Month September 2021
The event was hosted by Chuny Herzka.
BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank on Friday declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks were banned from handling cryptocurrencies in 2013, but the… Continue Reading →
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death intends to appeal his conviction and sentence, saying the judge abused his discretion or erred during several key points in the case, according to documents… Continue Reading →
Israeli hospital directors have been expressing their frustration to Israeli media outlets this week that Israelis “who choose to play Russian roulette with their lives by not vaccinating are stealing the resources of those who vaccinated.” An example of the… Continue Reading →
Hospitals and nursing homes in New York are bracing for the possibility that a statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers could lead to staff shortages when it takes… Read more » The post NY Hospitals Fear Staff Shortage… Continue Reading →
More than half of Australia’s adult population were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, authorities said, as they step up inoculations in hopes of easing restrictions while cases linger… Read more » The post Australia Hits Vaccine Milestone as… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry said on Thursday evening that 202 coronavirus patients are now connected to ventilators, the highest the figure has been since the start of the fourth infection wave… Read more » The post Israel’s Ventilated COVID Patients Reaches… Continue Reading →
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday backed a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older, some adults with… Read more » The post CDC Director Breaks With Panel,… Continue Reading →
The escape from Gilboa Prison by six security prisoners appears to have been a wake-up call for Israel Prison Service head Katy Perry. Perry has been busy examining the supervision… Read more » The post Israel Prison Service Head Expects… Continue Reading →
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Friday her country is willing to resume talks with South Korea if conditions are met, indicating it wants Seoul… Read more » The post N. Korea Offers Talks, Likely… Continue Reading →
The window is still open to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal but won’t be forever, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, saying Iran has yet to name a… Read more » The post U.S. Says Window Open for… Continue Reading →
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea rebuffed South Korea’s push for a political declaration to end the 1950-53 Korean War as a way to restore peace, saying Friday such a step could be used as a “smokescreen covering up… Continue Reading →
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) raised the issue of Alta Fixsler in a meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pressing the British leader to “overrule the hospital” that… Read more » The post EXCLUSIVE: Schumer Presses British PM… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The headlines blasted how in today’s vote on Iron Dome funding – which passed 420-9, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) both cried and changed her vote. Most people who both a] study Chumash and Rashi and… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The headlines blasted how in today’s vote on Iron Dome funding – which passed 420-9, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) both cried and changed her vote. Most people who both a] study Chumash and Rashi and… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) It is a little known fact, but Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l did not just learn under the Alter zt”l and Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein zt”l in Slabodka. He also learned under Rav Boruch Ber… Continue Reading →
ONTARIO (JTA) – A translator for a Nazi death squad died at home in Ontario at the age of 97, ending a decades-long effort to deport him from Canada for his role in the murders of tens of thousands of… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com There are at least 16 things that are a must know about Simchas Torah, and you may want to print this. EARLIEST SOURCE IS ZOHAR AND GAONIM Everyone, of course, should note that while… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com There are at least 16 things that are a must know about Simchas Torah. EARLIEST SOURCE IS ZOHAR AND GAONIM Everyone, of course, should note that while in Eretz Yisrael Simchas Torah and Shmini… Continue Reading →
A new poll has found that nearly 80% of Palestinians want President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, reflecting widespread anger over the death of an activist in security forces’ custody and a crackdown on protests over the summer. The survey released… Continue Reading →