With Election Day around the corner, elected officials from across the Monsey community gathered in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Galandauer in Pomona to meet with incumbent Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney. In attendance were the supervisor of Ramapo, the mayors of Kaser, New Square, New Hempstead and Wesley Hills, Rockland County Legislators, Town Councilmembers, […]
Strong sales boosted a Powerball jackpot to an estimated $1.6 billion on Friday, making it the largest lottery prize in history. A drawing will be held Saturday night for the Powerball prize, which hasn’t been won in more than three months. That string of 39 consecutive drawings without a winner is a reflection of the […]
America’s employers kept hiring vigorously in October, adding 261,000 positions, a sign that as Election Day nears, the economy remains a picture of solid job growth and painful inflation. Friday’s report from the government showed that hiring was brisk across industries last month, though the overall gain declined from 315,000 in September. The unemployment rate […]
Donald Trump’s inaugural committee chair, Tom Barrack, was acquitted of all counts Friday at a federal trial in which he was accused of using his personal access to the former president to secretly promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates. The jury deliberated three days before finding Barrack not guilty of acting as an […]
Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 booster significantly revved up adults’ virus-fighting antibodies, the company said Friday, releasing early findings from a rigorous study of the new shots. Booster doses tweaked to target the most common omicron strain rolled out in early September, and the Food and Drug Administration said the latest data should spur more Americans to […]
South Korea scrambled about 80 military aircraft, including advanced F-35 fighter jets, on Friday after tracking about 180 flights by North Korean warplanes inside North Korean territory in what appeared to be a defiant show of strength. North Korea’s mobilization of warplanes came after it test-fired around 30 ballistic missiles over the previous two days, […]
President Joe Biden took off on a personal final-days campaign sprint Thursday that reflects the Democrats’ major concerns before next week’s midterm elections, appealing to New Mexico voters to defeat “reckless and irresponsible” Republicans and reelect Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. New Mexico is normally safe Democratic territory, but Lujan Grisham is facing […]
The special needs child who went missing from Flatbush on Friday morning was Bichasdei Hashem found and is in good condition. He was found miles away from Flatbush, and had
The FBI on Friday morning informed Jewish leaders that the threat against shuls which prompted a public warning on Thursday afternoon has been taken care of. The FBI said it
Iran on Friday marked the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran as its theocracy faces nationwide protests after the death of a 22-year-old woman earlier arrested by the country’s morality police. Iranian state-run television aired live feeds of various commemorations around the country, with some in Tehran waving placards of the triangle-shaped Iranian […]
Public speculation about the health of Vladimir Putin have been ongoing since he ordered an invasion of Ukraine, but a new report cites leaked Kremlin emails that point to the
Republican Senator Ted Cruz (TX) on Wednesday congratulated Binyamin Netanyahu on the success of the right-wing bloc in the elections. “Congratulations to the people of Israel on a robust high
The yahrtzeit of Rochel Emeinu falls out this year on Shabbos, Parshas Lech Lecha, and hundreds of Jews began visiting Kever Rochel on Thursday, with tens of thousands more expected
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Yalkut Shimoni informs us that tonight is Rochel Imeinu’s yartzeit. Rashi, on Bereishis 48:7, disagrees, of course, when he writes that Rachel Imeinu died between Pesach and Shavuos (see Psiksa Rabbasi as well). Regardless as to the actual date, however, there are a number of lessons – of […]
The crime-fighting arm of the IRS, which tracks financial crimes and hunts down pricey properties of sanctioned Russian elites, identified more than $32 billion in funds during the past fiscal year for eventual seizure, the agency reported Thursday. Jim Lee, chief of IRS Criminal Investigation, said that’s a “huge” amount — three times what was […]
Why do election experts oppose hand-counting ballots? It takes longer than counting with machines, it’s less reliable, and it’s a logistical nightmare for U.S. elections. A growing number of Republican lawmakers have pushed for switching to hand-counts, an argument rooted in false conspiracy theories that voting systems were manipulated to steal the 2020 election. Though […]
The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new government data.
By Aryeh HaKohen Katz It appeared on Thursday morning, as an op-ed on CNN. The description of religious Jews by a supposedly well-respected analyst was so shocking that one had to read it three times to believe that Aaron David Miller could have written such a thing. In his own words: But while polling had […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This past government in Israel has not been so good in terms of keeping Israel both safer and in Jewish hands. And, let us make no mistake, there is a clear halachic obligation to keep our communities safe. While there may be debate as to what keeps us safer, […]
The Skverer Rebbe on Thursday met with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to discuss a potential endorsement of Assemblyman Mike Lawler, who is vying for the NY-17 seat currently held
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