Two Israeli six-year-olds passed away on Thursday in the pediatric intensive care unit at Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva. Both children had serious preexisting illnesses and their condition worsened after

Deputy Economy Minister Yair Golan (Meretz) excoriated Jews who remained in Homesh after the terror attack last month that killed Yehuda Dimentman, h’yd , calling them “subhuman.” Dimentman, z’l, learned

Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman filed a complaint on Wednesday to the Ombudsman for Public Complaints against Chief Rabbi HaRav Lau for his letter threatening to freeze giyur if the head

The World Health Organization said Thursday that a record 9.5 million COVID-19 cases were tallied over the last week as the omicron variant of the coronavirus swept the planet, a 71% increase from the previous 7-day period that the U.N. health agency likened to a “tsunami.” However, the number of weekly recorded deaths declined. “Last […]

A Jewish man niftar some 75 years ago and buried in a non-Jewish cemetery was brought to kever yisroel by Chesed Shel Emes, who invested immense efforts into helping the

Europe’s sky is filling up with near-empty polluting planes that serve little other purpose than safeguarding airlines’ valuable time slots at some of the world’s most important airports. The highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19 has put many off flying, and because of it, getting people and goods from point A to point B has […]

New York City’s new mayor says he picked Keechant Sewell as the city’s first female police commissioner partly because of her poise in handling a mock crisis he threw at her in the interview process. Within hours of her Jan. 1 swearing-in, Sewell was confronted with a real one: an officer shot outside a police […]

Powerball tickets sold in Wisconsin and California were winners of the latest jackpot and will split $632 million, officials said. The Wisconsin Lottery said Thursday the winning ticket in its

North Korea claimed Thursday to have conducted the second successful test flight of a hypersonic missile, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his military forces despite pandemic-related difficulties. Wednesday’s launch, the North’s first known weapons test in about two months, indicates the country will press ahead with plans to modernize its nuclear […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com During the period of shovevim tat, and of Tu B’shvat, it might be appropriate to go back to basics . Reciting brachos properly and with the correct intent are certainly “the basics.” Yet, it is amazing what these “basics” can accomplish. Some of us learned these fundamentals in school […]

Hundreds of thousands of Chicago students remained out of school for a second straight day Thursday after leaders of the nation’s third-largest school district failed to resolve a deepening clash with the influential teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols. The Chicago Teachers Union, which voted to revert to online instruction, told teachers to stay home […]

A woman was arrested earlier this week for throwing stones into the playground of a Chareidi school in Stamford Hill, London. The incident occurred on December 26, known as Boxing

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President Donald Trump has released a statement on the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection. The statement was included in an email to his supporters. Here is what the 45th president had to say: To watch Biden speaking is very hurtful to many people. They’re the ones who tried to stop the peaceful transfer with […]

Three weeks after the murder of Yehuda Dimentman, h’yd, who was killed by terrorists in a drive-by shooting attack as he left his yeshivah in the Homesh outpost in the

Winter Storm Warnings have been issued for parts of New Jersey and Long Island and the rest of the Tri-State, including NYC, remains under a Winter Weather Advisory. They system

This statement, generated through discussions with members of Torah Umesorah’s Vaad Roshei Yeshiva, should be regarded as a chavas daas. There needs to be clarity on the part of mechanchim/os that the entire chain of events regarding Chaim Walder – from the perpetrations of aggravated abuse to the unconscionable manner in which the episode terminated […]

President Joe Biden came into office promising to “shut down the virus, not shut down the country.” But a year into his presidency, Covid-19 cases are smashing records and there

The Iranian news agency Tasnim on Monday announced its launch of a Hebrew-language website. The launch was timed to coincide with the second anniversary of the “martyrdom” of Quds Force

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