Month September 2021
Melody and harmony are two fundamental music concepts that work together to create the hits we love. While closely related, their function is ultimately very different in the context of a piece of music. How these elements are created and… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70% of the global population within the… Continue Reading →
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A former school principal who was extradited from Israel after a six-year legal battle was ordered to stand trial Thursday on 70 charges of child sex abuse. Malka Leifer, 55, pleaded not guilty to all the… Continue Reading →
The Taliban’s newly appointed envoy to the United Nations on Wednesday urged quick world recognition of Afghanistan’s new rulers even as the World Health Organization raised the alarm of an impending health care disaster in the war-wracked country. The humanitarian… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, a sign that the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market’s recovery, at least temporarily…. Continue Reading →
Three hours after being freed from a giant migrant camp under an international bridge, Mackenson Veillard stood outside a gas station and took stock of his sudden good fortune as he and his pregnant wife waited for a Greyhound bus… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com IMPORTANCE Chol HaMoed is a period of time that lies between Yom Tov and Chol. It is a time that should not be taken lightly. The Rambam (Hilchos Yom Tov 6:17) tells us that… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times IMPORTANCE Chol HaMoed is a period of time that lies between Yom Tov and Chol. It is a time that should not be taken lightly. The Rambam (Hilchos Yom Tov… Continue Reading →
Growing up, Yanky had it especially difficult. His mother is in a mental facility and his father works very hard to provide for him. As Yanky yearns to be socially accepted, he makes bad friends and strays from his fathers… Continue Reading →
Maybe you have heard horror stories from friends and family members about selling a house and you are wondering how you can get around a similar experience. Luckily, it’s never been easier to sell your home quickly and easily. There’s… Continue Reading →
Klal Yisrael is urged to daven for the refuah sheleimah of Hagaon Harav Avraham Erlanger, shlita, elderly Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Kol Torah in Yerushalayim, who is now listed in… Read more » The post Tefillos Requested as Rosh Yeshivah… Continue Reading →
Iran‘s foreign minister expressed a “very clear intent” to return to nuclear talks in Vienna, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Wednesday after meeting with his Iranian counterpart on the sidelines… Read more » The post Ireland: ‘Very Clear Intent’ by… Continue Reading →
Two million Israelis suffer from food insecurity and don’t have access to adequate quantities of nutritious foods, according to a reported published Wednesday by Israel’s largest anti-poverty non-governmental organization. The… Read more » The post Report Shows: Two Million Israelis… Continue Reading →
Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash called on Thursday for the government to impose more stringent restrictions on public gatherings as coronavirus morbidity and hospitalizations remained high. “I would downsize… Read more » The post Health Ministry DG Calls for… Continue Reading →
Moderna Inc Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel thinks the coronavirus pandemic could be over in a year as increased vaccine production ensures global supplies, he told the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher… Read more » The post Moderna CEO Sees Pandemic ‘Over’… Continue Reading →
Thousands of people gathered at the Kosel Thursday morning for the traditional mass Birkas Kohanim event, held on Chol Hamoed of Pesach and Sukkos, on the first day of Chol… Read more » The post Thousands Attend Birkas Kohanim at… Continue Reading →
Congress is slated to vote on $1 billion in funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system on Thursday, a day after Progressives tried to scuttle a larger budget bill… Read more » The post Congress to Vote on $1B… Continue Reading →
Submitted: A Sefer Torah was borrowed during the Corona outdoor Minyonim and was not returned. If you have or see on Simchas Torah in your Shul a large, heavy older Sefer Torah, that you aren’t sure where it came from,… Continue Reading →
While some may struggle to discover what defines an “Eishes chayil —woman of valor” spoken about in Eishes Chayil (Mishlei, 31), there are actually many such women that exist in… Read more » The post Yom-Tov Gift for Wives of… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — An inmate on a New York City jail barge died Wednesday after a medical emergency, the city’s Department of Correction said. It is at least the 12th death of a city inmate this year and the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued his estranged niece and The New York Times over a 2018 story about his family’s wealth and tax practices that was partly based on confidential documents she provided to… Continue Reading →