Month December 2022
Economists are baffled by a wider-than-usual divergence between long-term mortgage rates and the yield on the benchmark U.S. government bond that is driving a sharp rise in borrowing costs and helping to torpedo the U.S. housing market this year. The… Continue Reading →
Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard. The driving ban in New York’s second-most-populous city was lifted just after midnight Thursday, Mayor… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is the fifth annual event for Shidduchim this upcoming Tueday, Asarah b’Taives – wherein a global community will be saying Tehillim in unison (Perek 121, 128 & 131) on behalf of all our… Continue Reading →
It should be a time of triumph for Republicans ready to take back control of the House in the new Congress next week, but their leaders are struggling with an embarrassing distraction about one of their own: What to do… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com “The Proud. The Few. The Marines.” This motto could very well have been used by another group of dedicated few – the Five Towns Far Rockaway Chaveirim Volunteers. Last weekend a state of emergency… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com “The Proud. The Few. The Marines.” This motto could very well have been used by another group of dedicated few – the Five Towns Far Rockaway Chaveirim Volunteers. Last weekend a state of emergency… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – Few singers can seamlessly shift from clean cantorial to meditative Middle Eastern, to greasy grunge. Only a handful can, with equal ease, quote the Baal Shem Tov and Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of Pearl Jam…. Continue Reading →
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week after falling for six straight weeks, adding to the challenges potential homebuyers face amid higher home prices and a limited supply of available houses. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that… Continue Reading →
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week after falling for six straight weeks, adding to the challenges potential homebuyers face amid higher home prices and a limited supply of available houses. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday, opening up what is expected to be one of the country’s most lucrative markets for cannabis — underscored by… Continue Reading →
A record number of migrants were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border since the start of fiscal year 2023 (October 1st), with 617,250 encounters according to information obtained by Fox News. Of the 617,250 encounters, 186,573 were expelled under Title 42,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Below are just some of the many tweets from outspoken Jews and others, blasting the vicious New York Times over its latest hate-filled anti-Jewish article published Thursday. Over the past 14 weeks, NY Times has dedicated… Continue Reading →
Another week, another front-page attack on Orthodox Jews – this time targeting children with special needs and their families. The New York Times confirms, for the 13th time in just three and half months, its obsession with spreading misinformation and… Continue Reading →
Another week, another front-page attack on Orthodox Jews – this time targeting children with special needs and their families. The New York Times confirms, for the 13th time in just three and half months, its obsession with spreading misinformation and… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Tuesday (1/03/23)Morning R’ Yitzchok Isaac Tzvi CallerFather Mrs. Roiza CallerMother Miss Elka CallerSister Miss Sima Mirel CallerSister Habachur Moishe CallerBrother Miss Chana CallerSister Miss Goldy CallerSister Miss Malky CallerSister Hayeled Mordechai CallerBrother
(AP) – The world population is projected to be 7.9 billion people on New Year’s Day 2023, with 73.7 million people added since New Year’s Day 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. That marks a 0.9% increase in the… Continue Reading →
With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the world like an immortal colossus. It led humankind into outer space, exploded the most powerful nuclear weapon ever, and inflicted bloody purges and cruel labor camps… Continue Reading →
A recount of votes has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh in the Arizona attorney general’s race, one of the closest elections in state history. The highly anticipated results announced Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court are… Continue Reading →
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said it expects to return to normal operations Friday after slashing about two-thirds of its schedule in recent days, including canceling another 2,350 flights Thursday. Southwest is struggling to recover after being overwhelmed by a… Continue Reading →
Almost 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria. Around 3.5 million residents living in… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the government may not inform the rest of… Continue Reading →