Month July 2020
The Knesset approved the “Check for Every Citizen” program championed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yisrael Katz on Wednesday on its second and third readings. Sixty-eight MKs… Read more » The post Knesset Approves ‘Check for Every… Continue Reading →
Moderna plans to price its experimental coronavirus vaccine in a way that ensures broad access, it said on Wednesday, adding that it did not intend to conduct late-stage trials of… Read more » The post Moderna: COVID-19 Vaccine Pricing to… Continue Reading →
The three bodies in charge of dealing with expressions of anti-Semitism online – the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, the World Zionist Organization and the Ministry of Strategic Affairs – all… Read more » The post Revealed: Israel Monitors Online Anti-Semitism,… Continue Reading →
The post The Rebbe, the Mentor, the Yedid: Upon the Histalkus of the Novominsker Rebbe, Zt”l appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Maspidim Remember Klal Yisrael’s Rebbe, the Novominsker Rebbe, Zt”l The Novominsker Rebbe The Novominsker Rebbe in Camp… Continue Reading →
Police say a man captured on surveillance video breaking windows at a south Minneapolis auto parts store in the days after George Floyd’s death is a Hell’s Angels member who… Read more » The post Police: Minneapolis Suspect Linked to… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s newly appointed coronavirus project coordinator, professor Ronni Gamzu, on Tuesday presented his plan to halt the spread of COVID-19. In a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Health Minister… Continue Reading →
A new $1 trillion COVID-19 response package by Senate Republicans is supposed to give the government more weapons to battle the surging coronavirus pandemic. But GOP lawmakers have more than just the “invisible enemy” in mind. The Republican measure includes… Continue Reading →
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Boeing is reporting a $2.4 billion loss for the second quarter due to the grounding of its 737 Max jet and the coronavirus pandemic, which is expected to depress airline… Read more » The post Troubles Abound, Boeing Losses Bloom… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are numerous women out there who halachically may not remarry – because their halachic husbands have not given them a Get. Most of the time, these men do not issue the Get because… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — Holocaust survivors around the world are lending their voices to a campaign launched Wednesday targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site. Coordinated… Continue Reading →
The Trump administration has started talks with the Oregon governor’s office and indicated that it would begin to draw down the presence of federal agents sent to quell two months… Read more » The post Trump Administration in Talks With… Continue Reading →
Mispallelim at the Kosel this Tisha B’Av, when there are usually thousands of mispallelim who come to the she’aris haMikdash to hear Eichah and recite Kinos, will be limited. Only 1,000 mispallelim at a time will be permitted to daven… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry stated on Wednesday that they support allowing non-Israeli citizens from “green states” into Israel without being tested for the coronavirus or being required to quarantine upon arrival. Health Ministry Deputy Director-General Prof. Itamar Grotto said at a… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Residents of the city of Tel Aviv woke up Wednesday to a jarring sight: a pop-up exhibit depicting a life-size statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoying a lavish meal by himself at a… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry reported 2,093 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, a new record high in daily cases since the pandemic began. The number of active cases has risen to 33,618, with 322 in serious condition, of whom 98 are ventilated…. Continue Reading →
This year, for the first time ever, The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation’s Tisha B’av event is available in your home! For the past 27 years, the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation’s Worldwide Tisha B’av event has changed the world. This year,… Continue Reading →
When the coronavirus first hit Lakewood and everything shut down, I thought there was a silver lining that we could all capitalize on. For a period of time it became so clear how much we need each other. I don’t… Continue Reading →
Attorney General William Barr defended the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America as he testified for the first time before the House Judiciary Committee, pushing back against angry, skeptical Democrats who said President Donald Trump’s administration… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded Wednesday to an incident in which activists attacked left-wing activists Tuesday night with severe violence in a demonstration against him in Tel Aviv. In his… Read more » The post Netanyahu: “There Is No Place… Continue Reading →