Month August 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic threw everyone’s lives into a jumble, but perhaps most so for bochurim and seminary girls who were in the midst of continuing their learning and hashkafic education in Eretz Yisroel. I know of several people who had to come back early, some… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The FBI explained why it tweeted a link to a 139-page selection of the bureau’s files on anti-Semitic text from the early 20th century “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” Hours after the FBI Records Vault sent the tweet on Wednesday… Continue Reading →
On Thursday, a New York judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. The lawsuit was an attempt to prevent DA Cy Vance Jr. from subpoenaing… Read more » The post Federal Judge Tosses Trump’s Attempt… Continue Reading →
The brother of the suicide bomber who set off an explosion at a 2017 concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds, was sentenced Thursday to a minimum… Read more » The post Bomber’s Brother Gets 55 Years… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV is reporting the country has unveiled two new missiles amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States. State TV said officials unveiled the two new missiles on Thursday — National Defense Industry… Continue Reading →
“Abba – Wake up! Abba?!” It was Friday, a week and half after Pesach. The lockdown was still in effect, and everyone was home. Father Efraim Blum wasn’t going out at all, even for fresh air, because he was… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Zalman Nechemiya Goldberg ZT”L (88), son-in-law of HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, and a major Posek in Eretz Yisroel. Rav Goldberg was the editor in chief of the Encyclopedia HaTalmudis… Continue Reading →
The Torah world was plunged into mourning with the petirah of noted Dayan Hagaon Harav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, zt”l, on Thursday afternoon in Yerushalayim. He was 89 at his passing.… Read more » The post BD”E: Harav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg,… Continue Reading →
A 19-year-old Border Police officer who was moderately wounded Monday in a terror attack in the Old City of Yerushalayim was released from hospital Thursday. The officer and a 58-year-old… Read more » The post Border Police Officer Wounded in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly six months after the coronavirus forced its closure, the 9/11 Memorial Museum will be reopening on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks next month, first to those who lost loved ones and then to the… Continue Reading →
There’s a lot more to home affordability than just the listing price on a home. A study from SmartAsset determined the most affordable places to live in New Jersey by analyzing local property tax, insurance costs and income data. Places… Continue Reading →
BALTIMORE (AP) — A woman has died after a personal vehicle collided with a light-rail train in Baltimore on Thursday, Baltimore Fire Department spokeswoman Blair Adams said. Adams said the accident occurred just before 8 a.m. in downtown Baltimore. Three… Continue Reading →
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme “We Build The Wall.” The charges… Read more » The post Ex-White House Adviser Steve Bannon… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is technically called a portmanteau – and it refers to the inventing of a new word by combining two other words that now carries the combined meaning of both words. In this portmanteau… Continue Reading →
The United Arab Emirates has a legitimate request to acquire the F-35 fighter jet and its agreement to normalize ties with Israel should remove “any hurdle” for the United States… Read more » The post UAE Official: Israel Deal Should… Continue Reading →
Sweden, which has stood out among European countries for its low-key approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic, recorded its highest tally of deaths in the first half of 2020 for… Read more » The post Sweden Records Highest Death Tally… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is technically called a portmanteau – and it refers to the inventing of a new word by combining two other words that now carries the combined meaning of both words. In this portmanteau… Continue Reading →
A day before the beginning of Elul Zman, MK Yisrael Eichler chastised the public who are against the re-opening of Yeshivas in the Knesset plenum. During his speech, he called those criticizing the re-opening of Yeshivas anti-Semites. He addresses the… Continue Reading →
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The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose to 1.1 million last week after two weeks of declines, evidence that many employers are still slashing jobs as the… Read more » The post U.S. Jobless Claims Jump Back… Continue Reading →