The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will face a death penalty case stemming from the February 2018 massacre that left 17 people dead. Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer agreed to postpone the trial’s start from the original Jan. 27 date after defense […]
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said on Friday she will launch a full investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories, which could include charges against Israelis or Palestinians. “I am satisfied that … war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip,” […]
Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders escalated his attacks on Israel’s prime minister Thursday evening, calling embattled leader Benjamin Netanyahu “a racist.” When asked at a Democratic debate in Los Angeles
Clearing for Phase One of Kesser Torah Estates in Naugatuck, CT is nearing completion. MESIVTA YESODEI HATORAH Click here to view the Mesivta Yesodei Hatorah Brochure. KESSER TORAH ESTATES Click here to view
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a new deputy, assuring a degree of continuity at the helm of U.S. diplomacy should he resign for a potential Senate bid. The Senate
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a New Jersey Democrat who broke with his party to vote against Trump’s impeachment, is officially switching parties and becoming a Republican. “Jeff will be joining the Republican Party,” Trump announced during an Oval Office event with Van Drew, who broke the news to his […]
President Donald Trump’s impeachment night crack that the late Michigan Rep. John Dingell might be “looking up” from hell drew wide scorn and scant defense from his allies Thursday, on the cusp of the 2020 election year and just days before Christmas. “I was already having a really hard holiday,” Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell, the […]
The Democratic-controlled House approved legislation Thursday to suspend for two years the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions that came with President Donald Trump’s massive 2017 tax law. The deductions are widely popular, especially in high-tax, heavily Democratic states like New York, New Jersey and California. The legislation to suspend the cap passed […]
Facebook plans to clamp down on attempts to use its services to interfere with the 2020 U.S. census, including the posting of misleading information about when and how to participate,
In the final days of the legislative session, Congress passed its Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations, which included several items Agudath Israel of America made priorities on its Capitol Hill agenda
Homeowners are clamoring to power through blackouts that have become a regrettably frequent part of life in California. The cost of solar panels and batteries has fallen. And a new
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Nancy Pelosi has thus far refused to forward the two articles of impeachment voted upon by the House to the Senate. Her actions go against all precedent, but they also do something else. What might that be? The book of Leviticus can help shed light. It can help bring […]
In a report that is shocking the chareidi and non-chareidi communities in Israel alike, authorities report a new case in which chareidi parents R”L severely abused their children, both physically
Two people were struck by a vehicle in Teaneck on Thursday evening, one of them in critical condition. Teaneck Police say it happened at 6:20PM in front of Congregation Bnai
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted on Thursday that before she will send the Republican Senate the articles of impeachment her Democratic chamber approved against President Donald Trump, GOP leaders must provide more detail about how they will handle the expected trial. “We’d like to see a fair process, but we’ll see what they have and […]
On Tuesday night, December 17, Chai Lifeline hosted its annual Family Chanukah Party at The Palace in Brooklyn. More than 1,500 people were in attendance, including Chai Lifeline children, families,
Cyprus police on Thursday arrested three employees of a high-tech surveillance equipment company owned by an Israeli former intelligence officer amid a probe of the firm’s business activities. Police said
The Jerusalem District Court on Thursday released Charieid protestors arrested on Wednesday during a protest against expansion of the city’s light rail. The protestors feel the light rail route, passing
It appears that MK Avigdor Lieberman and his Yisrael Beitenu party have not yet exhausted their anti-chareidi agenda, now targeting their anti-religious venom at the elderly chareidi community, which receive
“No one was the same, but we were all together.” – Rochel G., Bnos advisor, Brooklyn 3 days. 27 cities. 400 Bnos leaders. That was the Bnos Agudath Israel Leaders Convention of 5780/2019, this past weekend in Chicago. But the numbers only tell a small part of the story. Because those 400 girls came together […]
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