A prolonged gun battle between rival gangs inside Ecuadors largest prison early Saturday left at least 68 inmates dead in the latest violence to hit the Litoral Penitentiary, which recently saw the countrys worst prison bloodbath. The fighting lasted for almost eight hours in the lockup in the coastal city of Guayaquil and authorities attributed […]
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President Joe Bidens $1.85 trillion social spending bill includes a provision that, if it becomes law, would mark the first time the federal government has offered targeted support in response to the decline of local news. The help would come in the form of a payroll tax credit for companies that employ eligible local journalists. […]
Its the gift that keeps on giving all year long. Youve heard about The Circle magazine, seen it at the checkout line in the grocery, and your kids have been begging you to buy them a subscription. Gift your kids with what they really want this Chanukah and save big! From now through Chanukah, all […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com I was once asked to translate for a well-respected Rosh Kollel from an illustrious Torah family. The Avreichim in the Kollel did amazing Kirub work for half a day and learned half a day. The conversation went something like this: RK: Shalom uvracha. I need a fairly large check […]
Rabbi Yonah Weinrib’s name has become synonymous with elaborate manuscript illumination, combining a wide array of art techniques and media to enhance his exacting calligraphy. An accomplished author and artist,
Visiting the Jewish town of Krasnaya Sloboda/Qirmizi/Quba in Azerbaijan, which is home to a very ancient and unique community of Mountain Jews, and considered to be the last remaining Shtetl
Russia is reporting a new daily high number of COVID-19 deaths, while the the total number of coronavirus infections during the pandemic in the country has topped 9 million. The
Andrew Cuomo, the sick, disgraced former governor of New York, is plotting his path back to power. According to people close to Cuomo, who is now facing possible prison time
Keeping up with the daf is really tough. Every single day, no matter what’s going on in your life, there’s another daf to learn. Trying to do it all by
Eight residents of a nursing home in northwestern Connecticut have died during a coronavirus outbreak, while 89 residents and employees have tested positive for the disease, according to nursing home
The National Labor Relations Board has confirmed that a group of Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York has withdrawn its petition to hold a vote to unionize. The move
CLAIM: Patients who have myocarditis have a very high chance of dying within 10 years. APS ASSESSMENT: False. Claims that patients with myocarditis, a condition where the heart muscle is inflamed, have a very high mortality rate come from a misreading of decades-old data that focused only on the most ill patients. Furthermore, while health […]
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was indicted Friday on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena from the House committee
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett claimed on Friday that the Kosel is being used as a well-financed political campaign intended to topple the government, without any connection to religious conviction. His
The body of Yanai Rimon, z’l, who was swept away in a waterfall in Mexico on Wednesday was found on Motzei Shabbos. “The Rimon family announces with unbearable grief that
A Turkish court on Friday extended the arrest of the Israeli couple who were arrested for photographing the palace of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with Turkish prosecutors telling the judge
A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday sentenced U.S. journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison with hard labor, the maximum penalty under three charges, despite calls by the
Join our Open House Virtually This Sunday! Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes, one of the largest Yeshivos in the Southeast, is hosting an open house for its Dr. Abe Chames
An 89-year-old Rhode Island man has achieved a goal he spent two decades working toward and nearly a lifetime thinking about earning his Ph.D. and becoming a physicist. Manfred Steiner recently defended his dissertation successfully at Brown University in Providence. Steiner cherishes this degree because its what he always wanted and because he […]
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