Month June 2021
The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Saturday deployed security forces to confront protesters who took to the streets of Ramallah after one of Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s biggest critics died in custody.… Read more » The post PA Deploys Forces During Protest… Continue Reading →
U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has led the country’s response to the coronavirus, resigned Saturday, a day after apologizing for breaching social distancing rules. In a resignation letter to… Read more » The post U.K. Health Minister Resigns After… Continue Reading →
Iran said on Saturday it believes a reinstatement of its 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers is possible but warned that Tehran “will not negotiate forever.” “Out of a… Read more » The post Iran Says Nuclear Deal ‘Salvageable’… Continue Reading →
The opposition parties decided Motzoei Shabbos that they will not attend the meeting of the Knesset Arrangements Committee that will convene Sunday, as it is Shivah Asar B’Tammuz. MK Yariv… Read more » The post Opposition to Boycott Arrangements Committee… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — It was just a small hand waving through the wreckage, yet one of the few hopeful moments amid a largely fruitless effort to find survivors. Nicholas Balboa was walking his dog on the beach when he… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — A half-dozen scientists and engineers who specialize in disastrous structure failures are headed to south Florida to collect firsthand information on the cause of the catastrophic Champlain Towers South collapse. Their initial work will be used to… Continue Reading →
The Coronavirus Cabinet is expected to meet on Sunday to discuss the next steps for managing the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country, after the government on Friday… Read more » The post 229 New COVID-19 Cases; Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
The mayor of Surfside, Florida, said Saturday he is working on a plan to temporarily relocate residents of a condominium tower built by the same developer of the nearby building… Read more » The post Mayor: Inspection Needed of Condo… Continue Reading →
The search for more than 150 missing residents of a Florida building that collapsed two days ago grew increasingly desperate on the weekend, as a smoldering fire hampered rescue efforts… Read more » The post Hopes Dim as Fire Hinders… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five as they raced to recover any survivors while fighting back fire and… Continue Reading →
Israel’s IDF is sending a delegation to Miami to assist in search and rescue efforts, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Motzei Shabbos. Gantz and the Foreign Ministry approved the dispatch of a team of Home Front Command soldiers following… Continue Reading →
Some of the concrete columns were cracked. The parking garage was frequently flooded with corrosive saltwater. And the roof was undergoing repairs, with crews pounding on the tower from above for weeks. Officials don’t yet know whether any — or… Continue Reading →
Fire and smoke coming from deep inside the concrete and metal remains of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami hampered rescue efforts Saturday as emergency workers raced to recover any survivors beneath the mountain of rubble. Rescuers used infrared… Continue Reading →
Rescue crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five as they raced to recover any survivors while fighting back fire and smoke deep inside the… Continue Reading →
For the first time ever, Ilan Smith has partnered up with KosherFlix to bring you a mind blowing magic show! This captivating show is family friendly and great for all ages. Ilan Smith is a world renowned illusionist and has… Continue Reading →
In light of this unstable period, including the events of the past year and a half: A Unique Opportunity to Participate in the “Increased Shmirah” Fund Initiated By Maran Sar HaTorah HGR’ Chaim Kanievsky shlit”a Participants in the “Increased Shmirah”… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] The Ahavas Tzedakah Grand Green Gala Event is coming up! The Grand Green Gala event, a community-wide virtual celebration celebrating our project of Painting the Town Green, is an event on Tuesday June 29th that you cannot afford to… Continue Reading →
Stacie Fang, 54, has been the first victim of the Surfside building collapse, multiple media outlets reported. Her son, Jonah Handler, was the teenage boy seen on video being pulled… Read more » The post Stacie Fang First Identified Victim… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Why did Bilaam try to curse us? There is a fascinating Midrash that was held by the Persian Jewish community which was published in 1978 by Professor Efraim Urbach that dates to the times… Continue Reading →