Month June 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across the U.S. Northeast this week. But for much of the rest of the world, breathing dangerously polluted air is an… Continue Reading →

MIAMI (VINnews) – Two lawyers who represented Donald Trump in the months before the former president was indicted on federal charges over his handling of classified documents quit working for him Friday morning. The attorneys, Jim Trusty and John Rowley,… Continue Reading →

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow will deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, a move that the Belarusian opposition described as an attempt to blackmail the West. Putin said during… Continue Reading →

MIAMI (AP) – The federal case against Trump has been initially assigned to a judge he appointed who faced criticism over her decision to grant the former president’s request for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI… Continue Reading →

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday appointed a former U.S.-based bank executive to head Turkey’s central bank, in another sign that his administration might pursue more conventional economic policies. Erdogan named Hafize Gaye Erkan, a… Continue Reading →

PITTSBURGH (AP) — One by one over the past two weeks, members of Jewish congregations in Pittsburgh have come to the witness stand in federal court and relived the horror of that October morning, when a gunman used high-powered weapons… Continue Reading →

LE PECQ, France (AP) — The attacker slashed at the 24-year-old man with the knife that he used to savagely stab one young child after another. But rather than run, Henri held his ground — using a weighty backpack he… Continue Reading →

PARIS (AP) — France’s president traveled Friday to the side of families traumatized by the savage stabbings of four very young children, all said to be in stable condition after emergency surgery, while investigators worked to unravel the motives of… Continue Reading →

KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli soldiers fired tear gas to disperse scores of protesters who pelted the troops with stones along the border with Lebanon Friday, leaving some Lebanese demonstrators and troops suffering breathing problems. The tension on the… Continue Reading →

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man at a checkpoint in the West Bank Friday, and the military said the man attacked a solider before he was shot. The… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There is a fascinating Sifrei which the Chofetz Chaim quotes in the seventh chapter of his work, “Sefas Tamim.”  The Sifrei states that seeing truth is a Torah Mitzvah of v’halachta bidrachaav – one… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Two apologetic lawyers responding to an angry judge blamed ChatGPT Thursday for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing. Attorneys Steven A. Schwartz and Peter LoDuca are facing possible punishment over a… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — How can you check the air quality in your area and what do the numbers mean? The Environmental Protection Agency monitors the air around the country and compiles an air quality index, or AQI. Here’s what… Continue Reading →

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An uncommonly large grouping of orcas for Northern California — roughly two dozen killer whales — were spotted by a whale watching tour off the coast of San Francisco last month, likely gathered together to celebrate… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP)- As New York turns orange due to hazardous smog from wildfires in Canada, searches for “sell my home fast” skyrocketed 2,504% on Google across the United States on June 7th, according to an analysis by FindStorageFast. Whatever… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There is a fascinating Sifrei which the Chofetz Chaim quotes in the seventh chapter of his work, “Sefas Tamim.”  The Sifrei states that seeing truth is a Torah Mitzvah of v’halachta bidrachaav – one… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Recently, a student had asked about the concept of Gilgulim.  I promised a response, but was unable to fulfill the request.  Unfortunately, I misplaced the contact information and thus offer this short overview of… Continue Reading →

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Los Angeles district attorney’s office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported. The account, which… Continue Reading →

MARYLAND (VIN Podcast) — Oliver Ferber is a star cross country athlete who is also an observant Jew. In 2021, after choosing to become Shabbos observant while in High School, Oliver made the difficult decision to sit out a high-level… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS) – When Vivien Steinberg made aliyah in 2017, she was 83 years young and used a wheelchair and a walker. Her doctor suggested she get a cushion to better support her chair. “Call Yad Sarah” was the physician’s… Continue Reading →