Month June 2020
NEW YORK (Newsmax) – Airlines in the United States, Europe and Asia have banned alcohol from flights in response to the coronavirus pandemic, in an attempt to minimize contact between passengers and crew members, CNN reports. American Airlines, Delta Airlines,… Continue Reading →
You may have seen a puppet show, but have you ever seen a frum puppet that can talk on his own? Chuck Field and his puppets Ziggy and Dr Sol are huge hits every year at camps around the country –… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (Newsmax) – Statues honoring members of the Confederacy, known racists, and slave owners are being torn down by protestors across the country as unrest continues in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. Now, Popular Mechanics has published… Continue Reading →
The Knesset voted against a proposal for public transportation on Shabbos filed by Meretz leader Tamar Zandberg on Wednesday with a majority of 53 to 26. Zandberg attacked Transportation Minister Miri Regev (Likud), who respects traditional Jewish values and voted… Continue Reading →
CROWN HEIGHTS (VINnews) — A young Jewish man was nearly a victim of a drive-by shooting on Atlantic Ave on Wednesday evening. The man was driving on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn at approximately 7:30 PM on Wednesday when the shooting… Continue Reading →
Sgt. Antonio Ellis was hospitalized with Covid since March. Today, he was welcomed home with a hero’s celebration. (Thank you Sgt. Erik Menck!)
A Lubavitcher Bochur was nearly a victim of a drive-by shooting in Brooklyn. According to CHI, the incident happened on Wednesday evening at around 7:30PM on Atlantic Avenue near Pennsylvania Avenue. The Bochur states he was driving when suddenly shots… Continue Reading →
Following the Yisrael Hayom report earlier this week revealing that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to thwart the anti-Israel Resolution 2234 in the UN Security Council as well as another anti-Israel resolution that President Obama… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) — Amid nationwide protests that have seen police cruisers set on fire, law enforcement officers attacked and calls to defund police departments, members of the Jewish community have hopped on board an Instagram campaign to show… Continue Reading →
Israel is preparing for additional coronavirus waves and the possibility of an overflow of hospitalized patients in need of respiratory assistance but its work is far from complete. According to a health ministry report on Tuesday, only 5% of the… Continue Reading →
DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Joe Biden unleashed a stinging critique Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus, calling on Trump to “wake up” to the havoc caused by the pandemic and do more to prevent further harm. “Donald… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Yes, the following is from Rav Chaim Kanievsky – really. The minhag is to recite vehu rachum before maariv. In some places they they recite shir hamaalos hinei borchu etc, (Shoneh Halachos 236:1). After… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Yes, the following is from Rav Chaim Kanievsky – really. The minhag is to recite vehu rachum before maariv. In some places they they recite shir hamaalos hinei borchu etc, (Shoneh Halachos 236:1). After… Continue Reading →
As small and local businesses begin to reopen, and outside dining resumes, Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari, liaison to tourism and business development, is encouraging residents to support their local businesses. “It is great to finally have our… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] There is a unique segula associated with Rebbi Yonasan ben Uziel’s graveside. The great Tanna, who was never married, promised that anyone who davened at his burial place would be zocheh to finding their own zivug in his… Continue Reading →
Chelsea Handler Deletes Video Clip Of Louis Farrakhan That Included Her Defense Of His Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK (JTA) – Chelsea Handler deleted a video clip of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan that the Jewish comedian posted on Instagram, including a defense of Farrakhan’s virulent anti-Semitism. Handler had come under criticism in the comments to… Continue Reading →
Tuesday June 23rd is Primary Day across New York State. There will be primaries for Congressional, State Senate and Assembly seats as well as delegates to the presidential nominating conventions. Early voting period is from June 13th to June 21st…. Continue Reading →
The NYS Dept of Health released the long-awaited guidelines for allowing family and support members to visit patients in hospitals. Although the limitations for such visits were lifted several weeks… Read more » The post NYS Dept of Health Releases… Continue Reading →
Norway and Ireland won contested seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council Wednesday in a series of U.N. elections held under dramatically different voting procedures because of the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read more » The post Norway and Ireland, Not Canada,… Continue Reading →
Israel’s main umbrella group for tour operators sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday appealing to him to rescue Israel’s tourism industry. The Israel Incoming Tour Operators Association wrote in the letter that the Israeli government’s lack… Continue Reading →