Month July 2020

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is considered one of the best neighborhoods in Long Island and personifies suburbia itself.  And almost overnight, it popped up.  There is a shul, an eiruv, and, yes, affordable housing. The Rav of… Continue Reading →

Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said Thursday that he has received “serious threats” to himself and his family since he became one of the public faces of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. The doctor said… Continue Reading →

Reb Daniel Shore z”l was a fixture in the Kensington community for many years, his smile lighting up the faces of all who knew him. He and his large family were close to Rav Chaim Epstein zt”l and davened for… Continue Reading →

U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced a combined $12,180,000 in federal funding for New Jersey airports from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to make needed upgrades and improvements. “New Jersey’s airports are local economic drivers, help create jobs… Continue Reading →

Five months after it kicked New Yorkers out of trusted traveler security programs in a spat over immigration policy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reversed itself Thursday and told a court it had misrepresented the facts in a lawsuit… Continue Reading →

Israel’s Health Ministry warned on Thursday that an intense heatwave will hit Israel on Sunday and continue all week and urged the elderly and those suffering from illnesses, including the coronavirus, to take proper precautions. The temperatures in Israel next… Continue Reading →

Unemployment Insurance Updates • If you are waiting for benefits for the time between when you lost your job and when you filed for Unemployment, you need to request those retroactive benefits by speaking to a Department of Labor representative…. Continue Reading →

The White House says President Donald Trump will visit North Carolina on Monday to tour a business that is participating in work on a COVID-19 vaccine. The White House said Trump is expected to speak about the collaboration between the… Continue Reading →

In response to numerous requests Merkaz L’Chinuch HaTorah is offering a full gamut of summer workshops for rebbeim and moros, and its intensive summer and fall programs for talmidim. Both children and bochurim can improve learning skills, from kriah through… Continue Reading →

We need your opinion and advice! In less than two weeks is Tu B’Av Together by Yad L’Achim, where thousands of Jews across the world will be davening for each other for shidduchim on Tu B’Av.  (Please see video below… Continue Reading →

A reader sent the following message to TLS: I received my P-EBT card today, and called the number on the card  (1-888-997-3333) to activate it. The number calls a scam. The NJ SNAP website has the following message: “There was an error in… Continue Reading →

Explosions were heard in the Golan Heights near the border between Israel and Syria on the Syrian side, the IDF Spokesperson’s Office reported Friday afternoon. An anti-aircraft missile was fired… Read more » The post Anti-Aircraft Missile Shot at Israeli… Continue Reading →

Regulators that normally work within their own countries or regions will likely harmonize efforts on potential COVID-19 vaccines to speed up their approvals once they become available, WHO chief scientist… Read more » The post WHO Scientist Sees Regulators Cooperating… Continue Reading →

The Har Nof neighborhood in Yerushalayim will keep its name after the municipality’s naming committee voted unanimously on Thursday to cancel a name change proposed by Mayor Moshe Lion and… Read more » The post Har Nof to Keep Its… Continue Reading →

Police were forced to use water cannons to disperse protesters in central Yerushalayim and arrested at least 55 of them as clashes broke out overnight after thousands staged a protest… Read more » The post 55 Arrested as Anti-Gov’t Protest… Continue Reading →