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Israel halts all commercial flights in bid to keep virus variants at bay

Israel halts all commercial flights in bid to keep virus variants at bay

The order, in effect until January 31, marks the first time since the start of the pandemic the Jewish state is barring entry to its… Read More ›

Janet Yellen Wins Senate Approval As Treasury Secretary

Janet Yellen Wins Senate Approval As Treasury Secretary

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th treasury secretary, making her… Read More ›

House delivers impeachment article to Senate, triggering only 4th impeachment trial of a president in US history

House delivers impeachment article to Senate, triggering only 4th impeachment trial of a president in US history

The House impeachment managers formally triggered the start of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial Monday evening after they walked across the Capitol and… Read More ›

Israel’s airport closure: Drastic but understandable

Israel’s airport closure: Drastic but understandable

It is impossible to hermetically seal the country – but that doesn’t mean that an effort shouldn’t be made to stop the spread of the… Read More ›

Biden will not wait for Israel to make moves on Iran

Biden will not wait for Israel to make moves on Iran

Analysis: The new U.S. administration is nothing like its predecessor and Netanyahu’s insistence on sidelining the defense establishment could leave Jerusalem with little to no… Read More ›

Hasidic rabbi calls for reopening ultra-Orthodox schools, then backtracks

Hasidic rabbi calls for reopening ultra-Orthodox schools, then backtracks

Following outcry, Rabbi Yisroel Hager, leader of the Vizhnitz sect, says all must follow the health rules, opposes violence against police   The head of… Read More ›

Mi kaAmcha Yisroel – Yaldeinu in Orlando, Florida

Mi kaAmcha Yisroel – Yaldeinu in Orlando, Florida

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com They arrived on Thursday before Shabbos.  Seventy young children with “special needs” under the care of the Yaldeinu Organization,… Read More ›

Biden to reinstate Covid-19-related travel restrictions lifted by Trump

Biden to reinstate Covid-19-related travel restrictions lifted by Trump

Washington – President Joe Biden on Monday will reinstate the Covid-19 travel restrictions on non-US citizens who have been in Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom,… Read More ›

Anti-Biden conspiracy claims US escalating role in Syria

Anti-Biden conspiracy claims US escalating role in Syria

“Here we go again,” one person tweeted, claiming a “large” convoy had entered eastern Syria on the “first day” of Biden’s presidency.   Rumors that… Read More ›

Netanyahu might miss Trump as Israel goes to the polls again

Netanyahu might miss Trump as Israel goes to the polls again

In-depth: Unlike his predecessor, Joe Biden will not interfere in Israel’s Knesset elections, something that could pose a problem for a prime minister used to… Read More ›

Cabinet to okay Morocco normalization, debate travel ban to curb virus variants

Cabinet to okay Morocco normalization, debate travel ban to curb virus variants

Ministers set to approve the establishment of ties with Rabat; separately, Netanyahu pushing to halt flights for 2 weeks to prevent import of coronavirus mutations… Read More ›

City Of Antwerp Invites Residents Of Heavily Jewish Neighborhoods For COVID-19 Testing

City Of Antwerp Invites Residents Of Heavily Jewish Neighborhoods For COVID-19 Testing

  ANTWERP ( JTA) – The mayor of Antwerp, a city in Belgium with a large haredi Orthodox Jewish community, has singled out their neighborhoods… Read More ›

She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

The dead nun’s slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor — one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. Her white veil was… Read More ›

Joe Biden begins term with series of executive orders

Joe Biden begins term with series of executive orders

Some of his 15 executive orders reversed the actions of his predecessor, Donald Trump, while others were extensions of them.   US President Joe Biden… Read More ›

Israel must kick its Trump-era habits

Israel must kick its Trump-era habits

Analysis: Jerusalem must accept that the new occupant of the White House won’t have long, unscheduled telephone calls with Netanyahu and the Mideast conflict will… Read More ›

Netanyahu vows action after ultra-Orthodox mob protesting lockdown injures cop

Netanyahu vows action after ultra-Orthodox mob protesting lockdown injures cop

PM says ‘we will act with a heavy hand’ after policewoman hurt in Bnei Brak; incident comes amid near-daily clashes over enforcement of virus rules… Read More ›

Democrats Ask Ethics Panel To Investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley

Democrats Ask Ethics Panel To Investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven Democratic senators on Thursday asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the actions of Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh… Read More ›

Biden inheriting nonexistent coronavirus vaccine distribution plan and must start ‘from scratch,’ sources say

Biden inheriting nonexistent coronavirus vaccine distribution plan and must start ‘from scratch,’ sources say

Newly sworn in President Joe Biden and his advisers are inheriting no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to speak of from the Trump administration, sources tell… Read More ›

For Evangelical Christians, Trump left but God didn’t – analysis

For Evangelical Christians, Trump left but God didn’t – analysis

“The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away” – Job 1:21   For Evangelical Christians, Wednesday’s changeover in Washington from Donald Trump to President Joe… Read More ›

World hopes for renewed cooperation under new U.S. president

World hopes for renewed cooperation under new U.S. president

In Europe, close allies finally see chance to come in out of the cold after strained security and economic ties with Trump, while across globe… Read More ›