Month April 2022
A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases — an early warning system to help guide the response to COVID-19 and future pandemics. The new Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics launched Tuesday…. Continue Reading →
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of former President Donald Trump’s eldest son, met with the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection Monday — more than a month after she abruptly ended a voluntary interview with lawmakers — according to a… Continue Reading →
CHOMESH (VINnews) — Several thousand Israelis marched to the dismantled Chomesh settlement in the northern West Bank on Tuesday. Protesters demanded that the government leave the Chomesh yeshiva intact, and not harm the Jewish communities of Shomron. The Rosh Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration says it is barring anti-satellite missile testing by the United States, a move that White House officials say is meant to underscore its hopes of establishing new norms for military action in space. The U.S. has sharply… Continue Reading →
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge’s decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it’s really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of… Continue Reading →
South Clifton Avenue is being repaved, and thanks to the Askonim and the County who ensured it could be done over Chol Hamoed when the roads are quieter. “I applaud Mayor Coles and Committeeman Lichtesntein for working with the County… Continue Reading →
A judge has ruled Amazon must reinstate a former warehouse employee who was fired in the early days of the pandemic, saying the company “unlawfully” terminated the worker who led a protest calling for Amazon to do more to protect… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Health officials say they have detected more cases of a mysterious liver disease in children that was first identified in Britain, with new infections spreading to Europe and the U.S. Last week, British officials reported 74 cases… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday downgraded the outlook for the world economy this year and next, blaming Russia’s war in Ukraine for disrupting global commerce, pushing up oil prices, threatening food supplies and increasing uncertainty already… Continue Reading →
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Authorities on Monday announced the arrest of a second man in connection with Saturday’s shootout inside a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital, one of two mass shootings that rocked the state over the Easter holiday weekend. Marquise Love… Continue Reading →
Rideshare company Uber has followed the lead of airlines and has dropped its mask mandate effective today. Uber is leaving it up to customers and drivers to decide whether or not they want to wear a mask and is telling… Continue Reading →
During a visit to Syria in 2017, Vladimir Putin lavished praise on a Syrian general whose division played an instrumental role in defeating insurgents in the country’s long-running civil war. The Russian president told him his cooperation with Russian troops… Continue Reading →
A decision by a federal judge in Florida to throw out a national mask mandate for public transportation across the U.S. created a confusing patchwork of rules for passengers as they navigate airports and transit systems. The ruling gives airports,… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday slammed Jordan for blaming Israel for the violence against it and supporting those who engage in violence following Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh’s praise of Arab rioters at the Al-Aqsa Mosque earlier in the… Continue Reading →
As she cooks lunch and talks politics, Sarah Gutmann has a nasty feeling — of would-be French president Marine Le Pen invading the privacy of her home and meddling with her Jewish faith and the plates of chicken and kosher… Continue Reading →
The flight debut of NASA’s mega moon rocket faces additional delays following a string of failed fueling tests. Officials said Monday it will be challenging to meet a launch window in early to mid-June. The next opportunity to send an… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Gemorah in Psachim (116b) informs us that, in each generation, we are obligated to view ourselves as if we actually left Mitzrayim. Indeed, in Michtav MeEliyahu, Rav Dessler writes that since time does… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Gemorah in Psachim (116b) informs us that, in each generation, we are obligated to view ourselves as if we actually left Mitzrayim. Indeed, in Michtav MeEliyahu, Rav Dessler writes that since time does… Continue Reading →
A Gazan terror group fired a rocket into southern Israel for the first time in four months on Monday amid soaring tensions in the region. The rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. In response, the Israeli… Continue Reading →
A Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida on Monday vacated the Biden administration’s national Covid mask mandate for planes and other forms of public transportation, ruling that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had overstepped its authority. U.S. District Judge… Continue Reading →