The state’s prohibition against large gatherings is bringing a temporary halt to the use of a Sullivan County staple: bungalow colonies and camps.
The Satmar Rebbe has been diagnosed with coronavirus, Kikar Hashabbat reported. It is believed that he contracted the disease from one of the sextons working with him.
In a letter addressed to the Jewish community across the Unites States, Miami Hatzalah, Doctors and Rabbonim came together to prohibit those looking to come for Pesach from coming.
As the Coronavirus outbreak spreads to other Jewish communities in New York City, Chevra Hatzalah’s central office has released a community wide alert regarding coronavirus.
What was thought to be 16 Dead Sea Scroll fragments housed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, were discovered to be forgeries following an in-depth investigation, reported National Geographic last week.
During these challenging times, as many parents and children are home, Artscroll is offering a free download of any single volume of the Schottenstein Edition of the Hebrew or English Talmud or the Schottenstein Edition Mishnah Elucidated.
Due to the Current serious crises, every woman is advised to check with her local mikvah for updated information on their use as per the directive of the Rabbonim and healthcare professionals.
The worlds largest digital library, Otzer Hachochma, is now free to the public until further notice, granting unparalleled access to Torah and Jewish literature.
More than a hundred people who were tested in Boro Park on Monday have coronavirus, an urgent care clinic confirmed. Asisa said that there have been “over a hundred” positive results returned from its first day of testing in Boro Park.
Jewish schools from the United States to Russia have shut their doors and told their students to stay home as nations battle to slow the Coronavirus pandemic.
In light of the crisis we find ourselves in due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), many schools are faced with closure for an unknown period of time. The Nigri International Online School, a project of the Shluchim Office, has stepped in with an interactive online platform for schools to use in the interim.
The Rabbinical Council of Bergen County, New Jersey, is closing all synagogues, forbidding public celebrations, and recommending against home minyans, shiva visits and large gatherings for Shabbat meals over a surge in Coronavirus cases in their community.
A new single from Benny Friedman has been released featuring Sruly Green. A song of praise, a song of harmony and a song to dance! Perfect for the month of Adar, and in time for Purim.
The rabbi of Young Israel in New Rochelle — the synagogue at the center of a Westchester County outbreak — has tested positive for the coronavirus.
A list of 12,000 Nazi officers who fled to Argentina following the defeat of the Third Reich was uncovered at the former Nazi headquarters in Buenos Aires by Argentine investigator Pedro Filipuzzi.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that another five people, all one family, have tested positive for coronavirus. The family are Orthodox Jews.
The son of a lawyer who was the first confirmed case of Coronavirus in New York City has also been diagnosed with Coronavirus. The son is a student at Yeshiva University Wilf Campus. The confirmation of the spread of the virus prompted the University administration to cancel all classes at the Wilf campus today.
