Austria plans to loosen coronavirus restrictions in February after the country’s national vaccine mandate, the first of its kind in Europe, takes effect on Tuesday. Starting Feb. 5, restaurants will be allowed to remain open until midnight, as opposed to 10 p.m., Chancellor Karl Nehammer said at a Saturday news conference. In addition, rules effectively […]
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This week was the designated “International Holocaust Remembrance Day.” It was designated such a little over sixteen years ago by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005. The resolution came after a special session was held earlier that year on January 24th to mark the […]
It was a classic Russian power play with echoes of Cold War gamesmanship. Shortly after entering into service in 2019, Russia’s most advanced warship made a goodwill tour of the Caribbean, armed with cruise missiles, air defense systems and other weapons. But when the Admiral Gorshkov sailed into the port of Havana, it was closely […]
A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, requiring rescuers to rappel down a ravine and form a human chain to reach a few occupants of a municipal bus that
A court declared Friday that Pennsylvania’s expansive 2-year-old mail-in voting law violates the state constitution, agreeing with challenges by Republicans who soured on the practice after former President Donald Trump began baselessly attacked it as rife with fraud in his 2020 reelection campaign. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration swiftly appealed to the state Supreme Court, […]
A Jewish woman is suing Mount Sinai West in New York City over the facility’s refusal to treat her husband with ivermectin. Erika Quintero-Sherry’s husband, Benjamin Chernyavsky, 60, is on
A storm with wind gusts near hurricane force lashed the Northeast on Saturday, dropping heavy snow, causing coastal flooding and threatening widespread power outages while forecasters warned conditions would worsen and then be followed by bitter cold. The nor’easter thrashed parts of 10 states and some major population centers, including Philadelphia, New York and Boston. […]
A 17-year-old from Bnei Brak passed away from COVID in Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer on Wednesday. The teen had serious underlying illnesses and his medical situation deteriorated after
As he prepared to tee off at one of his Florida golf courses, a fellow player introduced Donald Trump as the “45th president of the United States.” “45th and 47th,” Trump responded matter-of-factly, before hitting his drive. The quip — a moment of levity on the links captured on shaky cellphone video — was a […]
Israel’s Chevrei Kadisha are staggering under the load of the high COVID death rate this month amid an unprecedented infection rate spurred by the Omicron variant, with the number of
Police arrived by the thousands in their finest dress blues on Friday, as a light snow drifted under an overcast sky, to honor a fallen brother — during the first of two funerals that again brought sorrow to the New York Police Department. Later, the bag pipes played outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral, as Officer Jason […]
A Boston hospital is defending itself after a man’s family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19, saying most transplant programs around the country set similar requirements to improve patients’ chances of survival. The family of D.J. Ferguson said in a crowdfunding appeal this week that officials at […]
A powerful nor’easter threatens to slam the tri-state starting Friday night, and there is now a clearer picture of who will be impacted the most — with well over a foot of snow likely for some. A Winter Storm Warning is now in effect for New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Fairfield counties. A […]
A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a nude woman, according to minutes from a board meeting. The McMinn County School Board decided Jan. 10 to remove “Maus” from its curriculum, news outlets reported. Art Spiegelman won […]
In a ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke about this grandfather Bela Lampel in the very place he was murdered, the Mauthausen concentration
Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy delivered a historic speech (in Hebrew) at the German Parliament in Berlin on Thursday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the first ceremony to include
Italian authorities in Tuscany are investigating an attack on a 12-year-old Jewish boy who said teenagers kicked him, hit him on the head and hurled antisemitic abuse at him. The boy’s parents on Tuesday reported the weekend attack in a park near their home in the town of Campiglia Marittima, near Livorno, according to a […]
At least 14.5 million Americans are getting private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from the Biden administration. “Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for all Americans,” President Joe Biden said Thursday in a statement announcing the numbers. “We are making that right a reality […]
The number of virus hospitalizations in Nebraska exceeds the level that was supposed to trigger new restrictions from the state, but Gov. Pete Ricketts said those aren’t needed now because hospitals are already limiting surgeries to preserve capacity. State health officials had said they would issue new Directed Health Measures restricting surgeries when COVID-19 cases […]
Most coronavirus restrictions, including mandatory face masks, were lifted in England on Thursday after Britain’s government said its vaccine booster rollout successfully reduced serious illness and COVID-19 hospitalizations. From Thursday, face coverings are no longer required by law anywhere in England, and a legal requirement for COVID-19 passes for entry into nightclubs and other large […]
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