A rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $43.2 million, a record price for a document or book sold at auction. The anonymous winning bidder at Thursday night’s sale outbid a group of 17,000 cryptocurrency enthusiasts from around the world who crowdfunded to buy it over the last […]
U.S. regulators on Friday moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding the government’s campaign to shore up protection and get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that may worsen with the holidays. Pfizer and Moderna announced the Food and Drug Administration’s decision after at least 10 states already had started offering boosters […]
Israel’s Health Ministry responded to the report on the high rate of diabetes in the Chareidi sector published by Kol Chai this week. The Health Ministry stated: “Diabetes mortality data
The United Arab Emirates played a vital role in Israel’s diplomatic efforts to free the Oknin couple detained in Turkey last week, Yisrael Hayom reported on Thursday. Prior to the
Rabbi Dovid Stav, the chairman of the Tzohar Rabbinical Association, filed a NIS 292,000 lawsuit against HaRav Yitzchak Levi, for defamation and damage to his good name by calling him
Please Save us We just received an eviction notice. If we don’t pay our rent within 10 days we will be thrown onto the street. We are a family of
The Amudim organization on Wednesday published an update on the status of children of student visa holders seeking to re-enter Israel. Children under the age of 12 who have valid
Two suspected Iranian computer hackers have been charged with election interference, accused of trying to intimidate American voters ahead of last year’s U.S. presidential election by sending threatening messages and spreading disinformation. The effort attracted publicity in the run-up to the November 2020 election, when law enforcement and intelligence officials held an unusual evening news […]
Louis Farrakhan, Henry Ford, and Adolf Hitler must have called in sick. Jewish Voice for Peace, a far-left organization that claims to promote peace through grassroots organizing, education, advocacy and
An Israeli citizen who worked as a cleaner in the home of Defense Minister Benny Gantz has been arrested on charges of espionage following an investigation by the Shin Bet
Private companies and public entities would be banned from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter a facility or conduct business, under new anti-vaccine legislation pushed by House Republicans on
The father of Amr Abu-Assab, 16, an Arab from East Jerusalem who stabbed two Jews in the Old City of Jerusalem on Wednesday, was congratulated by his friends, neighbors and
President Joe Biden is signing an executive order Thursday aimed at limiting turnover for federal service contract workers by offering them right of first refusal when a contract changes hands.
Many Israelis were elated yet astounded upon hearing the news of the release of the Oknins from Turkey overnight Wednesday. Just hours earlier, media reports predicted a long and protracted struggle, especially after Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu publicly said on Tuesday that prosecutors will accuse Oknins of military-political espionage. How was there such a dramatic […]
The man who killed Ahmaud Arbery testified Thursday that Arbery did not speak, show a weapon or threaten him in any way before he raised his shotgun and pointed it at the 25-year-old Black man. Under cross-examination by the prosecution on his second day of testimony, Travis McMichael said he was “under the impression” that […]
The U.S. government will pay drugmaker Pfizer $5.29 billion for 10 million treatment courses of its potential COVID-19 treatment if regulators authorize it, the nation’s largest purchase agreement yet for a coronavirus therapy. Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to authorize emergency use of the experimental pill, which has been shown to […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Chanukah is fast approaching. Generally speaking, Yeshivos give a few days off on Chanukah. But should they? For a number of years, Rav Gershon Edelstein shlita, the Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh has been encouraging Yeshivos to give off a few days after Chaukah, but not on Chanukah itself. His […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has embraced “ Let’s go Brandon.” The Republican governor on Thursday picked the small Tampa suburb of Brandon as the site of a bill signing ceremony, trolling President Joe Biden with a reference to what has become a stand-in for swearing at the president. The “Let’s Go Brandon” line — code […]
HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Fischer, z’tl, Rosh Yeshivas Itri, one of the greatest talmidei chachamim and marbitzei haTorah of our generation, passed away on Thursday at the age of 90 at
For nearly 10 years, Monim Haroon has only known one home: Israel. Like thousands of Sudanese migrants, he lives and works without legal status, fearing that a return to his native land would be a death sentence. Israel’s normalization of ties with Sudan, announced last year, had raised fears among the migrants that they would […]
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