Month August 2021
Israeli authorities have arrested five Bedouins from southern Israel, in connection with a string of violent attacks on Israeli motorists in May, during the riots as part of the opposition… Read more » The post Five Israeli-Bedouins Arrested for Attacks… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Neighbors and friends were shocked last Saturday to hear of the passing of young mother of 7 Mrs. Yehudis Timsit. Yehudis had gone to lie down after suddenly not feeling well last week. When her children came in to check… Continue Reading →
As Chaim V’Chessed has chronicled extensively throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, quarantine rules for travelers entering Israel have changed countless times. On August 29, Health Ministry officials once again changed these rules, this time, to benefit vaccinated/recovered travelers. As of now,… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli athletes have taken seven Olympic medals at the Tokyo Paralympics so far, including four gold medals. At the same time they have succeeded in breaking four world records in swimming events. The latest medalists are Israeli… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Daf Yomi is a tough challenge to keep up with. Every day, no matter what, you have to sit down and focus on the day’s daf – while forgetting about everything else. Joining the right shiur can make all… Continue Reading →
A third-dose booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccination is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and “not a luxury”, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The WHO… Read more » The post WHO Europe Head: Coronavirus Booster… Continue Reading →
Israel on Monday reported its highest daily coronavirus infection rate figure since February, as the Delta variant continues to rage in the country. A total of 6,576 new cases of… Read more » The post Israel’s Infection Rate at Highest… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a little known fact, but there IS SUCH A THING as the deadline for Maaser. Everyone heard of Tax Day, but few people have heard, lehavdil, of Maaser Day. What is Maaser… Continue Reading →
Ida spent 16 hours over land as a hurricane battering Louisiana before finally being downgraded to a tropical storm Monday morning. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Ida had maximum… Read more » The post Ida Downs New Orleans Power… Continue Reading →
The European Union is expected to reinstate coronavirus travel restrictions, like quarantine and testing requirements, for unvaccinated citizens from six high-risk countries, including Israel, two EU officials told Reuters. One… Read more » The post EU Might Soon Ban Entry… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of Palestinian rioters gathered Sunday night along the Gaza Strip-Israel border, setting tires on fire and throwing explosive devices, as Hamas pressed ahead with a campaign aimed at pressuring… Read more » The post Hundreds of Gazans Burn Tires… Continue Reading →
Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine contamination woes in Japan have widened with another million doses being suspended, after foreign substances were found in more batches and two people died following shots… Read more » The post Japan’s Moderna Vaccine Contamination Woes… Continue Reading →
In the wake of the wildfires that occurred approximately two weeks ago in the Yerushalayim hills region, the Cabinet on Monday, approved an assistance and rehabilitation plan – which was… Read more » The post Cabinet Approves Rehabilitation Plan for… Continue Reading →
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro has joined the State Department’s Iran team and will serve as a senior adviser to U.S. envoy for Iran Rob Malley, Axios reported on… Read more » The post Report: Former Ambassador to Israel… Continue Reading →
North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in an annual report, highlighting… Read more » The post IAEA: Renewed Activity at N…. Continue Reading →
Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas met in Ramallah on Sunday night, officials said. It was the highest-level meeting between Abbas and an Israeli minister to… Read more » The post Gantz, Abbas Meet as PA… Continue Reading →
U.S. anti-missile defences intercepted as many as five rockets that were fired at Kabul‘s airport early on Monday morning, a U.S. official said, as the United States rushed to complete… Read more » The post Rockets Target U.S. Troops as… Continue Reading →
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea appears to have restarted the operation of its main nuclear reactor used to produce weapons fuels, the U.N. atomic agency said, as the North openly threatens to enlarge its nuclear arsenal amid long-dormant… Continue Reading →
Jewish Delta pilot Alexander Kahn flew Afghani evacuees from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to Dulles Airport outside Washington D.C. as part of a program that mobilized US commercial airlines for the Afghanistan evacuation program. The experience was a special… Continue Reading →
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — City government says power knocked out to all of New Orleans as Hurricane Ida pummels area.
A missile and drone attack on a key military base in Yemen’s south on Sunday killed at least 30 troops, a Yemeni military spokesman said. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s civil war in recent years…. Continue Reading →