Month January 2022

China on Wednesday expressed “serious concerns and dissatisfaction” with the United States over reports of an internal State Department request to allow the departure of diplomats and their families from… Read more » The post China Blasts U.S. Over Reports… Continue Reading →

The Center for Health Education, Medicine and Dentistry (CHEMED) is offering free Tdap shots at CHEMED for all pregnant women, their family members, and anyone who will be in close contact with the newborn whether or not they are CHEMED… Continue Reading →

Extremist groups in the United States appear to increasingly view attacking the power grid as a means of disrupting the country, according to a government report aimed at law enforcement agencies and utility operators. Domestic extremists “have developed credible, specific… Continue Reading →

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced she will seek reelection in this year’s midterms. “While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This election is crucial: nothing less is at stake… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] Three kedoshei elyon had one common concept when it came to learning Torah – they were the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh (Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar 1696-1743) when he came to Eretz Yisroel; the Ramchal (Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto 1707-1746) when he lived in Padua,… Continue Reading →

Russia warned Wednesday it would quickly take “retaliatory measures” if the U.S. and its allies reject its security demands and continue their “aggressive” policies, ratcheting up pressure on the West… Read more » The post Russia Threatens Retaliation if Ukraine… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Tonight is the 139th Yartzeit of Rav Yisroel Salanter zt”l, founder of the Mussar Movement.  It is unfortunate, however, that many people are not familiar with the writings and Mussar theory of Rav Yisroel…. Continue Reading →

Lebanon is ready to resume negotiations over the demarcation of a southern maritime border that is disputed with Israel, President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday. Long time foes Lebanon and… Read more » The post Lebanon Ready to Resume Talks… Continue Reading →

Austria will end its lockdown for unvaccinated residents next Monday — one day before a COVID-19 vaccine mandate takes effect in the country, the country’s chancellor announced Wednesday. Austrian Chancellor… Read more » The post Austria to Lift Lockdown for… Continue Reading →

Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that one of its senior staff members was targeted last year with spyware designed by the Israeli hacker-for hire company NSO Group. The New York-based… Read more » The post Rights Group Says Lebanese Staffer… Continue Reading →

Former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused the current government of not being able to manage the COVID pandemic in a video published Tuesday night. “I went to Hadassah Hospital in… Read more » The post Netanyahu: Bennett-Lapid Gov’t Has Given… Continue Reading →

Israel began preparing on Tuesday for severe weather, including heavy snowfall, as winter storm Elpis is expected to make landfall. Heavy snowfall is expected over the northern and central mountains… Read more » The post Israel Prepares for the Elpis… Continue Reading →

The World Health Organization said there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week, the highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases recorded since the pandemic began. The number… Read more » The post WHO: Record Weekly COVID Cases… Continue Reading →

The president of the Consistory in France, Mr. Eli Corsia, religious leaders, representatives of Jewish organizations, Holocaust survivors and 100 twelfth-graders from the George Lon Alliance and the Pronkeviza Lahsal… Read more » The post ‘The World Has a Responsibility… Continue Reading →

British police said on Wednesday they had arrested two men in the northern English city of Manchester as part of a U.S. investigation into a hostage-taking at a Jewish center… Read more » The post U.K. Police Arrest Two More… Continue Reading →

Russia held military drills on Wednesday and deployed more forces and fighter jets to Belarus for exercises next month as officials prepared to sit down for four-way talks in Paris… Read more » The post Russia Holds Military Drills Before… Continue Reading →

Rescue crews searched late into the night on Tuesday for 39 people reported missing in the Atlantic off Florida by a man found clinging to a boat that capsized in… Read more » The post Teams Search Through Night for… Continue Reading →

Knesset ​Speaker MK Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid) on Tuesday met at the Reichstag Building in Berlin with Bundestag President Bärbel Bas. During his official visit to Germany, Speaker Levy is… Read more » The post Knesset Speaker in Berlin: Germany… Continue Reading →