The United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, saying the deal hurts social media users and advertisers by stifling competition for animated images. The Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday that the deal would let Facebook “increase its already significant market […]
A fast moving fire in the Outremont neighborhood of Montreal, left three Jewish owned houses destroyed. The fire, which broke out on Jeanne Mance Street at approximately 10:30 PM, was
The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force and Shomrim are on a hunt for a a trio of females who have been on an anti-Semitic spree in Brooklyn in recent days,
An outcry has erupted over a shocking display of pritzus at a concert held at Binyamei Ha’uma in Yerushalayim on Monday night. At some point, the concert, performed by well-known frum singer Mordechai Shapiro, devolved into an event with mixed dancing and singing, with nobody at the event appearing to care of do anything about it. The […]
Rabbi Avraham Boymrind is a serious and accomplished tamid chacham- a beloved student, friend, and father. With incredible mesiras nefesh he took upon himself tremendous medical expenses for his father
A band of hooligans toppled a menorah placed on the sidewalk of the town square in Dnipro, Ukraine. Surveillance footage shows a group of 5 teenagers approaching the menorah at
A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will vote Wednesday to hold a former Justice Department official in contempt, demanding criminal charges against a defiant witness for a
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a new review of a U.S. airstrike in Syria in March 2019 that killed dozens, including women and children, to assess the extent of
The Shin Bet and Mossad intelligence agencies recently appointed Rabbi A. as their new Rav, a B’Sheva journalist reported. Rabbi A. will answer shailos for frum intelligence employees, whose top-secret
A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The court order said that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress to enact […]
In an extremely sharply worded letter against the Bennett government’s religious “reforms” and its intent to implement the Kosel Plan, granting formal recognition to the Reform movement, HaGaon HaRav Chaim
Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi said Monday that he is running for New York governor in next year’s election, joining a competitive primary race that became wide open when former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned. Suozzi told reporters on a virtual news conference that he’s jumping into the 2022 race. “I’m a common sense Democrat,” Suozzi […]
Michigan’s number of hospitalized adults with confirmed COVID-19 cases reached a new pandemic high Monday, nearing 4,200 as the state continued to confront surging infections. The total of 4,185 cases surpassed the previous record of 4,158, which was set seven months ago when fewer residents were vaccinated. More than one-fifth of COVID patients in Michigan […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This article is going to be controversial, but, here goes. Go to Eretz Yisroel for Chanukah, and you will see Lucite and or glass
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com May one use scented candles for Chanukah licht? The answer is no – if that is the intention. The reason is that one may
The National Labor Relations Board has ordered a new union election for Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama based on objections to the first vote that took place in April. The
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The school semester is almost over. Many people are in a quandary as to whether Eretz Yisroel will re-open for school winter vacation or not. Those who already have tickets and those who have not yet bought them are asking, “But why two weeks?” The following discussion will try […]
The World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is “very high” based on the early evidence, saying the mutated coronavirus could lead to surges with “severe consequences.” The assessment from the U.N. health agency, contained in a technical paper issued to member states, amounted to WHO’s strongest, most explicit […]
Former President Donald Trump on Sunday challenged politicians and members of the news media to debate him in a TV special on voter fraud. “The Fake News Media cannot stand the fact that so many people in our Country know the truth, that the 2020 Election was rigged and stolen, yet almost every article written […]
R’ Yanky Kaufman, former heavy stutterer has traveled to specialists across the globe for his own debilitating stutter. However, nothing was practical for him. 7 years ago, he developed a most practical and effective program which has helped himself to be stutter free. He is now changing the lives of hundreds of people by assisting […]
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