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Where’s the beef? Jewish women led New York City’s kosher meat riot of 1902

Where’s the beef? Jewish women led New York City’s kosher meat riot of 1902

‘The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902’ by Scott D. Seligman recalls a highly organized consumer uprising led by Lower East Side immigrants fed up… Read More ›

Report: Talk Show Host Larry King In Hospital With Covid-19

Report: Talk Show Host Larry King In Hospital With Covid-19

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel… Read More ›

Nearly a dozen Republican senators announce plans to vote against counting electoral votes

Nearly a dozen Republican senators announce plans to vote against counting electoral votes

Nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday they will vote against counting electoral votes next week when Congress is expected to certify President-elect… Read More ›

Eight losses, victories in Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2020

Eight losses, victories in Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2020

The largest victories were more about what did not happen, then what did.   While COVID-19 grabbed the headlines, Israelis and Palestinians in 2020 battled… Read More ›

Israel starts vaccinating its airport workers for COVID-19

Israel starts vaccinating its airport workers for COVID-19

State expands vaccination push to include around 400 airport workers who come in contact with hundreds and thousands of Israelis traveling to and from Israel… Read More ›

Farewell 2020: Israel rings in New Year under lockdown

Farewell 2020: Israel rings in New Year under lockdown

Celebrations largely muted as police deploy in force throughout country to prevent partygoers from congregating   Israel at midnight Thursday-Friday bid adieu to 2020 and… Read More ›

CDC Vaccine Policy is Killing 500 Extra People a Day According to Statisticians

CDC Vaccine Policy is Killing 500 Extra People a Day According to Statisticians

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The current state of COVID-19 in America is that it is killing 3000 people every day.  What follows is… Read More ›

At least 140 House Republicans to vote against counting electoral votes, two GOP lawmakers say

At least 140 House Republicans to vote against counting electoral votes, two GOP lawmakers say

Two Republican members of the House of Representatives tell CNN that they expect at least 140 of their GOP colleagues in the House to vote… Read More ›

Coronavirus closure proving ineffective as cases climb

Coronavirus closure proving ineffective as cases climb

Effectiveness of the lockdown is a “question mark,” according to coronavirus commissioner Prof. Nachman Ash.   It has been less than a week since the… Read More ›

Israel needs a proper political center

Israel needs a proper political center

Opinion: We don’t need any more catchy slogans, we need a real Jewish, democratic alternative to the right wing that is leading us down a… Read More ›

Coronavirus vaccine drive races on as infections, deaths mount

Coronavirus vaccine drive races on as infections, deaths mount

Medical workers again meet government goal of 150,000 shots in a day; 5,253 new COVID-19 cases diagnosed as fatalities rise to 3,314   The Health… Read More ›

China Accuses US Of Show Of Force With Taiwan Strait Passage

China Accuses US Of Show Of Force With Taiwan Strait Passage

  BEIJING (AP) — China accused the U.S. of staging a show of force by sailing two Navy warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday… Read More ›

Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden’s win

Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden’s win

President Donald Trump is expected to return to Washington earlier than anticipated ahead of a planned disruption by Republicans when Congress meets next week to… Read More ›

Israeli stuck in Dubai airport due to Palestinian passport

Israeli stuck in Dubai airport due to Palestinian passport

“I don’t understand why they stopped me, I’m not the only one in the world with more than one passport.”   A resident of northern… Read More ›

Coronavirus czar: Israel may face vaccine shortage if local authorities set own rules

Coronavirus czar: Israel may face vaccine shortage if local authorities set own rules

Prof. Nachman Ash says country may need to slow pace of vaccinations if additional doses do not arrive in expedited manner, warns further restrictions may… Read More ›

In U-turn, government cancels forced hotel quarantine for arrivals from abroad

In U-turn, government cancels forced hotel quarantine for arrivals from abroad

Requirement for travelers to spend 2 weeks in state facilities had faced public criticism, was selectively enforced, and prompted clashes at isolation centers   After criticism,… Read More ›

Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dead From COVID-19

Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dead From COVID-19

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Luke Letlow, Louisiana’s incoming Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only… Read More ›

UK regulator approves Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

UK regulator approves Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

London – UK regulators have approved the use of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, which is cheaper and easier to distribute than some alternatives and… Read More ›

14 arrested in Jerusalem protests over Ahuvia Sandak death

14 arrested in Jerusalem protests over Ahuvia Sandak death

Protests over Sandak’s death have been ongoing for the past week, with demonstrators demanding police inquiries into the accident that led to his death.  … Read More ›

A lockdown to reelect Netanyahu

A lockdown to reelect Netanyahu

Opinion: PM’s handling of the pandemic and other government decisions are colored by his corruption trial; anything is deemed acceptable to keep him in power… Read More ›