Month March 2021

The Chinese government plans to invite Israelis and Palestinians to hold talks in China, the Al-Arabiya channel quoted Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday as saying in an interview.… Read more » The post China Plans to Invite Palestinians… Continue Reading →

Law enforcement officials and former associates of a 21-year-old man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket have described the suspect as prone to sudden rage — and… Read more » The post Official: Colorado Shooting Suspect Prone… Continue Reading →

Dawn Reinfeld moved to Colorado 30 years ago to attend college in the bucolic town of Boulder. Enchanted by the state’s wide-open spaces, she stayed. But, in the ensuing decades, dark events have clouded her view of her adopted home…. Continue Reading →

The free preschool for three-year old’s championed by Mayor Bill de Blasio will expand to all city school district after years of delays. Parents were “struggling with so much before… Read more » The post City Expanding Universal 3-K to… Continue Reading →

[UPDATE BELOW] The federal government will soon begin reimbursing funeral and burial costs for low-income families whose loved ones passed away from Covid-19. The measure to reimburse families is part of the Covid relief bill passed by Congress in December… Continue Reading →

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie was one of two lawmakers who said they tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, though both Democrats said they were experiencing only mild symptoms. Assembly member Ron Kim of Queens announced his positive test… Continue Reading →

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced plans to slow mail delivery standards and cut hours at some post offices as part of a 10-year strategy to stabilize the struggling… Read more » The post Slower Mail, Fewer Office Hours… Continue Reading →

Pesach. Families gather around a sparkling white table, bedecked in their Yom Tov finest, celebrating the V’Higadeta L’Bincha which defines the day. Our hectic lives on pause; we stop to savor that moment. For some families, the place they will… Continue Reading →

Likud MK and coalition chairman Miki Zohar said Wednesday that he doesn’t rule out a partnership with an Arab party as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu seems to struggle to form… Read more » The post Likud Coalition Whip Says Won’t… Continue Reading →

AstraZeneca’s repeated missteps in reporting vaccine data coupled with a blood clot scare could do lasting damage to the credibility of a shot that is the linchpin in the global strategy to stop the coronavirus pandemic, potentially even undermining vaccine… Continue Reading →

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Ever since the exodus from Egypt, Jews have been consuming Matzos that were baked by hand. Then in 1856, all of that changed, at least for some people. In Vienna, Austria, a Jewish baker… Continue Reading →

Uncertainty hovered over the outcome of Israel’s parliamentary election Wednesday, with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sworn political rivals determined to depose him apparently lacking a clear path to a governing coalition. Deadlock in the 120-seat parliament was a… Continue Reading →

Carl Heastie, the New York Assembly Speaker, has tested positive for COVID-19. On social media, Heastie said he was “experiencing only extremely mild symptoms. I am in frequent contact with… Read more » The post NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] Children gathered in the streets and neighbors watched from nearby balconies Saturday night as police cars gathered outside of a modest apartment building in Jerusalem. News spread quickly: There had been a burglary, and the perpetrators had caused tremendous… Continue Reading →

Belgium will close schools, non-food stores and hairdressers for four weeks from Saturday, in a sharp renewed lockdown designed to contain a rising third wave of COVID-19 infections. A year… Read more » The post Belgium Imposes New Lockdown to… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] If you are familiar with any of the hundreds/thousands of Lakewood bochurim who have been part of Kollel Chazu, you already know the benefits of our Bein Hazmanim Kollel. You’ve seen how the impact of providing our bochurim with a positive, structured way to spend the long Bein Hazmanim. You know the value of giving… Continue Reading →

Law enforcement officials and former associates of a 21-year-old accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket described the suspect as someone prone to sudden rage who was suspended from high school for a sudden attack on a classmate… Continue Reading →