Month August 2021
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The material below is based upon Maamar #1,2, and 8 of Vaadim published last Elul delivered by Rav Schustal Shlita and published by Rabbi Shimon Meir Perlman in a Kuntrus entitled, “Kol Dodi.” TWO… Continue Reading →
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A Tesla using its partially automated driving system slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser Saturday on an interstate near downtown Orlando and narrowly missed its driver, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle…. Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — China’s defense ministry protested Saturday the passage of a U.S. Navy warship and Coast Guard cutter through the waters between China and Taiwan, a self-governing island claimed by China. A statement posted on the ministry’s website called… Continue Reading →
A strengthening Hurricane Ida, bearing high winds and the likelihood of flooding rain as it heads for the Louisiana coast, could damage the energy-heavy Gulf Coast economy and potentially have economic consequences well beyond the region. The Gulf is not… Continue Reading →
British troops left Kabul on Saturday, ending the U.K.’s evacuation operation and its 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the “heroic” evacuation effort, even as the government acknowledged some eligible Afghan civilians had been left behind…. Continue Reading →
British troops left Kabul on Saturday, ending the U.K.’s evacuation operation and its 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the “heroic” evacuation effort, even as the government acknowledged some eligible Afghan civilians had been left behind…. Continue Reading →
Taliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport on Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the U.S. and its allies wound down a chaotic airlift that will end their troops’ two decades in Afghanistan. Western leaders acknowledged that their withdrawal… Continue Reading →
California’s parole board voted Friday to free Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin after two of RFK’s sons went against several of their siblings’ wishes and said they supported releasing him and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars…. Continue Reading →
FISHKILL, N.Y. — A bus carrying more than two dozen inmates caught fire Friday on its way to a state prison in southern Dutchess County. There were no serious injuries, but one inmate suffered head trauma from a fight that… Continue Reading →
A Tesla driving in autopilot mode slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser on an interstate near downtown Orlando and narrowly missed its driver, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle. Earlier this month, the U.S. government opened… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden warned on Saturday that another terrorist attack was highly likely as U.S. troops began leaving Kabul airport after a two-week scramble by Washington and its allies to… Read more » The post Biden Warns Another Attack in… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — A new report from Russia’s state statistics agency shows the country recorded a record number of deaths in July of people infected with coronavirus. The report from the Rosstat agency said 50,421 people suffering from COVID-19 died… Continue Reading →
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Forecasters warned residents along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast to rush preparations ahead of an intensifying Hurricane Ida, which is expected to bring winds as high as 130 mph (209 kph), life-threatening storm surge and… Continue Reading →
Hamodia regrets to inform you of the passing of Hagaon Harav Eliyahu Fischer zt”l. Hagaon Harav Eliyahu Fischer served as the Gerer Rosh Hakollel in America for over 40 years.… Read more » The post BD’E – Hagaon Harav Elya… Continue Reading →
Please be Mispallel for Sabrina bas Yvonne, a Lakewood mother in the ICU with Covid and Pneumonia.
The New York State Department of Health has filed an emergency regulation mandating masks inside all school buildings. The order was filed Friday night. All students, faculty and staff of public and private schools, pre-K through 12th grade, will be… Continue Reading →
The lower level of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge will be closed Staten Island-bound to motorists from 12:01 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 29, for the annual TD Five Boro… Read more » The post Verrazzano Bridge Staten Island-Bound Lower… Continue Reading →
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was granted parole Friday after two of RFK’s sons spoke in favor of Sirhan Sirhan’s release and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. The decision was… Continue Reading →
Did President Joe Biden fall asleep during his Oval Office meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday? Biden met with the Israeli Prime Minister on Friday in his only public event for the day. At one point during… Continue Reading →
A California review board on Friday recommended that Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, be released from… Read more » The post Parole Recommended for Convicted RFK… Continue Reading →
Forecasters warned residents along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast to rush preparations ahead of an intensifying Hurricane Ida, which is expected to bring winds as high as 130 mph… Read more » The post Hurricane Ida Strengthens, Louisiana Braces… Continue Reading →