By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com 17-year-old Jacob Steinmetz is six foot six, weighs 224 pounds, is a pitcher, and, as of this past Monday, is the first Orthodox Jew
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Police are searching for a woman they said slammed her vehicle into a Bronx hotel that was being used as a homeless shelter Monday night. The incident occurred at around
Facing rising fears of summer violence, President Joe Biden is embarking on a political high-wire act, trying to balance his strong backing for law enforcement with the police reform movement
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Boston — Agudath Israel of America’s New England Office applauds Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins for moving forward with hate crime charges and civil rights charges against the suspect
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Due to popular demand following last year’s virtual kosher seminar and the recent New Frontiers in Kosher webinar, OU Kosher Community Relations is pleased to present Kosher Encounter. This weeklong seminar will run from Monday,
Jacob Steinmetz’s blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The New York native is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to be selected by
Medicare on Monday launched a formal process to decide whether to cover Aduhelm, the new Alzheimer’s drug whose $56,000-a-year price tag and unproven benefits have prompted widespread criticism and a
Emerging from a private meeting at the White House, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that he and President Joe Biden are on the same page as Democrats draft a “transformative”
As Israel grapples with a surge of coronavirus cases due to the spread of the Delta variant, preliminary data seems to indicate that those who recovered from COVID have a
When the body of 4-year-old Emma Guara was pulled from the rubble of last month’s Florida condominium collapse, she was wearing the silver necklace her mother recently gave her, the
U.S. regulators on Monday added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially dangerous neurological reaction, but said it’s not entirely clear
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As crews keep searching for the last missing remains of the souls who perished in their collapsing beachfront condos nearly three weeks ago, the question is swirling across the ruins
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