Month February 2020

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The countdown to the signing of a peace agreement between the Taliban and the United States to end the 18 years of war in Afghanistan will begin on Friday night, when the seven-day “reduction of violence” promised… Continue Reading →

The Lakewood Resource and Referral Center (LRRC) today announced that the 2020 income limits for NJ FamilyCare (Medicaid) eligibility have been released. For families that narrowly missed qualifying for NJ FamilyCare in 2019, this change in the guidelines may make… Continue Reading →

Photos by Yaakov Leitner.

A Palestinian Arab student, Muhammad Abu Namus, who is currently in school for his doctorate in the Wuhan province in China, has contracted the COVID-19 Coronavirus. According to Namus who gave an interview to Ma’an news agency, the virus feels… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] A Jerusalem family was left reeling this month after the passing of mother of nine Nilli Elmaliach. She had been suffering from cancer for three years. Nilli’s death came less than a week after the engagement of her daughter… Continue Reading →

Kah Echsof  By Rabbi Yair Hoffman It is a Shabbos Zemer that has taken the Torah world by a storm. Women love it when it is sung at the Shabbos table.   It was written by the holy Rav Aharon of… Continue Reading →

BEAR MOUNTAIN (VINnews) — In today’s day and age, as technology gets more and more sophisticated, the situations in which we find ourselves at a technological disadvantage are becoming increasingly rare. That’s why the communities in Rockland and Orange Counties… Continue Reading →

YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of Rabbi Dr. Chaim Wakslak z’l, who was the Morah D’Asra, Young Israel of Long Beach and the clinical director of HASC Center. The Levaya will be today, Erev Shabbos Kodesh,… Continue Reading →

Two more fatal road accidents took place in Israel on Thursday. The first accident took place on Highway 5 in the Shomron near the Barkan Industrial Zone. A man in his 30s was killed and two other young men were… Continue Reading →

TOKYO (AP) — You might have heard that the fear of a new virus from China is spreading faster than the actual virus. From earnest officials trying to calm a building panic. From your spouse. From the know-it-all who rattles… Continue Reading →

It may end up being a bad flu season for kids, but early signs suggest the vaccine is working OK. The vaccine has been more than 50% effective in preventing flu illness severe enough to send a child to the… Continue Reading →

A sprinkler system is credited for sparing an industrial building in Lakewood, fore officials say. A fire broke out at food company building in Excel Park shortly before 11 PM, and drew a large response from all of Lakewood’s fire… Continue Reading →

Defense Minister and Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett told yeshivah bochurim at a hesder yeshiva on Wednesday that he doesn’t have many regrets in his life but one regret he does have is that he didn’t go to yeshivah before his… Continue Reading →

Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has plunged over $400 million of his personal fortune into his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, an astronomical sum that has led many of his rivals to charge that he is trying to… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the 11 Israelis who were flown home after being quarantined on a cruise ship in Japan has tested positive for the new virus that emerged in China late last year, the first case to be… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar with the closed-door briefing. The warning raises questions about the integrity… Continue Reading →

The morning dawned crisp and cloudy and overflowing with mixed emotions. Like marathoners nearing the finish line, participants at the Agudah’s 20th annual Yarchei Kallah were filled with anticipation as they readied themselves to soak up every word of every… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Every Friday evening before the recitation of Shmoneh Esreh, we recite v’Shamru vnai Yisroel es haShabbos.  It is not mentioned in either the Talmud Bavli or the Talmud Yerushalmi.  What is the reason for… Continue Reading →

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