Israel is working toward a normalization deal with a fifth Muslim country before President Donald Trump leaves office in less than a month, Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) told
Moscow is expanding the list of European officials barred from entering Russia in response to the European Union’s sanctions over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday. The move comes a day after Navalny, a longtime adversary of President Vladimir Putin, released a recording of a phone call he […]
Submitted By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This article is one of PIKUACH NEFESH. Please take it very seriously and forward the content to anyone who is COVID-19 positive and has risk factors. High risk people include a] 65 or older b] diabetic c] obese and other underlying health factors. As many are aware, I […]
Israel’s delegation to Rabat returned to Israel from its whirlwind 24-hour trip on Wednesday morning after signing an agreement for the re-opening of liaison offices in each other’s countries within
A man supported the Islamic State group for years from a Portland, Oregon, suburb by helping the extremists maintain an online presence that encouraged attacks and sought recruits, federal agents
What are you doing this Leil Shishi/Nittel night? You go to the DreamWorks water park!Yup. The largest indoor water park in North America, located in the American Dream Mall, is
Nearly two years ago, Agudath Israel of America expressed its grave concern over laws passed in the Flanders and Wallonia regions of Belgium that effectively prohibited the slaughter of animals
New York City will send sheriff’s deputies to the homes or hotel rooms of all travelers coming from the United Kingdom to ensure they comply with the city’s two-week COVID-19 quarantine requirement, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. De Blasio announced the enforcement action amid concern about a new, fast-spreading strain of the virus that […]
As President Trump has expressed displeasure with several aspects of the just-passed COVID relief package, the nation awaits its fate. What effect the President’s surprise announcement will have on his possible veto, or his possible signature, remains uncertain. Agudath Israel of America is closely monitoring these developments. As the legislation currently stands, however, Agudath Israel […]
(JOIN THE EVENT TONIGHT AT 8 PM ON Yeshiva World News!) In spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, the doors of Brooklyn’s legendary Yeshiva Derech Chaim were not shut. The selfless Rebbeim are doing Whatever It Takes to keep the holy gates of Torah open. Challenges piled up. The Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Yisroel Plutchok ZT’L, tragically […]
The United Arab Emirates’ highest Islamic authority, the UAE Fatwa Council, has ruled that coronavirus vaccines are permissible for Muslims even if they contain pork gelatin. The ruling follows growing alarm that the use of pork gelatin, a common vaccine ingredient, may hamper vaccination among Muslims who consider the consumption of pork products “haram,” or […]
An Israeli court ordered Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) to compensate a Jewish couple for anti-Semitic remarks made by its staff in Vienna last year, Globes reported. In April 2019, the
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Israel utilized the recent visit of US Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to convey several messages to the incoming Biden administration about Iran and other regional issues, Axios reported on Wednesday. Since Milley is expected to continue in his position through the US administration’s transition, Israel views him as a […]
Coronavirus cases spiking nationwide. A chill, existential and literal, setting in once more. And now: a winter likely to be streaked by a soundtrack of sirens instead of silver bells. It was winter when the pandemic began, and it will be winter long before it’s over. Weary and traumatized from months of death and confinement, […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of Mr. Paul Miller Z”L at the age of 104. Mr. Miller, the child of Jewish Lithuanian immigrants, taught math for over
France relaxed its coronavirus-related ban on trucks from Britain on Tuesday after a two-day standoff that had stranded thousands of drivers and raised fears of Christmastime food shortages in the
You’re running your business, putting your heart and energy into it. Often there’s so much going on that you don’t have the time, wherewithal or ability to step back, take
A New York City health care worker suffered a “significant allergic reaction” to a COVID vaccine, the city Health Department said Wednesday. “With more than 30,000 COVID-19 vaccinations administered in New York City, we have received a single report of a serious adverse event in a health care worker. The health care worker, who had […]
Sudan’s Justice Ministry said Tuesday the U.S. Congress has moved forward on Washington’s promise to end the African country’s pariah status, passing legislation that grants Sudan some immunity from legal action by Americans against its involvement in terror attacks. The legislation, part of a massive relief package that Congress approved Monday, restored to Sudan what […]
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