Encrypted messaging apps Signal and Telegram are seeing huge upticks in downloads from Apple and Google’s app stores. Facebook-owned WhatsApp, by contrast, is seeing its growth decline following a fiasco that forced the company to clarify a privacy update it had sent to users. Mobile app analytics firm Sensor Tower said Wednesday that Signal saw […]
As vaccinations continue across the U.S., some companies are offering financial incentives to encourage their workers to get the shots. Dollar General is one of the first major companies to
Florida attorney Fred Levin, who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, died Tuesday, several days after contracting the coronavirus. He was 83. Levin’s death from complications of COVID-19 was confirmed by Levin Papantonio Rafferty attorney Mark Proctor. In the 1990s, Levin was able to get the Florida Legislature to […]
Maran Sar HaTorah Rav Chaim Kanievsky appeals to you to Save a Life Heed his call and receive his blessing at the auspicious time of Hadlakas Neiros Shabbos Throughout the
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com What do Yeshivas Ponovezh, Birthright Israel, and the Republican Party have in common? They were all of interest to Sheldon Adelson, z’l. The Ponovezh Yeshiva was established in Eretz Yisrael in 1944 and now has over 3,000 students. Two years ago, the Adelsons visited the yeshiva, toured the beis midrash, and spoke to students […]
Following an urgent meeting of the Jerusalem Municipality’s Building and Planning Committee on Wednesday, a new US embassy building in Jerusalem was approved as well as the expansion of the existing site. The committee members convened following pressure from the Prime Minister’s Office in an apparent effort to ensure the US embassy’s move to Jerusalem […]
The FDNY was battling a massive 5-alarm fire in Brooklyn Thursday night. The FDNY says the fire is at 244 Montrose Ave. No injuries have been reported at this time. See the videos below: JOIN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO ALREADY ARE ALERTED OF BREAKING NEWS LIKE THIS IN LIVE TIME: YWN WHATSAPP STATUS UPDATES: CLICK […]
Gaza’s Hamas rulers said Wednesday they would bar patients from the Palestinian territory from going to a field hospital opened by a U.S. charity in protest of what they say are insufficient services. The hospital, located on no-man’s land along the Israeli border, is meant to support the overwhelmed health system in the blockaded enclave. […]
On Motzoei Shabbos, January 16th, 2021, Yeshiva Darchei Torah will join its, parents, teachers, rebbeim, alumni and the entire klal in an Evening of Celebration. This year’s dinner is not
Project Veritas on Thursday released a video appearing to show Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey speaking about censoring certain accounts, including the one belonging to President Donald Trump. “We are focused on one account right now but this is going to be much bigger than just one account & it’s going to go on for much […]
As a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol last week clamoring to overturn the result of November’s presidential election, photographs captured a man in the crowd wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Camp Auschwitz,” a reference to the Nazi concentration camp. Two white nationalists known for racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric livestreamed to […]
U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat said Thursday that he has the coronavirus, making the New York Democrat the latest House member to report testing positive since dozens huddled together for protection during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Espaillat said in statements that he wasn’t experiencing any symptoms, was quarantining at home and would […]
The Constitution says the chief justice is to preside at the impeachment trial of a president. But what about an ex-president? Like so much else about the Constitution, the answer is subject to interpretation. If President Donald Trump’s trial begins after Jan. 20, it’s not clear whether Chief Justice John Roberts would make his way […]
The Siddur of Shabbos is full of magical wonder. And Shir Hashirim, hailed as the holiest of all books, relates the ephemeral beauty of our relationship with Hashem. Rabbi Eli
A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometer (8,000-mile) Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia. Now authorities consider the bird a quarantine
The number of people seeking unemployment aid soared last week to 965,000, the most since late August and a sign that the resurgent virus has likely escalated layoffs. The latest
New York’s attorney general sued the New York Police Department on Thursday, calling the rough treatment of protesters against racial injustice last spring part of a longstanding pattern of abuse that stemmed from inadequate training, supervision and discipline. Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit includes dozens of examples of alleged misconduct during the spring demonstrations in […]
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Israel has made a decision to send travelers returning from Brazil to quarantine in state-run hotels, as concern grows over yet another coronavirus mutation, the Brazilian variant, Israeli media outlets
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