Month February 2023
SAMANDAG, Turkey (AP) — Nearly two weeks after a massive earthquake leveled tens of thousands of buildings and displaced millions of people in Turkey and Syria, many are still struggling to fulfill their basic needs and some are bedding down… Continue Reading →
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters in Iran marched through the streets of multiple cities overnight in the most widespread demonstration in weeks amid the monthslong unrest that’s gripped the Islamic Republic, online videos purported to show Friday. The… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the S’fas Tamim Foundation Recently, we have been reading about a 90 year old Rabbi, Rav Meyer Leifer, and his family, who took in a 67 year old woman into his 2-bedroom Manhattan apartment, at… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com When an entire community comes out to vote in favor of a local school, it shows remarkable achdus. Today’s crucial vote would decide whether the #5 school would be allowed to be sold to… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (VINnes) — The LAPD has issued a press release stating that the February 15 and 16 shootings on Pico Boulevard “may have involved the same suspect”: an Asian male with a goatee driving a white compact vehicle. “The… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com When an entire community comes out to vote in favor of a local school, it shows remarkable achdus. Today’s crucial vote would decide whether the #5 school would be allowed to be sold to… Continue Reading →
OHIO (JTA) – For days, students and police at Cleveland State University had been trying to figure out who stole a banner belonging to a campus Palestinian rights group. The banner, which belonged to the student group Palestinian Human Rights… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 pm Rabbi Avraham ReissSon R’ Chaim ReissSon R’ Refoel ReissSon Refoel will be sitting at his home on Motzei Shabbos 38 New Pomona Road, Suffern, NY R’ Pesach ReissSon Ms. Rochel ReissDaughter Mrs. Leah PosyDaughter… Continue Reading →
In good news from Shaare Tzedek Hospital on Thursday, Rosa Azilov, 64, who was shot during the Neve Yaakov terror attack that occurred near her home on Friday night about three weeks ago, was released from the hospital. Rosa was… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, still recovering from a stroke, has checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depression, his office said Thursday. Fetterman, who has struggled with the aftereffects… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (VINnews) — An orthodox Jew was shot by a man in a car, after leaving Shul on Thursday morning. It was the second such incident in two days, both within one block of each other, and the Los… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 5:20 pm Mr. Yitzchok Profesorske Son Yitzchok will be sitting shiva at 9 Walcott Ave, Staten Island until Friday at 2 pm. Motzei Shabbos and Sunday (until 9 pm), he will be sitting shiva… Continue Reading →
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Black Hawk helicopter from the Tennessee National Guard crashed Wednesday in during a flight-training mission in Alabama, killing two crew members, the Tennessee National Guard said. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of two… Continue Reading →
WASHINGGTON (JNS) – Reported presidential hopeful Mike Pompeo, the former U.S. secretary of state and former CIA director, referred to Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, as a “terrorist” during a podcast interview released on Thursday. The journalist Julia… Continue Reading →
ATLANTA (AP) — A special grand jury that investigated efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his election loss in Georgia says it believes some witnesses committed perjury, and it recommends “appropriate indictments.” The panel recommended that… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – The first post on Rivky Hertzel’s Instagram account — which she and her husband signed up for last year ahead of a planned move to Zambia — depicts a classic Chabad activity: a mock matzah bake… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was undergoing a routine medical checkup Thursday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, an event that is being keenly watched as the oldest president in history makes plans for an expected reelection campaign…. Continue Reading →
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A devastating earthquake that toppled buildings across parts of Turkey and neighboring Syria has revived a longstanding debate locally and in neighboring Cyprus about a large nuclear power station being built on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coastline…. Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its “Full Self-Driving” system to fix problems with the way it behaves around intersections and following posted speed limits. The recall came after U.S. safety regulators expressed concerns about the… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — China says more than 200 million of its citizens have been diagnosed and treated for COVID-19 since it lifted strict containment measures beginning in November. With 800,000 of the most critically ill patients having recovered, China has… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister traveled to Kyiv on Thursday for the first public visit to Ukraine by a senior Israeli official since Russia’s invasion last year. But there were no signs that Israel was preparing to significantly… Continue Reading →