Iran on Saturday began construction on a new nuclear power plant in the country’s southwest, Iranian state TV announced, amid tensions with the U.S. over sweeping sanctions imposed after Washington pulled out of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear deal with world powers. The announcement comes as Iran has been rocked by nationwide protests challenging the theocratic […]
A frum jeweler was ambushed by a group of armed crooks in Pompano Beach, Florida, with the four criminals fleeing in a vehicle with an undisclosed amount of valuables. One
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the U.S. will not shrink from its unwavering support for Israel despite stark differences with Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu and concerns the Biden
Yitzi’s mental health is at risk. He was a cheerful, playful, fun, and intelligent boy in the past, but now he is losing his cognitive abilities. His mental and emotional
Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will disappear after the tournament. That’s what the games’ organizers have said about Stadium 974 in Doha — a port-side structure with more than 40,000 seats partially built from recycled shipping containers and steel. Qatar says the stadium will be fully dismantled after the […]
Israeli’s Consul-General in Shanghai Eddie Shapira had the misfortune of contracting COVID in China, where virus patients are still isolated in “conditions reminiscent of a prison.” “I’m trying to recover
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it. This past week more than 20 Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking that the administration remove the mandate, saying […]
Grief. One word. Many meanings. It means bereavement. It means anguish. It means pain. And yet, all those terms are understatements of what Aryeh’s Schupak’s family is going through now.
A photo of HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Machpud performing a bris amid a traffic jam is going viral on social networks in Israel. The story began when HaRav Machupd was making his way to a bris last week where he was slated to serve as the mohel. However, due to a massive traffic jam, he realized he […]
By Rabbi W. Wolfe Wernick Presented By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com **Please note: This author is looking to make a video about the Mir Yeshiva in Poland and is looking for sponsors – if anyone is interested, please email yairhoffman2@gmail.com*** In a dark and barely furnished boarding place of the Yeshiva students, over a […]
The head of U.S. intelligence says fighting in Russia’s war in Ukraine is running at a “reduced tempo” and suggests Ukrainian forces could have brighter prospects in coming months. Avril Haines alluded to past allegations by some that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisers could be shielding him from bad news — for Russia — about […]
NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, who has been a long time friend of the Jewish community was promoted to Chief of Department by Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell on Saturday December 3,
It’s now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help. Hearing aids can now be sold without a prescription from a specialist. Over-the-counter, or OTC, hearing aids started hitting the market in October at prices that can be thousands of dollars lower than prescription hearing aids. About 30 million […]
The head of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, HaGaon HaRav Shimon Badani, who has been hospitalized in serious condition in the ICU for two weeks, woke up and is responding to
The U.S. is at a pivotal point with China and will need military strength to ensure that American values, not Beijing’s, set global norms in the 21st century, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday. Austin’s speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum capped a week in which the Pentagon was squarely focused on China’s rise […]
An Iranian lawmaker said Sunday that Iran’s government is “paying attention to the people’s real demands”, state media reported, a day after a top official suggested that the country’s morality police whose conduct helped trigger months of protests has been shut down. The role of the morality police, which enforces veiling laws, came under scrutiny […]
Iranian authorities executed four people Sunday accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run IRNA news agency said. Three others received lengthy prison sentences. IRNA said the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard announced the arrests of a network of people linked to the Israeli agency. It said the members had previous criminal records and […]
A car crash north of New York City that killed an on-duty police sergeant was caused by a 16-year-old driver who lost control of a sports car only two weeks after getting his learner’s permit, police said. Yonkers Sgt. Frank Gualdino, a 24-year veteran of the force, was driving an unmarked police car Thursday when […]
FBI Director Chris Wray is raising national security concerns about TikTok, warning Friday that control of the popular video sharing app is in the hands of a Chinese government “that doesn’t share our values.” Wray said the FBI was concerned that the Chinese had the ability to control the app’s recommendation algorithm, “which allows them […]
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