Yamina chairman Ayelet Shaked and 14 candidates on its list sent a letter to Lubavitcher rabbonim on Tuesday, promising to work toward the shleimus of Eretz Yisrael according to the
Lebanese army gunners opened fired at two of three Israeli reconnaissance drones Wednesday after they entered Lebanese airspace, a security official and the state news agency said, amid heightened tensions
Take the post down. Put it back up. Stop policing speech. Start silencing extremists. That’s just a sampling of the intense, often contradictory demands facing tech companies and their social media platforms as they try to oversee internet content without infringing on First Amendment rights. The pendulum has swung recently toward restricting hateful speech that […]
Netanyahu surprised the crowd at a religious Zionist conference in Givat Shmuel on Tuesday evening by beginning his speech with his religious practices rather than the expected political commentary, according
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said Wednesday he made an “error in judgment” in reporting about supposed Russian ties to President Donald Trump’s finances without verifying the story. O’Donnell’s admission came in a tweet Wednesday after a lawyer for Trump said the story was false and defamatory, and called on NBC News to apologize and retract it. […]
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) “What? Two million dollars a year – just for the medication? For one person? And who exactly should pay for that?” It is not a rare question, and more and more, medicines are now carrying such a price tag. The question is – what does halacha say about this? […]
Let’s face it. It is hard for bochurim to learn in camp. Keeping bochurim focused and listening during the summer is a challenge to which virtually every Rebbi can relate. This year, eleven camps comprising some 2,500 bochurim found a remarkable solution to this dilemma: A daily halacha program that sought to teach bochurim halachos […]
The Siyum Presents: 10th Siyum — Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg Please visit thesiyum.org for information and updates regarding the upcoming Siyum HaShas, or text siyum to 313131. If you would like
After the MBD and Moti Steinmetz concert that was scheduled for Haifa earlier this week was canceled, singers have decided to fight back against what is being called “secular coercion
Lord & Taylor, one of the nation’s oldest department stores, is being sold for $100 million to a rental clothing company. Le Tote Inc. is buying the company from Hudson’s Bay Co., which gets a minority stake in Le Tote and will control two seats on its board. Lord & Taylor, founded as a dry […]
Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand is dropping out of the presidential race as a campaign that once looked poised to ride strong #MeToo credentials to formidability was instead plagued by low polling
Chaya Blau, the mother of the Charedi employee with special needs who was assaulted by his fellow employees at a Shufersal (Supersol) supermarket in Gush Etzion was interviewed on Wednesday
It would appear that for Tiveria Mayor Ron Kobi, one of his favorite bein hazmanim activities is to incite against the chareidi tzibur in his city, as he has done
It could be lights out for tiny toiletries. Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain, said Wednesday it will eliminate small plastic bottles of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel from its hotel rooms worldwide by December 2020. They’ll be replaced with larger bottles or wall-mounted dispensers, depending on the hotel. The move follows a similar […]
Meretz party Chairman Nitzan Horowitz is at it again, attacking rabbonim, as he has done numerous times of late. In his latest diatribe against talmidei chachamim, Horowitz attacked former Chief
A toddler and his sister found unidentified candy on the ground in the Chorshut Park in Tel Aviv, and they each ate one. About 20 minutes later, they began seizing
Purdue Pharma and the thousands of state and local governments suing the maker of OxyContin over the nation’s deadly opioid crisis are negotiating a $10 billion to $12 billion settlement
Finally – A new way to get all your kosher music, torah and entertainment. No internet required! Imagine having access to dozens of kosher music stations, torah classes, shiurim and
Smotrich: A Vote for Otzma Yehudit is a Vote for a Left-Wing Coalition Transportation Minister Betzalel Smotrich is calling on right-wing voters not to cast a ballot for Otzma Yehudit,
Facebook is tightening its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections, an acknowledgement of previous misuse. But it’s not clear if it will be enough to stop bad actors from abusing its system. The changes include a tightened verification process that will require anyone wanting to run ads pertaining to elections, […]
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