Month April 2021
As the U.S. moves to withdraw its military from Afghanistan over the next five months, concerns are growing about one American who risks being left behind. Mark Frerichs, a contractor… Read more » The post Afghanistan Withdrawal Draws Concerns Over… Continue Reading →
China’s government on Tuesday rejected accusations of abuses in the Xinjiang region after a human rights group appealed for a U.N. investigation into possible crimes against humanity. Accusations of forced… Read more » The post China Rejects Accusations of Abuses… Continue Reading →
For over 30 years, the holy mekubal, HaRav Beniyahu Shmueli, shlita, has faithfully carried on the tradition of the Arizal with great self-sacrifice and love. Continuing in the manner holy Rabbis for over 1,000 years, HaRav Beniyahu ascends to Meron… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com THE CASE Imagine the following: COVID is near over. Nearly everyone has been vaccinated. A husband who usually takes his family away for Pesach to a hotel tells them, “This year we will join… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Department of State announced on Tuesday that it is increasing its American Citizens Services for those living in Israel. In the newly reorganized process, appointments will be increased,… Read more » The post U.S. Department of State Increases… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday urged airlines to exercise “extreme caution” when flying near the Ukraine-Russian border, citing potential flight safety risks. In a notice to U.S.… Read more » The post U.S. Warns Airlines on Flights… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A number of years ago, the Almond Board of California (yes, there is such a thing) conducted a survey of 5400 consumers in eight global markets about why and how people eat chocolate. They… Continue Reading →
MK Rabbi Yaakov Tessler (UTJ) slammed the judicial system’s attitude towards Arab attacks on religious Jews. Speaking in the Knesset, Rabbi Tessler said, “These pictures, if they would be from… Read more » The post MK Rabbi Tessler Slams Judicial… Continue Reading →
Coronavirus infections continue to decline, with 129 new cases on Monday, as per the Health Ministry. There are currently 2,206 active cases of the virus in Israel, of which 293… Read more » The post Israel Coronavirus Infections Continue to… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, including considering whether President Joe Biden should address… Read more » The post Feds Weighing How to Respond… Continue Reading →
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi met Tuesday at the Foreign Ministry in Yerushalayim with British Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove, who was in Israel for a short working visit.… Read more » The post FM Ashkenazi Meets With British… Continue Reading →
Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference on Tuesday called for more equitable management of global affairs and, in an implicit rejection of U.S.… Read more » The post Amid U.S. Strains, China’s Xi… Continue Reading →
Washington’s envoy in Moscow John Sullivan said he would travel to the United States this week for consultations, after the Kremlin suggested that he do so amid a diplomatic crisis… Read more » The post U.S. Ambassador to Russia to… Continue Reading →
Sudan on Monday abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel as part of efforts to establish normal ties. A bill was approved at a joint meeting of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign… Read more » The post Sudan Repeals Israel Boycott Law… Continue Reading →
Israel has registered eight cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India and believes that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is at least partially effective against it, a health official said… Read more » The post Israel Logs Indian COVID-19 Variant,… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees of the two main U.S. immigration enforcement agencies were directed Monday to stop referring to migrants as “aliens,” a dated term that many people consider offensive. Memos issued by Customs and Border Protection, as well as… Continue Reading →
Three Arab-Israelis were arrested on Monday afternoon for their alleged involvement in throwing a hot cup of coffee in the face of a Chareidi man at Sha’ar Shechem. Like the rash of recent Arab attacks on Jews, the act was… Continue Reading →
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93. The death of the… Continue Reading →
French immigration authorities deported a 19-year-old illegal immigrant from Algeria who finished serving a four-month prison sentence for refusing to deliver food to Jews. In January, Dhia Edine D., who was working as a Deliveroo delivery driver, was sentenced to… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Gulf Air, Bahrain’s state-owned airline, is launching direct flights to Tel Aviv in June, another marker in the country’s ongoing normalization of ties with Israel. Globes, an Israeli business daily, first reported on Sunday that flights would… Continue Reading →
A former police lieutenant-turned-lawyer was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison after cheating a fellow officer of $900,000 he was owed for working at the smoldering World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Gustavo… Continue Reading →