Month February 2023
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met with the head of Taiwan’s legislature on Monday as part of a five-day visit to the self-ruled island that comes as U.S.-China relations remain tense after weeks of trading accusations over a spy balloon…. Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 6:15 pmMaariv: 6:30 pm Rebbetzin Faigy LeiferWife Rebbetzin Chanie SchickSister
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Well, this time Artscroll made a HUGE mistake. But before anyone gets the wrong impression, the mistake Artscroll made was in only printing ten thousand copies. They should have printed thirty thousand. It will… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Well, this time Artscroll made a HUGE mistake. But before anyone gets the wrong impression, the mistake Artscroll made was in only printing ten thousand copies. They should have printed thirty thousand. It will… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Tuesday for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the country’s legal system, with the Knesset approving of the plan in the first of three readings. The 63-47 vote after midnight gave initial… Continue Reading →
Last year, one of my family’s credit cards was used to rack up hundreds of dollars in bogus charges at Apple.com. Another card was compromised four times in a row, as thieves repeatedly charged merchandise and Uber rides. We ultimately… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed existing and developing cooperation with Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO Ted Colbert in Jerusalem on Sunday. During their meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office, the two men also talked about future… Continue Reading →
A large number of Israel Police forces are securing the streets of Jerusalem and other cities on Monday as widescale protests take place against the advancement of the government’s judicial reform laws. On Monday evening, a suspect who participated in… Continue Reading →
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called for Sweden and Finland to be accepted into NATO “as quickly as possible,” although his Turkish counterpart dismissed the possibility of any link between their accession and Turkey’s request for F-16… Continue Reading →
Israeli singer star Akiva, will be heading to Florida this Chol Amoed Pesach to join Jewish music legendary superstar Yaakov Shwekey for a joint performance. Together with them, an entire production crew is planned to come from Israel to produce… Continue Reading →
The Kiryas Joel School District ripped into reporting from the New York Times on Monday, in which the outlet wrote up a hit piece spinning the town’s school officials as being corrupt and improperly funneling taxpayer money to their preferred… Continue Reading →
Nearly one year after Russia invaded Ukraine, new questions are rising over China’s potential willingness to offer military aid to Moscow in the increasingly drawn-out conflict. In an interview that aired Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said American… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stroke left Heather Rendulic with little use of her left hand and arm, putting certain everyday tasks like tying shoes or cutting foods out of reach. “I live one-handed in a two-handed world and you don’t… Continue Reading →
As the Knesset held a debate on Monday evening prior to voting on the first laws of the judicial reform, a protestor who disturbed the proceedings was forcibly removed by Knesset security guards. The disturbance took place during a speech… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Sunday (2/26/23)Morning
Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis and exiled Chief Rabbi of Moscow, has responded to a chilling message in a Russian Telegram group called, “Disclosed”. The group has almost 23,000 subscribers. The message called, among… Continue Reading →
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a watered-down statement strongly opposing Israel’s continued construction and expansion of settlements Monday. The vote came after high-stakes negotiations by the Biden administration succeeded in derailing a legally binding resolution… Continue Reading →
MONROE (VINnews) — The Kiryas Joel School District has released a response to the latest NY Times hit piece against Chassidim, entitled “How Public Money Goes to Support a Hassidic Village’s Private Schools”, which is filled with falsehoods and misleading… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – If Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team had won its game Saturday night, it would have gone into the postseason ranked No. 1 in its division yet again. But it didn’t even play. That’s because the Maccabees’… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Friday (2/24/23)Afternoon Rebbetzin Elisheva BronspigelWife Rabbi Chaim BronspigelSon Rabbi Rafuel BronspigelSon Rabbi Tzvi Dov BronspigelSon Mrs. Esti WeinerDaughter
ATLANTA (AP) — The woman flying out of Philadelphia’s airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. But what was more important was what she forgot to unpack: a loaded .380-caliber handgun in… Continue Reading →