Extremist groups in the United States appear to increasingly view attacking the power grid as a means of disrupting the country, according to a government report aimed at law enforcement agencies and utility operators. Domestic extremists “have developed credible, specific plans to attack electricity infrastructure since at least 2020,” according to the report from the […]
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced she will seek reelection in this year’s midterms. “While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This election is crucial: nothing less is at stake than our Democracy,” Pelosi said in an announcement on Twitter Tuesday. Pelosi, who will turn […]
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This article is presented in honor of the Bris Milah of Tehila and Dr. Noah Michaels this morning. There are halachic and procedural differences in the manner in which the Bris Milah is performed. There are two types of Bris Milahs, and they are different not only in the […]
Help support a widow whose financial burden is threatening her entire household and stability. After the untimely passing of her husband, she supported her family as the primary source of
UTJ chairman Moshe Gafni met with US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides on Monday afternoon. In the course of the meeting, Nides raised the issue of “settler violence,” which has
At least three members of the US team negotiating with Iran over restoring the 2015 nuclear deal have quit due to the Biden administration’s soft stance, The Wall Street Journal
After an over-50-year ban on milchig foods being cooked in army kitchens, the IDF is taking steps to repeal the ban established by Rabbi Shlomo Goren when he served as
The Virtual Halacha Program is a new initiative for those that want to learn Halacha B’Iyun – an opportunity to learn Halacha and live Halacha from anywhere in the world.
An expert panel on Tuesday advised the Israeli government to begin offering a fourth vaccine dose to everyone over the age of 18, citing research showing it helps prevent COVID-19
Walmart said Tuesday it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first large U.S. retailer to significantly invest in indoor vertical farming as a way to deliver fresher produce to its stores. Vertical farmers tout their high-quality produce that brings higher yields while using less water and land. The method also doesn’t […]
Visitors to Florida are urged to be hypervigilant when ordering food from Uber Eats, after it was discovered that a number of restaurants listed in the app’s “kosher” section are
The conviction of the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was upheld Tuesday by a U.S. appeals court that praised the trial judge for his handling of a case that drew international attention. The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected claims that Judge Brian Cogan made rulings […]
The highest-ranking Arab Muslim in Israel’s police force has taken leave, the police said Monday, after a video emerged showing him tripping over a stabbing victim as he left the scene of a crime in 2020. Maj. Gen. Jamal Hakroosh, 64, made history when he was appointed deputy commissioner in 2016 to lead outreach efforts […]
Prosecutors on Tuesday played videos from the scene of George Floyd’s arrest at the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers accused of violating Floyd’s civil rights as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin killed him. Much of the footage shown at the trial of former officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao was […]
Andrzej Sitkowski was 15 years old when his mother told him that she had been asked by a neighbor to hide a little Jewish girl from the Nazis at their home. “It was a short conversation, and then, yes, we decided to take in Hadassah and she was brought over to our house in 1943,” […]
The hits for President Joe Biden just keep on coming. In a new poll from Harvard CAPS/Harris, the president’s approval rating has dropped to 39%, with 53% saying they “somewhat”
Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original shots. Pfizer and its
The financial options being considered to punish President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine range from the sweeping to the acutely personal — from cutting Russia off from U.S. dollars and international banking to slapping sanctions on a former Olympic gymnast reported to be Putin’s girlfriend. Publicly, the United States and European allies have promised […]
The SAT exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format, administrators announced Tuesday, saying the shift will boost its relevancy as more colleges make standardized tests optional for admission. Test-takers will be allowed to use their own laptops or tablets but they’ll still have to sit for the test at a monitored […]
Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., apologized Tuesday for suggesting things are worse for people today than they were for Anne Frank, the teenager who died in a Nazi concentration camp after hiding with her family in a secret annex in an Amsterdam house for two years. Kennedy’s comments, made at a Washington rally on […]
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