Month June 2023
(AP) – Americans 60 and older can get a new RSV vaccine but should discuss it with their doctor first, U.S. health officials recommended Thursday. The newly approved vaccines are expected to be ready in the fall, a time when… Continue Reading →
NANTERRE, France (AP) — France’s government vowed to restore order Thursday after two nights of urban violence triggered by the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old, announcing it would deploy tens of thousands more officers and crack down on neighborhoods… Continue Reading →
ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Police released video footage on Wednesday of an officer killing a neo-Nazi gunman, quickly ending a mass shooting that left eight people dead and seven others wounded at a Dallas-area shopping mall. The edited five-and-a-half-minute video… Continue Reading →
ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Police released video footage on Wednesday of an officer killing a neo-Nazi gunman, quickly ending a mass shooting that left eight people dead and seven others wounded at a Dallas-area shopping mall. The edited five-and-a-half-minute video… Continue Reading →
Since arriving in the big leagues six years ago, Domingo Germán has been anything but perfect. Until now. The New York Yankees right-hander pitched the 24th perfect game in major league history Wednesday night, retiring every Oakland batter in an… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Applications for unemployment benefits fell significantly last week after claims appeared to stabilize at modestly elevated levels in recent weeks. U.S. applications for jobless claims fell by 26,000 to 239,000 for the week ending June 24,… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In less than three decades, Modiin Illit has outstripped all of the other towns in Judea and Samaria, including Beitar Illit, Maale Adumim and Ariel and is now the largest town in the region. The current population… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This week, defense lawyers for Robert Bowers, the man convicted of murdering 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life, a Pittsburgh temple, began their arguments as to why Bowers should not be sentenced… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an interview with the Yisrael Hayom newspaper, outgoing United States Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides says he regrets a recent tweet in which he equated the murder of Israeli civilians by Arab terrorists to deaths caused… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The chareidi parties, which make up a significant part of Israel’s coalition, are fuming once again, after Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a Wall Street Journal interview that he would not be reintroducing the Override Clause even… Continue Reading →
(VINnews) — Prepare to be entertained again. According to reports, President Trump has been toying with the idea of returning to Twitter, where he’s been absent for nearly 2 1/2 years, after he was banned by the old guard. Axios… Continue Reading →
(JNS) — A fire at an assisted-living home in Spring Valley, N.Y., in March 2021 claimed the lives of a resident and a firefighter. Two Jews—a father and son—who had cleaned the facility’s kitchen with a blowtorch for Passover a… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com L’chvod Rabbi Hoffman, My daughter was a counselor in camp last summer. The camp collected her tips from the campers as they do from all campers. It was pulled from their bank accounts. Later,… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile. General Motors… Continue Reading →
REPRESA, California (AP) — The graduates lined up, brushing off their gowns and adjusting classmates’ tassels and stoles. As the graduation march played, the 85 men appeared to hoots and cheers from their families. They marched to the stage –… Continue Reading →
Travelers are getting hit with delays at U.S. airports again early Wednesday, an ominous sign heading into the long July 4 holiday weekend, which is shaping up as the biggest test yet for airlines that are struggling to keep up… Continue Reading →
LONDON (JNS) – More than two dozen Jewish scholars from around the world have gathered in Jerusalem to honor the legacy of the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, as the next generation of educators work to merge Judaism with contemporary… Continue Reading →
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Debris from the lost submersible Titan has been returned to land after a fatal implosion during its voyage to the wreck of the Titanic captured the world’s attention last week. The return of the debris to… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On a recent afternoon in San Francisco, a DoorDash driver was circling the neighborhood — first in his car, then on foot — trying to find the restaurant where he needed to pick up two orders…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – Former ADL director Abe Foxman on Tuesday slammed U.S. President Joe Biden for his “boycott” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In comments to The Jerusalem Post, the American Jewish leader called the Biden administration’s policy of… Continue Reading →