Month April 2020
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz Shlita is one of the most prominent Poskim in Eretz Yisroel and is the go to Posaik for several thousand anglos living in Eretz Yisroel. He is currently in shloshim for… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States” on Tuesday, an executive order barring those seeking permanent residency green cards but not temporary workers. Trump said he would… Continue Reading →
Malky Giniger’s Ratzon Music Program has been teaching Girls and Women of all ages Voice, Dance, Drama, etc. for over 25 years. They have had locations across New York, New Jersey, Yerushalayim and beyond. Thousands of girls and women have… Continue Reading →
New York City subway ridership has plummeted by 93% during the coronavirus pandemic, but homeless people still turn to mass transit for shelter — and it has raised alarming health… Read more » The post NYC Homeless Turn to Subway… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed in an Oval Office meeting Tuesday to work to double coronavirus testing in the hard-hit state over the next few weeks. “We will work together… Continue Reading →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo walked back his commitment to keep all of New York shuttered amid the coronavirus crisis and embraced a regional approach to reopening the state’s economy. A day… Read more » The post Cuomo Reverses Stance on Shutdown,… Continue Reading →
A bipartisan Senate report released Tuesday affirms the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election in a far-ranging influence campaign approved by Russian President Vladimir… Read more » The post Senate Panel Backs Assessment That… Continue Reading →
Ever wonder why retired IDF generals who enter politics almost always end up on the political left? The same holds true for former heads of the Mossad and Shin Bet.… Read more » The post Why So Many Generals Veer… Continue Reading →
No one could have ever imagined the upheaval that the coronavirus outbreak has brought to the entire world or the breadth and depth of the pain and suffering it has… Read more » The post Our Cry in the Dark… Continue Reading →
many years, we called America “The Goldene Medineh.” We totally forgot how Hashem can dim the gold. We have been hit hard. Very hard. As individuals, as families, and as… Read more » The post <i>Eichah Yuam Zahav (Eichah 4:1)</i>… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) — An already unorthodox primary season is taking an even stranger turn in a race for a New York House seat. Rep. Thomas Suozzi, a centrist Democrat, is being challenged from the left by Melanie D’Arrigo and… Continue Reading →
Pandemic Dealing European Tourism ‘Staggering’ Blow HALLE, Belgium (AP) — The European Union says its vaunted tourist industry is facing “staggering” figures of decline because of the coronavirus crisis, and… Read more » The post Business Briefs – April 22,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices crumpled even further Tuesday, and U.S. stocks sank to their worst loss in weeks as worries swept markets worldwide about the economic carnage caused… Read more » The post Oil’s Chaotic Collapse Deepens; Stocks… Continue Reading →
A Navy hospital ship deployed to New York City to help fight the coronavirus outbreak is no longer needed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday, expressing confidence that stresses on the… Read more » The post Navy Ship Sent to NYC… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States” on Tuesday. But he said the executive order he plans to sign as… Read more » The post Trump Immigration Ban Halts Green… Continue Reading →
A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were… Read more » The post More Deaths, No Benefit From… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli falafel shop owner broke down in tears in a television interview on Sunday that resonated across the country as a symbolic encapsulation of the economic toll that the coronavirus is taking on small businesses. “Look… Continue Reading →
Congress and President Donald Trump reached agreement Tuesday on a nearly $500 billion coronavirus relief bill that would replenish a small business rescue program and provide new funds for hospitals and a virus testing program. The Senate is poised to… Continue Reading →