U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel thought he would be wrapping up his 46-year career in Congress on a note of triumph, leaving office at the same time as a history-making fellow
President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for “keenly” feeling public sentiment to win the election and denied the White House’s claims of Russia’s meddling in the
Hijackers diverted a Libyan plane carrying 118 people to the Mediterranean island of Malta on Friday and threatened to blow it up with hand grenades, officials said. Tense negotiations ensued
The Tunisian man suspected of attacking a X-Mas market in Berlin was killed early Friday in a shootout with police in Milan during a routine patrol, ending a Europe-wide manhunt.
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times By the time most people usually get home from work, the time to kindle the Chanukah lights has already arrived. And by the time the whole family gets together to actually light, another ten to fifteen minutes may have elapsed. What’s the story with sneaking […]
A number of chareidi affairs correspondents met on Thursday morning 22 Kislev with HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Kisei Rachamim, discussing matters pertaining to the chareidi tzibur. Rav
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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times A short while ago, a sefer entitled “Siach Chaim” by Rav Yitzchok Ohevtzion was published containing letters back and forth between the author and Rav Chaim Kanivsky Shlita. What distinguishes this work from that of many others of the same genre is that this two […]
Less than a month from taking office, President-elect Donald Trump has yet to hold the traditional news conference that most incoming presidents have held within days of their victory. As
President-elect Donald J. Trump thrust himself into one of the world’s most polarizing debates on Thursday by pressuring President Obama to veto a United Nations resolution critical of Israel, the newly elected leader’s most direct intervention in foreign policy during his transition to power. Mr. Trump spoke out after Israeli officials contacted his team for […]
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, Rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin, on Wednesday evening 21 Kislev arranged a ceremony of tefilla for the health of the injured and in remembrance of
[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times] It has happened numerous times, over thousands of years. Precious documents have been lost, causing serious repercussions. Passports, titles to vehicles, the wife’s kesubah. The repercussion of losing a passport is not being able to leave the country. If one loses the title certificate for […]
Dozens of people have been injured in a fire at a high-rise building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The blaze broke out in a third floor apartment just before 5
The Syrian government took full control of Aleppo on Thursday for the first time in four years after the last opposition fighters and civilians were bused out of war-ravaged eastern
Police in Australia have detained five men suspected of planning a series of X-Mas Day bomb attacks in the heart of the country’s second-largest city, officials said Friday. The suspects
Walmart has pulled a Black Lives Matter T-shirt from its online offerings amid complaints by police. Walmart told Fox News Insider that it will no longer sell the shirts with
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