Month August 2021
Japan’s government adopted an interim plan Tuesday that it hopes will win support from fishermen and other concerned groups for a planned release into the sea of treated but still… Read more » The post Japan Seeks Support for Fukushima… Continue Reading →
Two sisters from the frum community in Antwerp were killed Tuesday morning by a reversing truck in a tragic accident that took place in Antwerp, Belgium. They were crossing the… Read more » The post Two Sisters Killed in Tragic… Continue Reading →
Western governments are unlikely to extend the evacuation window to allow their citizens and Afghans more time to fly out of Kabul airport, Britain’s defense minister Ben Wallace said. U.S.… Read more » The post U.K. Says Evacuation Window at… Continue Reading →
Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country’s high infection and severe illness rates fueled by the fast-spreading… Read more » The post Israel’s COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Show… Continue Reading →
Israeli warplanes bombed terrorist sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel. There were no immediate reports of casualties… Read more » The post Israel Bombs Hamas Sites in… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York at the stroke of midnight Tuesday, taking control of a state government desperate to get back to business after months of distractions over sexual harassment allegations… Continue Reading →
Andrew Cuomo defended his record over a decade as New York’s governor and portrayed himself as the victim of a “media frenzy” Monday as he prepared for a midnight power transfer that will make Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul the state’s… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Monday that it will require service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now that the Pfizer vaccine has received full approval. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making good on… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a remarkably inspiring story involving mesiras nefesh, tefilos at kever Rochel, and a seven day yartzeit candle. It began with a knock on the Rav’s door that came out of the blue,… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kathy Hochul was set to become the first female governor of New York at the stroke of midnight, taking control of a state government desperate to get back to business after months of distractions over sexual… Continue Reading →
Israel’s schools will begin as scheduled on September 1 and children over 12 can be vaccinated during school hours, the coronavirus cabinet voted after midnight on Sunday. In “red” areas with high COVID rates, 8th-12th graders will only attend school… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The Los Angeles County District Attorney charged two former police officers with vandalism for allegedly spray-painting a swastika on the back seat of an impounded car. The investigation into the vandalism also uncovered messages exchanged between… Continue Reading →
Olelim Fund The dream of Maran Sar HaTorah HGR’ Chaim Kanievsky shlit”a is being fulfilled: Starting last year, 7000 children receive food cards every month, plus a voucher for chicken and meat. 13,000 children are still waiting! For a full year, each week, the… Continue Reading →
The parents of Barel Shmueli, an undercover Border Police officer who was shot in the head at point-blank range on Shabbos by an Arab terrorist through a hole in the border wall, are reeling. Barel, who is an only child,… Continue Reading →
The Roshei Yeshivos of seven Chabad yeshivos ketanos in Israel sent a letter last week to parents of their talmidim recommending that they refrain from sending their sons to 770 in Crown Heights for the month of Tishrei. It should… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The lightning-fast changes in Afghanistan are forcing the Biden administration to confront the prospect of a resurgent al-Qaida, the group that attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001, at the same time the U.S. is trying to stanch… Continue Reading →
A Far Rockaway man was tragically killed in an accident in Pennsylvania last night. After spending Shabbos in Lakewood, Pinchos (Philip) Solow Z”L was vacationing in Pennsylvania and went out last night to Daven. He never returned home. His wife… Continue Reading →
The IDF opened an investigation following the tragic incident on Shabbos, when a Border Police officer was critically injured after a Gazan Arab shot him in his head from point-blank range through a hole in the border wall. The officer,… Continue Reading →
PHOENIX (AP) — The delivery of a report on the 2020 vote count to Arizona state Senate Republicans was delayed yet again Monday after the person hired to lead the effort and several others involved contracted COVID-19 “and are quite… Continue Reading →
Search crews worked through shattered homes and tangled debris on Monday, looking for about a dozen people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through rural Tennessee, killing at least 22 people. Saturday’s flooding took out roads, cellphone towers… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military reported its biggest day of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan by far on Monday, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul’s airport persisted, and the Taliban signaled they might… Continue Reading →