Former judge Dvora Berliner was appointed as the new head of the state commission of inquiry into the Meron disaster, a statement by Israel’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut said on Tuesday. Berliner will replace Miriam Naor, the former Supreme Court chief justice who was suddenly niftar last week. “Unfortunately, [Naor’s] death did not […]
A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office was launched into space from California on Wednesday. The NROL-87 satellite lifted off at 12:27 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base
A bochur fell extremely sick. Yosef Chaim ben Golda got the dreaded disease, taken away from his yeshiva and pushed into sudden hospitalization. With siyata dshamaya, an experimental medication is
Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday acknowledged that its Iron Dome defense system is too expensive and the country is speeding the rollout of laser technology to help protect it from rocket attacks. Naftali Bennett told a security conference that the new generation of technology — a “laser wall” — will be unveiled within a year […]
Earlier, YWN reported that student visa holders will now be permitted to enter Israel, even if not vaccinated or recovered. Now, further leniencies have been implemented, as well. Chaim V’Chessed has now learned that unvaccinated children of student visa holders will be permitted to travel to Israel, even if the children do not hold valid […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This letter is in response to an email from two parents whose lives are saddened by the fact that their daughter has chosen to leave the path of Torah Judaism. Of course, we cannot make decisions for others. One of the tenets of Torah-true Judaism is that we all […]
Hundreds of people are flocking to the home of Jonathan Pollard to comfort him on the devastating loss of his wife Esther, z’l. HaRav Shlomo Amar, the Rav of Yerushalayim,
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Israel’s national police force on Tuesday said it had found evidence pointing to improper use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens’ phones. The announcement came two weeks after an Israeli newspaper reported a string of instances of the police using the NSO Group’s Pegasus software to surveil protesters, politicians […]
CNN President Jeff Zucker resigned abruptly after nine years at the media company after acknowledging a consensual innaproppoarte relationship with a co-worker. Zucker said he acknowledged the relationship when asked
A Jewish congregation in New York City has moved to evict Rhode Island congregants who worship at the nation’s oldest synagogue as part of a long-running dispute over control of the historic building. The New York-based Congregation Shearith Israel on Monday filed a motion in state Superior Court to take control of Touro Synagogue by […]
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A teenage fast-food cashier shot to death in Manhattan. A woman pushed to her death in front of a subway train in Times Square. An 11-month-old girl wounded by a
Donald Trump’s relentless, false claims about the 2020 presidential election have sparked fresh urgency in Congress — and in both parties — for changing the Electoral Count Act to ensure no one can undo a future presidential election. Lawmakers are working furiously to update the 135-year-old law that was put in place in the aftermath […]
“Our country is going to hell and we’re going to make American great again, again, I sort of say,” Trump continued. “And I smile, but there’s nothing to smile about,
The passing of legendary Kashrus authority, Rav Osher Yaakov Westheim, zt”l, has left a gaping void in the world of Rabbonus, which has lost a venerated figure—but his groundbreaking work in the field of kashrus has been continued by his son-in-law, Rav Shulem Landau, who has spent decades working alongside his illustrious father-in-law. This week, […]
President Joe Biden stretched out for Republican support for his Supreme Court nominee Tuesday, inviting the GOP’s top Judiciary Committee senator to the White House along with the panel’s Democratic chairman and phoning Republican leader Mitch McConnell for a one-on-one discussion. Biden and fellow Democrats are working for significant Republican backing for the still-to-be-named nominee […]
An 11-year-old Chareidi boy was killed in a fire that broke out in an apartment in the Musrara neighborhood of Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Firefighters who arrived at the scene
Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving
New York City police officers are attending a wake Tuesday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to honor one of the two officers killed in an ambush at a Harlem apartment. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, was taken off life support a week ago, four days after he and Officer Jason Rivera, 22, were shot while responding to […]
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