COVID-19 vaccinations are at a critical juncture as companies test whether new approaches like combination shots or nasal drops can keep up with a mutating coronavirus — even though it’s not clear if changes are needed. Already there’s public confusion about who should get a second booster now and who can wait. There’s also debate […]
Thousands of people visited the Mashgiach HaGaon HaRav Don Segal over Chol Hamoed Pesach in his Beis Medrash on Rechov Givat Moshe in Jerusalem. At one point, HaRav Segal spoke
Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer excoriated Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid for their lack of efforts in trying to thwart the Biden
When Meira Guttenstein lost her father to brain cancer at the tender age of 11, the pain of her loss was indescribable. Then, when her mother had a heart
Many Toldos Avraham Yitzchak chassidim were seen in their shteibel in Mea Shearim over Chol Hamoed with a new short shtreimel, B’Chadrei Charedim reported. The phenomenon began over two months
In the aftermath of their hard-won labor victory, Amazon workers in the New York City borough of Staten Island popped Champagne, cheered their victory and danced in celebration. But their
Israel has lifted an indoor mask mandate in place for nearly a year as the country’s new cases of coronavirus continue to drop. The end of the masking requirement took effect Saturday night. Masks remain mandatory in hospitals, elderly care facilities and on international flights. Israel has seen new cases of COVID-19 drop since the […]
Israel’s foreign minister on Sunday accused the Hamas terror group of orchestrating recent unrest at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, responding to criticism that Israeli police used heavy-handed tactics to quell the violence. Yair Lapid made the comments following days of riots by Hamas-backed Palestinians at the Temple Mount. Speaking to foreign reporters, Lapid accused […]
A firefighter died and five others were injured battling a three-alarm fire that broke out in a building in Brooklyn Sunday afternoon. More than 100 firefighters were at the scene
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A new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is capable of carrying several hypersonic weapons, a senior Russian military officer said Sunday. Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev, the commander of the Russian military’s Strategic Missile Forces, said in televised remarks that the new Sarmat ICBM is designed to carry several Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles. Russia’s Defense Ministry said […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ? deepening feud with Walt Disney World is testing the limits of his combative leadership style while sending an unmistakable message to his rivals that virtually
Volunteers from Israel Police’s Golan District Rescue Unit rescued a 15-year-old yeshiva bochur who became dehydrated while hiking in Ramat HaGolan with his family on Sunday. The unit’s paramedics administered
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com In lieu of the Shloshim of the passing of the Sar HaTorah, HaGaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal’s family and close students visited the gravesite earlier today on isru chag. As is known, Rav Chaim passed away on Shushan Purim the 5th of Adar Sheini. He was buried in the […]
Two New York men pleaded guilty Friday to discharging chemical spray at police officers inside the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection. Cody Mattice, 29, and James Mault, 30,
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed emergency declarations as 20 wildfires continued to burn Sunday in nearly half of the state’s drought-stricken 33 counties. One wildfire in northern New Mexico that started April 6 merged with a newer fire Saturday to form the largest blaze in the state, leading to widespread evacuations in […]
President Joe Biden’s approval rating is stuck in the low-40s as he nears a year and a half in office, with an average of 41.3% of Americans approving of his
It’s unknown how long a stay will hold off the execution of Richard Bernard Moore — South Carolina’s first-ever inmate to be put to death by a firing squad — as his attorneys pursue legal challenges. But the issuance of Moore’s death warrant, initially planned to be carried out April 29, has renewed interest in […]
President Joe Biden on Sunday commemorated the 107th anniversary of the start of the “Armenian genocide,” issuing a statement in memory of the 1.5 million Armenians “who were deported, massacred or marched to their deaths in a campaign of extermination” by Ottoman Empire forces. Turkey said Biden’s declaration was ”incompatible with historical facts and international […]
The Jewish community in Louisville, Kentucky, is reeling over the loss of its beloved Chabad Center and shul destroyed in a devastating blaze on Shabbos, the last day of Pesach.
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