President Joe Biden’s pick to run the nation’s highway safety agency pledged Thursday to attack a crisis of fatal car crashes by implementing safety rules to deter impaired driving while scrutinizing fast-emerging automated technologies, such as in Tesla vehicles, that could put people at risk. Steven Cliff, a former California pollution regulator, said he was […]
Two high-ranking NYPD officials have been caught submitting fake Covid-19 vaccine cards, and numerous others are being probed, in what some believe could wind up being a massive departmental scandal,
France will sharply restrict travel to and from Britain because of fast-spreading cases of the omicron coronavirus variant, putting limits on reasons for traveling and requiring 48-hour isolation upon arrival,
Israeli author Chaim Walder on Thursday was summoned to the Beis Din of HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Eliyahu, the Rav of Tzfas. In recent weeks, the special Beis Din of HaRav
Moshe Yaakov is a committed father and friend of many. Unfortunately, he has been hospitalized for several weeks, and in is in a long course of recovery and financial stability.
The “mysterious virus” that has sickened thousands of Israeli yeshivah bochurim seems to have spread to the tri-state area, with hundreds upon hundreds of ill yeshivah bochurim in yeshivos in
Intel said it will invest 30 billion ringgit ($7.1 billion) to expand its manufacturing operation in Malaysia as chipmakers work to diversify their global supply chains that were hit hard
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com On both Tuesday night and Wednesday night of this week there were gatherings in two local shuls – Beth Shalom and Ohr Torah respectively. The gatherings were Tehillim sessions, organized by individuals. They were Tehillim sessions for the victims of the horrific tragedy that occurred last Motzei Shabbos – […]
The Biden administration has shelved its plan to reopen the consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem that was closed by former president Donald Trump in 2019, The Times of Israel reported
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams named a Las Vegas jail official and former New York police officer as his incoming head of the city’s jail system on Thursday. Louis Molina, who oversees the Las Vegas city jail in his role as the head of the Department of Public Safety, will be the next commissioner […]
My dear brothers! My name is Avraham Elmaliach, With utmost emotion, I thank HaShem for the great miracle I experienced in surviving the despicable attack of a vile terrorist. Stabbed
Spiraling infections in Britain driven in part by the new omicron variant of the coronavirus rattled many in Europe on Thursday, fueling a familiar dread that tighter restrictions will scuttle
Recently installed US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides visited Bnei Brak on Thursday to meet with several of the gedolei hador, including HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and HaRav Gershon Edelstein. Upon
Senators gave final congressional approval Thursday to a bill barring imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove they were produced without forced labor, overcoming initial hesitation from the White House and what supporters said was opposition from corporations. The measure is the latest in a series intensifying U.S. penalties over China’s alleged systemic […]
Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health advisers recommended Thursday. The strange clotting problem has caused nine confirmed deaths after J&J vaccinations — while the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines don’t come with that risk and […]
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week despite signs that the U.S. labor market is rebounding from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims rose by 18,000 to a 206,000, still low by historical standards. The four-week average, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, fell by 16,000 to less than 204,000, the lowest […]
Israel’s Health Ministry informed the Knesset on Thursday afternoon that a Knesset security guard who was tested for COVID was found to be carrying the Omicron variant. The guard who tested positive is the personal guard of UTJ MK Meir Porush, assigned by the Knesset after he was attacked several times by extremists. The last […]
Syria’s military said Israeli rockets hit army posts in the country’s south early Thursday, killing one soldier and causing material damage. State media quoted an unidentified military official as saying that rockets fired from the Israeli side of the Golan Heights activated Syrian air defenses and that most of the incoming missiles were intercepted. But […]
The first of the ten monthly tests in the Dirshu Kinyan Sheviis program during this shemitta year was held this past Cheshvan… and the turnout was nothing short of awe-inspiring! The program is being run in conjunction with the Siach Emunah organization headed by Rav Chaim Kanievsky. Thousands of people, from Yeshiva bachurim to elderly […]
The Israeli government on Wednesday said it was donating 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX program. The Foreign Ministry said the AstraZeneca vaccines would be transferred in the coming weeks, a decision that was part of Israel’s strengthening ties with the African countries. “I am delighted that Israel can contribute and be a […]
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