With months still to go in California’s fire season, the state has already shattered records for the amount of land scorched in a single year — more than 4 million acres to date, with one blaze alone surpassing the 1 million-acre mark. Five of the 10 largest wildfires in state history have occurred since August. […]
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Tuesday that a tentative recovery from the pandemic recession could falter unless the federal government supplies additional economic support. Powell said that government support — including expanded unemployment insurance payments, direct payments to most U.S. households and financial support for small businesses — has so far prevented a recessionary […]
To our dear friends, We hope you are having a wonderful Yom Tov and wish you success in the upcoming year. This Monday, Isru Chag, is the Yahrtzeit of the holy
The following important update was released moments ago by the Chaim VChessed Organization: As Chaim V’Chessed has reported extensively, since the start of the current lockdown, single students have been barred from entering Israel. Married students have been granted entry permits under limited circumstances only. We are pleased to convey that Interior Minister Aryeh Deri […]
Hundreds of members of the Borough Park Orthodox community took to the streets Tuesday night defying orders to disperse and lighting a fire in protest of new state-mandated restrictions imposed
The Food and Drug Administration released updated safety standards Tuesday for makers of COVID-19 vaccines after the White House blocked their formal release, the latest political tug-of-war between the Trump administration and the government’s public health scientists. In the new guidelines posted on its website, the FDA said vaccine makers should follow trial participants for […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It seems to be a simple enough halachic question. But is it so innocuous? Or is there something more to it that is involved? Does the question touch upon the deepest and most fundamental aspects of who we are as a nation? Have we hit upon one of our […]
Following the diagnosis of Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky with the coronavirus on erev Sukkos, his son, HaRav Shlomo Kanievsky, Rosh Yeshivas Kiryat Melech, tested positive for the virus and a
Prof. Eran Segal of Weissman Institue published worrying data on the morbidity and mortality rate in the Chareidi sector on Tuesday, indicating a dramatic rise in the number of Chareidi
A grand jury on Tuesday indicted the St. Louis couple who displayed guns while hundreds of racial injustice protesters marched on their private street. Al Watkins, an attorney for the
Facebook said it will ban groups that openly support QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that paints President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and “deep state” government officials. The company said Tuesday that it will remove Facebook pages, groups and Instagram accounts for “representing QAnon” — even […]
A high-ranking government whistleblower who alleges the Trump administration fumbled its coronavirus response resigned Tuesday, saying he has been forced out. Lawyers for Dr. Rick Bright said he was sidelined
Democratic lawmakers are calling for Congress to rein in Big Tech, possibly forcing Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple to break up their businesses, while making it harder for them to
The following is a joint statement by NY Senator Simcha Felder, NYC Councilman Chaim Deutsch, NYC Councilman Kalman Yeger, and NYS Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein regarding NY Governor Cuomo’s irresponsible rhetoric and constitutionally questionable shutdown of the Brooklyn Jewish communities: We are appalled by Governor Cuomo’s words and actions today. He has chosen to pursue a […]
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures. It was just two weeks ago when tens of thousands of Yidden joined the CHAZAQ Organization right on this very platform for a 48-hour
The Kretchnif Rebbe tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, Erev Sukkos, and is receiving respiratory assistance in his home in Kiryat Kretchnif in Rechovot. Baruch Hashem, his condition is
The Following statement was provided to YWN following the decision by NY Governor Cuomo to place limitations on Shuls in COVID hotspots: Governor Cuomo’s surprise mass closure announcement today, and limit of 10 individuals per house of worship in “red zones,” is appalling to all people of religion and good faith. We have been down […]
Lawyers for a woman who claims President Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room a quarter century ago said Monday that he can’t hurl insults at her and then cite his job as reason to remove himself as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit, forcing taxpayers to pay up if he loses. […]
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