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The city with the largest number of coronavirus patients is Jerusalem, where 1,253 residents have been diagnosed, a 10% increase since Friday. Bnei Brak has 1,192 infections, up 12%.

The shortage is due to the closure of many kosher slaughterhouses, as well as the outlawing of “shechita” (kosher ritual slaughtering) in certain parts of Europe.

"A health minister who violates the emergency provisions that the office he is heading has issued, while putting himself and others in jeopardy, has no place in government."

And Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv is the first medical facility in the world to have developed a protocol for the families of a dying coronavirus patients to say goodbye to them.

On a recent Wednesday morning, East Coast time, thousands of Orthodox Jews stopped what they were doing to recite a series of psalms all at the same time.

“I’m sorry,” he told the shocked family. “We took out the wrong casket. Please wait while I return this casket and bring out Mr. Grunwald.”

"Bnei Brak is a city with an unusually high percentage of adults in the population, and if we do not prepare, we'll find ourselves with a lot of dead people in Bnei Brak," Prof. Sa'ar warned.

Rachel Mattar of the Prosecution allegedly admitted that "there is no doubt that the soldiers were questioned about operational activities that appear to have little relevance to the stated goals of Breaking the Silence.”

It looks like Yaakov Litzman has functioned as the Typhoid Miriam of this pandemic, sending to quarantine many in Israel's political and communications leadership.

I am not familiar, and neither is my rabbi, with a Jewish view that says an older person is deserving of a lesser medical or other attention than a younger person based on their age difference alone.

The semi-official Waqf slogan is: "Destroying Jewish artifacts and history since June, 1967."

Andrew Auernheimer, whose mother told Newsweek he has Jewish relatives on both sides of his family, is nevertheless the webmaster for The Daily Stormer. 

Orthodox Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the dean of the Israel’s Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions, said while cremation is normally considered a “desecration” in Judaism, if it helps save a life during this time it would be “a mitzvah that the deceased is doing posthumously.”

There isn't even one singular word of sympathy for their fellow Jews in Israel who are engaged in a battle for their lives even as we speak – nothing.

“Rick Wiles professes to be an Evangelical Christian Pastor, but he never quotes scriptures."

The charges against his assailant are expected to be elevated to murder in the 2nd degree.

The sale remains in place until conditions allow for people to go to the mikvah.

The Israeli government tasked Colel Chabad with providing Passover food security for 30,000 households affected by the Coronavirus economic crisis.

With all his fame and success, Prof. Levitt did not learn one simple lesson: never share your astute views of reality with the masses. They won't get it.

Israel Police will enforce the lockdown and track violations of these restrictions.

Infections in Bnei Brak are increasing eightfold every three days, compared to the twofold national average.

Meanwhile, finance committee from the Likud, Shas and UTJ boycotted Wednesday's committee meeting, and may also boycott the meeting Forer has called for Thursday morning.

A clause was included in a Parliamentary bill, allowing for families of the deceased to oppose cremation out of religious reasons.

It’s not yet clear how officials will handle the issue of closure with the Islamic prayer times at the site.

Pesach programs are now taking calls from customers who want a refund, and getting one is not always simple.

Obviously, now it's time for Rabbi Pearl's people at Zomet to come up with a gramma version of Zoom.

“According to Rabbi Yehoshua, the world was created in Nissan, so Wednesday would be Erev Rosh Hashana, a time for extra prayer.”

UJA is making $250,000 available for Passover meals to-go that will be distributed to those who are newly isolated or quarantined.

There has been a shift towards the right and Orthodox Jewry that requires a new understanding of who really represents "American Jews."

The FBI’s New York office reported that "members of extremist groups are encouraging one another to spread the virus, if contracted, through bodily fluids and personal interactions."