All workers at child-care centers in New York now must wear face coverings under a plan announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday. The Democratic governor said the requirement is
There’s been an increase in recent days in the number of pregnant and postpartum women hospitalized in Israel after contracting the coronavirus. As of Wednesday, there were 39 pregnant women
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Rottenberg zt”l was the Rabbi of the Chareidi community in Paris, France under the Nazis y”sh. He
Commissioners in Surfside, Florida, have rejected a proposal to trade public beachfront to the eventual buyer of the condominium collapse site so that a memorial to the 98 victims could
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is forming a new Indo-Pacific security alliance with Britain and Australia that will allow for greater sharing of defense capabilities —
Firefighters wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning Thursday in
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are some fascinating halachos about the Sukkah and its decorations of which some people may be unaware. FORBIDDEN TO BENEFIT FROM Once a
Covid-19 has swept through our world AND CONTINUES TO IMPACT US. The media has us searching for clarity. But we have a way out. The vaccine has proven to be
Avi Shaulian, the brother of Chai Shaulian, z’l, a leading Israeli anti-vaxxer who died of COVID earlier this week, tearfully spoke about the loss of his brother and his feelings
The top U.S. military officer on Wednesday defended the phone calls he made to his Chinese counterpart in the turbulent final months of Donald Trump’s presidency, saying the conversations were
Ida Nudel, one of the most prominent activists to campaign for the right of Jews to leave the Soviet Union in the 1970s and ’80s, died in Israel on Tuesday,
A 16-year-old boy and three other people were detained Thursday in connection with a suspected plan for an Islamic extremist attack on a synagogue in the German city of Hagen,
The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government’s investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI. The case
A spate of inmate deaths. Cellblocks unguarded. Staggering staffing shortages caused by AWOL guards. Detainees deprived of food and medical care. New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, troubled
Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky seen just before Kol Nidrei – holding a small Sefer Torah. The Gadol Hador Davened in his home with a small Minyan. Minutes after making Havdalah
Thousands of Jews joined the Yom Kippur tefillos at the main shul in Moscow, the Marina Roscha shul. After Ne’ilah, the Chief Rabbi of Russia, HaRav Berel Lazar, spoke works
Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu davened Ne’ilah of Yom Kippur at the Kosel, Kikar H’Shabbat reported. He davened in the minyan in the Kosel tunnels. The Kosel Rav, Rav Shmuel Rabinowitz,
Mississippi has surpassed New Jersey as the state with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., with roughly 1 of every 320 Mississippians having succumbed to the coronavirus.
The beautiful Yom Tov of Sukkos is almost here. Please, hear the cry of your brothers and sisters in Israel and send financial help! The money raised will be distributed
As Yom Kippur approaches, rather than the lively hustle that one would expect on the days leading up to sukkos, a somber aura can be felt in the streets of
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