Month April 2021
My father-in-law, around 20 years old at the time, lay among dead bodies in Kaufering, part of the Dachau concentration camp complex. Yisrael Yitzchak Cohen and his fellow inmates had heard a rumor days earlier that camp commanders had been… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I feel like I missed out on a whole wonderful world of natural home remedies simply because the set of grandparents who lived in the same two-family house that I grew up in were American. They were far more… Continue Reading →
Going to Eretz Yisrael to cut my son’s hair in Meron on Lag BaOmer was a beautiful experience in every sense of the word. The kedushah and joy permeating the air made me feel elevated and gave me a spiritual… Continue Reading →
They were just getting by. His day job, teaching music in the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, didn’t pay well enough to cover his family’s expenses; it barely covered their rent in Kew Gardens Hills. But the young husband and… Continue Reading →
From the Corps’ Core: How Good Were the Good Old Days? As FDR assumed office at the height of the Great Depression, he requested from the American people a period of 100 days before they render judgment on his handling… Continue Reading →
As soon as we put away our Pesach keilim, the boys start collecting. After Yom Hazikaron, no piece of wood is safe: tables, chairs, pallets, trees ripped out of the ground. The boys are collecting wood for their Lag BaOmer… Continue Reading →
You visit a popular website and spend two hours carefully selecting your items and, just when you’re about to check out, something goes wrong. Either your items disappear from your cart or the page simply won’t load. Many things can… Continue Reading →
Zevy Fasten, of Brooklyn, New York, is your typical energetic three-year-old. On Shushan Purim of last year a new baby sister turned him from an only child into a big brother. Zevy’s third birthday was only a few weeks later,… Continue Reading →
A wave of Arab attacks on chareidi Jews in Yerushalayim has led to fear for the average citizen of the city. The month of Ramadan is always very tense in Yerushalayim. Tens of thousands of Muslims visit the mosques on the… Continue Reading →
Her close friends stood around her hospital bed, holding her hand as she took her last breaths. For years now, the chareidi community in French Hill had rallied to help Amanda Elkohen in every way possible as she battled cancer…. Continue Reading →
You visit a popular website and spend two hours carefully selecting your items and, just when you’re about to check out, something goes wrong. Either your items disappear from your cart or the page simply won’t load. Many things can… Continue Reading →
I know that come Shavuot time you’re going to see lots of fancy pretty dairy desserts. But you really need something like this…something basic that you can mix in one bowl, but still feels like a special, dairy treat…especially one… Continue Reading →
An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Wednesday. The Navy released black-and-white footage of the encounter Monday night in international… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has agreed to surrender his law license for a year, the latest fallout from allegations of physical abuse toward women that led to his resignation in 2018. A New… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a fascinating Gemorah – that some might consider a paradox. The Gemorah in Bava Metziah 83a tells us that halacha requires us to go beyond halacha. It is the din to do… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a fascinating Gemorah – that some might consider a paradox. The Gemorah in Bava Metziah 83a tells us that halacha requires us to go beyond halacha. It is the din to do… Continue Reading →
MIAMI (AP) — A private school founded by an anti-vaccination activist in South Florida has warned teachers and staff against taking the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it will not employ anyone who has received the shot. The Centner Academy in Miami… Continue Reading →
As you know, Friday is Lag BaOmer a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶s̶a̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶J̶e̶w̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶M̶e̶r̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶a̶v̶e̶n̶. With no minimum donation, (this is our rule here at Yad L’Achim) you can have your names submitted for tefillah in Meron at… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of a national charter school network who once served as a White House adviser under President Barack Obama was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he stole over $200,000 from the network and used it… Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein issued a rare letter on Tuesday, in which they noted the gratitude we must have to Hakadosh Baruch Hu for almost completely ending the coronavirus pandemic in Eretz Yisrael. The Gedolim… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that it is seeking fines of up to $31,750 for three more passengers who allegedly disrupted flights by disobeying or interfering with flight attendants. They mark the latest in a series… Continue Reading →