch contractors to cover the markings "as soon as possible" to temporarily hide the markings. Read more at WBAL
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September 22, 2020 at 12:53 pm
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 22: This Weeks Food Box Distribution Info
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September 22, 2020 at 12:42 pm
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has reportedly raised more than $16 million in an effort to help convicted felons in Florida register to vote.
The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition estimated Bloomberg's fundraising push has already paid off monetary obligations for 32,000 felons, Axios reported.Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more: bit.ly/32HUBnJ
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"The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy and no American should be denied that right," a Bloomberg spokesperson told the news outlet. "Working together with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, we are determined to end disenfranchisement and the discrimination that ha...
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September 22, 2020 at 12:10 pm
The United States hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus epidemic on Tuesday when the death toll surpassed 200,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The country leads the world by far in both the number of deaths and the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases – which has climbed to over 6.5 million – as officials in several parts of the U.S. begin to loosen restrictions on social distancing rules.
Brazil has the second-highest death toll and trails the U.S. by more than 40,000 fatalities, with India marking the third highest.
According to recent data, the case numbers in the U.S. have fallen from a peak average of 67,000 new infections per day in late to July to about 36,000 now. Deaths linked to the virus are ...
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September 22, 2020 at 11:31 am
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 22, 2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yaakov And Esther Ehrman on the birth of a daughter.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
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September 22, 2020 at 11:28 am
Baltimore, MD – Sep. 22, 2020 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira of Mrs. Naomi Kaufman, a’h, mother of Mrs. Rivky Brecher, Mrs. Estie Steinberg and Mrs. Yehudis Hexter.
The levayah will be at 11:00 AM today (Tuesday) at Shomrei Hadas Chapel 3803 14th Avenue Brooklyn.
There will be a virtual hookup for the levaya at www.shomreihadas.com.
Shiva details will be forthcoming.
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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September 22, 2020 at 11:26 am
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 22, 2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yehoshua and Chavi Sheffield on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov Grandfather Mr. Avrohom Eichenthal
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
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September 22, 2020 at 11:14 am
Baltimore, MD – Sep. 22, 2020 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira of Mrs. Sarah Soffer, a’h, mother of Mrs. Chaya Cohen. (443.208.1288)
Shiva is being observed at 24 Truman Ave, Lakewood, NJ, 08701
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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September 22, 2020 at 10:38 am
Washington — GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says he won't block vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee, clearing path for Republicans.
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September 22, 2020 at 10:36 am
The Baltimore City Council has passed a bill to change the name of an obelisk in Northeast Baltimore from the Columbus Monument to the "Police Violence Victims' Monument."
According to The Baltimore Sun, the council still voted 10-4 at its Monday night meeting to approve the legislation.
The bill still needs another vote and the mayor’s signature before going into effect.
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During the meeting, Councilman Leon Pinkett wondered if a new monument should be built instead of renaming an old one.
The Columbus Monument obelisk is located in Herring Run Park and is in the same section of the par...
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September 22, 2020 at 10:07 am
As first reported by Chaim V’Chessed, the process for entry of students to Israel was abruptly suspended on Thursday, September 17. At the time, it was unclear whether other entry permits to Israel would cease being issued, as well.
Chaim V’Chessed CEO, Rabbi Paysach Freedman dialogued with a senior official in the Foreign Ministry over the past few days. The official confirmed that permits for exceptional circumstances, such as births, weddings and bar/bat mitzvas will continue to be issued
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September 22, 2020 at 7:46 am
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 14, 2020 - Our world is tired. Tired of uncomfortable masks and failing markets. Tired of changing guidelines and challenging circumstances. Tired of children at home and heart-breaking stories. Tired of uncertainty and unknowns. The shofar calls us to wake up, but we are exhausted. Simply put, we are weary and ready for the COVID crisis to end.
Once in a lifetime crises call for one of a kind inspiration. Rabbi Y. Y. Jacobson is a wildly sought out speaker, who has been energizing and invigorating audiences around the globe. One of America’s premier Jewish thinkers and leaders, he serves as a mentor to hundreds of thousands and is considered one of the most passionate and mesmerizing communicators of Torah and Hashkafa...
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September 21, 2020 at 10:32 pm
Israel's CollPlant Biotechnologies and the US-based United Therapeutics Corporation are expanding their partnership to begin the production of 3D-printed kidneys, the companies announced on Monday.
The collaboration agreement combines CollPlant's proprietary recombinant human collagen (rhCollagen) and BioInk technology with the regenerative medicine and organ manufacturing capabilities of United Therapeutics.
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United Therapeutics has paid CollPlant $3 million to exercise an option to license, on an exclusive basis, CollPlant's technology for 3D bioprinting of human kidneys. This expanded collab...
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September 21, 2020 at 10:17 pm
ABU DHABI (VINnews) — For the first time in history, a synagogue in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, opened on Rosh Hashana for public prayers.
Rabbi Levi Duchman, who serves as the rabbi of the 1500-strong local Jewish community, has been active until now in Dubai, one of the seven emirates which make up the UAE, but there has never been official communal prayers in Abu Dhabi until now. Duchman said that he had organized Torah classes and study groups in the capital city previously, but there had never been a public minyan until this Rosh Hashana.
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The new synagogue operates in a central and prominen...
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September 21, 2020 at 10:08 pm
Picture a female jurist who has consistently defied social expectations imposed on women and whose legal thinking is closely bound up with her faith. No, I’m not talking about Amy Coney Barrett, reported to top President Trump’s list of candidates to fill the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat. I’m talking about Ginsburg herself.
Ginsburg believed fervently that conventional expectations shouldn’t hinder women as they seek their full, fair share of public life. Nor was she shy about how her Jewish faith shaped her judicial mind. In an essay for the American Jewish Committee published in 1993, she wrote: “Laws as protectors of the oppressed, the poor, the loner, is evident in the work of my Jewish predecessors. . . . The biblical com...
