Month June 2021
Voters will likely pick the next mayor of New York City next week in a Democratic primary that will also be a major test of ranked choice voting, a system that lets voters rank several candidates in order of preference… Continue Reading →
CHEMED will be offering Pfizer vaccines for those 12 years of age and up at their main location (1771 Madison Ave) from 12:00pm 4:00p.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his government to be prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the Biden administration — but more for confrontation, state media reported Friday, days after the United States and others urged the North… Continue Reading →
EDEN, N.C. (AP) — Three people are dead and two remain missing after a group floating down a river on inflatable tubes went over a dam in North Carolina, authorities said. Rockingham County Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates told reporters… Continue Reading →
Anti-semitism is nothing new. As New Yorkers, with the largest Jewish population outside of the State of Israel, we are used to seeing attacks against our people and our property. We must, however, come together and say “enough is enough.”… Continue Reading →
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member world organization. Ambassadors in the assembly chamber burst into applause… Continue Reading →
Emergency personnel were on the scene of a chopper down in Sullivan County in the Swan Lake area. The chopper went down at around 9:00AM in a wooded area (off Stanton Corner Road). Emergency personnel had to gain access using… Continue Reading →
Far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed on Thursday that Arab youth threw rocks at him while he was visiting the Hatzbani river in the north of the country. His parliamentary assistant who was with him was also attacked and sustained a… Continue Reading →
The Agudah Voting Project and the New England office of Agudath Israel of America were pleased to host a conversation with Boston mayoral candidate, Councilor Michelle Wu, for the second installment of their Boston Mayoral Candidate Forum Series. Councilor Wu… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] A stimulating and educational program is in the works for this coming July 6th, Lakewood’s Mental Health Awareness Day, launched by Nesivos, in partnership with Chemed and LCSC. On the front lines of our community’s mental health, Nesivos, led… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Though it might not seem so, your neighbors, family or friends might be struggling. Real hard. They may live on your block. Their child may be in your child’s class. They may even be your siblings. But they would… Continue Reading →
Rep. Rashida Tlaib published an outrageous tweet on Wednesday accusing Israel of a “decades-long ethnic cleansing project.” After Israel carried out airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday morning in response to the launching of terror balloons from Gaza into Israel which… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinians expect to receive later this year. Israel, which has… Continue Reading →
Infrastructure used to be one thing everybody could agree on. Even Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agreed in the 2016 campaign that the United States badly needs to improve its… Read more » The post Infrastructure You Can Believe In… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com For many thousands of Jewish families, this will be the first Shabbos in the mountains for the year. True, the bungalow or the house may have been cleaned, but there is one halachic question… Continue Reading →
A Yerushalayim-born Israeli woman with British citizenship said Wednesday she was shocked to discover that her new U.K. passport lists her birthplace as the “Occupied Palestinian Territories.” The British Home… Read more » The post Britain’s Home Office Apologizes for… Continue Reading →
On Friday morning, IDF observation troops in cooperation with the Israeli Police “Yagal” Unit, spotted a suspect smuggling a bag from Lebanon into Israeli territory, in the area of Metula.… Read more » The post IDF, Police Thwart Weapon Smuggling… Continue Reading →
Israel plans to transfer some 1.2 million Pfizer vaccines to the Palestinians in the coming days to help them with their floundering coronavirus vaccination campaign, Haaretz reported on Thursday. The… Read more » The post Report: Israel to Give Palestinians… Continue Reading →
The preparation of the annual pilgrimage to Uman for Rosh Hashanah was the subject of an online meeting between the Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk, President of the… Read more » The post Ukraine Ambassador: Uman Is Ready… Continue Reading →