Month May 2020
Despite the opening of his trial this week, a new 103 FM radio poll gives Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud 41 seats, as the rightwing bloc on a whole strengthens… Read more » The post Poll: Likud Up to 41… Continue Reading →
By Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l translated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is known that the special nature of a particular time follows according to that which happened during that time [in the past]. The yemei hagbalah – the… Continue Reading →
The No. 2 official in the Pentagon’s office of inspector general, Glenn Fine, resigned Tuesday, several weeks after he was effectively removed as head of a special board to oversee auditing of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic relief package. His… Continue Reading →
The French government on Wednesday canceled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new… Read more » The post France Bans Hydroxychloroquine to Treat… Continue Reading →
Two children who are the first suspected cases in South Korea of a rare, life-threatening syndrome linked with the new coronavirus are recovering following treatment, health authorities said on Wednesday.… Read more » The post S. Korea Examines First Suspected… Continue Reading →
Israeli labs working on possible vaccines for coronavirus came under a cyberattack last week, Channel 12 News reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the hackers sought to disrupt the… Read more » The post Report: Hackers Target Israeli Researchers… Continue Reading →
The Israeli government announced that the school year will be extended until July 13th this year due to the cancellation of two months of school due to the coronavirus crisis. Furthermore, a special “summer school” is being established for kindergarten… Continue Reading →
In numbers not seen since March 24, Israel is back under the 2,000 active coronavirus cases, with 1,997 cases still active as of Wednesday morning. According to Health Ministry figures, there… Read more » The post First Time in Two Months:… Continue Reading →
The European Union unveiling a massive coronavirus recovery plan worth hundreds of billions of euros to help countries rebuild their ailing economies, but the bloc remains deeply divided over what… Read more » The post EU to Unveil Virus Recovery… Continue Reading →
Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as U.S.-Chinese tension over Hong Kong competed with optimism about recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Benchmarks in Shanghai and Hong Kong retreated after the… Read more » The post Asian Stocks Mixed on Uncertainty… Continue Reading →
A British minister said on Wednesday that it was time to “move on” after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser provoked outrage and widespread scorn by making a 400 km… Read more » The post British Minister Says ‘Move On’… Continue Reading →
The fraught, freighted number of this particular American moment is a round one brimming with zeroes: 100,000. A hundred thousands. A thousand hundreds. Five thousand score. More than 8,000 dozen.… Read more » The post American Virus Deaths at 100,000:… Continue Reading →
An Ohio man who was seen brandishing an antisemitic sign at a protest in Columbus, Ohio, in April also threatened to kill Jews at Kent State University in a separate incident in early May. The Cleveland Jewish News reported that… Continue Reading →
It’s been a long three years for Jennie and Gary Landsman. The Landsmans are parents to Benny and Josh, two young boys ages 4 and 3. The boys suffer from Canavan disease, a rare, life-threatening progressive brain disorder. Most children… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Rep. Ilhan Omar likened Saudi Arabia’s influence on the Trump administration to Israel’s, saying both countries relied in part on money to bring about their preferred outcomes. An interview with the London-based Sunday Times ahead of the… Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, in the Jerusalem District Court, an indictment was filed against Elazar Rompler for child abuse. Rompler served as a school principal in Canada for the Lev Tahor cult and is charged with mentally and physically abusing at least… Continue Reading →
The Ponevezh yeshiva announced on Tuesday that it would be allowing all Talmidim to return to the Yeshiva and once again begin studying in the Bais Medrash Hagadol – Heichal Ohel Kedoshim. This will be the first time the Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body. Darlene Gildersleeve thought she had recovered from COVID-19. Doctors said… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Marco Rubio, the new Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is warning that foreign actors will seek to amplify conspiracy theories about the coronavirus and find new ways to interfere in the 2020 presidential election…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said Tuesday that wearing a mask in public to combat the spread of the coronavirus is a sign of leadership and called President Donald Trump a “fool” who was “stoking deaths” for suggesting otherwise. The… Continue Reading →
With the weather looking up, SpaceX and NASA officials vowed Tuesday to keep crew safety the top priority for the nation’s first astronaut launch to orbit in nearly a decade. Veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken were set… Continue Reading →