Month December 2020
New York lawmakers plan to convene remotely for a special session Monday to pass a bill extending the state’s ban on residential evictions past its Jan. 1 deadline. State Senate… Read more » The post NY Lawmakers Set Special Session… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Global pandemic notwithstanding, more than 20,000 Jews from 70 countries made aliyah over the course of 2020, the Jewish Agency reported this week. Most of the immigrants arrived from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and France, according… Continue Reading →
One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activists was sentenced on Monday to nearly six years in prison under a vague and broadly-worded law aimed at combating terrorism, according to state-linked media. Loujain al-Hathloul’s case, and her imprisonment for… Continue Reading →
A fatal accident in Jackson is under investigation. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on December 24, 2020, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Jackson Township Police Department were summoned to the area of Cedar Swap Road and I-195… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it screened 1.28 million passengers on Sunday at U.S. airports, the highest number since mid-March, when the coronavirus pandemic slashed travel demand. The number… Read more » The post U.S. Screens 1.28 Million People… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it screened 1.28 million passengers on Sunday at U.S. airports, the highest number since mid-March, when the coronavirus pandemic slashed travel demand. The number… Read more » The post U.S. Screens 1.28 Million People… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A courageous 7-year-old boy entered his burning Tennessee home and saved his toddler sister from the fire . “I didn’t want my sister to die,” he said. “I got her, Dad.” 7-year-old boy rescues his baby… Continue Reading →
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With federal officials having identified the man believed to be behind Nashville’s Christmas Day bombing, authorities now turn to the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind the explosion that severely damaged dozens of downtown… Continue Reading →
A 100-year-old institution evokes images of “outdated” and “past-its-prime.” However, for a visionary institution, accustomed to setting the standard of Torah education in America, efforts to not only stay relevant but lead, are its marching orders. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath is… Continue Reading →
Ninety nursing homes in New Jersey began inoculating residents and staff members this Monday, Fox5 reported. The first to be vaccinated were Mildred Clements, a resident of Roosevelt Care Center… Read more » The post NJ Nursing Homes to Begin… Continue Reading →
Coronavirus restrictions that have significantly limited his public appearances. Warning signals for an economy battered by pandemic-related border closings and natural disasters. The impending departure of a U.S. president who said he “fell in love” with him. As North Korean… Continue Reading →
Governor Phil Murphy, joined by New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli and CVS Health Regional Director Kat Kingston, today visited Roosevelt Care Center in Old Bridge to mark the launch of New Jersey’s vaccination effort of residents and… Continue Reading →
An Israeli-Arab from the town of Jisr az-Zarqa who returned from Dubai was detained at Ben Gurion Airport on Monday morning when he passed through customs without declaring an iPhone… Read more » The post Man Returns From UAE, Caught… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Monday that Israel was approaching 100,000 COVID-19 vaccinations per day, and vowed to increase the rate even further. “So far, we have vaccinated 379,000 people,” said Edelstein, as Israel began… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, dozens of motorists were stopped by NJSP in Lakewood. The Troopers were seen stopping vehicles primarily in the Downtown and Yeshiva areas, leading many to believe it was a targeted enforcement. However, according to an audio recording in October… Continue Reading →
The third coronavirus lockdown is now officially in place, despite going into effect hours earlier, after the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday approved the measures in a… Read more » The post Knesset Committee Approves Lockdown Measures… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A number of people are aware of the controversy about an health clinic in Williamsburg that started giving out COVID-19 vaccines to people other than the front-line health care workers. Indeed, such prominent Poskim… Continue Reading →
A 75-year-old man from northern Israel died of a heart attack about two hours after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed on Monday afternoon. The man, a resident of Beit Shean, had a pre-existing heart condition and… Continue Reading →
Israelis who are sick with COVID-19 will be able to cast their ballots at drive-through polling stations that authorities hope will ensure a smooth election in March while minimizing infection… Read more » The post Solution to Voting in a… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – Rabbi Herschel Schachter, a leading Modern Orthodox rabbi who received a COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at a clinic now under investigation for improperly administering the vaccine, said he was led to believe that the vaccination was above… Continue Reading →
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said Sunday his group now has twice as many precision-guided missiles as it had a year ago, saying Israel’s efforts to prevent it from acquiring them have failed. Hassan Nasrallah, in an… Continue Reading →