President Joe Biden has signaled he might forgive some student loan debt and further extend the federal moratorium on repayments, a lawmaker who discussed the issue with him said Wednesday. The White House was notably more measured about Biden’s stance, but such moves would be a boon to many of the 43 million Americans carrying […]
A majority of U.S. adults say misinformation around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major problem, and they largely fault the Russian government for spreading those falsehoods. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows 61% of Americans say the spread of misinformation about the war is a major problem, […]
A huge fire broke out in an apartment in the Bucharim neighborhood of Jerusalem, near Geulah, late Thursday afternoon. There is fear for the lives of two girls, 4 and
New York Governor Kathy Hochul withered under intense questioning from veteran Hamodia reporter Reuvain Borchardt, who asked the governor questions regarding recently proposed regulations on private schooling standards that impact
A high school teacher in suburban New York was charged Wednesday with submitting a forged COVID-19 vaccination card in an effort to get around the school district’s rule mandating either vaccination or weekly testing for the coronavirus. Tricia Manno, a teacher at Sewanhaka High School on Long Island, was arraigned on charges including criminal possession […]
Conflicts broke out on Thursday at Meron between a group of yeshivah bochurim and police at the site. The bochurim arrived at the site for the last day of bein
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Yom HaShoah is known as Holocaust Remembrance Day. What many people are unaware of is the earlier history of the desire to establish such a date. In this article, we will discuss the opinions of three great Rabbinic figures who advocated establishing a specific day in the Jewish calendar […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the current state of the coronavirus in the United States, saying the country is “out of the pandemic phase” when it comes to new infections, hospitalizations and deaths, but that it appears to be making a transition to COVID-19 becoming an endemic disease — occurring regularly […]
Beth Medrash Govoha will be holding a monumental event on June 12th to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the historic partnership between yeshiva yungerleit and baalebatim, spearheaded by philanthropist Lazer
Donald Trump has appealed a New York judge’s decision to hold the former president in contempt of court and fine him $10,000 per day for failing to comply with a subpoena for evidence in the state attorney general’s civil investigation into his business dealings. Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, filed a notice of appeal Wednesday with […]
A federal judge has rejected Elon Musk’s bid to throw out a securities fraud settlement over tweets claiming that Musk had the funding to take Tesla private in 2018. Judge Lewis Liman on Wednesday also denied a motion to nullify a subpoena of Musk seeking information about possible violations of his settlement with the U.S. […]
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translated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Motzai Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Mishpatim and Shkalim 5778 I would almost have suggested to abolish Bein HaZmanim and outings and other such things
One of the dozens of police officers injured during the U.S. Capitol riot testified Wednesday that he didn’t punch or instigate a fight with a man in the mob, a retired New York City police officer charged with attacking the officer. Thomas Webster, whose trial on an assault charge started this week, claims he was […]
A Jewish family in Monticello was the victim of an armed robbery late Wednesday night. Sources tell YWN that two men broke into a home and robbed a family on
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett delivered a stark message Wednesday as the country ushered in its annual Holocaust memorial day, warning Jews against letting internal divisions tear society apart. Speaking at Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to the 6 million Jews slaughtered by the Nazis and their collaborators, Bennett also called on the world to stop […]
Cyberattacks by state-backed Russian hackers have destroyed data across dozens of organizations in Ukraine and produced “a chaotic information environment,” Microsoft says in a report released Wednesday. Nearly half the destructive attacks were against critical infrastructure, many times simultaneous to bombings and missile attacks, the report notes. Microsoft assessed that Russia-aligned threat groups were “pre-positioning […]
An Israeli court convicted seven men on Wednesday of inciting violence and terror for their involvement in a 2015 wedding in which participants celebrated an arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s court found the seven guilty afer “glorifying with dance and song the murder of the Dawabsheh family” […]
A hands-off approach to moderating content at Elon Musk’s Twitter could clash with ambitious new laws in Europe meant to protect users from disinformation, hate speech and other harmful material. Musk, who describes himself as a “free speech absolutist,” pledged to buy Twitter for $44 billion this week, with European Union officials and digital campaigners […]
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