Month January 2022
Poland has started building a $394 million high wall on its eastern border intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus in what the European Union calls a “hybrid attack” from… Read more » The post Poland Starts Building Wall on… Continue Reading →
Knesset Speaker MK Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid) addressed the German Bundestag on Thursday, on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day concentration camp. Speaker Levy was the first Knesset Speaker… Read more » The post Knesset Speaker in Int’l Holocaust… Continue Reading →
The European Union has earmarked 657 million euros ($736 million) for the construction of a a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable that will link the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and… Read more » The post Israel, Cyprus, Greece Electricity Cable… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Today is the designated “International Holocaust Remembrance Day.” It was designated such a little over sixteen years ago by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005. The resolution came after… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Today is the designated “International Holocaust Remembrance Day.” It was designated such a little over sixteen years ago by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005. The resolution came after… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Today is the designated “International Holocaust Remembrance Day.” It was designated such a little over sixteen years ago by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005. The resolution came after… Continue Reading →
Over the past decade, archaeological excavations in the Sobibor extermination camp have uncovered three pendants bearing depictions of Luchos opposite the prayer Shema Yisrael. The excavations were directed by Wojciech… Read more » The post Shema Yisrael Pendants Discovered in… Continue Reading →
Two Border Police guards were lightly wounded on Thursday morning in a friendly fire incident at the Egyptian border that is under investigation, the IDF said in a statement. The… Read more » The post Two Border Guards Wounded in… Continue Reading →
Most coronavirus restrictions including mandatory face masks were lifted in England on Thursday, after Britain’s government said its vaccine booster rollout successfully reduced serious illness and COVID-19 hospitalizations. From Thursday,… Read more » The post England Lifts COVID Restrictions as… Continue Reading →
Israeli firm NSO Group said on Wednesday it is in talks with a number of U.S. funds over “various financial moves,” confirming media reports that it was discussing a sale… Read more » The post Report: NSO Group in Talks… Continue Reading →
Qatar’s top diplomat visited Iran on Thursday, state media in the two countries reported, days before Qatar’s ruling emir holds talks in Washington at a crucial time for efforts by… Read more » The post Qatar’s Top Envoy Visits Iran… Continue Reading →
European Union leaders pledged Wednesday to confront the rise of antisemitism and Holocaust denial witnessed during the coronavirus pandemic, on the eve of the annual commemorations of Auschwitz’s liberation. European… Read more » The post EU Leaders Worried by Rise… Continue Reading →
Russia is likely to remain on a diplomatic track with Ukraine and the West for at least two weeks following talks in Paris to de-escalate the situation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister… Read more » The post Ukraine Expects Russia to Stay… Continue Reading →
Frum kehillos in Europe and throughout the world on Wednesday evening were engulfed in mourning after hearing the bitter news of the petirah of HaGaon HaChassid HaRav Dovid Moshe Lieberman, z’tl, a leading Rav in Europe and the Rav and… Continue Reading →
North Korea on Thursday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its sixth round of weapons launches this month, South Korea’s military said. Experts say North Korea’s unusually… Read more » The post N. Korea Fires Two Suspected… Continue Reading →
Large parts of Israel, from the Golan Heights in the north, through the Galilee, Yehudah and Shomron, Yerushalayim, and all the way south to areas near Be’er Sheva, were blanketed… Read more » The post Large Parts of Israel Blanketed… Continue Reading →
President Yitzchak Herzog will visit Turkey before mid-February and a new page will be opened in their strained bilateral relations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. In an… Read more » The post Erdogan: Herzog to Visit Turkey… Continue Reading →
German prosecutors arrested and charged a Russian citizen with spying for Russia, alleging he had passed information on aerospace technology, in particular the Ariane space launch vehicle, to Russian intelligence.… Read more » The post Germany Arrests Russian Citizen Suspected… Continue Reading →
Israel is involved in trying to defuse growing tensions between the US and Russia over the latter’s build-up of troops on the Ukrainian border, Army Radio reported on Wednesday morning. According to the report, the Biden administration requested that Israel… Continue Reading →
Scientists and health officials around the world are keeping their eyes on a descendant of the omicron variant that has been found in at least 40 countries, including the United States. This version of the coronavirus, which scientists call BA.2,… Continue Reading →
Sales of new single family homes in December rose to their highest level in 10 months as buyers snapped up cheaper homes in anticipation of higher interest rates. The increase put the seasonally adjusted annual sales pace to 811,000 for… Continue Reading →