Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Opinion: We’re Hasidic Women With Our Own EMT Corps. Here’s Why We’re Fighting For Our Own Ambulance.

Opinion: We’re Hasidic Women With Our Own EMT Corps. Here’s Why We’re Fighting For Our Own Ambulance.

  NEW YORK (JTA) – Editor’s note: On Nov. 19, 2019, the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York City voted not to grant the all-female Orthodox EMT… Read More ›

Trump now in open dispute with health officials as virus rages

Trump now in open dispute with health officials as virus rages

Five months into a still-raging pandemic that has killed more than 130,000 Americans, the long-simmering tensions between President Donald Trump and the health experts who… Read More ›

Aggressive anti-mask customers are forcing some restaurants to shut dining rooms to protect employees from abuse

Aggressive anti-mask customers are forcing some restaurants to shut dining rooms to protect employees from abuse

  Some restaurants are shutting down or closing dining rooms back up after employees faced harassment and violence from anti-mask customers. Restaurants in states, including Texas,… Read More ›

Vatican summons US, Israeli envoys over annexation moves

Vatican summons US, Israeli envoys over annexation moves

The Vatican appealed to Israelis and Palestinians to do everything possible to reopen the process of direct negotiations.   The Vatican, in a highly unusual… Read More ›

9 Thoughts and Sayings from Rav Yisroel Salanter

9 Thoughts and Sayings from Rav Yisroel Salanter

  A person who cannot stop smoking is in violation of a Torah prohibition for every cigarette – “Do not return to Mitzrayim.” The purpose… Read More ›

Sure, Dump the Mask – Just Remember, the New Interns Start in 1 Week & Their Last Semester Was Online

Sure, Dump the Mask – Just Remember, the New Interns Start in 1 Week & Their Last Semester Was Online

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Yes, it is true.  The new interns are starting on July 1st, and they really did do their last… Read More ›

Record increases of new Covid-19 cases in 3 US states with the most population

Record increases of new Covid-19 cases in 3 US states with the most population

The three most-populous states in the US are reporting record increases in new coronavirus cases as concerning trends in the pandemic have emerged across the… Read More ›

Trump’s Tulsa rally was a tour of his most misleading and racist comments about coronavirus

Trump’s Tulsa rally was a tour of his most misleading and racist comments about coronavirus

  President Donald Trump’s comments at his Tulsa, Oklahoma rally included several claims about the novel coronavirus pandemic. Trump partially used his first appearance in… Read More ›

Israel’s class system in a coronavirus world

Israel’s class system in a coronavirus world

Opinion: When one child in school tests positive for COVID-19 hundreds of students and teachers are told to quarantine but a confirmed case in the… Read More ›

Jordan’s King says Israeli annexation plans threaten regional stability

Jordan’s King says Israeli annexation plans threaten regional stability

Monarch tells US lawmakers plans to annex settlements and Jordan Valley are ‘unacceptable’ and he remains full committed to establishment of an independent Palestinian state… Read More ›

Youngest Israeli victim: 26-year-old man dies from rare complication of COVID-19

Youngest Israeli victim: 26-year-old man dies from rare complication of COVID-19

Oshri Asulin, from Kfar Saba, said to have developed heart condition usually only found in children   A 26-year-old man died Sunday evening from a… Read More ›

High Court nixing of settlement law keeps Israel out of ICC

High Court nixing of settlement law keeps Israel out of ICC

Opinion: Legislation to retroactively recognize settler homes built on private lands could have led to petitions at The Hague, but a strong judiciary is an… Read More ›

In first, AIPAC gives US lawmakers green light to criticize Israel on annexation

In first, AIPAC gives US lawmakers green light to criticize Israel on annexation

Leading pro-Israel lobby privately telling officials it’s OK to condemn planned controversial West Bank move as long as they don’t push to limit US aid… Read More ›

Israeli Police: We do not have a George Floyd procedure

Israeli Police: We do not have a George Floyd procedure

The police responded to a wave of online posts alleging US law enforcement is also trained by Israeli police.   Police Spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld tweeted… Read More ›

Israeli team unveils mystery of ‘Genghis Khan’ Wall for first time

Israeli team unveils mystery of ‘Genghis Khan’ Wall for first time

Hebrew University-led researchers map the Great Wall of China complex   A team led by Israeli researchers shed light on the mysterious ‘Genghis Khan’ Wall,… Read More ›

9 killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes in Syria – report

9 killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes in Syria – report

A site belonging to the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center is located in Masyaf and has been targeted by Israeli airstrikes in the past… Read More ›

Obama urges every US mayor to pursue police reforms in wake of protests

Obama urges every US mayor to pursue police reforms in wake of protests

He also directly addressed young Americans of color, telling them, “I want you to know that you matter, I want you to know that your… Read More ›

As infection rate spikes, health minister warns of new lockdown

As infection rate spikes, health minister warns of new lockdown

Edelstein says closure could come ‘much faster than people think’; Netanyahu says policy change to be weighed, but economy must stay ‘open’   Newly appointed… Read More ›

Officer Accused In Black Man’s Death Opened Fire On 2 People

Officer Accused In Black Man’s Death Opened Fire On 2 People

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP)- A white Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a black suspect by kneeling on his neck opened fire on two people during… Read More ›

US weekly jobless claims hit 2.1 million, bringing the 10-week total to more than 40 million

US weekly jobless claims hit 2.1 million, bringing the 10-week total to more than 40 million

  US jobless claims for the week that ended on Saturday totaled 2.1 million, the Labor Department said Thursday. The matched the median economist estimate. That… Read More ›