Month April 2021

[COMMUNICATED]  They drop everything to come to our rescue. They stop in the middle of their workday, vacation or simchah. Their days are interrupted and their nights are broken as they come speeding to help out. Our Hatzolah members are… Continue Reading →

On the background of numerous Arab attacks on Jews in recent days and a night of clashes between Arabs, Jews and police officers on Thursday night, a Chareidi man accidentally drove into the Wadi Jouz neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Arabs… Continue Reading →

JOIN THE LARGEST JEWISH CHARITY FIGHTING POVERTY IN NEW YORK AND TOP MAYORAL CANDIDATES AT THE 2021 NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL FORUM: ENSURING ALL NEW YORKERS RECOVER FROM COVID  How New York City will recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the 5tjt.com It is a question that is on the minds of many people. Can the money that we pay for tuition be considered Maaser, the notion of giving one tenth of our income to… Continue Reading →

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating the death of an Oregon woman and the hospitalization of another in Texas after receiving Johnson & Johnson‘s COVID-19… Read more » The post CDC Probes New Death, Hospitalization… Continue Reading →

Four astronauts arrived at their launch pad early Friday morning for a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, the company’s third bon voyage for a NASA crew in under… Read more » The post Astronauts Arrive at Pad for… Continue Reading →

Israelis should not be lighting bonfires to celebrate Lag BaOmer next Thursday night and Friday, except in specifically designated areas, the country’s Fire and Rescue Services said on Thursday. “Bonfires… Read more » The post Citing Heatwave Forecast, Fire Services… Continue Reading →

Rescue teams from several countries were battling against time on Friday to find a missing Indonesian Navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea with 53 crew, which would be rapidly… Read more » The post Time Running Out for Missing… Continue Reading →

For the first time in approximately 10 months, no one has died from the coronavirus in the past day in Israel, according to Health Ministry data on Friday morning. Israel’s… Read more » The post No COVID Deaths in Past… Continue Reading →

Amid the backdrop of significant progress in nuclear talks between Iran and global powers, senior Israeli diplomatic and defense officials were expected to travel to the United States next week… Read more » The post Israel Delegation Heading to U.S…. Continue Reading →

The lawyer for the restaurant which served a milchig dessert to Osher Deri, z’l, leading to her death, spoke about the incident on Radio 103FM earlier this week. “What we understand at this stage is that the restaurant had run out… Continue Reading →

Iran, one of the world’s top violators of human rights in general and women’s rights in particular, was elected to the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women on Monday for a four-year term. Iran was not the only… Continue Reading →

A senior U.S. official said Wednesday that the Biden administration has laid out examples of the kinds of sanctions on Iran it’s willing to lift in exchange for Iran’s return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. The official said… Continue Reading →

As the political imbroglio continues with no apparent solution in sight, Likud MK and former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat said that he’s interested in becoming prime minister when the time is right. “If the Prime Minister decides to step down,… Continue Reading →

Following the fierce critique that the head of the UTJ party MK Moshe Gafni received from within his own party after it was announced that he would meet with head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid, Gafni canceled the… Continue Reading →