Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

Rabbi Issues Letter Praising Chaim Walder, Questioning Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Rabbi Issues Letter Praising Chaim Walder, Questioning Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

ISRAEL — A Rabbi who has defended alleged abusers in the past has spoken out in defense of Chaim Walder. Rabbi Nissim Ben Shimon, an… Read More ›

Gantz holds second Abbas meeting to talk security and economics

Gantz holds second Abbas meeting to talk security and economics

Palestinian minister said the meeting dealt with the importance of creating a ‘political horizon that leads to a political solution’ to conflict.   Defense Minister… Read More ›

Yaakov Litzman Says He Will Not Run for Knesset Reelection

Yaakov Litzman Says He Will Not Run for Knesset Reelection

  JERUSALEM — Senior Charedi political leader Yaakov Litzman will not run for Knesset reelection. Mr. Litzman made the announcement during an interview on Israeli… Read More ›

CDC Warns Of 2 Listeria Outbreaks Tied To Packaged Salad

CDC Warns Of 2 Listeria Outbreaks Tied To Packaged Salad

  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning the public not to eat certain brands of packaged salads, which they say are linked… Read More ›

House panel asks Supreme Court to say by mid-January whether it’s taking Trump’s January 6 records case

House panel asks Supreme Court to say by mid-January whether it’s taking Trump’s January 6 records case

  Washington – Former President Donald Trump appealed to the Supreme Court on Thursday to block the release of documents from his White House to… Read More ›

Israeli hospitals told to prepare for Omicron’s worst as infections rise

Israeli hospitals told to prepare for Omicron’s worst as infections rise

Health Ministry chief Ash tells medical centers to prepare to reopen of dedicated wards immediately, as well as maintain additional wings to meet demand; latest… Read More ›

Achdus and Tragedy

Achdus and Tragedy

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com On both Tuesday night and Wednesday night of this week there were gatherings in two local shuls – Beth… Read More ›

Covid-19 is raging across the US, with a surge in cases and hospitalizations causing new disruptions

Covid-19 is raging across the US, with a surge in cases and hospitalizations causing new disruptions

  Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations are rising once again, prompting a new wave of cancellations and disruptions as the country prepares for another pandemic holiday… Read More ›

Congress Oks Bill Giving Capitol Police Power To Call Troops

Congress Oks Bill Giving Capitol Police Power To Call Troops

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Capitol Police Chief is poised to gain new authority to call National Guard troops to the Capitol under legislation that passed… Read More ›

Israel may offer 4th COVID vaccine in January, official says

Israel may offer 4th COVID vaccine in January, official says

Health Ministry still unclear on efficacy of booster shot six months on, or on severity of illness caused by Omicron variant but official estimates 4th… Read More ›

Is The Pope’s White Skullcap a Yarmulkah?

Is The Pope’s White Skullcap a Yarmulkah?

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A few weeks ago a ten year old boy with some form of autism walked up to the pope… Read More ›

The trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they’d do it 100 times over

The trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they’d do it 100 times over

  Four-year-old Azhi hobbles across a makeshift migrant center on the Polish-Belarusian border. Grabbing his mother’s hand for support, he carefully tucks his legs under… Read More ›

Analysis: Boris Johnson’s aides joked about Christmas party in Downing Street while London was in lockdown

Analysis: Boris Johnson’s aides joked about Christmas party in Downing Street while London was in lockdown

London – Boris Johnson has faced many scandals in his more than two years as UK Prime Minister. But the latest one is the gravest… Read More ›

MK Asher: If Needed, We’ll Keep Geneaology Documents, But What Will The Other Jews Do?

MK Asher: If Needed, We’ll Keep Geneaology Documents, But What Will The Other Jews Do?

JERUSALEM — In an emotional speech delivered in the Knesset Monday, MK Yaakov Asher (UTJ) demonstrated how the new steps being proposed regarding conversions are… Read More ›

Biden and Putin set to hold call at critical moment of escalating tensions over Ukraine

Biden and Putin set to hold call at critical moment of escalating tensions over Ukraine

  Washington – President Joe Biden will hold a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in what is expected to be a highly… Read More ›

Yes, Border Police should shoot when necessary – editorial

Yes, Border Police should shoot when necessary – editorial

If police and soldiers are scared to act for fear of being criminalized, no one will be safe.   The incident on Saturday in which… Read More ›

Mossad chief heads to Washington for talks on Iran

Mossad chief heads to Washington for talks on Iran

Barnea said to be delivering updated intelligence to his U.S. hosts after vowing the Islamic Republic will not possess nuclear weapons; Gantz to head to… Read More ›

Health officials: We don’t know enough about Omicron and vaccines to let guard down

Health officials: We don’t know enough about Omicron and vaccines to let guard down

Health Ministry chief Ash cautions it is still unclear how vaccine-resistant the strain may be; virus czar Zarka says it will take another week to… Read More ›

Two Israelis attacked, car torched by Palestinians after entering downtown Ramallah

Two Israelis attacked, car torched by Palestinians after entering downtown Ramallah

Palestinian Authority security forces extricate the two, hand them unharmed to Israel after crowd surrounds them in the city center   Two Israelis were attacked… Read More ›

Israel Bars Tourists, Reinstate Quarantine Rules To Contain New Virus

Israel Bars Tourists, Reinstate Quarantine Rules To Contain New Virus

  JERUSALEM – The Israeli government voted to ban all foreigners from entering Israel as part of an effort to stem the spread of the… Read More ›