(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) The texts went something like this: Please call me for a sec. Bit time sensitive. Need a number. Thx. The recipient of the text responded with this: 718-555-5555 That’s his office number. I want his cell. I won’t tell him you gave it to me. It might be megaleh […]
You or a loved one have likely experienced the crushing complexity of the medical system. You know as well as anyone how overwhelming it can be when one’s health is on the line. You have felt the weight of finding the right doctor. Then finding another one for a second opinion. You needed to choose […]
President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday, 15 Teves, hosted young men and women with special needs at the President’s Residence. These are people who volunteer to serve in the IDF through the ‘Special in Uniform’ program. ‘Special in Uniform’ is a program of ‘Lend a Hand to a Special Child’ that integrates young people with special […]
Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh, hosted its 5th annual Israel Fair this past Saturday night in the center of Jerusalem. The fair is designed to help young potential Olim, currently in their gap year, learn about their options for IDF service, Israel National Service (Sheirut Leumi), Ulpan, and higher education in Israel. […]
A look at the impact of the partial government shutdown: ———— WHAT’S OPEN AND WHAT’S CLOSED Social Security checks will go out and troops will remain at their posts. Doctors and hospitals will receive their Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. The U.S. Postal Service, busy delivering packages for the holiday season, is an independent agency and […]
The huddled masses are still able to visit the Statue of Liberty. The Grand Canyon is open for business. The government says other national parks “will remain as accessible as possible,” although some roads at Rocky Mountain National Park are closed as snow goes unplowed. But, while the star-spangled banner yet waves at Fort McHenry […]
Last year, during one particularly frenetic stretch in Donald Trump’s presidency, a top Republican senator said there were three men guarding the country from chaos: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, White
President Donald Trump on Friday signed rare bipartisan legislation addressing concerns with the criminal justice system. Trump called the bill “an incredible success for our country” and “beyond bipartisan” during
New York state’s population declined more than any other state in a recent 12-month period. New numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week show the state’s population declined by 48,510 between July 1, 2017 and July 1 of this year. That’s the largest decline of the nine states that lost population during that […]
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is resting in a New York hospital following surgery to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the third time the Supreme Court’s oldest justice has been treated for cancer and her second stay in a hospital in two months. Worries over Ginsburg’s health have been a constant of sorts […]
The number of Chareidi men in the workforce has dipped during the third quarter of 2018 and now stands at below 50 percent. While the workforce participation in the general population of Israel is at 82 percent, the number drops to 48 percent in the various Chareidi communities around Israel. It has also been announced that […]
MK (Shas) Michael Malchieli is sounding the alarm over the state of Yiddishkeit of recent immigrants to Israel from France In a letter sent to the Minister of Absorption & Immigration, he wrote: “It is happening again. Thousands of Jews are making Aliyah from France and and history is repeating itself, as was the case when […]
Within days after Airbnb singled out Jewish owned homes in Judea and Samaria as the only homes in the world it refuses to list, Hershy Landau of Brooklyn and Tzvi
The brawl started over a poster labeling a politician “Putin’s agent.” This was the latest of several fights between Ukrainian lawmakers in recent years.
A divided Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Chief Justice John Roberts joined his four more liberal colleagues Friday in ruling against the administration in the very case in which President Donald Trump had derided the “Obama judge” who […]
The U.S. economy expanded at a solid 3.4 percent annual rate in the third quarter, slightly slower than the previous estimate as consumer spending and exports were revised lower. The economy is expected to slow further in the current quarter. The Commerce Department said Friday that growth in the gross domestic product, the economy’s total […]
As Shabbos began in Israel, Security forces neutralized four terrorists who were participating in violent protests near the Gaza border and threatened the lives of soldiers working in the area.
A partial federal shutdown was expected to drag into the December 25th holiday as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remained stuck in a standoff over his border wall with
Half of the roof of a vacant five-story building in lower Manhattan caved in Friday, causing the floors beneath it to collapse and sending debris tumbling, officials said. No one
The Ocean County Health Department confirms to YWN that there are now 33 confirmed cases of measles. • The measles outbreak continues until at least 42 days after the last known infection. The last rash onset date is November 30, 2018 and 4 days of infection ended on December 4, 2018. Therefore, at present, at […]
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