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Jewish music superstar Yaakov Shwekey performed a song praising President Trump last night which has since gained international attention. Video of the song, first published on Monday night by YWN

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Most readers are aware that the Torah’s obligations of following halacha are not exclusively for Jews.   Gentiles as well must follow a certain set of halachic guidelines.  The guidelines are known as the Seven Laws of Noah. The Sefer HaChinuch points out that these seven laws are not, in […]

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President Donald Trump’s move to defer Social Security payroll taxes could be taking him into treacherous political territory. His directive — aimed at boosting an economy shaken by the coronavirus pandemic — doesn’t affect retirement benefits but impacts how they’re paid for. Democrats seized on it Monday as a signal that Trump would cut the […]

Russia on Tuesday became the first country to officially register a coronavirus vaccine and declare it ready for use, despite international skepticism. President Vladimir Putin said that one of his

Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx appears, on paper, to have escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, with an official state count of just four deaths in its 146-bed facility. The truth, according to the home, is far worse: 21 dead, most transported to hospitals before they succumbed. “It was a cascading effect,” administrator […]

Any family who has faced the overwhelming trauma of brain injury understands the upheaval that it causes.   Covid-19 has only exacerbated the situation. Many patients with strokes, comas, and

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Israel’s Supreme Court blocked the demolition of the home of the terrorist charged with murdering IDF soldier Staff Sgt. Amit Ben-Yigal, 21, on Monday. A petition was filed against the

New York’s mass transit agency wants Apple to come up with a better way for iPhone users to unlock their phones without taking off their masks, as it seeks to guard against the spread of the coronavirus in buses and subways. In a letter to CEO Tim Cook obtained by The Associated Press, Metropolitan Transportation […]

The Bama publication, which was established with the bracha of Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, submitted a list of questions to HaRav Chaim from Roshei Yeshivos and marbetzei Torah relating to

For all the secrecy and speculation that typically surrounds the search for a vice presidential candidate, the decision rarely sways an election. But ahead of Joe Biden’s imminent announcement, this year could be different. At a minimum, the decision will shift the force of the campaign — at least temporarily — away from Donald Trump’s […]

The United Arab Emirates recently allowed Yemeni Jews who wanted to leave Yemen to move to Abu Dhabi and receive UAE citizenship. The UAE also facilitated a long-awaited family reunion

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The Chareidi parties, UTJ and Shas, have informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu?? that they will not feel obligated to support him if new elections are called due to the government’s

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