Month September 2022
NEW JERSEY – Hatzalah of Metrowest (formerly Hatzalah of West Orange & Livingston) proudly announces its formal expansion into Morristown and the growth of its fleet in West Orange & Livingston. Founded in September 2021, with a primary focus on… Continue Reading →
Russia made its case to the world Saturday for its war in Ukraine, repeating a series of grievances about its neighbor and the West to tell the U.N. General Assembly meeting of leaders that Moscow had “no choice” but to… Continue Reading →
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian as it rumbled through the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane in the coming days… Continue Reading →
7 locations. 11,000 children. 45,000 new outfits! More joy! More confidence! More impact. It started small. A couple of bins of used clothing in a Brooklyn basement were offered to neighbors. And they came, thrilled with what they found. They had… Continue Reading →
Two Israeli women were killed on Friday in an accident between a tourist minibus and a truck in the mountainous Kada area in Georgia. Seventeen others, mainly Israelis, were injured in the accident and were evacuated to three hospitals in… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a national office that will distribute $3 billion in block grants to underserved communities burdened by pollution. Forty years… Continue Reading →
A horrifying incident occurred several minutes before the end of Shabbos in the southern Israeli city of Dimona when a man asked for quiet outside a shul and was stabbed to death. The suspect, a 49-year-old resident of the city… Continue Reading →
PARIS (AP) — Paris firefighters are battling a warehouse blaze at a massive produce market that supplies France’s capital and its surrounding region with much of its fresh food and bills itself as the largest of its kind in the… Continue Reading →
We all dream of becoming better people. Improving our life, growing our knowledge, developing our middos. But life is busy, and full of distractions. If only there was a way to tap into inspiration and valuable information throughout our busy… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) The Shla tells us (Rosh HaShana, perek Ner Mitzvah) that it is an obligation to go over the Tefillos so that we familiarize ourselves with the Rosh haShana Davening. We should also do so… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Throughout the impending Rosh HaShana Davening we say the words, “ki saavir memsheles zadon min ha’aretz – and remove the dominion of evil government from the land.” It is well known that the Iranian… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) The Shla tells us (Rosh HaShana, perek Ner Mitzvah) that it is an obligation to go over the Tefillos so that we familiarize ourselves with the Rosh haShana Davening. We should also do so… Continue Reading →
TEXAS (Yaakov M / VINnews) — This past week, Hillary Clinton compared Trump supporters to Nazis, and Trump himself to Hitler. Her absurd comparison was based on the fact that at a recent Trump rally, attendees committed the grievous sin… Continue Reading →
McLEAN, Virginia (AP) — The CIA has revealed a model of Ayman al-Zawahri’s safe house, used to brief President Joe Biden about the al-Qaida leader’s whereabouts before the agency killed him in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Shortly after al-Zawahri’s… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police moved quickly Saturday to disperse peaceful protests against President Vladimir Putin’s military mobilization order, arresting hundreds, including some children, in scores of cities across the vast country. Police detained nearly 750 people, including over 370… Continue Reading →
Ask any kindergartener to tell you what they learned about Rosh Hashana in school, and they will probably regale you with tales of honey-dipped apples, their best shofar imitations and maybe even a few words about Hashem’s sovereignty. But I… Continue Reading →
This week I attended an event for recent refugees to America, which included a high- powered panel of officials in law enforcement, human rights and religious leaders of many faiths. The topic was combatting hate, racism and antisemitism. I learned… Continue Reading →
The voting was over and almost all ballots were counted. News outlets on Nov. 7, 2020, had called the presidential race for Democrat Joe Biden. But the leader of the Oath Keepers extremist group was just beginning to fight. Convinced… Continue Reading →
The voting was over and almost all ballots were counted. News outlets on Nov. 7, 2020, had called the presidential race for Democrat Joe Biden. But the leader of the Oath Keepers extremist group was just beginning to fight. Convinced… Continue Reading →
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday declared a state of emergency for Florida as Tropical Storm Ian gathers strength over the Caribbean and is expected to bring intense hurricane rain and wind to the state next week…. Continue Reading →