Month May 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump demanded Monday that North Carolina’s Democratic governor sign off “immediately” on allowing the Republican National Convention to move forward in August with full attendance despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Trump’s tweets Monday about the… Continue Reading →
In a controversial ruling in April, the High Court accepted petitions by the Secular Forum and the Adalah organization, saying the ban imposed by hospitals on bringing in chametz on… Read more » The post Chief Rabbi’s Appeal Against Ruling… Continue Reading →
The coronavirus hasn’t been kind to car owners. With more people than ever staying home to lessen the spread of COVID-19, their sedans, pickup trucks and SUVs are parked unattended… Read more » The post Vehicle Theft Spikes in COVID-19… Continue Reading →
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of Monday is 16,720, an increase of only three cases since Sunday evening, with 43 people in serious condition of whom 34 are ventilated. The first death in five… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Memorial Day in New York City is being marked with car convoys and small ceremonies instead of parades, as those looking to honor fallen military members have to contend with coronavirus restrictions. “It’s something we’re upset… Continue Reading →
[From our archives] Across the country, under normal circumstances, local and national governments and agencies would hold ceremonies in memory of the over one million servicemen who have died in combat defending the United States from those that threaten American… Continue Reading →
Today is the shloshim of R’ Marvin Schick z”l. The following is audio of R’ Marvin delivering divrei zikaron about Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l. LISTEN: https://matzav.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zaidy-darchei-2009-reduced-size.mp3
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA (VINnews) — As scientists worldwide frantically search for COVID-19 vaccines, epidemiologists also seek to find the source of the outbreak in order to be able to locate and prevent any future mutations of the virus from spreading and… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Do you remember The Siyum? Yes, the day Klal Yisrael gathered together, hundreds of thousands strong at MetLife Stadium, Barclays Center and dozens of locations around the world, to celebrate Torah. Yes, The Siyum may now sound like a… Continue Reading →
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Do you remember The Siyum? Yes, the day Klal Yisrael gathered together, hundreds of thousands strong at MetLife Stadium, Barclays Center and dozens of locations around the world, to celebrate Torah. Yes, The Siyum may now sound like a distant… Continue Reading →
El Al will begin operating cargo flights from Tel Aviv to Turkey for the first time in a decade. The first El Al plane landed in Istanbul on Sunday morning… Read more » The post El Al Operates Cargo Flights… Continue Reading →
The death toll from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Sweden has topped 4,000, statistics published by the Public Health Agency showed on Monday. The data published on the… Read more » The post COVID-19 Deaths in Sweden Top… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com We are living in difficult times. Firstly, the loss of countless lives. Secondly, the impending economic disaster; the loss of jobs, the blow to the businesses – some of which have changed forever. The… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com We are living in difficult times. Firstly, the loss of countless lives. Secondly, the impending economic disaster; the loss of jobs, the blow to the businesses – some of which have changed forever. The… Continue Reading →
Police are looking for a woman suspected of burglarizing approximately 10 vehicles in Lakewood. The incidents occurred in the area of 14th Street and Hope Chapel Road. The suspect, described as a black woman, can be seen parking her Ford… Continue Reading →
Following the swearing-in of the 35th government last week, confirming Binyamin Netanyahu once again as Israel’s prime minister – against all odds and despite three indictments against him – B’Chadrei Chareidim re-visited the “election prophet” – Rav Meir Turheim of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Minister of Interior Aryeh Deri approved Sunday, in conjunction with the Health Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, the return of all foreign yeshiva students and avreichim back to Israel to learn in the yeshivos and kollels. In… Continue Reading →
Channel 13 News aired a clip of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu comparing the actions of the Peleg Yerushalmi group to those of various cults around the world. One of the defining characteristics during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in… Continue Reading →
Rock star Aviv Geffen, almost an icon of the left-wing Tel Aviv crowd, isn’t known for his warm feelings for religious people. But something in his thinking shifted after receiving 420 messages from Bnei Brak residents who thanked him for… Continue Reading →
Memorial Day in New York City is being marked with car convoys and small ceremonies instead of parades, as those looking to honor fallen military members have to contend with… Read more » The post Car Convoys, Small Ceremonies to… Continue Reading →