Month May 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the reopening of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem — a move that restores ties with the Palestinians that had been downgraded by the Trump administration. The consulate long served… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden will name Tom Nides, a deputy secretary of state in the Obama administration, to be his ambassador to Israel. The Times of Israel first reported the decision. Multiple sources close to the Biden administration… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia in the first months… Continue Reading →
Children ages 2 to 5 in child care programs will not be required to wear a mask, New York officials announced. The state’s Office of Children and Family Services and… Read more » The post NY Lifts Mask Requirement for… Continue Reading →
Following the recent mass shooting in Cumberland County, Governor Murphy said the incident “steels our commitment to ensuring New Jersey leads the nation in passing and enforcing strong and commonsense gun safety laws.” Murphy was specifically referring to a recently… Continue Reading →
The Belarusian Transport Ministry on Tuesday released a transcript of a conversation on Sunday between one of its air traffic controllers and a Ryanair pilot forced to land in Belarus… Read more » The post Belarus Releases Transcript After Ryanair… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin) – In the aftermath of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after 11 days of fighting that left 12 Israelis and 248 Palestinians dead, and approximately 77,000 Gazans homeless, the Biden administration now wants to help…. Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 7:30 pmMaariv: 9:30 pm R’ Zisha SusholzSon R’ Shmiel SusholzSon R’ Shea SusholzSon Mrs. Chumee SteinmetzDaughter
Belarus will face consequences for detaining dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday, saying a video recorded by the blogger was “deeply distressing.” “The video… Read more » The post U.K. PM Johnson Warns Belarus… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] The Center for Health Education, Medicine and Dentistry (CHEMED) is offering free Tdap shots at CHEMED for all pregnant women whether or not they are CHEMED patients on Wednesday, May 26th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No appointment… Continue Reading →
World powers were set to open a fifth round of talks Tuesday with Iran aimed at bringing the United States back into the landmark 2015 nuclear deal meant to prevent… Read more » The post Iran, World Powers Resume Talks… Continue Reading →
BROOKLYN (VINnews) — A man was arrested late Monday, after trying to enter a Shul, and comitting an assault. At approximately 9:30 PM, the man approached a Shul in Flatbush on E 27th Street and Ave S. According to reports,… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a bill to establish a governmental commission of inquiry into the deadly Lag B’Omer stampede on Mount Meron last month. The bill, sponsored by Knesset member Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid), passed by… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and… Read more » The post Biden to Meet Putin for… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It happened in Massachusetts in a store called “Lucky Spot.” A woman, Lea Rose Fiega, had tried to throw out a lottery ticket worth $1 million but had thought that it was a loser. … Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — “Why do we have chemical weapons, we must attack Israel with them, Hitler was right in his actions,” -these and other vitriolic statements were made by members of the Pakistani parliament in a discussion regarding the… Continue Reading →
A 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Colorado supermarket was set to appear in court Tuesday for a hearing to discuss what will happen next in… Read more » The post Colorado Supermarket Shooting Suspect Heads… Continue Reading →
U.S. intelligence agencies are examining reports that researchers at a Chinese virology laboratory were seriously ill in 2019 a month before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, according to… Read more » The post U.S. Agencies Examine Reports of… Continue Reading →
Thanks to a fast response by the NYPD and Flatbush Shomrim, a violent anti-Semite was arrested outside a Flatbush Shul on Monday night. The incident unfolded at around 9:30PM, when an approximately 20-year-old black man allegedly walked up to a… Continue Reading →
Police arrested Faisal Elezzi, 25, of Staten Island, as one of the suspects in the beating of a Jewish man in Times Square. Elezzi is charged with assault as a… Read more » The post Police Arrest Another Suspect in… Continue Reading →
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police have arrested a man who they say yelled antisemitic remarks at a rabbi and dumped a bag of human feces in front of a South Florida synagogue. Hallandale Beach police arrested Jeffrey Carl Fleming… Continue Reading →