Month June 2021
[COMMUNICATED] Up until a year and a half ago, the Lewises were the picture-perfect family. Yechezkel was learning, Tzila had an excellent job in a bank, and the five kids were happy and got along nicely with their peers. But all… Continue Reading →
Lindsey Boylan, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who was the first of multiple women to say he sexually harassed them, conceded on Wednesday in the Democratic primary for Manhattan borough president. A winner in Tuesday’s primary election has… Continue Reading →
John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States to face tax charges punishable by… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the coronavirus spike in Israel over the last few days, the Haaretz newspaper published a vitriolic anti-chareidi cartoon depicting chareidi MKs Gafni Deri and Litzman responding to the situation by saying that “we… Continue Reading →
At least one person has been killed and ten injured after the partial collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers building in Surfside, Florida, in the heart of a neighborhood with a large number of Jewish families. The collapse occurred at… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The sea-view side of a beachfront condo tower collapsed in the Miami-area town of Surfside early Thursday morning, killing at least one, trapping residents in rubble and twisted metal and sending a cloud of debris throughout… Continue Reading →
The Liberty State Park Nature Interpretive Center in Jersey City reopened today, completing the final project to restore park infrastructure heavily damaged in Superstorm Sandy, DEP Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced. The center, designed by renowned architect Michael Graves, originally… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Holocaust survivor Binyamin Wurzberger had an emotional meeting today with Israeli chief rabbi David Lau, himself the son of a survivor. Rabbi Lau presented him with the semicha (rabbinical ordination) certificate of his great-grandson Rabbi Yair Kofeld,… Continue Reading →
A massive search and rescue effort was underway following the collapse of a 12-story condominium building in Surfside early Thursday. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said more than 80 units responded to the collapse at the condominium building near 88th Street… Continue Reading →
y Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com They are used all over and their use is growing. Personality tests have become so ubiquitous that it is now a two billion dollar industry in the United States alone and some estimate that… Continue Reading →
Israel’s jobless benefits for those made unemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic will cease as of June 30, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday, after the previous government held out… Read more » The post COVID-19 Jobless Benefits Won’t Be… Continue Reading →
Israel is likely to reinstate the indoor mask mandate from Sunday due to resurgence of COVID-19 in the country, a senior health official said. The Health Ministry said on Thursday… Read more » The post Health Official: Israel to Bring… Continue Reading →
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was in Israel on Thursday for the inauguration of his country’s embassy in Yerushalayim. It will be the fourth foreign embassy to open in Yerushalayim… Read more » The post Honduras President in Israel for… Continue Reading →
Sydney was going through one the “scariest” times of the pandemic as a cluster of the highly contagious Delta variant infects more people, an Australian state leader said on Thursday.… Read more » The post ‘Scary’ Sydney Virus Cluster, Blamed… Continue Reading →
More than 80 fire and rescue units were on the scene of a partial building collapse in Miami, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department said in a post early Thursday. While there… Read more » The post Huge Emergency Operation Underway After… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Thursday, June 24 2021, the special event with the master of prayer Maran HaGaon HaTzaddik R’ Shimon Galai shlit”a at Beis Hashunamis. Yeshuos at the Beis Hashunamis, what is the source of this segulah? The prophet Elisha blessed the… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com They are used all over and their use is growing. Personality tests have become so ubiquitous that it is now a two billion dollar industry in the United States alone and some estimate that… Continue Reading →
The disaster that occurred on Erev Shavuos at the Karlin-Stolin beis medrash in Givat Ze’ev claimed a third victim early Thursday morning, when Reb Eliyahu Karpel, z”l, of Beitar Illit,… Read more » The post BD”E: Third Victim of Karlin… Continue Reading →
Israel on Thursday posted over 100 new daily coronavirus cases, diagnosed a day earlier, for the third day in row. The Health Ministry said 138 people tested positive for COVID-19… Read more » The post Israel Posts Over 100 New… Continue Reading →