(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) It happened in the 17th century. Tu B’Shvat underwent a metamorphosis because of the publication of a new mystical and kabbalistic work. The work was called Chemdas Yamim and its origins are somewhat obscure. It was printed anonymously and it was the publication of this Sefer that caused the […]
MK Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party and a former defense minister, launched his campaign for the upcoming Knesset elections. the campaign as was the case in previous
At 36, Pete Buttigieg is just over the minimum age required to be president of the United States. Outside South Bend, Indiana, the Rust Belt community where he’s been mayor since age 29, few people know his name. Those who know it struggle to pronounce it. (It’s BOO’-tah-juhj.) None of that has deterred Buttigieg — […]
Royal Caribbean International says it’s issued a lifetime ban for a man who jumped off a cruise ship in the Bahamas. The Sun Sentinel reports that Nick Naydev of Vancouver, Washington, posted the video on Instagram last week showing him standing on the balcony of the Symphony of the Seas and jumping off. In the […]
A young Israeli family was devastated last week, after the loss of 28-year-old mother of 3 Chana Ben Shitrit. Chana was diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago,
During the predawn hours of Friday morning, January 18, 2019, in an Israel Navy control facility, a vessel was seen bring dragged with the current towards Gaza. A 916 naval
Police have released photos of the disturbing pro-Nazi memorabilia found in the home of Walter Stolper, 73, after he was arrested in July 2018. Stolper was attempting to burn down
President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani left open Sunday the possibility that Trump and former personal attorney Michael Cohen might have discussed Cohen’s congressional testimony. But, he added, “so what” if he did? Giuliani appeared on CNN, where he said he did not know if Trump had discussed with Cohen a 2017 congressional interview at […]
The remains of six unknown victims of the Holocaust have been buried in a Jewish cemetery north of London, in the first service of its kind in the UK. Tests
Israel is planning to cancel UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine) school permits beginning the next school year, 2019-2020, Chadashot News reported on motzei Shabbos. This pertains
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) For a third time in recent months, youths have vandalized a Christian monument not far from the Tziyun of Rav Nachman of Breslov ZT”L, in Uman.
The Degel Hatorah party in Beit Shemesh has signed an agreement with Mayor Aliza Bloch by which the party is entering the city’s coalition government. The agreement followed negotiations between
Republican Sen. Cory Gardner helped mastermind the GOP’s midterm strategy of pushing Senate candidates closer to President Donald Trump. But heading into his own 2020 re-election bid in Colorado, he’s allowing more distance with the not-so-popular president. And he’s not alone. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is reviving his proposal for an immigration deal […]
Vandals smashed the windows of the Sofia Central Synagogue in Sofia located on Washington Street in the capital of Bulgaria, over Shabbos. Shalom, a jewish community organization for Jews in
In what some are celebrating as a victory for yeshivos, a federal judge dismissed on Wednesday a lawsuit filed by YAFFED, which attempted to overturn the Felder Amendment to Education
Bitter cold is setting in after a major winter storm blanketed a wide swath of the country in snow, sleet and rain this weekend, creating dangerously icy conditions that promise
(By Margie Pensak) They come from Yerushalayim; Perth, Australia; Mumbai, India; Manila, Philippines; Boston; Scottsdale; and, Los Angeles; but truly, the mashgichim who attended the first-ever Pan-Asia Kosher Training Seminar held in Shanghai, January 9-14, live out of their suitcases. Dedicated to the mission of ensuring and spreading Kashrus, even at a moment’s notice, implies […]
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is staffing up to fend off any potential primary challenger. The Virginia-based campaign is announcing Friday that former White House official Nick Trainer will lead its delegate and party organization efforts ahead of the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. No party challenger has emerged within the GOP […]
A Missouri congressman who yelled “go back to Puerto Rico” at Democrats during a heated House floor debate over the partial government shutdown has apologized to a colleague who perceived the comment as a racial slur directed at him. Rep. Jason Smith, a Republican from Salem, said when he yelled the comment Thursday he was […]
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