The European Union’s executive commission gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine, providing the 27-nation bloc with a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus rampaging across the continent. The European Commission granted conditional marketing authorization for the vaccine. The decision came against a backdrop of high […]
President-elect Joe Biden said his granddaughter pointed out the unfair difference in images that showed the violence wielded against Black Lives Matter protesters versus the seemingly muted response against those who attacked the U.S. government. “No one can tell me that if that had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, they wouldn’t […]
President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an “orderly transition” on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Trump’s acknowledgment came after a day of chaos and destruction on Capitol Hill […]
Lockdown measures were being imposed in a northern Chinese province where coronavirus cases more than doubled in the region near Beijing that’s due to host some events in next year’s Winter Olympics. Rail, air and highway connections to the Hebei capital of Shijiazhuang, a city of at least 10 million people, have been suspended and […]
California reported its second-highest number of daily coronavirus deaths Wednesday with 459 lives lost, bringing the death toll to 2,504 in the last week as more than a quarter-million new weekly cases portended a continued overwhelming crush on hospitals and intensive care units strained to the breaking point. “The numbers are extraordinary,? said Carmela Coyle, […]
See the attached video, where “Aaron from Brooklyn” gave an interview during the violent takeover at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Aaron says that the “election was stolen and we
Watch this incredibly moving story of the legendary Klausenberger Rebbe, told as only Rabbi Krohn can, of the determination to ‘make Shabbos’ in the Felderfink DP camp. From within all
“It starts with shechita (ritual slaughter), continues with mila (ritual circumcision), and then they start to close down Orthodox Jewish schools,” so asserted Chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt in addressing a meeting of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages), senior rabbinic governing board of Agudath Israel of America. Rabbi Goldschmidt was appealing […]
Lawmakers of both parties raised the prospect Thursday of ousting President Donald Trump from office, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that if he wasn’t removed, the House may move forward with a second impeachment. Though Trump has less than two weeks in office, lawmakers and even some in his administration began discussing the issue […]
Representative Adam Kinzinger on Thursday became the first Republican member of Congress to call for President Donald Trump’s removal from office, following a day of violence and looting by a
Qataris awoke to a surprise blockade and boycott by Gulf Arab neighbors 3 1/2 years ago, and this week were jolted again by the sudden announcement that it was all
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced via his platform that Donald Trump will be blocked from using both Facebook and Instagram “for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.” The company blocked his accounts temporarily on Wednesday following Trump’s posting on content that incited his followers to violence, but […]
A senior Swedish official resigned Wednesday after a vacation to Spain’s Canary Islands for Christmas and New Year’s, saying “the important thing is how we as a society handle the pandemic and all focus is on the incredibly important task.” The departure of Dan Eliasson, who had headed the government agency responsible for civil protection, […]
This tragic story began in late 2011 when Rabbi Shimon Lesserson of Los Angeles was given legal custody of his four children. Instead of bringing the four children to court,
President Trump has removed the three tweets from his profile that prompted a temporary lock of his account on Wednesday, a Twitter spokesperson told CNN. The move clears the way
Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, was barred from the White House on Wednesday after President Donald Trump criticized Pence for refusing to attempt to overturn the election, Bloomberg journalists first reported. Short said Trump barred him from the grounds because the president was “blaming” him for advice he gave to Pence, according to […]
Bayit Yehudi chairman and Jerusalem Affairs Minister Rafi Peretz announced on Tuesday that he will not be running for the leadership of the party in the upcoming primaries and he
HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein signed a letter on Thursday afternoon instructing Talmudei Torah to be closed for a short period due to the soaring number
Israel’s vaccination campaign, lauded as the fastest and most efficient in the world, is slowly grinding to a halt this week as vaccine supplies run out. Maccabi, Israel’s second-largest Kupah,
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Following the uptick in the COVID 19 pandemic, Israel’s Prime Minister reached out to Rav Chaim Kanievsky for assistance in stopping the spread of
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