Month January 2022
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Israeli health officials reported on Tuesday that the number of COVID fatalities in the country has soared, with up to 40 fatalities a day, 40 times the number of daily fatalities just two weeks ago. In the city of Rechovot,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced during a press conference on Wednesday in Midtown Manhattan that he is proposing to double the funding of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program from $180 million to $360 million…. Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Two shocking videos have been published on the New York Post website, depicting rampant shoplifting in the city, with no consequences for the criminals. Brazen thieves casually grab anything they want, with zero fear of being… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Picture a non-observant young man with his entire life ahead of him. Nachal lives in Teverya with his father, mother and two brothers. He engages in water activities and has a girlfriend. Nachal discovers,… Continue Reading →
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Tuesday an agreement with the United States over its nuclear deal with world powers is possible if sanctions on Iran are lifted, state TV reported. Raisi’s comments came a day after Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Picture a non-observant young man with his entire life ahead of him. Nachal lives in Teverya with his father, mother and two brothers. He engages in water activities and has a girlfriend. Nachal discovers,… Continue Reading →
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one unidentified projectile into the sea in its sixth weapons launch this month. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Thursday didn’t immediately say whether… Continue Reading →
A group of Republican lawmakers resurrected a bill Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin, saying it’s time to at least talk about using the drug as a natural way to help the sick treat their ailments naturally. Sen. Mary… Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi has Baruch Hashem recovered from COVID for the second time and is leaving to the US on Wednesday night on a chizzuk trip. HaRav Ezrachi, 93, tested positive for COVID on Friday and had to… Continue Reading →
The BBC has slightly revised a hotly contested article that had infuriated British Jews by seeming to blame the victims of an antisemitic incident. In addition to adding a clarifying note to the article, the BBC apologized in a statement… Continue Reading →
MADRID (JTA) – Beneath a sprawling 14th-century building with moss-furrowed terrace walls and interiors painted in garish strokes of purple and yellow lie what could be the remains of Spain’s second-largest synagogue from the medieval era. The 7,500-square-foot estate, currently… Continue Reading →
The financial technology startup that Walmart is backing will acquire two financial companies as it tries to create one app where shoppers can do different financial activities from getting paid to borrowing and saving money. The venture called Hazel will… Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Shalom Arush, senior Breslov Rav and head of the Chut Shel Chessed organization is in need of tefillos. Chut Shel Chessed issued a statement on Wednesday morning: “A number of days ago, the Rav was having difficulty with… Continue Reading →
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man has been charged with a federal gun crime after authorities say he sold a gun to a man who held four hostages inside a Texas synagogue earlier this month before being fatally shot by… Continue Reading →
STAMFORD HILL (VINnews) — Two orthodox Jewish men were viciously attacked on Wednesday evening in front of a Stamford Hill bakery. Video footage released by London Shomrim showse two men exiting the bakery, as a man passes by them. The… Continue Reading →
Donald Trump appears to be fully confident that he will be reelected as President in 2024, jokingly declaring himself the 47th US president while playing a round of golf. As Trump walked up to the first tee, one of his… Continue Reading →
Canada’s central bank declined to raise its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday but said interest rates will have to rise in the future as the economy rebounds. The Bank of Canada said that looking ahead, it expects interest rates will… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden has nominated a diverse group of six lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the country, his latest picks for the top law enforcement positions. The nominees, announced by the White House on Wednesday, would run the… Continue Reading →
A suspect arrested for a shooting inside a New York City hospital was tracked down after he signed in at the hospital, police said Wednesday. Keber Martinez, 25, was arrested hours after Tuesday’s shooting at Jacobi Medical Center in the… Continue Reading →
No serious injuries reported.