Monthly Archives: April 2020
Al-Aqsa mosque prayer banned during Ramadan due to coronavirus fears
Prayer at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City will be banned during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan in order to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Muslim clerics said on Thursday.
The Jordan-appointed...
Israeli Cabinet eases coronavirus restrictions, allowing some businesses to reopen
Israel on Sunday began easing some of the restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, making allowances for prayer quorums and allowing many businesses to reopen.
The new measures were a source...
China’s official Arabic-language TV: Coronavirus came from the US
China’s official Arabic-language TV station last month aired a video arguing that the coronavirus pandemic originated outside China, and likely in the United States.
In an episode of “China View” that aired on March 17...
In Varshever Ghetto is haynt joidesh nisn, by Binem Heller
In Varshever Ghetto is haynt joidesh nisn, escrito por Binem Heller, declamado por Hadassa Kestin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoGmHz5U70E
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Binem Heller
Binem Heller was a...
Feeling Alive In Social Isolation
So now the new norm is going to be that no one is going to be shaking hands anymore. Touch is out. We are going to be viewing one another from a safe distance,...
Chabad center in Southeast Florida distributes 50,000-plus masks streetside
A Chabad center in Florida conducted a free drive-through mask distribution and handed out more than 50,000 masks to help people stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center in Fort Lauderdale,...
Online database with 26 million documents on Nazi victims, survivors now online
The world’s most comprehensive archive on the victims and survivors of Nazi persecution reached a “milestone” on Tuesday by publishing 26 million documents to its online database, including new information on forced laborers and deported Jews.
The...
First yahrtzeit of Chabad of Poway shooting victim observed in solitude
For thousands of synagogues across America, Passover marked the first time in history that their doors were closed for Yizkor. For Chabad of Poway in Southern California, it was the second time.
One year ago, as...
Germany commemorates liberation of Bergen-Belsen with a minute of silence
Germany held a minute of silence on Wednesday to mark 75 years since the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp on April 15, 1945.
Events commemorating the liberation that were originally planned for Sunday...
Undying resiliency: ‘The survivors are giving us strength’
Each year, Yom Hashoah brings with it memorial gatherings across the world, candle-lighting ceremonies with elderly survivors and speeches by dignitaries.
Across Israel, the children and grandchildren of survivors publicly read of the names of...