Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Analysis: The many pieces missing from the January 6 hearings

Analysis: The many pieces missing from the January 6 hearings

  The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection will put on a prime-time show Thursday night — and it will be a show… Read More ›

Analysis: China once saw Europe as a counter to US power. Now ties are at an abysmal low

Analysis: China once saw Europe as a counter to US power. Now ties are at an abysmal low

  Hong Kong – When Chinese leader Xi Jinping made his first state visit to Europe in 2014, he set out to herald a new… Read More ›

Jewish Agency approves boosting security at Western Wall after ‘despicable’ protest

Jewish Agency approves boosting security at Western Wall after ‘despicable’ protest

Compromise resolution voted through unanimously, including with support from ultra-Orthodox rabbi who has previously backed protests against Women of the Wall   The Jewish Agency… Read More ›

Parents Of Slain Israeli-American Orthodox Jewish Girl Seek Biden Meeting

Parents Of Slain Israeli-American Orthodox Jewish Girl Seek Biden Meeting

  JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of an Israel-American girl killed in a 2001 Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem is seeking a meeting with President… Read More ›

Paul Ryan was ‘sobbing’ as he watched the US Capitol attack unfold, new book says

Paul Ryan was ‘sobbing’ as he watched the US Capitol attack unfold, new book says

  Washington – Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was “sobbing” as he watched the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol unfold on television,… Read More ›

The Middle Eastern Marshall Plan

The Middle Eastern Marshall Plan

Opinion: U.S. President Joe Biden’s upcoming tour of the Middle East presents an opportunity to advance a plan that would guarantee a future of financial… Read More ›

Prime Minister Yair Lapid slams Hezbollah in first cabinet meeting

Prime Minister Yair Lapid slams Hezbollah in first cabinet meeting

“Hezbollah continues to terrorize and undermines Lebanon’s ability to reach a maritime agreement. Israel will continue to defend itself.”   Israel will defend itself and… Read More ›

How the Supreme Court ruling will gut the EPA’s ability to fight the climate crisis

How the Supreme Court ruling will gut the EPA’s ability to fight the climate crisis

The Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a major blow to climate action by handcuffing the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate planet-warming emissions from the… Read More ›

US strike in Syria targets ‘senior’ militant – US military

US strike in Syria targets ‘senior’ militant – US military

The strikes targeted Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a “senior leader” of Al Qaeda-aligned Hurras al-Din.   The United States carried out a strike in Syria’s… Read More ›

Israel to let more Palestinians work in manufacturing to fill labor shortage

Israel to let more Palestinians work in manufacturing to fill labor shortage

Jerusalem approves 3,500 additional permits, increasing the total number to 12,000; Israel employs nearly 100,000 West Bank and Gaza Palestinian workers, Population and Immigration Authority… Read More ›

Deputy: 2 Officers Had Chance To Shoot Uvalde School Gunman

Deputy: 2 Officers Had Chance To Shoot Uvalde School Gunman

  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Two Uvalde city police officers passed up a fleeting chance to shoot a gunman outside Robb Elementary School before he… Read More ›

Germany to fire up coal stations as Russia squeezes gas supply

Germany to fire up coal stations as Russia squeezes gas supply

  Berlin – Germany must reduce natural gas consumption and increase the burning of coal in order to help fill gas storage facilities for next… Read More ›

New Jersey Town Agrees To Repeal Ordinance Allegedly Aimed At Keeping Out Yeshivas

New Jersey Town Agrees To Repeal Ordinance Allegedly Aimed At Keeping Out Yeshivas

  JACKSON, NK (JTA) – The township of Jackson, New Jersey settled a federal Justice Department lawsuit alleging that a 2017 ordinance banning dormitories sought… Read More ›

WATCH: FL Gov. DeSantis Touts His Strong Friendship To The Jewish Community In NYC Speech

WATCH: FL Gov. DeSantis Touts His Strong Friendship To The Jewish Community In NYC Speech

NEW YORK – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke on Sunday at the Jewish Leadership Conference in New York. DeSantis noted all his accomplishments to the… Read More ›

Russians are on the verge of capturing key Ukrainian city. In neighboring Bakhmut those with nowhere else to go brace for their arrival

Russians are on the verge of capturing key Ukrainian city. In neighboring Bakhmut those with nowhere else to go brace for their arrival

Bakhmut, Ukraine – At first glance Bakhmut doesn’t look like a city at war. As we drove into the city in the Donetsk region of… Read More ›

The Shoolem Ba’as Ladies and Hotzaos Shabbos

The Shoolem Ba’as Ladies and Hotzaos Shabbos

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com In the Chassidish world they are called the, “Shoolem Ba’as ladies.” Translation:  These are housekeepers that work on Fridays… Read More ›

Three attacked in Jerusalem, one lightly injured

Three attacked in Jerusalem, one lightly injured

The trio was chased into French Hill as attackers threw stones and sprayed pepper spray.   Two off-duty Border Police officers and one civilian were… Read More ›

Envoy Says US, Allies Preparing For N. Korean Nuclear Test

Envoy Says US, Allies Preparing For N. Korean Nuclear Test

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea said Friday the United States is “preparing for all contingencies” in… Read More ›

Complaint: McDonald’s Knowingly Served Muslim Family Bacon

Complaint: McDonald’s Knowingly Served Muslim Family Bacon

BOSTON (AP) — Workers at a McDonald’s restaurant in Massachusetts intentionally put bacon on a fish sandwich that a Muslim woman had ordered for one… Read More ›

Analysis: Serbia’s gas deal with Putin has created a fresh headache for Europe

Analysis: Serbia’s gas deal with Putin has created a fresh headache for Europe

On Sunday, Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vucic announced that his country had agreed to a new three-year gas supply deal with Russia’s state energy provider, Gazprom.… Read More ›