Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said Monday the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel, signaling a potential embrace of an idea the

A Jewish man in Brooklyn was punched in the face at the Foot Locker in Bay Ridge over his wearing an Israel Defense Forces sweatshirt. Blake Zadavsky and his Ilan

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com H.M. versus A.M. These are the initials of two young women. They have been arguing since they were in the third grade. They are

North Korea opened a key political conference Monday to review past projects and discuss new policies amid the pandemic and a diplomatic deadlock with the United States. The official Korean

Emergency warming shelters were open throughout western Washington and Oregon as temperatures plunged into the teens and forecasters said an arctic blast would last for several days. Sunday’s snow showers

About two dozen sailors on a U.S. Navy warship — or roughly 25% of the crew — have now tested positive for COVID-19, keeping the ship sidelined in port at

Tragedy struck the Toms River and Lakewood communities on Tuesday morning, as word spread of a serious crash that took the life of a young girl. As YWN had reported

Australia’s Victoria and Queensland states reported record levels of new daily coronavirus infections on Tuesday as pressure on testing centers prompted calls for wider use of rapid antigen tests. Queensland

This year situation for Jews living in small communities in Ukraine has drastically changed for the worse.In addition to COVID, the worldwide energy crisis had hit Ukraine particularly hard. Prices to

Florida reported 39,000 new COVID-19 cases on Monday from the holiday weekend, as thousands of people waited in lines for tests following holiday gatherings and flights on crowded airplanes. Florida

President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law Monday, authorizing $768.2 billion in military spending, including a 2.7% pay raise for service members, for 2022. The NDAA

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday warned that Israel will soon experience an unprecedented “storm of COVID infections on a scale never seen before in Israel.” In an interview with

Outgoing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is hinting that we might not be done with him just yet. The Blazz, often derided as the least competent big-city mayor in the

New York is shattering Covid-19 infection records as the Omicron variant continues its sweep of the city, with just under 50,000 new infection confirmed on December 24th alone. NYC has

The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported. Last year’s flu season was the lowest on

Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel, stretched into Monday as airlines called off more than 1,000 U.S. flights because crews were sick with COVID-19 during one of the year’s busiest

A frum MTA attendant was seen learning in a booth at the subway station on 55th Street. At times when he wasn’t busy, he would open his sefer and listen

Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana on Monday announced the appointment of IDF (res.) Brigadier-General Tzviki Tessler as the project manager in charge of the Lag B’Omer celebration at Meron. The

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