By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Perhaps never before in human history, have the halachic aspects of Bikkur Cholim – visiting the sick, been so pertinent. We lived through the pain of the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic, with the limitations of visiting the sick in hospitals. No one can know the depth of […]
An annual Student Day march in Iran celebrates the anniversary of Iran’s seizure of the U.S. Embassy on November 4, 1979, but won’t be held this year for the first
Democrats went into Election Day hoping to reclaim the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress in a victory that would demonstrate an unmistakable repudiation of President Donald Trump and a Republican Party remade in his image. It didn’t work out that way. More than 12 hours after polls closed, Biden held a […]
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign long maintained there were thousands of new supporters tucked into rural, red pockets of the country who would come out and vote for the president when asked. On Election Day, it put up some proof. With the race unsettled in several key battlegrounds, Trump’s strong Election Day surge may not […]
After a costly and intense political battle for control of state capitols, the composition of state legislatures and governors’ offices will look a lot like it did before Tuesday’s elections. That means Republicans will again control significantly more states than Democrats, giving the GOP greater power over the once-a-decade task of redrawing congressional and legislative […]
Due to the major rainstorm that struck Israel on Tuesday night and carried on through most of Wednesday, rescue teams were busy in numerous coastal cities aiding people who got
Over 20 people were arrested Wednesday night at a protest in Midtown. The large group of protesters marched through Midtown on Wednesday evening, demanding to protect the results of the
I don’t know about you, but my head is spinning with all of the election mayhem. The divisive energy is swarming in the streets like an angry nest of bees,
“Chesed Umishpat Ashira Lecha”. No matter what happens in life, good or bad, we must sing to and thank Hashem. Especially in times like these…let’s sing together with all
On Wednesday evening, a senior Jordanian official was brought by helicopter to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem for urgent medical care. According to reports in the Israeli media,
As states across the U.S. release vote totals for the presidential election, some social media users are falsely claiming that ballots are being invalidated in Arizona. The supposed culprit: Sharpie markers. In what’s come to be known as #Sharpiegate, social media posts suggest that election officials in Maricopa County provided voters with Sharpie pens, which […]
People are shocked at what is happening to Rabbi and Rebbetzin Meislish, a popular couple in Eretz Yisrael known for their contributions to Klal Yisrael. She was diagnosed with a
The election scrambled seats in the House and Senate but ultimately left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big changes despite the heated race at the top of the ticket for the White House. It’s an outcome that dampens Democratic demands for a bold new agenda, emboldens Republicans and almost ensures […]
Every investment in Shabbos gets remunerated in the Bracha that only Shabbos can bestow on the rest of the week. Join R’ Pinches Friedman as he shares the deep reasoning
Dubai’s budget carrier flydubai said Wednesday that it would start flying twice daily to Tel Aviv later this month, becoming the first Emirati airline to announce regular service after a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel. Direct flights on flydubai between Dubai and Tel Aviv, two of the region’s […]
Technology and health care companies led a stock market rally Wednesday, as Wall Street embraced the upside of more gridlock in Washington even as the outcome of the U.S. presidential
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Israel’s Health Ministry is sending a delegation of medical professionals to the Czech Republic on Thursday to assist with combatting a widespread virus outbreak in the city of Brno. Health
On a day of electoral uncertainty and legal action, Joe Biden won Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and narrowing President Donald Trump’s pathway to reelection. A full day after Election Day, neither candidate had cleared the 270 Electoral College […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden acknowledged the historic nature of the election and how more than “150 million people cast their votes” this year during a speech in Wilmington, Delaware.
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