Month March 2020
A 14 year old from the Shomron town of Yitzhar was in the hospital in serious condition after being struck in the head by a rock thrown by an Arab… Read more » The post Israeli Youth Badly Injured in… Continue Reading →
With no clear path towards a government coalition for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the third round of elections on March 2, Israel’s political scene has entered a state of chaos that could produce an unlikely alliance of parties… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com So what will Purim be like AFTER Moshiach comes? There is a famous Yalkut Shimoni (#944) referring to the time of Moshiach that states, “All the holidays are destined to be negated but the… Continue Reading →
With Gesher head Orly Levy-Abukasis declaring Tuesday night that neither she nor the other two Gesher MKs will support Benny Gantz’s efforts to propel himself to the Prime Minister’s office… Read more » The post Blue and White, Left Livid… Continue Reading →
Delta Airlines is suspending flights between New York and Tel Aviv, the company announced Tuesday night. The announcement comes on the heels of an order by the Israeli Health Ministry… Read more » The post Delta Suspends Flights to Israel,… Continue Reading →
Lebanese reports Wednesday said that Hezbollah terrorist Hassan Nasrallah was infected with coronavirus, leading to a deterioration of his health. Nasrallah recently met with officials from Iran, where thousands are… Read more » The post Report: Nasrallah Infected With Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former… Read more » The post Biden Has Another Big Primary… Continue Reading →
Stocks on Tuesday recouped most of their historic losses from the prior day as hopes rose, faded and then bloomed again on Wall Street that the U.S. government will try to cushion the economic pain from the coronavirus. The day’s… Continue Reading →
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested in Texas on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated after his wife called police to their house over an argument, according to court records released Tuesday. The Infowars founder was booked into an… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president’s victory there, as well as in Missouri and Mississippi, dealt a serious… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has a palette of options it can use to shore up an economy imperiled by anxiety over the coronavirus outbreak. They start with the “middle-class” payroll tax cut that President Donald Trump is suggesting and… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden won Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president’s victory in Michigan,… Read more » The post Biden Adds Michigan to Win… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Bernie Sanders campaign denounced the “toxic and offensive” past statements of an imam who spoke at a Sanders rally days before a key presidential primary in Michigan. Imam Sayed Hassan Al-Qazwini said in 2015 that the… Continue Reading →
You know all about home-based hair stylists and judaica artists. But to build a thriving company out of a creative passion? That’s relatively new in the frum community, and the annual Brooklyn MRKT has a lot to do with the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden won Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president’s victory in Michigan, as well as Missouri and Mississippi, dealt… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — At the Pentagon, top military brass have been begun “social distancing” to avoid spreading disease. At the Capitol, legislators have been encouraged to forgo hand shakes and flash the “Star Trek” Vulcan hand-greeting instead. But at the… Continue Reading →
ITALY (JTA) – The outbreak of the coronavirus in northern Italy forced Claudia Bagnarelli to make a painful choice. “To keep visiting my 94-year-old mother, I needed to stop seeing everyone else in my life,” Bagnarelli, a Jewish ballet teacher… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Is it the flu, a cold or the new coronavirus? Patients and doctors alike are parsing signs of illness to figure out who needs what tests or care and how worried they should be. “You have… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – Administrators at the SAR Academy say they know of 29 confirmed cases of coronavirus at the New York City Jewish day school, including faculty, students and staff. The number was disclosed in an email Monday to… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks on Tuesday recouped most of their historic losses from the prior day as hopes rose, faded and then bloomed again on Wall Street that the U.S. government will try to cushion the economic pain from… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – New York’s governor is sending the National Guard into a New York suburb to help fight what appears to be the nation’s biggest known cluster of coronavirus cases. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that… Continue Reading →