Month May 2023

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. nuclear chief stressed Tuesday that the world is fortunate a nuclear accident hasn’t happened in Ukraine and asked Moscow and Kyiv to commit to preventing any attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — On Tuesday’s NY Post front page, outraged critics rip a CUNY law grad’s Jew hating ‘hate-filled’ commencement speech, and demand billions in tax dollars be stripped.

Statement from the Board of Trustees and Chancellor of the City University of New York “Free speech is precious, but often messy, and is vital to the foundation of higher education. “Hate speech, however, should not be confused with free… Continue Reading →

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched a purported space-launch vehicle after announcing a plan to put its first military spy satellite into orbit. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday did not… Continue Reading →

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. highway safety regulators have closed an investigation into Tesla allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while vehicles are moving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Tuesday that Tesla… Continue Reading →

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Five residents of a six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in eastern Iowa remained unaccounted for Tuesday, and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked strenuously Tuesday to sell fellow Republicans on the debt ceiling and budget deal he negotiated with President Joe Biden and win approval in time to avert a potentially… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS/JASON SHVILI) – While the Palestinian Arabs are determined to memorialize and perpetuate their displacement as a national emblem of victimhood, tens of millions of people who were displaced in other modern wars have bravely moved on to create… Continue Reading →

Family getting up: Friday (6/02/23)Morning Ronald Nirson Sherry Nirdaughter Don Nirson

Family getting up: Monday (6/05/23)Morning Mrs. Rochel Atias (Kalman)Mother Sitting in Israel R` Rachamim AtiasBrother Sitting in Airmont 10 Woodland Place R` Ahron AtiasBrother Sitting in Boro Park at 5906 New Utrecht Ave

LONDON (AP) — Scientists and tech industry leaders issued a new warning Tuesday about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron DeSantis plans to kick off his presidential campaign in Iowa on Tuesday, the start of a busy week that will take him to 12 cities in three states as he tests his pitch as the most… Continue Reading →

Family getting up: Shacharis: 7AMMincha: 7PMMaariv: Following Mincha Paula Dweksister R’ Isaac Dwekbrother Joey Dwekbrother Henry Dwekbrother R’ Shaul Dwekbrother Haim Dwekbrother

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police launched a search Tuesday for three suspects they believe to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded Florida beachside promenade on Memorial Day, wounding nine people and sending others frantically running for cover…. Continue Reading →

ITALY (JNS) – Ten former Israeli intelligence agents who survived a boat accident on northern Italy’s Lake Maggiore on Sunday were rushed back to their home country aboard a military plane. A retired Israeli security forces officer was among the… Continue Reading →

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday described how a heavily armed suspect barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shot every worshipper he could find in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Robert Bowers’ federal trial got underway more than… Continue Reading →

IOWA (AP) – A woman was rescued more than a day after a six-story apartment building partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, and after city officials pushed for it to be demolished, saying it was in “imminent danger” of coming down…. Continue Reading →

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday and said strained U.S.-Chinese relations require “mutual respect,” while delivering a message of reassurance that foreign companies are welcome. U.S.-Chinese relations are especially tense after Washington… Continue Reading →

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The loss of Rav Gershon Edelstein zatzal is significant not only because of the loss in Torah – he was of the Ziknei HaRoshei Yeshiva who gave iyun shiurim until the very end.  He… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli leaders from all sectors of the public paid tribute Tuesday morning to Rabbi Gershon Edelstein on his passing at the age of 100. Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote that “The Torah World, and the Jewish nation, lost… Continue Reading →