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As virus rebounds in New York, Haredi Jews decry stigmatization

As virus rebounds in New York, Haredi Jews decry stigmatization

Authorities say the most significant jumps involve ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn and while many leaders in the community promote awareness of COVID-19 risks, others dismiss… Read More ›

Nearly 9,000 virus cases recorded Wednesday as infections hit new high

Nearly 9,000 virus cases recorded Wednesday as infections hit new high

Health Ministry says 810 people in serious condition, with 206 on ventilators, amid worries over hospitals being unable to cope with influx of patients  … Read More ›

American, United To Furlough 32,000 As Time Runs Out On Aid

American, United To Furlough 32,000 As Time Runs Out On Aid

  FORT WORTH, TX (AP) — American Airlines and United Airlines say they will begin to furlough 32,000 employees after lawmakers and the White House… Read More ›

Trump signs spending bill to keep government open until December 11

Trump signs spending bill to keep government open until December 11

President Donald Trump early Thursday morning signed a spending bill to keep the government open until December 11, according to a tweet from White House… Read More ›

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 ›