Month May 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was released from federal prison Thursday to serve the remainder of his sentence at home, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Cohen had… Continue Reading →
In a new letter released today, Gedolim in Eretz Yisroel are calling on Klal Yisroel to refrain from keeping cell phones on in Shul, even on vibrate. The Gedolim are designating this Shabbos, Parshas Bamidmar, as the awareness Shabbos for… Continue Reading →
The Palestinian Authority has rejected the coronavirus aid sent on an Etihad flight to Israel on Tuesday, saying that aid must be sent in coordination with the Palestinian leadership and… Read more » The post PA Rejects UAE Coronavirus Aid… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – How should I clean and store my face mask? Cloth face masks worn during the coronavirus pandemic should be washed regularly, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public health experts recommend wearing… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com It is a sad reality that very often, lawyers win cases not on the evidence per se, but rather upon their ability to speak more passionately and more convincingly than the lawyer representing the… Continue Reading →
The Agudah, today, has released the attached letter signed by three senior members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, and Rabbi Aharon Feldman, for purposes of clarification. ENGLISH TRANSLATION We write in response to slander… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Over 100 Israeli school children were sent into quarantine on Thursday after cases of coronavirus cropped up in educational facilities in multiple locations, less than a week after Israeli schools returned to running at full capacity. Schools… Continue Reading →
The Agudah, today, has released the attached letter signed by three senior members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, and Rabbi Aharon Feldman, for purposes of clarification. English Translation: We write in response to slander… Continue Reading →
Agudas Yisroel of America released the above letter to Matzav.com. The letter is signed by three senior members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rav Dovid Feinstein, and Rav Aharon Feldman. In English Translation: We write in response… Continue Reading →
The State Attorney’s Office filed an indictment on Thursday against a 40-year-old man from Hadera following his inciting online posts allegedly called for the assassination of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.… Read more » The post Man Indicted for Inciting Violence… Continue Reading →
More than 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral outbreak that triggered widespread business shutdowns two months ago… Read more » The post Nearly 39 Million Have Sought… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The coronavirus has infected more than 10,000 health care workers in hard-hit Iran, news outlets reported Thursday. In southern Yemen, the virus-related death toll at a medical center run by an international aid group attests to… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — A Chareidi Giyores who has been living in Israel for over 20 years and converted to Judaism in Rav Nissim Karelitz’s Beis Din is under threat of deportation from Israel together with her 10 year-old son… Continue Reading →
The president of a regional Federal Reserve bank that will oversee a groundbreaking business lending program said Wednesday that he thinks a slower-than-expected recovery from the economic downturn would lead companies to seek critical support from the program. In an… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — The top Democratic leaders are urging President Donald Trump to fly flags at half-staff on public buildings across the country when the U.S. coronavirus death toll reaches 100,000. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer… Continue Reading →
Thousands of lives could have been saved had the United States implemented a lockdown even just one week before it did, according to new data by Columbia University researchers, NBC… Read more » The post Study: Thousands of Lives Could’ve… Continue Reading →
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an unspecified threat that was made indirectly over Facebook regarding summer camps and colonies. Sheriff’s deputies tracked down the owner of the Facebook page on Tuesday and interviewed her regarding the comments. “The… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today joined Congressman Andy Kim (N.J.-03) and members of the New Jersey congressional delegation urged the Trump Administration to extend the deployment of the New Jersey National Guard beyond the current June 24th… Continue Reading →
Hundreds if not thousands of Israeli websites were hacked in a cyberattack on Thursday, the National Cyber Directorate stated. The websites’ homepages were replaced with an anti-Israel video and the ominous (but poorly translated) message of: “The countdown of Israel… Continue Reading →
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi was placed on lockdown Thursday morning after reports of an active shooter, according to the Navy. The individual who opened fire at the Texas base around 6:15 a.m. was neutralized shortly thereafter, the Navy says…. Continue Reading →
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