Month July 2020
The Trump administration and Oregon leaders declared victory after it was announced that U.S. agents guarding a federal courthouse during violent demonstrations in Portland will pull back, but it wasn’t clear the agreement will reduce tensions that have led to… Continue Reading →
In honor of the upcoming Tu B’Av Together, the Global Day of Tefillah for Shidduchim. Yad L’Achim has released amazing new technology that allows anyone to request the epic video for shidduchim, receive the mobile Tehillim and submit names for… Continue Reading →
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday agreed to rehear arguments over whether the judge assigned to the criminal case against Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, must… Read more » The post Case of Ex-Trump Aide Flynn… Continue Reading →
Power outage in the Sunset x James and West Gate area. Traffic lights out as well. (TLS-BB) pic.twitter.com/70aLuteDkz — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) July 30, 2020
Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has died of complications… Read more » The post Former GOP presidential candidate Herman… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – A Twitter official said on Wednesday that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s calls for the genocide of the Jews do not violate the social media platform’s rules. Speaking with Israel’s Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and… Continue Reading →
After revising its criteria for classifying coronavirus patients, the Health Ministry on Thursday said that the number of active cases has dropped to 25,628, according to The Times of Israel.… Read more » The post Almost 2,000 New Covid Patients,… Continue Reading →
Over 1,000 people have gathered to protest against the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu outside his residence in Yerushalayim, according to media reports on Thursday night. Police were said to… Read more » The post Police Brace for Violence at… Continue Reading →
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – What would Ben Franklin think? The Founding Father who launched one of America’s first street-sweeping programs in Philadelphia in the late 1750s would see and smell piles of fly-infested, rotting household waste, bottles and cans as the… Continue Reading →
Following the Six Day War Concerning the rejoicing taking place at the Kosel Hamaaravi דרשת יום א’ דסליחות תשכ”זבקיץ של שנת תשכ”ז שוחרר ירושלים העתיקה מידי הערבים ושוב התאפשר ליהודים לגשת אל הכותל המערביולשפוך שיח ליד שריד בית מקדשנו בעת ההוא… Continue Reading →
As we mourn the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash and numerous other communal tragedies that have befallen us throughout the generations, our thoughts naturally turn to understand how these matters relate to us both individually and collectively. Over the years,… Continue Reading →
Twitter defended its decision to flag President Trump’s tweet about violent demonstrations but not Iran’s calls for violence against Israel, suggesting to Israeli’s legislature on Wednesday that the latter fell under its protections for “commentary on political issues of the… Continue Reading →
In lieu of the annual Shema Kolainu Benefit Breakfast, a meaningful virtual benefit was held. Despite the trying times we are living through, Shema Kolainu is working hard as ever to provide its children with the education they need to… Continue Reading →
MIAMI (AP) — Two residents of the Florida Keys have been jailed for failing to quarantine after testing positive for the new coronavirus. Jose Interian, 24, and Yohana Gonzalez, 26, are facing charges of violating isolation rules for a quarantine… Continue Reading →
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will require that masks be worn on the House floor after a Republican member of Congress tested positive for the coronavirus. The member, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, often shunned wearing masks and was known to vote… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Some Twitter users have decided to stage a 48-hour boycott of the platform over its handling of a stream of anti-Semitic comments that were posted on British rapper Wiley’s social media accounts. The users claim that… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com And it happened before Tisha B’Av! As many residents of Monsey, New York are aware, there are two Eruv committees in the Monsey area, and, of late, there has been some confusion between the… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com And it happened before Tisha B’Av! As many residents of Monsey, New York are aware, there are two Eruv committees in the Monsey area, and, of late, there has been some confusion between the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana warned on Wednesday that unless Israelis find a way to rise above their differences, “we will end up with blood.” Speaking with Israel Hayom, he warned that the latest protests against… Continue Reading →
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