Month March 2022
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Technological advances can make enormous changes in life. Medicine, for example, has advanced enormously with ever improving imaging techniques. Communications as well, have improved with the combination of cell towers and advanced video processing… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) — As an Orthodox Jewish man, each morning Tzvi Arieli wraps his arm and forehead with tefillin, the black leather straps that connect two small boxes filled with verses from the Torah. But Arieli makes exceptions. “If… Continue Reading →
Mohammad Ghaleb Abu al-Qi’an, 34, the terrorist who murdered four Israelis on Tuesday was deemed a “ticking time bomb” by prosecutors in 2015 but was nevertheless granted a lenient four-year prison sentence. Abu al-Qi’an, who was married and a father… Continue Reading →
As Russia escalates its war in Ukraine and stories of civilian casualties and destruction in cities reach the United States, support has risen for a major American role — and so has fear of the threat Russia poses to the… Continue Reading →
It’s not just Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who is being scrutinized. Senators are also being watched at this milestone moment in history considering the first Black woman for the high court. Some senators are overcome with “joy,”… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot said Wednesday that a worksheet about privilege that went viral is an unauthorized document from the company’s Canada division. An anonymous Twitter account with the handle “Libs of TikTok,” which has almost 600,000 followers… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration on Wednesday made a formal determination that Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine and said it would work with others to prosecute offenders, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “Today, I can announce that, based… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mr. Mendel GottliebFather Mrs. Esther GottliebMother Mrs. Rivki LichtsheinSister Mrs. Leah NetzerSister Mrs. Gitty StraussSister Mrs. Chaya TreffSister
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man was killed after attempting to parachute from a balcony of a high-rise apartment building in San Diego, police said. The man’s parachute apparently failed to open during the BASE jumping attempt around 10:30 p.m…. Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein, the brother-in-law of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, z’tl, met with the police officers who guarded the mittah of the Gadol HaDor at the levaya on Sunday. The meeting, which took place at HaRav Zilberstein’s Beis Medrash… Continue Reading →
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Like brother, like sister. A Belgian-British teenage pilot hopes to join his sister in the record books after starting his attempt to become the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small plane… Continue Reading →
NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of fighting in Ukraine, where the country’s defenders have put up stiffer-than-expected resistance and denied Moscow the lightning victory it hoped for. A senior… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yeruchim Silber, director of New York government relations for Agudath Israel, joined elected officials from Queens, as well as religious leaders, advocates, and families to call on New York State to expand the Empire State Child Tax Credit. The… Continue Reading →
OJPAC on Tuesday released statistics it obtained from the New York State Education Department showing massive increases in the number of students enrolled in yeshivos over the past 20 years. In September 2001, yeshivos had fewer than 100,000 students, yet… Continue Reading →
As an Orthodox Jewish man, each morning Tzvi Arieli wraps his arm and forehead with tefillin, the black leather straps that connect two small boxes filled with verses from the Torah. But Arieli makes exceptions. “If I need to shoot… Continue Reading →
When Rabbi Eliyahu Greenberg’s phone rang at 6 AM this past Sunday, he didn’t recognize the number on the blinding screen. But when he groggily picked up the phone and heard the voice on the other line, he jumped out… Continue Reading →
Channel 12 News reporter Yair Cherki published a rare video of the levaya of HaRav Chaim Kanievksy’s father, the Steipler, z’tl, in Bnei Brak in 1985. Since 1985, the world has become much more connected due to the Internet, with… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a sudden $140 million cash infusion, officials in Broward County, Florida, recently broke ground on a high-end hotel that will have views of the Atlantic Ocean and an 11,000-square-foot spa. In New York, Dutchess County… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Mrs. Devorah Chana Phillipson of Monsey. She was 55. Devorah Chana a”h, was born in Boro Park to Mr. and Mrs. Menachem Mendel Gottlieb. Mrs. Phillipson’s husband, Rabbi Binyomin Phillipson, is… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Mrs. Devorah Chana Phillipson of Monsey. She was 55. Devorah Chana a”h, was born in Boro Park to Mr. and Mrs. Menachem Mendel Gottlieb. Mrs. Phillipson’s husband, Rabbi Binyomin Phillipson, is… Continue Reading →