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Daily Archives: March 25, 2020

New York Rabbi Avraham Hakohen “Romi” Cohn, a Holocaust survivor, delivers the opening prayer before the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 29, 2020. Courtesy of the office of Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.).

Holocaust survivor who delivered US House prayer dies of coronavirus at 91

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A rabbi who survived World War II and the Holocaust and in January delivered the opening prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives died on Tuesday—14 days after his 91st birthday—after being hospitalized with COVID-19. Yeshiva World News first...
Synagogues and Jewish agencies and institutions closed while the coronavirus rages through America is already causing financial panic. Credit: PIxabay.

Impact of closures in Jewish community wreak havoc with food and finances, institutionally and...

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The worldwide pandemic COVID-19 is wreaking havoc in its relentless sweep across the planet, not only in terms of health needs and care, but in economic terms as well. It has quashed the booming...
Participants prior to the start of Shabbat in the Shabbat 2020 program at Binghamton University in New York State, March 20, 2020. Credit: Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life at Binghamton University.

Thousands of Binghamton students and alumni join virtually for Shabbat dinner

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Shabbat 2020, an iconic program run each year at Binghamton University in New York State and conceived by the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life at Binghamton University, was expected to bring together as many...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks at an emergency U.N. General Assembly meeting in United Nations headquarters in New York City on Dec. 21, 2017. Photo by Amir Levy/Flash90.

Coronavirus and the United Nations

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As the world adjusts to life during a global pandemic, with nations implementing lockdown measures and citizens trying to cope with life in this new reality, it’s worth considering—and leveraging—the valuable role of the...
American Jewish groups at work. Credit: Moshe Milner, GPO.

A crisis for Jewish philanthropy may force unpalatable choices

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The coronavirus pandemic is not the first deadly contagion to ravage the globe, but it is clearly the first that modern nations have sought to combat by essentially shutting down public life and much...
Kim and Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit by Shealah Craighead. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Complex Determinations: Deciphering Enemy Nuclear Intentions

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Introduction In early May 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump—responding to Kim Jung-un’s latest round of missile tests—sought to reassure the American public. His seat-of-the-pants comments, however, were based entirely upon the presumed importance of his...
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein during a vote on a bill to dissolve the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on Dec. 11, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein resigns over Supreme Court ruling

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Longtime Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein resigned his post on Wednesday rather than implement a ruling by Israel’s High Court that the parliament must hold a vote to appoint a new speaker. Addressing the Knesset in...
A group photo of the virtual hackathon called “HackCorona” on March 19-20, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Birthright, MIT and IDF Unit 8200 alumni collaborate in anti-coronavirus hackathon

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Throughout Thursday night and into Friday, a virtual hackathon called “HackCorona” was held by the Birthright Excel Community (Birthright’s leadership program) in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the 8200 Alumni Association (an elite intelligence...
Chevra Kadisha workers wearing protective suits at the Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem carry the body of a man who died of COVID-19 complications, March 24, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s COVID-19 death toll rises to five, strict lockdown announced

The number of Israeli coronavirus fatalities rose to five on Wednesday, according to Israel’s Health Ministry, and 2,030 Israelis have so far been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus. The two latest fatalities were announced...
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron attends a press conference in Jerusalem to present the bank's annual report on March 31, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Bank of Israel: Economic shutdown due to coronavirus could eat 10 percent of GPD

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The shutdown of Israel’s economy due to the coronavirus pandemic will come at a cost of up to NIS 130 billion ($36 billion), which is 10 percent of the nation’s GDP, Israel’s Finance Ministry...