Month January 2020

Baba Sali zt”l What was Baba Sali’s Bracha? Keep on reading. There is no minimum donation required to submit your names for the special tefillah by grandsons of the Baba Sali & Talmidei Chachamim of Yad L’Achim, to take place… Continue Reading →

In a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas threatened to rip up all agreements with Israel, and to end the security coordination between PA police… Read more » The post Abbas Threatens to End Security… Continue Reading →

Naftali Bennett’s Yemina party on Thursday reiterated the need for a quick imposition of Israeli sovereignty on Jewish communities in Yehudah and Shomron – before the March elections. “Missing this… Read more » The post Bennett: Sovereignty Now; Kushner: Wait… Continue Reading →

Two Arabs who were arrested on Har HaBayis Wednesday for carrying knives were planning a terror attack, police said Thursday. The Arabs, teenage residents of Arab neighborhoods of the city,… Read more » The post Police: Arabs on Har HaBayis… Continue Reading →

Health Minister Rabbi Yaakov Litzman and Deputy Education Minister Rabbi Meir Porush (UTJ) sharply criticized the Education Ministry for attempts to interfere in the curriculum of the chareidi institutions of Chinuch… Read more » The post Chareidi Community Decries Education Ministry… Continue Reading →

Business is booming at Iran‘s largest flag factory which makes U.S., British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn. At the factory in the town of Khomein, southwest of… Read more » The post Iranian Factory Makes U.S. and… Continue Reading →

Shares tumbled in Asia on Thursday as concern over the impact of the virus outbreak in China deepened. Taiwan’s benchmark dived 5.8% as its market reopened after the Lunar New… Read more » The post Asian Markets Tumble as Fears… Continue Reading →

The death toll rose to 170 in the new virus outbreak in China on Thursday as foreign evacuees from the worst-hit region began returning home under close observation and world… Read more » The post China Virus Death Toll Rises… Continue Reading →

El Al airlines on Thursday said it was suspending flights to Beijing until March 25, following the lead of other carriers that have suspended or scaled back flights to China… Read more » The post El Al Suspends Flights to… Continue Reading →

Russia on Thursday freed a U.S.-Israeli woman who was jailed on drug charges after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon, the RIA news agency cited the Federal Prison Service… Read more » The post Russia Frees U.S.-Israeli Woman After… Continue Reading →

We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Reb Yosef Yisroel Grossman Z”L, who was Niftar a short time ago. Reb Yosef Yisroel Z”L was a longtime resident of Monsey, and most recently of Lakewood. He was 72. The… Continue Reading →

In a striking shift from President Donald Trump’s claims of “perfect” dealings with Ukraine, his defenders asserted Wednesday at his Senate trial that a trade of U.S. military aid for political favors — even if proven — could not be… Continue Reading →

Today is the hilulah of the great tzadik the BABA SALI, RAV YISRAEL ABUCHATZEIRA זצ”ל. Hundreds of thousands of Yidden are travelling across Eretz Yisrael and across the globe to daven at his kever. There are so many visitors that… Continue Reading →

Two suspects in an attempted robbery were apprehended tonight in a joint effort of Chaveirim of Rockland, Ramapo Police and the Rockland County Sheriff Department. On Wednesday evening approximately 8:30… Read more » The post Attempted Robbery in Monsey, Two… Continue Reading →

Following the publication of the “Deal of the Century” by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the IDF has decided to increase its presence in the Judea and Samaria Division as well as the Gaza Division. Following the Arab declaration… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com “Yeshiva Week” is over and everyone has returned from their midwinter vacation (or most everyone). Some had a Staycation; some went to Eretz Yisroel or Miami; some went skiing, and some went to the… Continue Reading →

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — With five days until the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden is fending off a new onslaught of GOP attacks over his son’s business overseas and facing piling pressure to show Democratic voters he can handle the… Continue Reading →

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged at a low level Wednesday amid an economy that looks solid but faces potential global threats, including from China’s viral outbreak. The Fed sketched a mostly bright picture of the U.S…. Continue Reading →

U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more than three-quarters of a mile from Tijuana, Mexico, into the San Diego area. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the… Continue Reading →

In the city Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia, everything is frozen and covered in snow in the winter with an average temperature of 5 degrees Fahrenheit in the month of January. But the frosty weather… Continue Reading →

MIAMI (AP) — Florida and federal law enforcement agencies preparing for the Super Bowl this Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens say they are ready for anything, including a detonated bomb or massive food poisoning, but haven’t identified… Continue Reading →