Month February 2022
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the crisis on the Russian-Ukrainian border and possible Russian invasion, the Israeli government is preparing a contingency plan for the emergency immigration of thousands of Ukrainian Jews, according to a report by Yisrael… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] World-renowned speaker Rabbi Paysach Krohn released an emotional video message this week, in response to the current situation in the Ukraine. The Russian troops are poised to invade and the Ukrainian Jewish community is on high alert. Looting and chaos… Continue Reading →
The post Reb Avraham Schonberger, Z”l appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Harav Yehudah Jacobs, Z”l, Mashgiach, Beth Medrash Govoha Rabbi Nochum Dick, Z”l Mrs. Ruchel Adams, A”h Rebbetzin Esther Kineh Krieger, A”h Harav Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer, Zy”a… Continue Reading →
The post Harav Moshe Garfinkel, Zt”l appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Harav Yehudah Jacobs, Z”l, Mashgiach, Beth Medrash Govoha Rabbi Nochum Dick, Z”l Mrs. Ruchel Adams, A”h Rebbetzin Esther Kineh Krieger, A”h Harav Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer, Zy”a… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) — A recently opened Israeli restaurant on the Upper West Side has been vandalized with vulgar, antisemitic graffiti. On Thursday morning, staffers arrived at Miriam, an Israeli eatery on Amsterdam Ave. and 74th St. that opened on… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com In a new sefer that was just released entitled “Yevakshu MiPihu- Hilchos Tefillah Vol. III” there are hundreds of new rulings from Rav Elyashiv zt”l that have never been previously printed. The author is… Continue Reading →
U.S. health regulators are looking at authorizing a potential fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the… Read more » The post Report: FDA Considers Approving Second… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com In a new sefer that was just released entitled “Yevakshu MiPihu- Hilchos Tefillah Vol. III” there are hundreds of new rulings from Rav Elyashiv zt”l that have never been printed. The author is Rav… Continue Reading →
Members of the Flatbush Shomrim met on Motzoei Shabbos with the Muslim Pakistani American community leadership, in light of last week’s hate crime. The emphasis at the meeting, held at… Read more » The post Flatbush Shomrim Meet With Muslim… Continue Reading →
Following an intense learning campaign in Yeshivas Oraysa in Yerushalayim during the weeks of Shovavim Tat – it being a leap year with two months of Adar – the yeshivah… Read more » The post Harav Elimelech Biderman Inspires Yeshivas… Continue Reading →
A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a non-commercial backyard flock of birds on Long Island in New York, federal authorities confirmed Saturday. Samples from the flock were… Read more » The post Federal Officials Confirm Bird Flu… Continue Reading →
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked is looking to keep Amnesty International employees who support the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement out of Israel. In its latest report, released last month,… Read more » The post Israel Weighs Entry Ban for… Continue Reading →
Nuclear negotiations may soon end with a deal that is insufficiently tough on Iran, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned at the opening of Sunday’s Cabinet meeting in Yerushalayim. “The talks… Read more » The post Bennett Warns: Weaker Iran Deal… Continue Reading →
Israel and its neighbors across the Middle East are considering forming a defense alliance against suicide drones, Channel 12 reported on Motzoei Shabbos. Iran’s attempts to equip its proxies with… Read more » The post Report: Israel, Neighbors Mull Defense… Continue Reading →
People with COVID-19 won’t be legally required to self-isolate in England starting in the coming week, the U.K. government has announced, as part of a plan for “living with COVID”… Read more » The post People With COVID in England… Continue Reading →
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday, urging him to agree to a deal to revive a 2015 nuclear agreement, the Elysee said. In… Read more » The post France’s Macron Urges Iran to… Continue Reading →
Ukraine on Sunday suspended operations at one of the seven checkpoints to territory in the eastern Donbass region controlled by Russia-backed separatists, due to heavy shelling, the Ukrainian military said.… Read more » The post Ukraine Temporarily Closes Checkpoint in… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the petirah of R’ Aharon Schwartzman z”l. He was 74. A renowned talmid chochom and mechutan of HaRav Shlomo Miller shlit”a, R’ Aharon was a close talmid of HaRav Shmuel Berenbaum zt”l, R’ Aharon… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Hagaon HaRav Yaakov Landau zt”l, who was niftar following a lengthy illness. He was im his mid-70s. Rav Yaakov was a beloved 9th grade rebbi at Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Brooklyn… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the untimely petirah of R’ Moshe Zuckerman z”l of Toms River. R’ Yaakov was niftar over Shabbos after suffering a sudden stroke last week. He was 54. R’ Moshe was well known and highly… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the untimely petirah of R’ Yaakov Zuckerman z”l of Toms River. R’ Yaakov was niftar over Shabbos after suffering a sudden stroke last week. He was 54. R’ Yaakov was well known and highly… Continue Reading →