The U.N. office for disaster risk reduction said Wednesday that worldwide reported economic losses from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes and other climate-related disasters surged to total nearly $2.9 trillion
Red Alert sirens were heard in southern Israel on Thursday morning, 11 Marcheshvan at about 10:08AM. Sirens sounded in many areas, including Ofakim, Kfar Aza and Netivot. The Iron Dome
Baruch Dayan HaEmmes: The young Yeshiva Bochur, Yehuda Ziat Z”L, 19, a resident of Bnei Brak, was niftar on Wednesday, the second day of Rosh Chodesh Mar Cheshvan. He was
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) There was someone who had walked out of the sanctuary of the shul to where the other men were making kiddush. This time, however,
Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia were safe Thursday after an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket carrying them to
(VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) On Thursday, a terrorist tunnel belonging to Hamas that infiltrated Israel from Central Gaza was neutralized by the IDF. The tunnel was under surveillance
There’s a lot of talk in Washington these days about whether that quaint politeness known as “civility” is possible — or even desirable — among the nation’s political combatants. Lots
A limousine service operator was charged Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people, while police continued investigating what caused the wreck and whether anyone else
Tens of millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2.8 percent increase in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. For the average retired worker, it
Close to 4,000 people ranging in all ages, attended, and greatly enjoyed, the Simchas Beis Hashoeiva program arranged by Human Care Services. The program included all sorts of fun carnival
Due to a ‘security incident’ along the Gaza border, Route 446 near the Natuf Quarry on Thursday morning, 3 Marcheshvan, the road was closed to civilian vehicles. Four burning tires
The parents of the two children who were R”L killed in the horrific fire in Beitar earlier this week have released a heartbreaking message for Klal Yisroel. The children who
Thanks to a proposed bill initiated by Agudath Israel of America in response to an incident at a local college last Yom Kippur, New Jersey students may no longer be
Google will begin offering its pay-to-carpool service throughout the U.S., an effort to reduce the commute-time congestion that its popular Waze navigation app is designed to avoid. The expansion announced
(VIDEOS THOUGHOUT ARTICLE) The third-most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in recorded history left a wide path of destruction, destroying homes and shopping centers and felling trees that
It’s now law in New York City that residents who don’t identify as male or female can change their birth certificates to “X.” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
An IDF reserve soldier and an Israeli citizen were lightly wounded during a stabbing attack at Chatmar Junction in Shomron on Thursday. Both victims were evacuated to Beilinson Hospital, reported
Preparations have been completed as many mispallalim are expected to visit the tziyun of Rav Yisrael of Rizhin ZT”L, located in Czernowitz-Sadigura, Ukraine, for the yahrzeit on Thursday, 3 Marcheshvan.
The President of the High Court of Justice, Esther Hayut, on Wednesday, 2 Rosh Chodesh Marcheshvan, rejected two petitions filed by left-wing organization against the establishment of Yishuv Amichai for
On Thursday morning, police were summoned following a report on siting a balloon incendiary bomb in Jerusalem’s Valley of the Cross. The woman who found the device in the Valley
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