Month April 2022
BEIJING (AP) — One month after a China Eastern passenger jet crashed mid-flight, killing all 132 people on board, investigators say they have not determined a cause. A report issued Wednesday by the Civil Aviation Administration of China said no… Continue Reading →
Paris prosecutors are studying a report by the European Union’s fraud agency accusing French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and other members of her nationalist party of misusing public funds while serving in the European Parliament. The report was… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-one people have been charged in the past nine days as part of a nationwide enforcement push to root out those who exploit the pandemic through health care fraud schemes, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The cases… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he wants the city to promote its impending legal cannabis industry and assist people from minority communities most affected by marijuana-related offenses to become marijuana entrepreneurs. Adams is set… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Israeli satirist and actor caused outraged reactions when he published a post on his Facebook page Tuesday calling to “reduce to rubble” the Western Wall and Temple Mount. Reshef Levy, an Israeli satirist who has authored… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said Wednesday that antisemitic offenses are continuing to rise and those that come to light are only “the tip of the iceberg.” The head of the BfV agency, Thomas Haldenwang, said it is… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The main goal in life is to be connected to Hashem. And there are various levels of that connection. The connection is called Dveikus. Sometimes, however, we encounter a dry spell or we feel… Continue Reading →
During Chol Hamoed, frum families traditionally go on trips — or tiyulim: treks in parks, nature reserves and to see various landmarks. For thousands, Tuesday’s trek was quite unique. On short notice, a steady stream of visitors marched along an… Continue Reading →
ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar met Wednesday with Pakistani leaders in the first visit by a member of Congress since a new coalition government came into power in Islamabad last week after the ouster of former premier Imran… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday spoke with his Chinese counterpart for the first time since becoming Pentagon chief more than a year ago, breaking a communications impasse that American officials saw as increasingly dangerous amid concern… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] YERUSHALAYIM • BNEI BRAK • BEIT SHEMESH • BEITAR • KRIYAT SEFER • LONDON THE UNIQUE SHAS YIDEN SYSTEM SHOWS RESULTS 160 DAYS MORE LEARNING per year than the average kollel! Learning 7 DAYS/WEEK incl. erev Shabbos & Shabbos, erev Yom Tov & Yom Tov… Continue Reading →
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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Last night (chol Hamoed Pesach 4th of the Omer), a Bain Hazmanim get-together of Bnei Yeshiva featured a seudah of grilled salmon along with three shiurei Torah entitled, “Salmon in Halacha” took place. The… Continue Reading →
Dion Marsh, the Manchester, NJ, man who went on a murderous anti-Jewish terror spree in Lakewood and Jackson, has been charged with federal hate crimes by the U.S. Justice Department. Marsh had already been facing multiple counts of attempted murder,… Continue Reading →
An Ocean County, New Jersey, man was charged with federal hate crimes for a series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of… Continue Reading →
A rare visit took place last night in Yerushalayim, as the Gerer rosh yeshiva, RRav abbi Shaul Alter, went to the residence of the nosi of the Moetzet Chachmei Hatorah of Shas, Rav Shalom Cohen, rosh yeshivat Porat Yosef, in… Continue Reading →
UKRAINE (Chabad.org/News) – As she lay dying in a Mariupol basement, freezing and pleading for water, Holocaust survivor Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova wanted to know only one thing: “Why is this happening?” Ill and emaciated during the last two weeks of… Continue Reading →
As governments and social media companies have moved to suppress Russia’s state media and the disinformation it spreads about the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s diplomats are stepping up to do the dirty work. Russian embassies and consulates around the… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An unexpectedly sharp drop in subscribers has Netflix considering changes it has long resisted: Minimizing password sharing and creating a low-cost subscription supported by advertising. Looming changes announced late Tuesday are designed to help Netflix regain… Continue Reading →
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — After spending weeks with no electricity or water in the basement of her family’s home in Ukraine, Viktoriya Savyichkina made a daring escape from the besieged city of Mariupol with her 9- and 14-year-old daughters. Their… Continue Reading →