Month August 2020
Following a lengthy debate that stretched into the early hours of Monday morning, the Finance Committee approved for its second and third readings the Basic Law Proposal, which would give… Read more » The post Bill to Extend Deadline for… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry reported Monday that 962 new virus cases were diagnosed on Sunday. 13,245 tests were performed on Sunday, with the positivity rate at 7.2%. The total number of cases… Read more » The post 962 New Coronavirus Cases on… Continue Reading →
The IDF struck terror targets in the Gaza Strip early on Monday, in response to incendiary balloons launched into Israel the day before. This was the latest exchange as tensions between… Read more » The post IDF Strikes Terror Targets in… Continue Reading →
While the historic agreement between Israel and the UAE continues to make headlines around the world, meanwhile, far from the spotlight, the UAE has been involved in an extraordinary humanitarian… Read more » The post Rescue of Jewish Family From… Continue Reading →
Officers deployed tear gas early Monday in an effort to disperse hundreds of people who took to the streets following a police shooting in Kenosha that also drew a harsh… Read more » The post Protest Erupts After Wisconsin Police… Continue Reading →
Austrian authorities said Monday that a suspect has been arrested after an assault on the head of the Jewish community in Graz, the country’s second-biggest city. Community leader Elie Rosen… Read more » The post Suspect Arrested After Assault on… Continue Reading →
An explosion early on Monday struck a gas pipeline in a Damascus suburb, cutting electricity throughout Syria, state media reported, citing the country’s electricity and oil ministers. The oil minister,… Read more » The post Oil Minister: Explosion on Syria… Continue Reading →
Israeli archaeologists announced Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins found during recent salvage excavations near the central city of Yavneh. The collection of 425 complete… Read more » The post Archaeological Dig Unearths Large Trove… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita was once asked an interesting question by a woman who was in need of surgery (Derech Sicha p, 174): She inquired of the Rav: “May I delay my surgery so… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita was once asked an interesting question by a woman who was in need of surgery (Derech Sicha p, 174): She inquired of the Rav: “May I delay my surgery so… Continue Reading →
Three massive wildfires chewed through parched Northern California landscape Sunday as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead of a frightening weather system packing high winds and… Read more » The post Massive Northern California Wildfires Rage… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Israel on Monday, on the first leg of his Mideast press the momentum of the Trump administration’s Arab-Israeli peace push. Pompeo was first… Read more » The post Pompeo Arrives in Israel, Will… Continue Reading →
Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Dine El Otmani on Sunday rejected any normalization of relations with Israel. “We refuse any normalization with the Zionist entity because this emboldens it to go… Read more » The post Morocco Rejects Normalizing Ties With… Continue Reading →
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would follow public health advisers’ advice if they called for a national shutdown should he take office and the coronavirus had not abated. “I would be prepared to do whatever… Continue Reading →
Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month. Conway, Trump’s campaign manager during the stretch run of the 2016… Continue Reading →
Help for the U.S. Postal Service landed in stalemate Sunday as the White House dismissed an emergency funding bill aimed at shoring up the agency before the November elections as “going nowhere” and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged senators to… Continue Reading →
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A young child died due to complications from coronavirus in June, the first confirmed death of a minor in Iowa during the pandemic, the state health department belatedly announced Sunday evening. The Iowa Department of Public… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – TikTok has become a central part of my social media diet while spending more time inside during the pandemic. Among the mix of very funny people and powerful political statements, a number of trends have popped up on the… Continue Reading →
A calm overnight allowed firefighters to make progress against a trio of massive wildfires burning in Northern California but they were girding for a weather system Sunday that will bring high winds and thunderstorms that could spark new fires and… Continue Reading →
Starting at 10:00pm EDT tonight Topic: Sacrificing For Marriage – What it really means Rabbi Shais Taub https://us02web.zoom.us/j/645572066 Zoom ID 645572066 phone: 929-205-6099 ID: 645572066## The post Live Now on Coach Menachem: Rabbi Shais Taud on Sacrificing for marriage- what… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Rebbetzin Yitty Gutman A”H who was Niftar this evening. Rebbetzin Gutman A”H is the wife of Rav Yehoshua Noach Gutman Z”L of Gudz Road, and sister of Yb”l Rabbi Paysach Krohn…. Continue Reading →