Month May 2020
JERUSALEM (AP) — Etihad Airways says it is flying aid for the Palestinians amid the coronavirus pandemic into Israel, marking the first known direct commercial flight between nations. The Abu Dhabi-based, state-owned airline for the United Arab Emirates said the… Continue Reading →
The following is from the Facebook page of News 12 reporter Blaise Gomez. YWN notes that Gomez is well-known in the Jewish community, running round trying to find stories in the Jewish community. Many of her stories prompt hundreds of… Continue Reading →
A former Navy fighter pilot who captured a California congressional district from Democrats and a state legislator who retained a Republican-held Wisconsin seat joined the House on Tuesday, buoying a… Read more » The post 2 Republican Special Election Winners… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com He was one of the top Yeshiva Mashgichim in all of Europe. He was Rav Shach’s Mashgiach ruchni at Kletzk, and he and Rav Yeruchem Levovitz zt”l started the Yeshiva Ketana in Kelm. The… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Residents Will Receive Over $3 Million, in Addition to Loan Forgiveness, and Company Will Change Allegedly Predatory Lending Practices Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that Santander Consumer USA Inc. will pay the State of New Jersey… Continue Reading →
Shuls re-opened on Monday in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, the epicenter of the severe coronavirus outbreak in the country, after a 10 week-lockdown. The main shul in Milan, a city in Italy’s northern Lombardy region, reopened in accordance… Continue Reading →
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways on Tuesday operated a cargo flight carrying humanitarian supplies for the Palestinians from the UAE to Israel, an airline spokeswoman said. It marks the first known… Read more » The post First Time, UAE Plane to… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com He was one of the top Yeshiva Mashgichim in all of Europe. He was Rav Shach’s Mashgiach ruchni at Kletzk, and he and Rav Yeruchem Levovitz zt”l started the Yeshiva Ketana in Kelm. The… Continue Reading →
The U.S. is leaning harder on Israel and other allies to sever ties with China where sensitive security assets could be put at risk, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday.… Read more » The post U.S. Leans Harder on China… Continue Reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s lawyers were fuming over the prosecution’s insistence on his appearance at the first day of hearings in his trial, saying it was politically motivated. “This… Read more » The post Netanyahu’s Lawyers Spar with Prosecutors… Continue Reading →
RISHON LETZION (VINnews) — A 41-year-old female resident of Bnei Brak who was arrested yesterday for allegedly digging up the grave of a soldier who was killed by a terrorist last week in Samaria has a torrid history herself, having… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Making himself an example for using a malaria drug against the coronavirus, President Donald Trump sent the White House scrambling Tuesday to defend his decision amid medical concerns the unproven treatment could spark misuse of a medication… Continue Reading →
Due to the coronavirus, Iran has called off its annual Death to Israel rallies in the capital, but that didn’t stop it from broadcasting hate messages on Tuesday. Gholam Hossein… Read more » The post Iran Cancels Rallies, But Not… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Delta Airlines will resume flights between New York and Israel next month, with face masks mandatory for staff and travelers. The flights will be “less than daily,” Delta announced on its website. The airline’s first flight to… Continue Reading →
The municipalities of Yerushalayim and Tel Aviv will be experimenting with pedestrian-only streets starting next Monday, according to The Times of Israel. The projects, which are being launched separately, will… Read more » The post Street Closure Trials in Yerushalayim,… Continue Reading →
A Lakewood resident has been charged after spitting and making terroristic threats at Jackson police officers. Three Jackson police responded to the Dollar General in Manhattan Stree Plaza on Monday on the report of a disorderly person who had removed… Continue Reading →
TORONTO (AP) — Canada and the US have agreed to extend their agreement to keep border closed to non-essential travel to June 21 during the coronavirus pandemic. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday the border is a source of… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] The well established and central Kollel of Kiryat Sefer, Beth Aba Institutions led by Rabbi Freund, took the initiative last week immediately after the Ministry of Health gave authorization to open Shuls and Beis Midrashim for up to fifteen… Continue Reading →
ספר תורה שרוי בצער!הרבנים הגאונים הגאון הצדיק רבי שמעון גלאי שליט״א והגאון הצדיק רבי יצחק קולדצקי שליט״א חתן מרן הגר״ח קנייבסקי שליט״אHave gathered together to launch this emergency campaign.One of the great Talimidie Chachomim in Eretz Yisrael, is in a… Continue Reading →
LONDON (JTA) – A video on the social media music video platform TikTok that makes fun of the numbers tattooed on the arms of Jews held in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust has received over 623,000 views. The British… Continue Reading →
New York state will begin a pilot program to allow visitors into select hospitals, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. As the coronavirus pandemic slammed the state and overwhelmed hospitals, Cuomo… Read more » The post New York Starting Pilot Program… Continue Reading →