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Netanyahu, in UN speech, warns of more Hezbollah peril for Beirut

Netanyahu, in UN speech, warns of more Hezbollah peril for Beirut

PM says ‘no doubt’ other Arab, Muslim states will sign treaties.   Hezbollah has a secret arms depot next to a gas company that could… Read More ›

Israeli zealots of any stripe cannot have the upper hand

Israeli zealots of any stripe cannot have the upper hand

Opinion: The weeks of protests against the prime minister have not succeeded in bringing about a change and organizers should not allow radicals among them… Read More ›

Jewish Democratic group’s ad compares Trump era and 1930s Germany

Jewish Democratic group’s ad compares Trump era and 1930s Germany

JDCA says message that ‘hate must be stopped’ will target Jewish voters in swing states; American Jewish Committee calls clip ‘offensive’ The Jewish Democratic Council… Read More ›

LIVE AT 9 PM: First Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump & Joe Biden

LIVE AT 9 PM: First Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump & Joe Biden

CLEVELAND (AP) — With just 35 days until the election, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are barreling into their crucial first debate… Read More ›

Mueller issues a rare public statement disputing his former right-hand man’s claim that he didn’t pursue Trump hard enough

Mueller issues a rare public statement disputing his former right-hand man’s claim that he didn’t pursue Trump hard enough

  The former special counsel Robert Mueller issued a statement Tuesday pushing back on claims his former right-hand man in the Russia probe, Andrew Weissmann,… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia says it busted terrorist cell trained by IRGC

Saudi Arabia says it busted terrorist cell trained by IRGC

Cell members “received military and field training, including on how to make explosives, inside Revolutionary Guards sites in Iran” for several weeks in late 2017,… Read More ›

Rabbis ponder coronavirus queries of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life

Rabbis ponder coronavirus queries of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life

Months into the pandemic, religious leaders in Israel are finally addressing questions on how to maintain proper Jewish observance under the restrictions of the outbreak,… Read More ›

Prepare for 1,500 seriously ill COVID-19 patients by week’s end, warns Netanyahu

Prepare for 1,500 seriously ill COVID-19 patients by week’s end, warns Netanyahu

PM reportedly believes national lockdown could last a month; premier to convene coronavirus cabinet Wednesday, discuss goals for emerging from lockdown, enforcement capabilities   Prime… Read More ›

NY Times: Trump Paid $750 In US Income Taxes In 2016, 2017

NY Times: Trump Paid $750 In US Income Taxes In 2016, 2017

  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year… Read More ›

Some countries are eying Sweden’s ‘light-touch’ Covid response. It’s a gamble that could backfire

Some countries are eying Sweden’s ‘light-touch’ Covid response. It’s a gamble that could backfire

London – An expert on the spread of Covid-19 proclaimed last week that the pandemic in Sweden was essentially over — the virus there was… Read More ›

Israel’s modern Yom Kippur debacle

Israel’s modern Yom Kippur debacle

During the first wave of the virus, Israel bought thousands of ventilators because it thought that’s what was needed. Did it recruit or train staff… Read More ›

Israelis mark Yom Kippur under ‘painful’ virus lockdown

Israelis mark Yom Kippur under ‘painful’ virus lockdown

The holiest day in the Jewish calendar has been marred with political battles over openings of synagogues and limits on gatherings as Israel’s quietest day… Read More ›

Op-Ed: Who by plague? Far fewer, if we can rediscover a spirit of mutual responsibility

Op-Ed: Who by plague? Far fewer, if we can rediscover a spirit of mutual responsibility

COVID doesn’t distinguish between Orthodox and secular, left and right, Jew and Arab. But it does have its limits. Whatever our leaders’ failures, we, the… Read More ›

The Mitzvah to Eat Today

The Mitzvah to Eat Today

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com THE MITZVAH The Shulchan Aruch (OC 604:1) rules that there is a Torah Mitzvah on Erev Yom Kippur to… Read More ›

The most shocking revelations from The New York Times report about Trump’s tax returns

The most shocking revelations from The New York Times report about Trump’s tax returns

  An investigation released by The New York Times on Sunday gave Americans a look into President Trump’s finances. Trump reportedly paid just $750 in federal income… Read More ›

Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu as fines issued for violations

Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu as fines issued for violations

Fines issues to demonstrators for violating social distancing rules * Knesset to reconvene to limit protests following failure to pass bills   Tens of thousands… Read More ›

Feeling snubbed over Israel deals, Abbas seeks extremist allies

Feeling snubbed over Israel deals, Abbas seeks extremist allies

Analysis: With Arab League refusing to condemn UAE, Bahrain agreements with Israel, the Palestinian president has decided to strengthen relations with Hamas and Islamic Jihad… Read More ›

3 New York Hasidic Jews die of COVID-19 as cases in Orthodox communities mount

3 New York Hasidic Jews die of COVID-19 as cases in Orthodox communities mount

Patients pronounced dead hours after arriving at Borough Park hospital; source familiar with victims laments communal denial that led to spike   Three members of… Read More ›

NYPD Should Stop Making Traffic Stops, NY Attorney General Says

NYPD Should Stop Making Traffic Stops, NY Attorney General Says

  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general on Friday recommended the New York Police Department get out of the business of routine traffic… Read More ›

Analysis: The Supreme Court hasn’t been this conservative since the 1930s

Analysis: The Supreme Court hasn’t been this conservative since the 1930s

The US Supreme Court is on the verge of a historic transformation that could wind back the law in America for decades, in some cases… Read More ›