Month August 2019
Bias incidents should be reported. That’s the message the Ocean County Prosecutor wants out to the public. Recently, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and other top personnel from the Prosecutor’s Office met with the Lakewood Coalition – a group… Continue Reading →
September is ground zero for the hurricane season and now is the time to prepare for any tropical system that may threaten our coast, Ocean County officials said. “While Hurricane Dorian currently poses no threat to our region, this monster… Continue Reading →
A U.S. Air Force veteran was properly convicted on terrorism charges for trying to join the Islamic State group and die a martyr, an appeals court said Thursday, but it ordered a judge to resentence him and better explain his… Continue Reading →
Bountiful, UT – Officials say a wildfire has burned three homes, heavily damaged five more and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful. The KUTV television station reports that Bountiful police say… Continue Reading →
Choshen Mishpat in the Workplace – how clean do we need to be? Getting double reimbursements, expensing a business class ticket and flying coach, leaving your jacket at work so nobody knows you left, and much more*** Guest Hosted by… Continue Reading →
Palm Beach, FL – President Donald Trump’s prized Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida is potentially sitting directly in the path of Hurricane Dorian, which is forecast to become an extremely destructive storm. The resort, which is currently closed for the summer,… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) When Rosh Chodesh falls on Shabbos – there is a fascinating yet unresolved halachic question. As a preface, we know that Rosh Chodesh is a special and festive occasion that symbolizes the renewal of… Continue Reading →
Hungary – Five young men in Hungary told a Jewish community activist on the street that he and his wife they are “filthy Jews” who “belong in the gas chamber,” the alleged victims told police. In the Aug. 18 incident… Continue Reading →
A former Amazon software engineer arrested last month on charges she hacked into Capital One bank and more than 30 different companies has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges she not only broke into the company’s computer… Continue Reading →
Nairobi – Police in Kenya arrested the wife of a Dutch-Jewish businessman who went missing last month in Nairobi on suspicion of murder. Tob Cohen, 69, was last seen on July 19. Sarah Wairimu Kamotho was placed under arrest earlier… Continue Reading →
Good news for residents of Jerusalem and surrounding areas. There is a new maternity ward, an advanced unit that is set to open next week in Jerusalem’s Bikur Cholim Hospital. Read more on Yeshiva World News
New York City police say officers shot and killed a man who fired a gun at their vehicle as they looked for a shooting suspect in Queens. Chief of Department Terence Monahan says officers exited their unmarked car and returned… Continue Reading →
Washington – When shots rang out last year at a high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving 17 people dead, President Donald Trump quickly turned his thoughts to creating more mental institutions. When back-to-back mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El… Continue Reading →
E-cigarette giant Juul Labs is facing mounting scrutiny from state law enforcement officials, with the attorneys general in Illinois and the District of Columbia investigating how the company’s blockbuster vaping device became so popular with underage teens, The Associated Press… Continue Reading →
The number of people killed as the result of drivers running red lights has spiked sharply in recent years, according to analysis of crash data by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. And, more often than not (almost 65% of… Continue Reading →
Washington – E-cigarette giant Juul Labs is facing mounting scrutiny from state law enforcement officials, with the attorneys general in Illinois and the District of Columbia investigating how the company’s blockbuster vaping device became so popular with underage teens, The… Continue Reading →
Another Hasidic man in Crown Heights has been attacked with a rock, and the NYPD is investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. The NYPD says that a man may have been attacked by 4-5 individuals, who fled the… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – The Republic of Nauru, a tiny Pacific island country, recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel earlier this month. Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz commended the island nation for its recognition on Wednesday evening in a tweet which… Continue Reading →
Unsure of where Hurricane Dorian might strike, Florida residents watched the increasingly dire forecast with a sense of helplessness Friday and braced for what could be the most powerful storm to hit the state’s east coast in nearly 30 years…. Continue Reading →
Noting that the New York State Education Department’s proposed regulations endanger the chinuch of boys and girls in New York’s yeshivos and Bais Yaakovs, the Roshei Yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey, took the uncommon step of… Continue Reading →