President Joe Biden is committing to reduce the cancer death rate by 50% � a new goal for the �moonshot� initiative against the disease that was announced in 2016 when he was vice president. Biden has set a 25-year timeline for achieving that goal, part of his broader effort to end cancer as we know […]
The highest-ranking Arab Muslim officer in Israel�s police force has resigned, according to a statement Monday � a week after a video emerged showing him tripping over the body of a stabbing victim as he left the scene of a crime in 2020. Police said in a statement that Maj. Gen. Gamal Hakroosh tendered his […]
A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path brought a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the central U.S. on Wednesday as airlines canceled thousands
A panel of intelligence experts hasn�t identified a single culprit for apparent brain injuries reported by U.S. personnel that have been linked to so-called �Havana syndrome,� but several potential causes remain plausible, including the use of devices that emit beams of directed energy, officials said Wednesday. The CIA announced last week that the agency considers […]
Labor MK Gilad Kariv broke his promise to President Yitchak Herzog and came to the Kosel together with the Women of the Wall on Wednesday morning for Shacharis of Rosh
In 1959, a small and unassuming jewelry store opened under the name Simpson Jewelers. Since then, this family-run business has grown and thrived, as they built a much-deserved reputation for
Israeli officials plan to announce a new set of plans for Lag Ba’omer celebrations in Meron moving forward, after 45 people were tragically killed at last year’s festivities. The Yisrael
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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