The residents of Minchas Yitzhak Street in Jerusalem rubbed their eyes as more than twenty prison commanders from all over the country dressed in uniforms and armed with weapons exited
CNN on Thursday parted ways with contributor Marc Lamont Hill after a speech the college professor made on Israel and the Palestinians at the United Nations. A CNN spokesperson confirmed Hill is no longer under contract. The network did not give a reason, but the move comes amid objections to Hill’s speech by the Anti-Defamation […]
A new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families says the number of uninsured children in the United States has increased for the first time in nearly a
The United States circulated a U.N. resolution Thursday condemning Hamas, which controls Gaza, “for repeatedly firing rockets into Israel and for inciting violence” that puts civilians at risk. The draft
Federal Reserve officials earlier this month appeared on track to raise its key interest rate again in December, but they signaled that the pace of future rate hikes might need to slow given emerging risks to the economy, according to minutes of the discussions released Thursday. The minutes of the Fed’s Nov. 7-8 meeting showed […]
A new concourse with 18 gates is opening this weekend at LaGuardia Airport, part of a broader plan to modernize the dilapidated and oft-mocked facility. The new gates are part
As tensions flare surrounding the controversial draft bill in Knesset, Yesh Atid opposition party chairman, MK Yair Lapid, in his customary fashion, spoke out against the chareidi leadership. MK Yisrael
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com No. This headline is not a Henny Youngman joke. Rather, it was a question that was posed recently to two of the outstanding Gedolei haDor – Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein Shlita and Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita. The background and the question, were as follows: There was a couple that was […]
Republican governors are minimizing any suggestion that voter discontent with President Donald Trump played a role in the midterm elections, where Democrats flipped seven governorships, took control of the U.S. House and picked up hundreds of state legislative seats. “I don’t think what you saw in this electoral cycle was any different that would you […]
A few months ago, 24 dayanim were appointed to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel-affiliated batei din around Israel. A probe conducted by the Ladaat News website reveals that while 24
The city of Lod demolished an illegally built building in the Pardes Snir neighborhood of the city earlier this month which led to rising tensions between the city’s Arab residents
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer now shares something in common with President Donald Trump: They can both be called “Zaidy”! The New York Democrat tweeted an announcement Wednesday that his daughter Jessica and husband Michael Shapiro had welcomed a baby boy, Noah Melvin Schumer-Shapiro, “a very happy Brooklyn baby.” The middle name, Melvin, Schumer wrote, […]
The NYPD released new footage and is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the individual seen in the attached surveillance video and photo in connection to the vicious assault of
Former FBI Director James Comey moved Thursday to block a subpoena from the Republican-led House of Representatives, saying the closed-door interview demanded by lawmakers would be selectively leaked for political
Five people from President Donald Trump’s political orbit have now pleaded guilty to federal charges. Four of those pleas are part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. The latest is former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who pleaded guilty […]
President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to Congress about a real estate deal the president’s company was pursuing in Russia during the 2016 campaign, including about how long those negotiations went on. Here’s how that deal, which later collapsed, played out: — June 2015: Trump announces his candidacy for […]
NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) met this morning with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to discuss the American citizen being held captive and tortured by the Palestinian Authority.
The Knesset yesterday approved an additional allocation of NIS 900,000 for security on Har Hazeisim. The appropriation accedes to the requests of MK Moshe Gafni (Yahadut Hatorah), chairman of the
It has been about ten months since the terror attack in Shomron that claimed the life of Rabbi Shevach Raziel HY”D, 35, a resident of Gilad Farm in Shomron, a father of six, a mohel and community activist. In fact, he was heading back home from checking a baby whose bris he performed, making sure […]
A child was seriously injuries after he was struck by a bus in Gateshead, UK on Thursday evening. Police say the incident happened at around 6:15PM, on Prince Consort Road
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