On Monday, the pro-Zionist faction of UTJ began a campaign attacking the Yamina party and specifically the Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The attack came partly following the rumor that Smotrich
On Sunday, on Abarbanel Street in Bnei Brak, a number of teenagers were sitting in a car and demanded cigarettes from passersby. When they were refused, the teenagers jumped out
Apple Inc. is warning investors that it won�t meet its second-quarter financial guidance because the viral outbreak in China has cut production of iPhones. The Cupertino, California-based company said Monday that all of its iPhone manufacturing facilities are outside Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, and all have been reopened. But the company said […]
Ryan Newman was involved in a ghastly crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Monday night, hospitalizing him with non-life-threatening injuries. NASCAR delivered the news nearly two
Tiveria’s residents rejoiced on Monday following the news that former Tiveria mayor Ron Kobi’s ouster from his position was finalized after the Supreme Court rejected the appeal he filed against the decision of Likud Minister Ze�ev Elkin last month to remove Kobi from office. “Today we’re seeing [Kobi’s downfall] in practice but the matter was […]
China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths in its update Tuesday on a disease outbreak that has caused milder illness in most people, an assessment that promoted
A growing number of Democratic lawmakers, union officials, state leaders and party strategists agree that Bernie Sanders is a risky nominee to put up against President Donald Trump. There�s less agreement about whether � and how � to stop him. Critics of the Vermont senator, who has long identified as a democratic socialist, are further […]
Israeli insurance companies Harel, Migdal, and Clal, have leased a 14-seat private jet to bring home the healthy Israeli passengers that have been quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This article was written l’zecher Nishmas the author’s father-in-law, Rabbi Yaakov Hirsch z”l, whose 16th yahrtzeit is this evening the 23rd of Shvat. Recently, an askan passed away and in his private papers � a letter from Rav Moshe Feinstein zt�l was found.� The letter was brought to light […]
Recordings of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and Blue & White leader Gabi Ashkenazi discussing issues surrounding the Harpaz Affair in 2010 were aired by Channel 13 News on Sunday night.
Last week, Harav Tzvi Cohen, z’tl, the Rav of the Ohel Avraham shul in Bnei Brak and author of over 50 halacha sefarim, passed away. Harav Cohen, who lived in
New York retailers have begun giving up single-use plastic bags as the state prepares for the March 1 implementation of a ban aimed at reducing pollution, but many of those who support a move away from plastic are worried the new law doesn�t go far enough. The law bars many types of businesses from using […]
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam�s push to ban the sale of assault weapons failed on Monday after some of his fellow Democrats balked at the proposal. Senators voted to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state crime commission to study the issue, an outcome that drew cheers from a committee room packed with […]
A gigantic swarm of locusts that belong to a plague that has ravaged millions of acres of crops across east Africa has been spotted reaching the Chinese border. Billions of
First it was racist audio of Bloomberg�s 2015 comments defending the stop-and-frisk policing strategy at an Aspen Institute event was spread on social media by activist Benjamin Dixon. Now, video has resurfaced with disparaging comments that Bloomberg made on �PBS NewsHour� about black and Latino men while he was promoting the Young Men�s Initiative, a […]
President Trump fired back Monday after former President Barack Obama, in a subtle swipe at the commander in chiief, claimed credit for the economic gains in both their terms. Obama tweeted Monday morning to note the anniversary of his signing the 2009 economic stimulus package. �Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst […]
Glimpses of greatness set the tone for the week as participants in the 20th annual Yerushalayim Yarchei Kallah spent a breathless Sunday on a journey that spanned the continents and
IDF soldiers located a body believed to be the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack at the Parsa Junction in the Binyamin region two and a half weeks ago,
For decades, the Uighur imam was a bedrock of his farming community in China�s far west. On Fridays, he preached Islam as a religion of peace. On Sundays, he treated the sick with free herbal medicine. In the winter, he bought coal for the poor. But as a Chinese government mass detention campaign engulfed Memtimin […]
With the Nevada caucuses less than a week away, Democratic presidential candidates campaigning were fixated on a rival who wasn�t contesting the state. Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg all went after billionaire Mike Bloomberg and made clear they were eager to take him on in a debate. �He thinks […]
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