Month May 2023

Family getting up: Thursday (5/25/23)Afternoon Mrs. Judy Dauberwife Ellen Helfontsister Lenny Dauberbrother Shelby Rawsondaughter Carly Dauberdaughter

BRONX (JTA) – Near the northern terminus of the 1 train, just south of Van Cortlandt Park, an unassuming Bronx storefront has been producing thousands of dense, delectable cheesecakes each day for more than 60 years. Adorned with a simple… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant revealed on Monday that Iran is converting commercial vessels into armed military platforms, equipped with drones, missiles and advanced reconnaissance systems. These “floating terror bases” were an extension of Iran’s ongoing maritime… Continue Reading →

ANKARA (JNS) – Turkish intelligence officials arrested a cell operating on behalf of the Mossad against Iranian assets, local media claimed on Tuesday. According to the reports, 11 members of the 15-strong team were detained on accusations of spying on… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli pop star Noa Kirel said on Tuesday that she was not disappointed or upset about remarks made the previous day by Knesset member Moshe Gafni. Speaking during a parliamentary debate on the budget, the United Torah… Continue Reading →

LONDON (AP) — Wish you could reword that snarky text message you just sent? WhatsApp is allowing users to do just that, for up to 15 minutes after they send a message. The popular chat app announced in a blog… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The Sefaria platform, whose vast online sefarim library and translation are used by members of the frum community, has added a new translation which appears to be heretical. In response, some orthodox Jews… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) — Emirati leaders extended a long-sought invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the U.N climate conference, known as COP28, in November. The United Arab Emirates’ President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Former Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz, a leftist Jew who is a civil libertarian and defender of free speech, and has defended President Trump against attacks by the left, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army said on Tuesday it demolished the home of a Palestinian involved in an attack in Tel Aviv that killed one and wounded two others in March. Video footage of the attack shows a man… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have arrested a Missouri man they believe intentionally crashed a U-Haul truck into a security barrier at a park across from the White House. The box truck’s driver smashed into the barrier near the north side… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a disturbing real-life example of the power of artificial intelligence to distort the facts and create an illusive reality, a fake image which showed an alleged explosion near the Pentagon went viral on social media… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Rabbi Leo Dee is considering suing CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour for $1.3 billion after she on May 11 described the murders of his wife and daughters as a “shootout” even though they were killed when a terrorist sprayed… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — It is hard to imagine anyone who has sacrificed more for his country than Yehuda HaYisraeli. In 2014, he was a young, happily married man and father of an infant who had completed his studies at the… Continue Reading →

(VINnews) — CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour has apologized to Rabbi Leo Dee, for referring to the terror attack that killed his wife and two daughters (HY”D) as a “shoot-out”. Amanpour announced the apology for the fake-news report on air Monday,… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com First there was the icebox.  Then came the expensive refrigerators with the poison gas.  And then came freon based refrigerators.  And the world changed for the better. This Thursday before Shavuos, we will all… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There is a question that a number of people ask: If staying up all night kills one’s Torah learning schedule, should one do it anyway?  Or should one keep to the maximum Torah learning… Continue Reading →

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A group of Chinese citizens living and working in Florida sued the state Monday over a new law that bans Chinese nationals from purchasing property in large swaths of the state. The law applies to properties… Continue Reading →