Month May 2021

For the first time since World War I, the German military is set to appoint a Chief Rabbi. The move, an initiative of German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, is aimed… Read more » The post German Military to Get Chief… Continue Reading →

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed the central bank governor, Abdolnaser Hemmati, one of the few moderates running in a June 18 presidential election, who said he accepted the decision… Read more » The post Rouhani Removes Central Bank Head… Continue Reading →

An automated spacecraft docked with China’s new space station Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Chinese space agency announced. Tianzhou-2 spacecraft reached the Tianhe station eight… Read more » The post Chinese Cargo Spacecraft Docks With… Continue Reading →

The United States and Britain are stepping up calls for the World Health Organization to take a deeper look into the possible origins of COVID-19, including a new visit to… Read more » The post U.S., Britain Want WHO to… Continue Reading →

Australia’s Victoria state reported five new local COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including in a worker at a Melbourne aged care facility where not all of the residents have been vaccinated.… Read more » The post Australia’s Victoria Reports 5 New… Continue Reading →

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi is expected to fly to Cairo on Monday for a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Choukri. This will be the first visit by an Israeli… Read more » The post Ashkenazi to Travel to Cairo… Continue Reading →

New Hope Chairman MK Gideon Sa’ar has rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s offer to Yamina’s Naftali Bennett and Sa’ar for a “triple rotation government” whereby Sa’ar would serve first as… Read more » The post Sa’ar Turns Down Netanyahu’s ‘Triple… Continue Reading →

An Italian judge ruled late on Saturday that three men detained over a cable car crash that killed 14 people in northern Italy could leave prison, with one being placed… Read more » The post Italy Judge Releases Three Held… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com THE INCIDENT It happened in a Manhattan Whole Foods.  A customer looking in a meat showcase found a mouse nibbling on a fancy cut of veal in the meat section in the Columbus Circle… Continue Reading →

The man accused of shooting and injuring three people in Times Square earlier this month has been charged after arriving in New York from Florida, where he was arrested. Farrakhan… Read more » The post Man Accused of Shooting, Injuring… Continue Reading →

The New York Police Department is searching for a man they say tried to mug a subway passenger in what is being investigated as an anti-Asian hate crime. Police say… Read more » The post NYPD Seek Suspect in Another… Continue Reading →

Two men were rescued on early Saturday from a 25-foot sailboat that was sinking during stormy weather at a Long Island dock. Officers responding to a 911 call recused the victims at about 1 a.m. in Fire Island Harbor. According… Continue Reading →

The man accused of shooting and injuring three people in Times Square earlier this the month has been charged after arriving in New York from Florida where he was arrested. Farrakhan Muhammad, 31, is charged with attempted murder and multiple… Continue Reading →

Four Jewish House Democrats sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday accusing fellow Democrats of anti-Semitism in the wake of rhetoric against Israel when it was being bombarded by rocket fire from terror groups in the Gaza Strip… Continue Reading →

The gunman who nursed a seething hatred of his California workplace amassed an arsenal and 25,000 rounds of ammunition at the home he tried to burn down before killing nine co-workers at a rail yard, authorities said after searching the… Continue Reading →

The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school — one of the institutions that held children taken from families across… Continue Reading →

Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday. Nguyen Thanh Long said scientists examined the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected… Continue Reading →

The Biden administration is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that could stand in the way of Florida and other states importing prescription drugs from Canada. In a legal brief filed Friday, the White House argues that the… Continue Reading →