Month March 2023
Excitement at Jerusalem Estates as Pesach Approaches The city of Jerusalem is fired up in anticipation of the impending Chag. In the alleys and bustling thoroughfares of Geulah, the festive shopping season is in full swing, from cleaning supplies and… Continue Reading →
BRUSSELS (AP) — Police officers in Belgium have arrested eight people during counterterrorism raids across the country as part of operations aimed at thwarting possible attacks, the federal prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. Antwerp federal police carried out five searches in… Continue Reading →
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with directing $40 million in bribes to one or more Chinese officials to unfreeze assets relating to his cryptocurrency business in a newly rewritten indictment unsealed Tuesday. The charge of conspiracy to violate the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Walker, owner of Nuance Interior Design Showroom in Bellevue, Washington, thought she had her banking arrangements fairly well protected. She kept deposits at Wells Fargo and a brokerage account at Fidelity under the federal insurance… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s political factions opposed to embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began setting up negotiating teams Tuesday after he paused a controversial judicial overhaul plan that had triggered unprecedented street protests and a spiraling domestic crisis…. Continue Reading →
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted… Continue Reading →
Portuguese police shot and injured a man suspected of stabbing two women to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon Tuesday, authorities said. The women were Portuguese staff members at the center, Ismaili community leader Narzim Ahmad told Portuguese… Continue Reading →
U.S. highway safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into problems with Teslas, this time tied to complaints that the seat belts may not hold people in a crash. The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers an… Continue Reading →
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A fire in a dormitory at a Mexican immigration detention center near the U.S. border left more than three dozen migrants dead, a government agency said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest incidents ever at an… Continue Reading →
Gila Engelberg (Lander College of Arts & Sciences, 2007), credits Touro and a strong work ethic for helping her achieve her career goals. Gila talks about her career journey and offers indispensable advice for new grads entering the workforce. Why… Continue Reading →
An open letter to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu: Dear Mr. Netanyahu, I am writing to you for a very simple reason, the reason being that I assume you would like to win the next election. As I am sure… Continue Reading →
NASHVILLE (VINnews) – Surveillance video released by Nashville PD shows Audrey Hale driving to Covenant Church/School and then shooting out the windows and breaking into the school. She was armed with 2 assault-type guns and a 9 millimeter pistol. Active… Continue Reading →
Many Israeli expressed outrage at the closure of Ben-Gurion Airport on Monday for political purposes, inconveniencing thousands of people at a peak traveling time. What aroused even more fury was the frivolous way in which it was closed – on… Continue Reading →
Many Israeli expressed outrage at the closure of Ben-Gurion Airport on Monday for political purposes, inconveniencing thousands of people at a peak traveling time. What aroused even more fury was the frivolous way in which it was closed – on… Continue Reading →
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faced the camera during a video call, pointing to a small, sky-blue lapel pin on his blazer. The pin is the symbol of a $25 million “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign launched Monday… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Kohelet policy forum, a think tank composed of leading right-wing conservatives in Israel has been the leading influence behind the Netanyahu government’s judicial reforms. The reforms include an override clause which would enable the government to… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — There are few more shrewd politicians than Binyamin Netanyahu, who has dominated Israel’s political scene for over quarter of a century and been the longest serving prime minister in its history (and the most hated and villified… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s political turmoil has yet to subside despite the prime minister’s announcement of a freeze on judicial reform legislation. In the wake of Netanyahu’s speech, calling for discussion and conciliation, opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com SPECIAL LIGHT There is a fascinating Zohar Chadash (Shir HaShirim 1a) that tells us of a special holy light that encompasses every Jewish Neshama on each of the six Yomim Tovim (and most Poskim… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman According to Torah law we can dispose of our Chometz before Pesach either by Biur- destruction or by Bitul – negation. By Rabbinic law, however, we must do both – the destruction and the negation. We… Continue Reading →
