Month January 2023
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Thousands of protesters demanding the ouster of President Dina Boluarte poured into Peru’s capital, clashing with police who fired tear gas. Many came from remote regions, where dozens have died in unrest that has gripped the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida Judge sanctioned former President Donald Trump and one of his attorneys Thursday, ordering them to pay nearly $1 million for filing what he said was a bogus lawsuit against Trump’s 2016 rival Hillary Clinton… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Recently, at a wedding in Lakewood, New Jersey, the gentleman seated next to me had asked whether guns are Muktzah on Shabbos or not. He claimed that the general trend among Rabbis of shuls… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com “Really? There are actual halachos about moving? You cannot be serious, Rabbi.” Well, we are serious and during Moving Day there is a little-known halacha that, very often, does apply – at least peripherally. … Continue Reading →
QUEENS (VINnews) — In a few days, a new smoke shop is set to open in the heart of Kew Gardens Hills, and the large Orthodox community is not happy. According to local residents, the shop, which will be located… Continue Reading →
NASSAU (VINnews) — Activist Dov Hikind held a press conference Thursday in Nassau County along with County Executive Bruce Blakeman, and other Jewish and non-Jewish community leaders, to protest against woke Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lenient treatment of antisemites. They… Continue Reading →
BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers, including addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. T-Mobile said in a… Continue Reading →
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration agreed to lower part of a border wall planned in the southwest corner of the continental United States, advocates said Thursday, dismissing the concession as a token gesture. Opposition prompted a construction pause… Continue Reading →
It’s hard not to notice the eye-popping prices of eggs these days. While we’ve seen some food costs come down, these cooking staples have remained stubbornly high at the supermarket. (A dozen eggs at my farmers market costs less than… Continue Reading →
WESTCHESTER (VINnews) — A small plane reportedly carrying two Orthodox Jews went off radar near Westchester County Airport early this evening and a massive search and rescue effort is ongoing. According to police spokesman Kieran O’Leary (as quoted on the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Hillary Clinton was running for president, her campaign wanted a gentler way to talk about the criminal investigation into her private email server, so they called it a “security review.” Now President Joe Biden’s team is… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Rabbi Sacks Legacy and Bar-Ilan University hosted a three-day international conference focusing on the views of the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks on countering religious extremism and on the responsibility of Israel and the Jewish nation… Continue Reading →
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, prosecutors announced Thursday, citing a “criminal disregard for safety.”… Continue Reading →
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro on Thursday opened the doors to a Holocaust Memorial that honors not only Jewish victims, but also lesser-known groups likewise persecuted by the Nazi regime. Curators hope that the memorial, perched atop… Continue Reading →
(AP) – Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said the program, called AmazonSmile, will shut down by February 20 because it… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program launched Thursday by the State Department as a way to give private citizens a role in resettling the thousands of… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — When New York’s first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a tin of watermelon-flavored gummies above the crowd. Outside the Manhattan shop,… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday accused “some Western media” of bias, smears and political manipulation in their coverage of China’s abrupt ending of its strict “zero-COVID” policy, as it issued a vigorous defense of actions taken to prepare for… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The countdown toward a possible U.S. government default began Thursday with Treasury implementing accounting measures to buy time as frictions between President Joe Biden and House Republicans raise alarms about whether the United States can sidestep a… Continue Reading →
MANHATTAN (VINnews) — The relatives of an Orthodox Jewish patient in distress are now being allowed to visit her. A highly credible source has informed VINnews that Mt. Sinai Hospital has reversed course, after refusing to allow the relatives to… Continue Reading →