Rabbi Kanievsky orders opening Torah studies in haredi centers

 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/289251

 Haredi-Lithuanian leader Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky this evening ordered Talmud Torah directors in the haredi areas to open classes tomorrow.

This, after they failed to reach an understanding around an agreed outline last week. The rabbi's instruction also includes the yeshivot ketanot without boarding schools for 13-16-year-olds.

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, also among the senior Lithuanian-stream leaders, stated that for the time being, remote learning should be enough, and instructed not act against the law.

 Former Maayanei Hayeshua Hospital Director Prof. Moti Ravid warned on Kan News of a disaster in the haredi sector: "If they open up the education system to the haredi, it'll spell disaster in a short time."

Ravid explained that while kindergarten children are not contagious while the older population is more careful, children and teens aged 7-20 are "super contagious". "If the overall infection rate is 0.6, for them it is 2-5. Fifteen percent of all patients are responsible for 60% of all infections," Ravid said.

White House official pushes back on Trump's Barr critique, claiming AG ‘saved his presidency'

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-bill-barr-criticism-administration

 Trump also called the conclusion of an investigation into unmasking requests made by the Obama administration on some names in classified documents a “disgrace,” after a veteran federal prosecutor tapped by Barr – U.S. Attorney John Durham – declined to bring charges.

Washington Post: Trump-hyped investigation into Obama officials concludes without charges

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/13/politics/william-barr-unmasking-investigation/index.html 

 The US attorney tasked by Attorney General William Barr to review instances of "unmasking" -- the practice of releasing the names of American citizens who are caught up in National Security Agency foreign intelligence reports -- done around the 2016 election has completed the probe without bringing any charges, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.

While Republicans for months have hyped the Obama-era unmasking requests as an enormous scandal, John Bash found no evidence of substantive wrongdoing in his investigation, which has concluded without a public report, the Post said. Bash left his role with the Justice Department last week.

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Exposes Hypocrisy of Graham and McConnell

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Brain Gym - Kishuf or simply nonsense?

 Dear Reb Daniel,

I've been told that various "authorities", including Reb David Feinstein have ruled that "Brain Gym" is a form of Kishuf.

I don't know enough about the subject to form a definitive opinion. Are you aware of any resources that you can point me to?

Thanking you in advance,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Gym_International

 

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Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial after 'unexplained illness'

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/12/health/johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-pause-bn/index.html

Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has paused the advanced clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers.
"Following our guidelines, the participant's illness is being reviewed and evaluated by the ENSEMBLE independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) as well as our internal clinical and safety physicians," the company said in a statement. ENSEMBLE is the name of the study.
"Adverse events -- illnesses, accidents, etc. -- even those that are serious, are an expected part of any clinical study, especially large studies." The pause was first reported by Stat News.

 

Rav Weiss Corona

 

Haredi health pioneer: COVID-19 defiance fuels anti-Semitism, sullies G-d’s name

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-health-pioneer-covid-19-defiance-fuels-anti-semitism-sullies-gods-name/

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav says many ultra-Orthodox are fighting virus, but a worrying number refuse and won’t reconsider even as death toll rises and hatred of community spreads

 

Home Treatment of Israeli Rabbi Who Flouted COVID Rules Was Accompanied by Hadassah Doctors

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-prominent-rabbi-who-flouted-covid-rules-secretly-received-medical-care-at-home-1.9227590?fbclid=IwAR0bKnZvLignW6en97Jol78UDmVJPBX6qotkURI4V_WgwjKviu7MUpQnBRw

HHaaretz initially reported that Hadassah provided Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach with a doctor who managed his treatment. It later transpired that Hadassah doctors only advised the doctor who treated the rabbi

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