California authorities sent a cellphone text alert Tuesday to two major regions to tell millions of people that the novel coronavirus is spreading rapidly and asking them to stay home
Precious Yidden, There is a very chashuva talmid chochom whose son just got married. Currently, the situation is one of pikuach nefesh, as he has no money at all and is in a
Iran has arrested several suspects in the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the Iranian semi-official news agency ISNA reported. “The perpetrators of this assassination, some of whom have been identified and even arrested by the security services, will not escape justice,” said Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker. He refrained from […]
Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely
The world’s highest mountain is now officially a little higher, and that might not be the end of the story. China and Nepal agreed this week on a new standard height for Mount Everest, the rugged Himalayan peak that straddles their border. As definitive as that sounds, geological changes, the complicated business of measuring a […]
Summary: ZAKA has seen a 1,200% increase in demand for assistance in facilitating burial in Israel during COVID-19. From averaging 3 or 4 requests per week, ZAKA is now handling
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu?? will be visiting Egypt within a few days on the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Yisrael Hayom reported on Thursday. The trip, the first
Sources close to the Saudi royal family, who was said to be embarrassed and angered by leaks of the secret meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s
Fauci, Kamala….da Vinci? America’s preeminent infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, and its incoming vice president, Kamala Harris, join the Renaissance master himself, Leonardo da Vinci, atop this year’s list of most mispronounced words, as complied by the U.S. Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms. The list released Wednesday […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which included identifying
Anan Yasoun rebuilt her home with yellow cement slabs amid the rubble of Mosul, a brightly colored manifestation of resilience in a city that for many remains synonymous with the Islamic State group’s reign of terror. In the three years since Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, liberated Mosul from the militants, Yasoun painstakingly […]
The Chief Rabbi of Tehran, Rav Yehudah Grami, lit the first Chanukah light at home with his family rather than in a large ceremony at shul as he usually does
(Translated and adapted by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com. Please keep, yair nissan be sara in mind, who is in the hospital with covid) Rav Sholom Noach Berezovsky (1911 – 2000), the Slonimer Rebbe from 1981 to his petira, was called by Rav Elyashiv zt”l as the mesilas yesharim of his generation. The following is […]
While serving a 90-year prison sentence for selling marijuana, Richard DeLisi’s wife died, as did his 23-year-old son and both his parents. His adult daughter was in a horrific car accident and suffered a paralyzing stroke as a result. He never met two granddaughters — a lifetime of missed memories. Yet, 71-year-old DeLisi walked out […]
The Russian military on Wednesday conducted sweeping drills of its strategic nuclear forces that featured several practice missile launches. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the maneuvers included
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at home. The second-term Democrat said a routine test on Tuesday detected the coronavirus. “I have no symptoms and am feeling well,” Wolf said in a statement. “I am following CDC and Department of Health guidelines.” Wolf’s spouse, Frances Wolf, […]
In light of the call by the Gedolei Yisroel shlita: Tremendous chizuk throughout the Jewish world to join regular learning of Dirshu’s “Daf Hayomi in halachah.” Last week, tens of
Israel’s government decided on Thursday to backtrack on imposing restrictions over Chanukah, shooting down proposals to ban Israelis from visiting other people’s homes, close stores on Chanukah evenings or enforce
Players have taken a knee, unfurled slogans and demanded tougher action only to find European soccer remains infested with racism. But on Tuesday, at the end of a year of
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