Month January 2022

In his first reference to reports that he may sign a plea deal, and amid conflict in the Likud about its next leader, opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu released a video on Monday evening declaring that he has no intention of… Continue Reading →

On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s European Forum conducted a survey of Israelis’ perceptions of the rate of antisemitism in Europe and… Read more » The post Poll Finds 53% of Israelis… Continue Reading →

Seven migrants have died and some 280 have been rescued after they were discovered in a packed wooden boat off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Italian… Read more » The post Italian Coast Guard Reports Seven… Continue Reading →

The man who shot two New York City police officers in a Harlem apartment, killing one of them and putting another in critical condition, died Monday of injuries sustained when… Read more » The post Man Who Shot 2 NYPD… Continue Reading →

Sudanese authorities released nine Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) staff members on Tuesday, the medical aid group said in a statement. The staff members were arrested in Khartoum on… Read more » The post Nine Doctors Without Borders Members… Continue Reading →

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Tuesday they started a clinical trial to test a new version of their vaccine specifically designed to target the COVID-19 omicron variant, which… Read more » The post Pfizer and BioNTech Launch Trial… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] Readers around the world were shocked and saddened yesterday to hear of the passing of 32-year-old Mrs. Chayan Marian. Chaya fought an excruciating battle with cancer and left behind 5 young children. A letter from Rav Chaim Kanievsky, Rav… Continue Reading →

Shas chairman, former Knesset member Rabbi Aryeh Deri, was convicted of tax offenses on Tuesday, following the plea deal he signed with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. Central to this agreement,… Read more » The post Former MK Rabbi Aryeh Deri… Continue Reading →

A U.S. Navy F35C Lightning II combat jet conducting exercises in the South China Sea crashed while trying to land on the deck of an American aircraft carrier, injuring seven… Read more » The post U.S. Combat Jet Crashes in… Continue Reading →

The Kremlin on Tuesday said Washington’s actions and statements around Ukraine were escalating tensions and that Russia was watching with great concern after the United States put 8,500 troops on… Read more » The post Kremlin: Watching U.S. Actions Over… Continue Reading →

The world’s biggest, most powerful space telescope arrived at its observation post a million miles from Earth on Monday, a month after it lifted off on a quest to behold… Read more » The post New Space Telescope Reaches Final… Continue Reading →

An expert panel on Tuesday advised the Israeli government to begin offering a fourth vaccine dose to everyone over the age of 18, citing research showing it helps prevent COVID-19… Read more » The post Israeli Health Experts Recommend 4th… Continue Reading →

The Pentagon ordered 8,500 troops on higher alert Monday to potentially deploy to Europe as part of a NATO “response force” amid growing concern that Russia could soon make a military move on Ukraine. President Joe Biden consulted with key… Continue Reading →

A senior diplomatic official in Yerushalayim says that Moscow and Damascus used a recent Golan Heights air patrol to signal displeasure with increased Israeli operations inside Syria. According to the… Read more » The post Official: Joint Russian-Syrian Air Force… Continue Reading →

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Tuesday fighting fresh allegations that he broke the COVID lockdown rules he imposed by attending a surprise birthday party in Downing Street when… Read more » The post U.K.’s Johnson Under Fresh Pressure… Continue Reading →

North Korea on Tuesday test-fired two suspected cruise missiles in its fifth round of weapons launches this month, South Korean military officials said, as it displays its military might amid… Read more » The post S. Korean Officials Say N…. Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com l’zeicher nishmas Rav Yaakov Ben R. Yisroel Meir Hirsch zt”l on his yahrtzeit The Michtav m’Eliyahu points out that many of us grow from role models in Torah.  However, we can also grow from… Continue Reading →

Prosecutors in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights accused the men Monday of standing by as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin “slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.” One defense… Continue Reading →

Democrats braced for disaster when state legislatures began redrawing congressional maps, fearing that Republican dominance of statehouses would tilt power away from them for the next decade. But as the redistricting process reaches its final stages, that anxiety is beginning… Continue Reading →