Month June 2021
Secretary Transportation Pete Buttigieg was to tour the century-old rail tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey Monday as a long-delayed project to build a new tunnel gains steam. Buttigieg… Read more » The post Buttigieg Touring New York Rail… Continue Reading →
Rescue workers digging feverishly for a fifth day Monday stressed that they could still find survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building, a hope family members clung… Read more » The post Tunneling Florida Rescuers Spot Voids,… Continue Reading →
More than 47.7 million Americans will take to the nation’s roadways and skies this Independence Day holiday (July 1–5), as travel volumes are expected to nearly recover to pre-pandemic levels. In fact, nationally this will be the second-highest Independence Day… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai, who is in Surfside at the scene of the building collapse, told Israeli radio on Monday morning that there is “zero chance of finding anyone alive.” “I say with regret, the chances of finding survivors… Continue Reading →
Nina Le Troadec, a 15-year-old resident of Champlain Towers East, witnessed the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South from her bedroom window. Le Troadec said she and her family were “scared” that their building could collapse too and stayed in… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue workers digging feverishly for a fifth day Monday stressed that they could still find survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building, a hope family members clung to even though no one has… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Ministry of Health announced that in accordance with the regulations, starting tomorrow, every Israeli citizen and resident over the age of 16 will be required to fill out an… Read more » The post Document for Outgoing Passengers Mandated… Continue Reading →
Shipments of Qatari-funded fuel into the Gaza Strip will resume for the first time since last month’s 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s terror group Hamas rulers, the U.N. envoy to the Mideast said Sunday. The move indicates a return… Continue Reading →
Surfside, Florida, – As rescue efforts in the community of Surfside, Florida continue, United Hatzalah of Israel was dispatched on Saturday night together with the IDF’s Home Front Command in order to assist the forces and people on the ground… Continue Reading →
The Knesset Arrangements Committee voted on Monday to expedite a bill that would make it easier to split the Likud Party. The bill would allow the coalition to recruit only… Read more » The post Vote to Split Likud Bill… Continue Reading →
The leaders of Russia and China on Monday hailed increasingly close ties between their countries and announced the extension of a 20-year-old friendship treaty, a show of unity amid their… Read more » The post Russia, China Declare Friendship Treaty… Continue Reading →
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday he was resigning, handing the speaker of parliament the job of finding a new premier after the Social Democrat leader lost a… Read more » The post Swedish PM Lofven Resigns After… Continue Reading →
Russia has successfully test launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the country’s northwest, the TASS news agency reported on Monday, citing a source in the… Read more » The post Russia Successfully Test Launches New… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Raam leader Mansour Abbas may be the first Arab leader who is part of an Israeli government but this apparently does not prevent him from dreaming of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. In an… Continue Reading →
The bodies of Leon, z’l, and Ruth Oliwkowicz, z’l, residents of the Champlain Towers South residential building in Surfside, were found over the weekend, the police announced on Sunday. Aryey Oliwkowicz, 79, and Ruth Oliwkowicz (Christina Beatriz Elvira), 74, were… Continue Reading →
In the aftermath of the Meron tragedy and the establishment of a state inquiry, MK Yaakov Asher (Torah Judaism) proposed a bill to provide compensation to families of the deceased.… Read more » The post MK Yaakov Asher Pushes Meron… Continue Reading →
Customers had to start showing QR-codes to get their coffees in Moscow on Monday, under new rules requiring cafes to only serve people who could show proof of vaccination, immunity… Read more » The post Moscow Cafes Turn Away the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rescue workers at the site of the South Champlain Tower in Miami have identified the bodies of Reb Yehuda Aryeh Leib Olivekowitz (79) and his wife Ruth (74) in the rubble of the collapsed tower. A… Continue Reading →
In a recent memo, the Lakewood School District said that its success in providing a high-quality education to its students over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic is due to the determination of its students and parent body, as well… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The story must have happened a number of years ago, because the question was posed to Rav Elyashiv zt”l. Apparently, a group of overweight men got together and made a bet. Whomsoever would lose… Continue Reading →