Month April 2021
As has been extensively reported, for the past several weeks it has been possible for relatives of Israeli citizens to obtain permission to enter Israel. However, a challenging component of… Read more » The post Apostille Stamp No Longer Required… Continue Reading →
A missile launched from Syria was fired into southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the Negev Nuclear Research Center in Dimona, the IDF said. In response,… Read more » The post Israel Retaliates After Syrian Missile… Continue Reading →
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A social justice group has filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others two days after the Republican signed a bill to create tougher penalties for people who participate in violent protests. The nonprofit… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge that the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in modern-day Turkey more than a century ago was genocide, according to U.S…. Continue Reading →
Thousands of supporters of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny crowded into central Moscow on Wednesday as part of nationwide demonstrations calling for his freedom as his health reportedly is in severe decline while on a hunger strike. Over 400… Continue Reading →
Who would have believed that my first born would be orphaned right after her first birthday? Who would have thought that my second one would never meet his father? I am now alone with a one-year-old and a newborn. My husband… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com For those who do not wish to read this entire review – it is an extraordinary work. Go out and buy it now. For those who wish to read the review, continue. This one-volume… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This week, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was handcuffed and taken into custody after a jury had found him guilty of murder on two counts and manslaughter on one count in the death… Continue Reading →
It was a scorchingly hot Shabbos afternoon last week, when a young man in a shtreimel & bekishe came walking into the Belz neighborhood of Ashdod. He had travelled by foot along a long stretch of highway, under the blazing… Continue Reading →
As the talk to form a right-wing coalition led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ground to a halt on Wednesday, members of the Likud central committee and leadership, including Prime Minister Netanyahu himself, attacked Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and blamed… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — A missile launched from Syria struck southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, it said it attacked the missile launcher and air-defense systems… Continue Reading →
Scientists at Texas A&M University have identified a variant of the novel coronavirus that is potentially resistant to antibodies, the university announced in a statement. The strain, BV-1, was found in one individual who had reported mild symptoms of COVID-19. During… Continue Reading →
The Israeli military says that a missile was fired into Israel from neighboring Syria early Thursday, and that it has struck targets in Syria in response. Air raid sirens sounded in Dimona, home to Israel’s secretive nuclear reactor, indicating a… Continue Reading →
Governor Phil Murphy today ordered that the U.S. and New Jersey flags remain at half-staff at all state buildings and facilities until sunset on the day of interment, consistent with federal law and directives, to honor the life and work… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says air raid sirens have sounded near Dimona, the desert town that is home to the country’s secretive nuclear reactor. It is giving no further details, but the sirens early Thursday indicate a possible… Continue Reading →
LONG ISLAND (AP) – A man who killed a manager and wounded two workers at a Long Island grocery store was a “troubled employee” who had been reprimanded in recent months for threatening and sexually harassing colleagues, police said Wednesday…. Continue Reading →
The Justice Department is taking new aim at ransomware after a year that officials say was the most costly on record for the crippling cyberattacks. Formation of a task force of FBI agents and Justice Department prosecutors is an acknowledgment… Continue Reading →
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on lawmakers Tuesday to address the systemic cause of climate change as she reintroduced a resolution in support of a Green New Deal. “The climate crisis is a crisis born of injustice, and it is a… Continue Reading →
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man opened fire at a convenience store in Pennsylvania early Wednesday, apparently at random, killing a truck driver who was pumping gas and wounding another man before taking his own life, officials said. The man… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday launched a sweeping civil investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis following a jury’s verdict that former city police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd.… Read more » The post Minneapolis Police Face U.S. Bias… Continue Reading →