HaGaon HaRav Bentzion Mutzafi Shlita, a senior posek for the Sephardi kehilla, responded to a question posed to him by one of his talmidim regarding a chasenah in Elul. The
U.S. banks set a record by making more than $60 billion in profits in the second quarter, federal regulators said Thursday, up more than 25 percent from a year earlier.
President Donald Trump’s finance chief, a close confidant who has worked for the family’s real estate business since the early 1970s, was granted immunity in the federal probe of former
President Donald Trump said Friday he has directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to delay a planned trip to North Korea, citing insufficient progress on denuclearization. Trump put some blame
The Trump administration has laid down rules aimed at preventing residents in high-tax states from avoiding a new cap on widely popular state and local tax deductions. The action under
Federal authorities have discovered a sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel that went from a home in Mexico to an abandoned fast-food restaurant in Arizona. The Homeland Security Investigations division of the Department
The latest public campaign to ban circumcision in Denmark fell apart earlier this month after the nation’s ruling party stated its qualified opposition to the measure. Yet, Jews in Denmark
Over 100,000 passengers passed through Ben-Gurion International Airport on Thursday, on one of 610 commercial flights, making it one of the busiest days of the year. August will end by
Picture this- popcorn, cotton candy, rides, clowns, face painting, two Uncle Moishy concerts, and an afternoon of prizes and giveaways. Sounds like fun. What are we celebrating? Someone’s birthday? A
The nation’s largest grocery chain has begun to phase out the use of plastic bags as more Americans grow uncomfortable with their impact on the environment. Kroger Co. will start
Councilman Chaim Deutsch has announced that, in a major victory for Sheepshead Bay residents, a new B44 SBS bus stop will be coming to Avenue R and Nostrand Avenue. For
Nancy Pelosi is the chief villain of Republican campaign ads. The leader some Democrats promise to vote against. The subject of much speculation that her grip on power is coming
The New York City Mayor’s office published a photo series titled “Jewish Traditional Clothing”. They visited three stores in Boro Park to get an inside view of three items of
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) Written in honor of the shalom zachar of our seventh grandchild – born to Rephael and Mirelle Giller. While in Auschwitz, the Klausenberger Rebbe
Republican lawmakers are calling for Iran to be expelled from the main financial system that oversees international bank transfers, as the Trump administration steadily re-imposes sanctions on the country following
Amid concerns that a yeshiva bochur who flies to Uman for Rosh Hashanah, may jeopardize his status with the IDF, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gadi Eizenkott has announced Bochrim
Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for the third consecutive week, yet they remain significantly higher than a year ago. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on
Parents lament their teenagers’ noses constantly in their phones, but they might want to take stock of their own screen time habits. A study out Wednesday from the Pew Research
In light of Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz’s decision to stop Chilul Shabbos on the Yehudit Bridge project in Tel Aviv, Meretz is taking the matter to the High Court of
South Africa’s government lashed out at President Donald Trump on Thursday after he tweeted that his administration would be looking into farm seizures and the “large scale killing of farmers”
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