Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday urged Jews around the world to protest Russias invasion of Ukraine, in which significant Jewish sites have been hit. In a video address, Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, said: I appeal now to all the Jews of the world dont you see what is happening? Therefore, it is very […]
A half-dozen U.S. lobbying firms severed ties with Russian-linked businesses over the past week, a dramatic pullback for an industry that often has few qualms about representing controversial interests. The rush offers a measure of the potency of the Biden administrations new sanctions, which were levied after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of […]
More and more Jews are fleeing from Ukraine into neighboring countries and even beyond, such as Germany. An entire yeshivah of 60 bochurim relocated from Dnipro to Dsseldorf in West Germany and two Ukrainian Jewish families, one from Lviv, have been welcomed in Berlin. “The families couldn’t stop thanking Hashem for the miracle of being […]
President Joe Biden, struggling to regain his political footing as the midterm elections approach, visited the crucial state of Wisconsin on Wednesday to promote one of his top accomplishments, a bipartisan infrastructure measure that will distribute billions of dollars to fix roads, bridges and other public works. Bidens trip was part of a customary post-State […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This author recently had the opportunity to observe, up close, a highly functional individual who also has Down syndrome. The opportunity has caused the author to suggest that we should re-explore a number of underlying assumptions in regard to various aspects of how halacha and Downs Syndrome intertwine. Previously, […]
Our humanitarian delegation of volunteer medics and doctors arrived in Kishinev, Moldova yesterday to bring medical supplies, medicine and food to assist those fleeing the war in Ukraine. These volunteers
Russian forces laid siege to two strategic Ukrainian seaports Wednesday and pressed their bombardment of the countrys second-biggest city, while the huge armored column threatening Kyiv appeared stalled outside the capital. Moscows isolation deepened, meanwhile, when most of the world lined up against it at the United Nations to demand it withdraw from Ukraine. And […]
Last week, the jews in Ukraine woke up to a terrifying nightmare. The fear was overwhelming, the panic overpowering. The Russian army is advancing on major cities in Ukraine, and
US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on Tuesday expressed his disbelief and dismay at the situation unfolding in Ukraine and beyond. Speaking at a Jewish People Policy Institute event in
Andrey Gonchruk served alongside Russian soldiers when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union and called them brothers. But on Wednesday, the 68-year-old wiped his face with one hand and grasped a rifle with another, ready to resist their invasion of his country. This is a blitzkrieg, Gonchruk said. He stood in the rubble of […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz kicked off a visit to Israel on Wednesday, briefly leaving Europe as the continents largest ground war in generations rages between Russia and Ukraine. Scholz arrived in Israel Tuesday evening and will return to Germany later Wednesday in a visit his first to Israel since becoming German leader that […]
Chabad Rav in Kyiv, HaRav Moshe Azman, who is currently providing shelter for hundreds of Jews in the village of Anatevka, west of Kyiv, posted a stirring video on Wednesday
Any bid by Israel to improve strained ties with Turkey wont come at the expense of its strategic relationship with neighboring Cyprus, the Israeli president said Wednesday. Israeli President Isaac Herzog, speaking after talks with his Cypriot counterpart, said hes aware next weeks visit to Turkey has touched a raw nerve in ethnically-split Cyprus, which […]
Former President Donald Trump appears to have a strong hold over the Republican Party more than a year after he left the White House, with 59% of attendees at the
For the athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, travel entailed robots. Everywhere. These machines prepared and served noodles, rice and burgers, and roamed hallways to take the temperatures of passersby. They even passed the Olympic flame underwater. Yet even if youre not an Olympian, your travels these days are far more likely […]
When the NBA needed Custom Made blazers for the 75 of the greatest players in the history of the game for the famous All-Star Game, they contacted Alan Horowitz of
A convoy of Jews fleeing Ukraine overnight Monday was forced to stop shortly before arriving at the Hungarian/Ukrainian border when a woman went into labor. “During the trip, one of
The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. The leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5,800 mph (9,300 kph) on Friday, away from telescopes prying eyes. It may take weeks, even […]
The Chief Rabbi of Russia Rav Berel Lazar, who is considered close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, published a letter condemning the war in Ukraine to religious leaders in Russia
Acheinu Bnei Yisrael, A relative of Rav Chaim Kanievsky is in great distress. He is tormented by creditors day and night. They are threatening to take away his house and
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