The foreign ministers of Israel and Sweden held their first phone call in seven years on Monday, a move hailed by the top Israeli diplomat as the “relaunching of relations”
Former Republican U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, who represented upstate New York for 24 years, died at age 84, according to a statement from former staff members. The Utica-area resident died
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A vaccine mandate for New York City’s public school teachers and other staffers can go forward as planned next week, after a state judge on Wednesday lifted a temporary restraining
An inmate on a New York City jail barge died Wednesday after a medical emergency, the city’s Department of Correction said. It is at least the 12th death of a
In a tense meeting with Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash on Sunday, hospital directors warned that their hospitals are nearing a state of total collapse. The directors said that
The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and
The legendary Simchas Beis HaShoeva at Toldos Aharon in Mea Sheaim, which normally draws thousands of visitors on Sukkos, is closed to the general public this year. The chassidus announced
The Democratic Party on Tuesday removed $1 billion in military aid to Israel for the Iron Dome from a broader government funding bill after progressive members of the party threatened
Exclusive Men’s And Women’s Event At the DreamWorks Waterpark, located at The American Dream Mall. Thursday, September 23, 7:30 pm 11:30 pm Motzei Shabbos, September 25, 10:30 pm 2:30am Sunday,
When the United Nations rose from World War II’s rubble, its birth reflected a widespread aspiration that humanity could be lifted up and dispatched down a positive path — if
Thousands of people attended Birchas Kohanim at the Kosel on Wednesday, the first day of Chol Hamoed in Israel. The Israeli public is free to visit the Kosel on Sukkos
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times The head of a match is made of sulfur, glass powder, phosphorus and an oxidizing agent. When the match is
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times “Hi. Have the Gabbai roll the Torah right after Friday morning Shacharis so it will be ready for Shabbos morning
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times After Sukkos is SImchas Torah, where we beging the cycle of Torah reading again. The purpose of this article is
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) Yom Tov is soon, and there will soon be discussions happening in the daytime. It can, perhaps, be called the Great “Schnapps vs. Wine”
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) It is a question every wife asks her husband. “Can I give a piece of cake to little Yankel in the house? It is
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are men who know that if they fail to bring home Binah or Mishpacha Magazine for Shabbos or yom tov, well – they
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Yechiel Benzion (“Benny”) Fishoff Z”L, noted philanthropist & askan of klal yisroel. He was 97. Reb Benzion was the Chairman
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