Month February 2021

In a move that comes as no surprise to the Israeli public, the Health Ministry is pushing for the government to impose tightened restrictions on public activity during the upcoming Purim holiday. The initiative was first reported by Channel 12… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are four types of people in the world: Those who prepare their mishloach manos many days before Purim; those who prepare the day before Purim; those who recycle mishloach manos that they have received on Purim itself;… Continue Reading →

An Israeli man suspended his anti-vaxxer Facebook group after his pregnant sister-in-law, Osnat Ben Shitrit, 32, died of COVID-19 on Sunday morning. Osnat, who was 30 weeks pregnant, died due to complications in her health related to the coronavirus. Making… Continue Reading →

Iranian lawmakers protested on Monday against Tehran’s decision to permit “necessary” monitoring by the U.N. nuclear watchdog for up to three months, saying the move broke a law mandating an… Read more » The post Iranian Lawmakers Criticize Tehran’s Deal… Continue Reading →

Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, will appear for his confirmation hearing vowing to prioritize civil rights, combat extremist attacks and ensure the Justice Department remains politically… Read more » The post Garland to Focus on Civil… Continue Reading →

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened cabinet rivals on Monday for their first discussion of Israeli strategy against the Iranian nuclear program since President Joe Biden took office pledging to pursue… Read more » The post Netanyahu Seeks Iran Consensus With… Continue Reading →

Pre-Pesach work began at the Kosel during this latest lockdown using injections with the aid of syringes very similar to those used by medical staff. Every six months, before Pesach… Read more » The post Welfare of the Kosel Stones… Continue Reading →

Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline and France’s Sanofi on Monday said they had started a new clinical trial of their protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate and aim to reach the final testing stage in… Read more » The post GSK, Sanofi Begin New COVID-19… Continue Reading →

One of the world’s oldest known Megillas Esther has recently been gifted to the National Library of Israel in Yerushalayim, home to the world’s largest collection of textual Judaica, where… Read more » The post One of the World’s Oldest… Continue Reading →

The Claims Conference in partnership with United Hatzalah has launched a national project with the goal of making sure that all 11,000 homebound Holocaust survivors living in Israel receive their… Read more » The post National Project for Vaccinating All… Continue Reading →

Federal aviation regulators are ordering United Airlines to step up inspections of all Boeing 777s equipped with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver on Saturday.… Read more » The post FAA Orders United to Inspect… Continue Reading →

President Joe Biden will mark the U.S. crossing 500,000 lives lost from COVID-19 at the White House. The nation is expected to pass the grim milestone on Monday, just over… Read more » The post Biden to Mark 500,000 Lives… Continue Reading →

The Likud initiated secret talks with the Palestinian Authority ahead of the upcoming election, Yediot Acharanot reported Monday morning, quoting Palestinian sources. According to the sources, the talks with PA officials… Read more » The post Report: Likud Held Secret Talks… Continue Reading →

China’s top diplomat called Monday for President Joe Biden’s administration to lift restrictions on trade and people-to-people contacts while ceasing what Beijing considers unwarranted interference in the areas of Taiwan,… Read more » The post China Urges U.S. to Lift… Continue Reading →

Mrs. Osnat Ben Shitrit, a”h, a 32-year-old expectant mother, died of COVID-19 after receiving treatment at the Hadassah Medical Center in Yerushalayim, the hospital reported Sunday morning. “My daughter was… Read more » The post 32-Year-Old Expectant Mother Dies of… Continue Reading →

Israel is mulling implementing stricter restrictions on Purim, including a possible nighttime curfew, in an effort to prevent another coronavirus outbreak, Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kisch said Monday. On Sunday,… Read more » The post Health Official: Israel Mulling Nighttime… Continue Reading →

Some 8.8 million people in Texas, about a third of the state’s population, still had issues with their water supply as of Sunday evening, CNN quoted authorities as saying, after… Read more » The post About a Third of Texans… Continue Reading →

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chart England’s path out of COVID-19 lockdown on Monday in an effort to gradually reopen its battered economy, aided by one of the fastest… Read more » The post British PM Johnson to Plot… Continue Reading →

In spite of the success of Israel’s vaccine operation, the Israeli Corona Cabinet has already decided upon a number of new regulations for the upcoming Purim holiday, in an effort to minimize group gatherings and the spread of the disease…. Continue Reading →