Month February 2020

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This article is being published under the advice of an elder and prominent Litvish Rosh Yeshiva.  The issues raised and discussed herein may be of a somewhat controversial nature.  However, they deal with pertinent… Continue Reading →

A brazen thief who dressed up as a yeshivah bochur to steal a valuable watch two months ago was indicted on Wednesday following an intensive police investigation which revealed how the robbery was planned and carried out, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. The… Continue Reading →

Australia’s prime minister and Israel’s president on Wednesday discussed an extradition request for a former school principal whose alleged abuse of dozens of Australian schoolgirls has cast a shadow over the Israeli leader’s visit. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and President… Continue Reading →

The driver of a school bus who veered across Interstate 80 in New Jersey after missing an exit and crashed into a dump truck, killing a teacher and a student… Read more » The post Driver in Fatal I-80 School… Continue Reading →

The campaign to reelect President Donald Trump sued The New York Times for defamation Wednesday, saying it was responsible for an essay by a former executive editor for the newspaper… Read more » The post Trump Campaign Sues New York… Continue Reading →

Former Gov. Pat Quinn and more than 80 other top Illinois Democrats are endorsing Joe Biden for president, as the former vice president looks ahead to a state that votes weeks after Super Tuesday’s contests. Biden’s campaign released the list… Continue Reading →

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Multiple people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said. The dead include the shooter, said Barrett, who did not give an exact number of people killed… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the coronavirus threat brings, and he put his vice president in charge of overseeing the nation’s… Read more » The post Trump Says U.S. ‘Very Ready’… Continue Reading →

Yisrael Katzover, a senior journalist who covered the IDF for several decades for numerous Israeli newspapers and media channels was interviewed by Chabad many years ago about his many encounters throughout the years with the Lubavitcher Rebbe to receive advice… Continue Reading →



JERSEY CITY, N.J. (JTA) — Two months after his wife was murdered in the attack on this city’s only kosher grocery store, owner Moshe Ferencz was back behind the counter this week. The store, which has partially reopened in a… Continue Reading →

The world powers that remain party to the nuclear deal with Iran expressed “serious concerns” Wednesday about Tehran’s violations of the pact, while acknowledging that time was running out to find a way to salvage it. Wang Qun, Chinese ambassador… Continue Reading →

A second question posed is how much energy or effort have the right-wing Orthodox groups devoted to rising anti-Semitism, except when it hits their own communities? If the answer to both questions is that Chareidim have not been able to… Continue Reading →

New York’s governor says he will ask state lawmakers in coming days to approve $40 million to help state health officials respond to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Andrew Cuomo,… Read more » The post Cuomo Wants $40 Million to… Continue Reading →

Problems with a government-created coronavirus test has limited the U.S. capacity to rapidly increase testing, just as the outbreak has entered a worrisome new phase in countries around the world.… Read more » The post A Faulty CDC Coronavirus Test… Continue Reading →

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces a critical challenge in grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak: Asking Americans to believe him after he and top advisers have contradicted federal scientists in playing down the threat…

Sen. Bernie Sanders was unequivocal during the Democratic debate Tuesday. “I have opposed authoritarianism all over the world,” the senator from Vermont and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said. “. .… Read more » The post FOCUS: Sanders Often Focuses on… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump said he’ll discuss the coronavirus threat at a White House news conference Wednesday, a day after he sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across the U.S. Trump tweeted that representatives from the Centers for… Continue Reading →

The shiva for Mrs. Rebecca Hallen A”H is taking place at the Lax home, 183 Glen Ave. South, Lakewood. The aveilim are: Mrs. Ahuva KleimanLax – a well-known nurse in Lakewood, and her sister, Mrs. Jan Manecke. The aveilim will be… Continue Reading →