For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds — typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world. Now, in a surprising twist in the decades-long effort to eradicate the virus, authorities in Jerusalem, New […]
Russia’s top counterintelligence agency on Monday blamed Ukrainian spy agencies have organized the killing of the daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologue. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the main KGB successor agency, said that the killing of Darya Dugina has been “prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services.” Dugina was the daughter of Alexander […]
Tuesday’s primary elections feature two top Florida Democrats squaring off for the chance to face Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a rising conservative star frequently mentioned as a top alternative to Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential contest. In New York, redistricting has left two longtime House Democratic colleagues competing for the same seat, while […]
In an interview with conservative commentator Mark Levin, Jared Kushner explained how Democrats are constantly pushing the envelope in their obsessive legal pursuit of Donald Trump. “Donald Trump accomplished more,
After months of being crushed in poll after poll showing Republicans with wide leads in the upcoming midterm elections, Democrats now lead in two influential polling averages for the first
In the bloody years when killings peaked in New York City, Detective Louis Scarcella built a reputation for closing cases. A second-generation cop who smoked cigars, ran marathons, worked a side job at a Coney Island amusement park and jokingly put “adventurer” on his business card, the now-retired sleuth has been frank about lying to […]
Thousands of people participated in the levaya for Hagaon HaRav Shalom Cohen, z’tl, on Monday afternoon in Jerusalem. A bittul melacha was announced for the time of the levaya. The
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman There is a great debate out there as to how we should be looking at certain areas of halacha. Before we get to that debate, however, a brief introduction is in order. Rav God’l Eisner zatzal was the Mashgiach of the Chidushei HaRim Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel. In his shiurim on […]
Yoshua Hersh Glick, a father of nine from Williamsburg, New York, who was critically injured in the Jerusalem terror attack a week ago, is Baruch Hashem beginning to recover. When
In response to reports over the weekend that Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir is considering offering a spot on his list to Jonathan Pollard, Pollard said on Sunday that he
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of The Nasi of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, and Rosh Yeshiva of Porat Yosef HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen ZT”L. He was 91.
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a sad story perhaps, but one that must be pointed out because it will be repeated time and time again. We must teach our children halacha, of that there is no question. But we must also teach the halachos of chessed and v’ahavta larayacha kamocha. These two […]
A customer at a restaurant and entertainment venue in suburban Dallas fatally shot a security guard after arguing over the business’ rules, police said. Derek Phillips, 47, of Arlington, died after being shot multiple times about 10 p.m. Friday at Brickhouse Lounge in DeSoto, police Lt. Chris Huerta said Saturday. Phillips, who was not armed, […]
Federal investigators haven’t been able to determine why a prominent personal injury attorney lost control of his plane and crashed in 2020, killing him and a passenger. The crash near Corfu, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of Buffalo, killed Stephen Barnes and his niece, Elizabeth Barnes. Stephen Barnes was half of Cellino & Barnes, […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned airlines that his department could draft new rules around passenger rights if the carriers don’t give more help to travelers trapped by flight cancellations and delays. Buttigieg is asking airline CEOs to, at a minimum, provide lodging for passengers stranded overnight at an airport and give out meal vouchers […]
B”H Thousands of Jews without a local Mikvah?! The Mikvah of The Pocono Mountains As Rabbi Shmuel and Mrs. Chana Newman witnessed the Pocono Mountains fill up each year with
The NYPD is searching for two teenagers who attacked at least two frum Jews in Williamsburg this past Motzei Shabbos. In one incident, the teens chased a Jewish man in
A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York.
El Shafee Elsheikh, who was formally sentenced to life in prison Friday for a leading role in the beheading deaths of American hostages, had a somewhat whimsical nickname as a so-called “Beatle” that belied the viciousness of his conduct. In fact, he is the most notorious and highest-ranking member of the Islamic State group to […]
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz said recently in closed conversations with Chareidi MKs that Gadi Eisenkot forced him to accept former religious affairs minister Matan Kahana in his newly formed Gantz-Sa’ar-Eisenkot party, Arutz Sheva reported. The negotiations between Kahana and Gantz were lengthy due to the Chareidi MKs’ veto on joining a party that […]
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