Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Who is Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer known as the ‘Merchant of Death’, touted for US prisoner swap?

Who is Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer known as the ‘Merchant of Death’, touted for US prisoner swap?

  The future of two American citizens detained in Russia could hinge on the release of a convicted Russian arms dealer, nicknamed the “Merchant of… Read More ›

New studies agree that animals sold at Wuhan market are most likely what started Covid-19 pandemic

New studies agree that animals sold at Wuhan market are most likely what started Covid-19 pandemic

  In June, the World Health Organization recommended that scientists continue to research all possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, including a lab leak. Two… Read More ›

A Portrait of Two Heroes

A Portrait of Two Heroes

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com What follows is the story of two heroes – two men from two very different backgrounds.   And we all… Read More ›

Analysis; Jan. 6 committee is on collision course with Trump and the midterms

Analysis; Jan. 6 committee is on collision course with Trump and the midterms

  It’s not just about the 2020 election anymore. The unhealed wound in American politics first opened by Donald Trump – a President who mounted… Read More ›

Far from front lines, Vinnytsia still in shock a week after deadly Russian strike

Far from front lines, Vinnytsia still in shock a week after deadly Russian strike

Cruise missile attack leaves 25 dead, including 3 children, in a city that is only beginning to comprehend the tragedy   VINNYTSIA, Ukraine — A… Read More ›

Greek Orthodox Jerusalem Patriarch warns Biden of ‘extremist Jewish’ threat

Greek Orthodox Jerusalem Patriarch warns Biden of ‘extremist Jewish’ threat

Patriarch Theophilos III warned of “extremist Jewish forces who have targeted the Christian quarter to alter” the history of the site.   Extremist Israeli forces… Read More ›

IDF chief says military option against nuclear Iran ‘a moral imperative’

IDF chief says military option against nuclear Iran ‘a moral imperative’

Kochavi reiterates opposition to U.S. efforts to revive tattered nuclear deal, says ‘IDF provides the military capability for the day the political echelon will seek… Read More ›

Analysis: Biden wraps up Mideast tour without any significant diplomatic breakthroughs

Analysis: Biden wraps up Mideast tour without any significant diplomatic breakthroughs

There’s little question the moves announced during Biden’s trip were ‘modest,’ but some represent ‘positive signs of perhaps something bigger to come,’ says one analyst… Read More ›

Liz Cheney: Committee informed DOJ that Trump attempted to contact a witness not yet seen in the hearings

Liz Cheney: Committee informed DOJ that Trump attempted to contact a witness not yet seen in the hearings

  The revelation that the House January 6 committee notified the Department of Justice of an alleged attempt by former President Donald Trump to contact… Read More ›

Biden: My Flight From Israel To Jeddah ‘Small Symbol Of Budding Relations’ Between Israel And Arab World

Biden: My Flight From Israel To Jeddah ‘Small Symbol Of Budding Relations’ Between Israel And Arab World

  NEW YORK — In advance of his upcoming trip to the Middle East, President Biden published an article in the Washington Post detailing his… Read More ›

Japan votes in election billed as ‘defense of democracy’ as police admit security ‘problems’ during Shinzo Abe assassination

Japan votes in election billed as ‘defense of democracy’ as police admit security ‘problems’ during Shinzo Abe assassination

  Tokyo – Japanese voters headed to the polling stations on Sunday for an election billed as a defense of democracy, just two days after… Read More ›

Nearly one billion people in China had their personal data leaked, and it’s been online for more than a year

Nearly one billion people in China had their personal data leaked, and it’s been online for more than a year

  A massive online database apparently containing the personal information of up to one billion Chinese citizens was left unsecured and publicly accessible for more… Read More ›

Israel Shoots Down Hezbollah Drones Over Mediterranean

Israel Shoots Down Hezbollah Drones Over Mediterranean

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Saturday said it shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah heading toward an… Read More ›

Deep in the eastern Ukrainian forest, this group of volunteers waits as Russia’s military creeps closer

Deep in the eastern Ukrainian forest, this group of volunteers waits as Russia’s military creeps closer

Near Slovyansk, Ukraine – Maxym is waiting. For just over a month, he and his comrades have been sleeping in earthen dugouts, eating from cans… Read More ›

109 live animals found in women’s luggage in massive airport wildlife trafficking bust

109 live animals found in women’s luggage in massive airport wildlife trafficking bust

This incident, while dramatic, is not unusual. The Bangkok Post identified the women as Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana Ebrahim, 24.   Two women… Read More ›

Israel’s elections reawaken U.S. Jews’ trauma

Israel’s elections reawaken U.S. Jews’ trauma

Opinion: While many Israelis dismissed ‘government for change’ as nothing more than a marketing stunt, most U.S. Jews welcomed what they considered a major change… Read More ›

Google engineer identifies anonymous faces in WWII photos with AI facial recognition

Google engineer identifies anonymous faces in WWII photos with AI facial recognition

While visiting the POLIN museum in 2016, Daniel Patt realized he could be walking by his own relatives without knowing it, so he designed a… Read More ›

A series of 19th-century murders connects an Argentine writer to his family’s past

A series of 19th-century murders connects an Argentine writer to his family’s past

When Javier Sinay learned that his great-grandfather was a fellow journalist who covered the killing of shtetl immigrants, he connected with his Jewish roots –… Read More ›

Fictitious Wedding Without Bride And Groom Takes Place At Sadigura Shul In Bnei Brak

Fictitious Wedding Without Bride And Groom Takes Place At Sadigura Shul In Bnei Brak

  JERUSALEM — The Sadigura chasidim will hold a huge wedding celebration tonight in Bnei Brak attended by all of the chasidim but without the… Read More ›

Israel set for possible fifth election in four years as PM Bennett moves to dissolve parliament

Israel set for possible fifth election in four years as PM Bennett moves to dissolve parliament

  Jerusalem – Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has effectively called time on his premiership after just a year in the job. Along with his… Read More ›