Former Louisville detective Brett Hankison testified in his own defense Wednesday about his actions during the police raid that left Breonna Taylor dead, saying the gunfire began with a muzzle
As war continues to rage in Ukraine, a group of 100 Jewish orphans from the northwestern Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr was rescued and brought to safety in Romania. Israel’s Ambassador
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson began courting senators on Capitol Hill Wednesday, making her case for confirmation in private meetings as Democrats worked to move her through the Senate within weeks. Senate Democrats concerned about their narrow 50-50 majority — Vice President Kamala Harris breaks the tie — announced Wednesday that Jackson’s hearings will […]
In the days since the West imposed sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, ordinary Russians are feeling the painful effects — from payment systems that won’t operate and problems withdrawing cash to not being able to purchase certain items. “Apple Pay hasn’t been working since yesterday. It was impossible to pay with it […]
In a somber video address to the public, Rabbi Paysach Krohn described what may have been one of the most terrifying shabboses in modern history. “Putin’s war” has already killed
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday urged Jews around the world to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in which significant Jewish sites have been hit. In a video address, Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, said: “I appeal now to all the Jews of the world — don’t you see what is happening? Therefore, it is very […]
A half-dozen U.S. lobbying firms severed ties with Russian-linked businesses over the past week, a dramatic pullback for an industry that often has few qualms about representing controversial interests. The rush offers a measure of the potency of the Biden administration’s new sanctions, which were levied after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of […]
More and more Jews are fleeing from Ukraine into neighboring countries and even beyond, such as Germany. An entire yeshivah of 60 bochurim relocated from Dnipro to Düsseldorf in West Germany and two Ukrainian Jewish families, one from Lviv, have been welcomed in Berlin. “The families couldn’t stop thanking Hashem for the miracle of being […]
President Joe Biden, struggling to regain his political footing as the midterm elections approach, visited the crucial state of Wisconsin on Wednesday to promote one of his top accomplishments, a bipartisan infrastructure measure that will distribute billions of dollars to fix roads, bridges and other public works. Biden’s trip was part of a customary post-State […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This author recently had the opportunity to observe, up close, a highly functional individual who also has Down syndrome. The opportunity has caused the author to suggest that we should re-explore a number of underlying assumptions in regard to various aspects of how halacha and Downs Syndrome intertwine. Previously, […]
Our humanitarian delegation of volunteer medics and doctors arrived in Kishinev, Moldova yesterday to bring medical supplies, medicine and food to assist those fleeing the war in Ukraine. These volunteers
Russian forces laid siege to two strategic Ukrainian seaports Wednesday and pressed their bombardment of the country’s second-biggest city, while the huge armored column threatening Kyiv appeared stalled outside the capital. Moscow’s isolation deepened, meanwhile, when most of the world lined up against it at the United Nations to demand it withdraw from Ukraine. And […]
Last week, the jews in Ukraine woke up to a terrifying nightmare. The fear was overwhelming, the panic overpowering. The Russian army is advancing on major cities in Ukraine, and
US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on Tuesday expressed his disbelief and dismay at the situation unfolding in Ukraine and beyond. Speaking at a Jewish People Policy Institute event in
Andrey Gonchruk served alongside Russian soldiers when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union and called them brothers. But on Wednesday, the 68-year-old wiped his face with one hand and grasped a rifle with another, ready to resist their invasion of his country. “This is a blitzkrieg,” Gonchruk said. He stood in the rubble of […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz kicked off a visit to Israel on Wednesday, briefly leaving Europe as the continent’s largest ground war in generations rages between Russia and Ukraine. Scholz arrived in Israel Tuesday evening and will return to Germany later Wednesday in a visit — his first to Israel since becoming German leader — that […]
Chabad Rav in Kyiv, HaRav Moshe Azman, who is currently providing shelter for hundreds of Jews in the village of Anatevka, west of Kyiv, posted a stirring video on Wednesday
Any bid by Israel to improve strained ties with Turkey won’t come at the expense of its “strategic relationship” with neighboring Cyprus, the Israeli president said Wednesday. Israeli President Isaac Herzog, speaking after talks with his Cypriot counterpart, said he’s aware next week’s visit to Turkey has touched a raw nerve in ethnically-split Cyprus, which […]
Former President Donald Trump appears to have a strong hold over the Republican Party more than a year after he left the White House, with 59% of attendees at the
For the athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, travel entailed … robots. Everywhere. These machines prepared and served noodles, rice and burgers, and roamed hallways to take the temperatures of passersby. They even passed the Olympic flame underwater. Yet even if you’re not an Olympian, your travels these days are far more likely […]
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