Month January 2023
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Greg Steube sustained “several serious injuries” when he fell off a ladder while cutting trees on his property on Florida’s Gulf Coast, his office said Thursday. Steube spent the night in the intensive… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI (AP) — The newly opened airport in Nepal where a Yeti Airlines plane was attempting to land when it crashed over the weekend, killing all 72 on board, did not have a functioning instrument landing system that guides… Continue Reading →
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand ushered in a new age of train travel on Thursday as Southeast Asia’s biggest railway station officially began operations. The government says the huge, modern development on the edge of central Bangkok will bolster the country’s… 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 →
Notorious fabulist George Santos (R-NY) has hit his limit, apparently. The new congressman shot back at “shocking” and “insane” reports he stole funds intended for a homeless veteran’s dying service dog to inform the public that he would never kill… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday in Jerusalem with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the highest-level Biden administration official to visit Israel since the Nov. 1 Knesset election. The two men discussed Iran’s nuclear program… Continue Reading →
ISTANBUL (JTA) — Dozens of Orthodox Jews gathered on a hill overlooking the Bosphorus Strait. Above them, guarding the hilltop, stood a Turkish military base, and below sat the swanky Istanbul neighborhood of Ortaköy. Dominating the view was the 15th… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday expressed satisfaction with police efforts to prevent any major celebrations for Maher Younis, who was released earlier in the day after serving a 40-year prison term. “Police did not… Continue Reading →
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister said Thursday that the country was reviewing the supervision of its gas and oil installations and other strategic locations after a weekend incident in which three foreign divers had to be rescued from… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 4:45 pm
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara demanded on Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fire coalition partner Aryeh Deri of the Shas Party from his government, in keeping with Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling. Baharav-Miara informed the prime minister that… Continue Reading →
UNITED NATIONS (JNS) – The Israeli and Palestinian Authority ambassadors to the United Nations slung barbs at each other in a fiery debate on Wednesday at the U.N. Security Council. During the body’s quarterly open debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,… Continue Reading →
Chief Rabbi Lau: Cell-Cultured Meat Is Parev, But Shouldn’t Be Eaten Or Marketed With Dairy Products
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a groundbreaking ruling, Israel’s Chief Rabbi David Lau stated that the cell-cultured meat produced by Israeli food tech company Aleph Farms is pareve. However, in order for it to be defined as such, the company, which… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Mahir Younes, one of the terrorists involved in the murder of IDF soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980, was released from prison Thursday morning after 40 years behind bars. In the village of Ara in northern Israel, his family… Continue Reading →
Israeli Media Pundit Amit Segal: Deri Cannot Be Minister In Current Knesset, Could Be ‘Alternate PM’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of Wednesday’s bombshell decision by Israel’s High Court to disqualify Aryeh Deri from serving as a minister in the government, Deri’s tenure as interior and health minister is expected to end within days. Despite… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The pasuk in Mishei (14:1) tells us, “Chochmas nashim bansa Baisa – it is the wisdom of women that builds her house.” Perhaps no one personified this concept more than Rebbitzen Dvorah Esther Spiegel… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are great individuals that often surround us, and yet because of their quiet demeanor, one hardly knows of their greatness. This Wednesday night and Thursday mark the shloshim of the petirah of a… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are great individuals that often surround us, and yet because of their quiet demeanor, one hardly knows of their greatness. This Wednesday night and Thursday mark the shloshim of the petirah of a… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, said he met for 2½ hours Tuesday with Manhattan prosecutors who have revived a years-old investigation into payments made to a porn star to keep her quiet about an alleged… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk was depicted Wednesday as either a liar who callously jeopardized the savings of “regular people” or a well-intentioned visionary as attorneys delivered opening statements at a trial focused on a Tesla buyout that never… Continue Reading →
CLEVELAND (VINnews) — A truly amazing story took place this past Shabbos in Cleveland, during a special community weekend of Chizuk spent with the Mir Yeshiva of Eretz Yisrael. A local community member related the following story on a video… Continue Reading →