During the routine White House press briefing on Wednesday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby found himself at a loss for words when a reporter from the New York Post,
Journalists across the U.S. will walk off their jobs next week at roughly two dozen newsrooms run by Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the U.S., their union said Thursday. The mostly one-day strike, which will start June 5, aims to protest Gannett’s leadership and cost-cutting measures imposed since its 2019 merger with GateHouse Media. […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Yesterday, I received a phone call from a Rosh Yeshiva concerning an article that the frum websites had posted about President Biden falling down after a speech he made at the US Airforce Academy commencement exercise in Colorado. The Rosh Yeshiva asked, “Is this what we are try to […]
Dear YWN, I was shocked and appalled to see that “Der Yid Newspaper,” which is directly controlled by the “Reb Zalman Leib” faction of Satmar, chose to ignore the Levaya
Fifteen months ago, Dev Shah spent a miserable five hours spelling outdoors in chilly, windy, damp conditions at a supersize regional competition in Orlando, Florida, only to fall short of his dream of returning to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. “Despondent is the right word,” Dev said. “I just didn’t know if I wanted to […]
Deputy Minister Uri Maklev paid a shiva visit to the sons of HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, z’tl, on Wednesday evening. Maklev was a talmid of the Rosh Yeshivah, z’tl over
The Biden administration wants to buy Israel’s silence about a renewed Iran nuclear deal in exchange for brokering a Saudi-Israel normalization deal, Yisrael Hayom reported on Thursday. Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi flew to Washington on Wednesday for talks with Biden administration officials about both the possibility of […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that there can be no cease-fire in the war in Ukraine unless it is part of a “just and lasting” peace deal that includes Russia’s military withdrawal. Blinken said that “a cease-fire that simply freezes current lines in place” and allows Russian President Vladimir Putin “to consolidate […]
Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money with those apps for the long term because the funds might not be safe during a crisis, the Consumer
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com He uniquely combined Torah knowledge, love of Mussar study, the Lithuanian Torah notion of a Mussar Shmuess, leadership, and a profound love of man. For Torah knowledge, Moreinu HaRav Gershon Edelstein zt’l was unparalleled. He was the Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponovech Yeshiva for an astounding eighty years. Rav […]
In a historic event last night, the Givat Hamivtar community gathered for a momentous five-course gala, raising just under $1 million USD to support the construction of their new shul.
A group of volunteers from Chaveirim and Shomrim of Boro Park returned a suitcase containing a man’s tallis and tefillin to its rightful owner after sifting through piles of garbage
Minutes after the news of the petirah of HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, z’tl, the Mekubal HaRav Kook, who learned in Ponevezh Yeshivah as a bochur, spoke out sharply against the
HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch spoke words of hesped about HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, z’tl at the begining of his shiur on Wednesday in his yeshivah in Beit Shemesh. HaRav Shternbuch
The terrorists who murdered a 23-year-old Jewish security guard at the entrance to the city of Ariel in April 2022 were sentenced by an Israeli military court on Wednesday to
A Syria-backed Palestinian terrorist group Thursday held a funeral for five of its members who died in a blast under mysterious circumstances. The group has repeatedly claimed Israel was behind the incident. Israel has denied the claim, saying that the blast was an “internal explosion” in one of the group’s facilities. Hundreds gathered at the […]
David Spitzer and his wife Sarah visited Maimonides Medical Center, on Thursday, to thank Dr. Alexandra Dadrat for CPR that saved his life after he collapsed outside his 47th Street
President Trump, 76, was campaigning in Iowa when he heard about Biden’s stumble at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation Thursday. “He actually fell down? Well I hope he wasn’t hurt,” Trump said after an audience member told him about what had happened to Biden. “The whole thing is crazy. You gotta be careful about […]
The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and threatening fines if it doesn’t respond. NHTSA argues that the recall is justified because two people have been killed in the United States and Canada […]
It’s time for residents along the southeastern U.S. coastlines to make sure their storm plans are in place as the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway on Thursday. Forecasters are predicting a “near-normal” season, but Mike Brennan, the new director at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, stressed during a Wednesday news conference that there’s […]
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