For the second time in three weeks, terror struck France, this time with the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in a street in a Paris suburb. The suspected attacker was shot and killed by police. French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” and urged the nation to stand united […]
A federal judge has refused to block Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order limiting worship to as few as 10 congregants in communities seeing spikes in coronavirus infections. Ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis said in an order Friday that even though the rules harm […]
Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed 834 new coronavirus cases on Motzei Shabbos in the previous 24 hours, with tests showing a 4.5% positivity rate. The number of seriously ill patients dropped
The name Chaim has been added to Hagaon HaRav Yaakov Busel, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Rabbeinu Yaakov Yosef of Edison NJ. The Rosh Yeshiva remains in critical condition, since
Israel on Thursday pressed forward on plans for 4,400 homes in the Shomron, making 2020 one of the most prolific years for construction of new building units in Yehudah and
Elkana Breuer, a resident of Beitar Illit, works as a singer and keyboardist and teaches in an elementary school. On Rosh Hashanah, he prayed in a small minyan where the
Census advocates across the nation made last-ditch efforts Thursday to get as many households to answer the 2020 census, which has been challenged by a pandemic, natural disasters, court fights and the Trump administration’s push to have it end a month earlier than planned. The tally was mandated to halt at 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard […]
To my dear brothers and friends, It is with embarrassment that I write this letter to ask assistance from you. But I truly have nowhere to turn except for you,
Israel’s Knesset on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of formally ratifying the country’s historic agreement normalizing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates. The vote was held following almost nine hours of debate in the Knesset with over 100 ministers and MKS speaking from the podium. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke twice, once in the […]
When Israel went into lockdown last spring, Jerusalem pub owner Leon Shvartz moved quickly to save his business — shifting to a delivery and takeaway model that kept him afloat throughout the summer. Then came the second lockdown. With restaurants and shops shuttered again, Shvartz’s business is struggling to survive. He has laid off 16 […]
The cities of Oakland and Portland, Oregon have sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, alleging that the agencies are overstepping constitutional limits in their use
Richard Holzer, 28, pleaded guilty today to federal hate crime and explosives charges for plotting to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. Holzer pleaded guilty to intentionally
(by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) There are no words to describe the loss and pain that the Far Rockaway Torah community is experiencing now, following the Petira of Dr
Thousands of people in wine country were without power Thursday amid a fall heat wave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger to large portions of already battered Northern California. Pacific Gas and Electric cut power starting Wednesday evening to more than 45,000 customers — about 100,000 people — mainly in the Sierra Nevada […]
When Brazilian history professor Wandercy Pugliesi’s swastika pool was discovered in 2014, it made headlines. Pugliesi, 58, who a son named Adolf, had a huge swastika symbol tiled into his
It was the hug that may define — or doom — a long Senate career. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California embraced Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham at the close of confirmation hearings Thursday for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, publicly thanking the chairman for a job well done. Senator @LindseyGrahamSC and […]
Raymond McGuire, a longtime Wall Street executive, has entered the race to be the next mayor of New York City. McGuire, 63, told clients and colleagues at Citigroup, where he is a vice chairman, that he was leaving to focus on the 2021 mayor’s race, The New York Times reported Thursday. If elected, he would […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Glogover Rebbe, HaRav Aryeh Leibish Rubin ZATZAL. He was 67. The Rebbe contracted COVID-19 in March, and was hospitalized and
President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, Thursday night, their scuttled second debate replaced by dueling televised town halls that showcased striking differences in temperament, views on racial justice and approaches to the pandemic that has reshaped the nation. Trump was defensive about his administration’s handling of the coronavirus, which […]
The Satmar community was in mourning on Friday, when word spread of the Petira of their beloved Rosh Hakuhal in Williamsburg. Reb Meyer Rispler Z”L (70), served as the Rosh
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