Month July 2023

Excessive heat warnings remain in place in many areas across the U.S. and are expected to last at least through Monday. In Arizona’s largest metro area, Phoenix and surrounding communities flirted with a high of 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees… Continue Reading →

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was among those killed by a deadly Russian missile attack on a popular restaurant frequented by journalists and aid workers in eastern Ukraine, PEN America said. Amelina, 37, who had turned… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a valid U.S. passport for that 2023 trip? Buckle up, wishful traveler, for a very different journey before you step anywhere near an airport. A much-feared backup of U.S passport applications has smashed into a wall… Continue Reading →

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Crowds gathered at town halls across France Monday to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of unrest touched off by the police shooting of a 17-year-old. The riots, which seemed to be easing… Continue Reading →

TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a building in Tokyo’s Shimbashi commercial district on Monday shattered windows and spewed smoke, injuring four people, department officials said. Tokyo Fire Department said the explosion occurred at an eatery on the second floor… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Badatz Bet Yosef, affiliated with the followers of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, refused to grant a hechsher to a new restaurant opening on Jerusalem’s Yaffo street, due to the name chosen for the eatery- “The Divorcee’. The… Continue Reading →

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Picture courtesy of AE Skilled Photography [917-969-6255] Rav Yitzchak Feigelstock zt”l was the Rosh Yeshiva of the Mesivta of Long Beach, New York, where he had taught thousands of Talmidim over the years. Harav… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (VINnews) – In an Israel National News interview, Dan Lilty, a resident of the French city of Marseille, described how the severe riots in the country are affecting the local Jewish community. “There’s a great pandemonium here,” Lilty said…. Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s soccer team will be competing in the 2024 Olympics, after its Under-21 team successfully reached the semi-finals of the European Championship, currently being played in Georgia. Israel will face England  in the semifinals, after the English… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF launched a counterterrorism operation in Jenin overnight Sunday, striking at terrorist infrastructure in the area, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. The spokesperson reported that “Security forces are currently operating in an extensive counterterrorism… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Americans love donuts.  Indeed, Krispy Kreme sold 1.63 billion donuts last year.  Dunkin’ sold even more, with 2.9 billion of them sold.  (Some would argue that this is misleading in that the 2.9 figure… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will buy 25 F-35 aircraft from the United States, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced Sunday, in a deal that increases Israel’s arsenal of the stealth fighter jets by 50%. The F-35 is the world’s most advanced… Continue Reading →

LONDON (AP) — New and expanded powers for British police took effect on Sunday, including measures targeting activists who stop traffic and major building works with protests. Authorities have repeatedly condemned environmental protest groups, including Just Stop Oil and Extinction… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a flood of visitors and tourists expected, officials in the nation’s capital are mobilizing additional police officers and dozens of teams of civilian peacekeepers in an attempt to keep rising violent crime rates from marring the… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel will move forward with purchasing a new squadron of U.S.-made F-35 stealth combat jets in a $3 billion deal, the Defense Ministry announced on Sunday. The purchase of 25 additional F-35s from the Maryland-based Lockheed Martin… Continue Reading →

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A bill to extend internet gambling in New Jersey for another five years is in the hands of Gov. Phil Murphy, following its approval Friday by the state Legislature. The measure was approved by the state… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal prosecutor leading the investigation of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is pushing back against claims that he was blocked from pursuing criminal charges in Los Angeles and Washington and denies retaliating against an IRS official… Continue Reading →

EAST AURORA, N.Y. (AP) — When Edward Cassano and his colleagues arrived in the remote stretch of ocean where the Titan submersible had gone missing, they quickly learned that they would have to do what other deep-sea experts had already… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (JNS/Melanie Phillips) – The malevolent scapegoating of Israel by the United Nations has long been a scandal. These abuses are regularly highlighted by tireless U.N. watchdogs such as Hillel Neuer, the executive director of UN Watch, and Anne… Continue Reading →

Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 amMincha: 7:30 pmMaariv: 9:15 pm R’ Moshe BermanHusband R’ Reuven AxelrodBrother He will be sitting in Eretz Yisroel Rechov Shaulson 12, Har Nof, Yerushalayim Telephone: 011-972-2-651-9065 R’ Laizer BermanSon R’ Shuky BermanSon R’ Yochi BermanSon… Continue Reading →