Month July 2022
A single ticket bought in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot. According to megamillions.com, there was one jackpot-winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought at a Speedway gas… Continue Reading →
A 15-year-old Israeli yeshivah bochur was killed on erev Shabbos after being hit by a car. The bochur, Shalom Dov Ber Lifisch, z’l, whose family is part of the Chabad kehilla in Kiryat Malachi, was on his way home after… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss was born in 1926 in the town of Pezinok near Bratislava in Czechoslovakia. His father, Rabbi Shlomo, was a Magid Shiur and disciple of the Shevet Sofer. Since there were not enough children… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Torah world mourns the loss of Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss Zts’l, Gaabad (leader) of the Eda Chareidis during the past 19 years, at the age of 96. During the last few months Rabbi Weiss had been… Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, z’tl, the Gaavad of the Eidah HaChareidis was niftar Friday night at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem at the age of 96. The petirah occurred on Leil Shabbos Kodesh at 3:15 a.m, with the… Continue Reading →
President Xi Jinping warned against meddling in China’s dealings with Taiwan during a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, that gave no indication of progress on trade, technology or other irritants, including Beijing’s opposition to a top American… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration likes to say Russia has become isolated internationally because of its invasion of Ukraine. Yet Moscow’s top officials have hardly been cloistered in the Kremlin. And now, even the U.S. wants to talk. President Vladimir Putin has… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders’ criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month’s ruling. The justice’s remarks drew more criticism as well… Continue Reading →
Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were captured after the fall of a southern port city… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The person pictured above, Mordechai Ovadia, has left his wife without a Get for ten years. He has been missing for the past eight years. His wife has no way of contacting him. There… Continue Reading →
Download PDF For Shabbas Reading St Lucia has a small population of about 180,000, and only a fraction of that is Jewish. Our community is a mix of permanent and part-time residents. Counting all the full-time locals, seasonal residents, and… Continue Reading →
The surprise deal by Senate Democrats on a slimmed-down bill to support families, boost infrastructure and fight climate change also is likely to jump-start sales of electric vehicles. The measure agreed to by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and holdout… Continue Reading →
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot keeps getting larger as officials raised the massive prize to $1.28 billion on Friday, just hours before the next drawing. The giant jackpot remains the nation’s third-largest prize and… Continue Reading →
Gaza’s Hamas rulers have imposed a slew of new taxes on imported clothes and office supplies just ahead of the new school year, sparking limited but rare protests in the impoverished coastal strip. The move by the militant group comes… Continue Reading →
QUEENS (VINnews) — A well known Shul in Queens went up in flames on Thurday afternoon. Bais Yosef D’Ulem, led by Rav Yaakov Friedman, is located in the Kew Garden Hills neighborhood of Queens. At approximately 3:20 PM on Thursday… Continue Reading →
BROOKLYN (VINnews) Maimonides Hospital has apologized after posting an ad featuring a fake Chassidish Jew. The ad has now been deleted. This is the latest in a series of debacles for the disgraced hospital, which has come under fire for… Continue Reading →
Two of the Supreme Court justices who disagree most often on the outcomes of cases say they both still try hard to persuade each other, and sometimes succeed. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Amy Coney Barrett made the comments in… Continue Reading →
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The federal government is pledging $401 million in grants and loans to expand the reach and improve the speed of internet for rural residents, tribes and businesses in remote parts of 11 states from Alaska to… Continue Reading →
An arrest has been made in the vicious beating of Crown Heights askan Yossi Hershkop, who was assaulted in front of his five-year-old child two weeks ago. The thugs had claimed that Hershkop bumped a car behind him as he… Continue Reading →
HONOLULU (AP) — Bobby Edward Fort was 27 when he enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1994 and retired 22 years later with a secret security clearance that allowed him to land a job in Honolulu as a defense contractor…. Continue Reading →
Krystal Holbrook’s family started moving possessions to higher ground long before dawn, racing to save them from the rapidly rising floodwaters that were menacing southeastern Kentucky. Her family scurried in the dark to move vehicles, campers, trailers and equipment. But… Continue Reading →