The number of Israelis suspected of being infected with the new Omicron COVID variant rose to 34 on Tuesday, with two Israelis confirmed to be carriers of the variant. Dr.
As his tenure as mayor of the Big Apple nears its close, Bill de Blasio achieved one more objective of his before leaving office: opening the first-in-the-nation legal shooting galleries
With tremendous excitement Rabbi Aaron Kaufman, Rosh Yeshiva of YASW, and Rabbi Shimon Yanofsky, noted and experienced Mechanchim with a track record of success, are launching a new Mesivta High
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The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday it was unable to pay its 28,000 employees on time this month because of a major funding crisis, warning
The disgraced leader of Shuvu Banim, Eliezer Berland, was taken by police investigators to Har Hamenuchos in Jerusalem on Monday to meet with the family members of Avi Edri, z’l,
The Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am said Monday that politics don’t dictate his actions, with pressure from pro-Palestinian activists unable to deter him from performing in Israel and maintaining ties to the country’s high-tech scene. A Palestinian-led movement has for years urged artists to boycott Israel over its treatment of the Palestinians. Major performers including Lorde […]
Iran struck a hard line Tuesday after just one day of restarted talks in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal, suggesting everything discussed in previous rounds of diplomacy could be renegotiated. Speaking to Iranian state television, Ali Bagheri, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, referred to everything discussed thus far as merely a “draft.” It remained unclear […]
U.S. consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low in November, clipped by rising prices and concern about the coronavirus. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dropped
A fast-moving blaze tore through a Flatbush home on the third night of Chanukah, causing extensive damage and undermining the structure’s integrity. The fire began just after 8 pm on
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday sternly warned NATO against deploying its troops and weapons to Ukraine, saying it represents a red line for Russia and would trigger a strong response. Commenting on Western concerns about Russia’s alleged intention to invade Ukraine, he said that Moscow is equally worried about NATO drills near its borders. […]
A disturbing phenomenon has been taking place in Flatbush over the past several months, in which a group of teenagers have been breaking into shuls on Friday night. Sadly, these
Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, is cooperating with a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, putting off for now the panel’s threat to hold him in contempt, the committee’s chairman said Tuesday. But the panel “will continue to assess his degree of compliance,” Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson said in a […]
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to stop Congress from receiving call logs, drafts of speeches and other documents related to the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol led by his supporters. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments Tuesday […]
Following Turkey’s recent rapprochement with the United Arab Emirates, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he plans to mend ties with other regional powers — including Egypt and Israel — and would reappoint ambassadors to those countries. Following the release of the Israeli couple detained in Turkey earlier this month, Erdogan spoke with Prime Minister […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The following is a true incident. The names and genders may have been changed to protect the innocent. Regardless, there is much halacha that may be learned here. Remember: The aim of the yavanim was lehashkicham Torasecha – to cause us to forget Torah. We should, therefore, always look […]
Economic powerhouses Japan and France reported their first cases of the omicron variant Tuesday, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm. The Netherlands’ RIVM health institute disclosed that patient samples dating from Nov. 19 and 23 were found to contain the […]
CNN indefinitely suspended anchor Chris Cuomo on Tuesday after details emerged about how he helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to face charges of harassment earlier this year. The network said documents released by New York’s attorney general Monday indicated Cuomo took a greater level of involvement in his brother’s efforts than […]
The longtime president of Belarus said Tuesday that his country would be ready to host Russian nuclear weapons if NATO moves U.S. atomic bombs from Germany to Eastern Europe. In
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