Month May 2022
A Chicago mother has been charged with child endangerment after a gun in her second grader’s backpack accidentally discharged at school, injuring a 7-year-old classmate, police said Wednesday. The 28-year-old woman appeared in court on Wednesday on three misdemeanor child… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Another member of Israel’s parliament said Thursday she was quitting the ruling coalition, leaving embattled Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in control of a crumbling minority government. Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi’s announcement further whittles away Bennett’s hold… Continue Reading →
We are coming to you with an urgent request. The NYS Education Department recently released new, proposed Substantial Equivalency Regulations for nonpublic schools. These regulations, which have been submitted to the Board of Regents for approval, can present a serious… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] It’s early morning and Shlomo Levy is in the ICU fighting for his life. The tangled maze of wires running across his body, and the cacophony of beeping monitors in the background, are testament that despite his very dismal… Continue Reading →
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JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has identified a soldier’s rifle that may have killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, but said it cannot be certain unless the Palestinians turn over the bullet for analysis, a military official said… Continue Reading →
The European Union’s executive arm moved Wednesday to jump-start plans for the 27-nation bloc to abandon Russian energy amid the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, proposing a nearly 300 billion-euro ($315 billion) package that includes more efficient use of fuels and… Continue Reading →
The Story: Upon exiting the ניחום אבלים during the Shiva for Shragee Gestetner ז”ל, I was told by Gershi Moskowits that in addition to his family there was a very close ידיד and משפיע of Shragee ז”ל who lived very… Continue Reading →
Japan’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to release its treated radioactive wastewater into the sea next year, saying the outlined methods are safe and risks to the environment minimal. The… Continue Reading →
Japan’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to release its treated radioactive wastewater into the sea next year, saying the outlined methods are safe and risks to the environment minimal. The… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) — Former basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire raised some eyebrows when he disclosed last week that he is leaving the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets after two seasons as a player development assistant coach. His comments about how the situation… Continue Reading →
Shortly before he opened fire, the white gunman accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket allowed a small group of people to see his detailed plans for the attack, which he had been chronicling for… Continue Reading →
Thousands of people who traveled for hours to reach Meron were forced to wait for additional long hours in parking lots without basic amenities, such as bathrooms and water and even lighting. Although people are used to the long hours… Continue Reading →
At least two children have been hospitalized as a result of the baby formula shortage hampering parents’ ability to properly feed their children. Tennessee officials say that two young children – a preschooler and a toddler with special nutritional needs… Continue Reading →
North Korea on Thursday reported 262,270 more suspected COVID-19 cases as its pandemic caseload neared 2 million — a week after the country acknowledged the outbreak and scrambled to slow infections in its unvaccinated population. The country is also trying… Continue Reading →
As the coalition teeters on its last legs and new elections loom, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is changing his tactics, swiveling from his recently adopted centrist position back to his past right-wing positions. Bennett, the former head of the Yesha… Continue Reading →
Heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick spent Wednesday essentially tied in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested race for the Republican nomination to fill an open U.S. Senate seat. It’s also expected to be among the… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses: ɚ the Torah’s special blessing of a threefold harvest. ɚ the prohibition of persecuting Jewish servants. ɚ why a Jewish person sells himself… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Tomorrow, a number of Jews will be getting haircuts. If they are not careful, however, they could be in grave danger of violating a Torah commandment. Regardless, whoever reads this article before their haircut… Continue Reading →
When a shooter attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, over the weekend, its security guard tried to stop him. At least one of his shots hit the gunman, but it didn’t stop the deadly rampage because the gunman was… Continue Reading →
As Lag B’Omer is underway, the memories of the 45 kedoshim are in everyone’s minds but the two severely wounded Meron victims tend to be forgotten. Elazer Berger, 13, and Yossi Reit, 16 [an oleh from the US and resident… Continue Reading →