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White House blasts Trump for antisemitic comments

White House blasts Trump for antisemitic comments

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says Trump comments insulting to Jews and U.S. Israeli allies but adds former president has over years allied himself to extremists… Read More ›

With Far-right Leaders, Italy Remembers WWII Roundup Of Jews

With Far-right Leaders, Italy Remembers WWII Roundup Of Jews

  ROME (AP) — Italy’s far-right political leadership marked the 79th anniversary of the World War II roundup of Rome’s Jews on Sunday with calls… Read More ›

Swedish Party Official Suspended After Anne Frank Posting

Swedish Party Official Suspended After Anne Frank Posting

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Sweden Democrats official was suspended by the far-right party for making degrading comments about Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank. In an… Read More ›

The Sukkah, the Migraine and the Bracha

The Sukkah, the Migraine and the Bracha

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is an interesting question. The family in question had guests coming on Chol HaMoed from Lakewood for a… Read More ›

Heavy clashes seen across East Jerusalem amid surging Palestinian unrest

Heavy clashes seen across East Jerusalem amid surging Palestinian unrest

Two cops injured; car with Jewish family forced to flee after stoned; footage shows hail of fireworks and police car surrounded by flames as fighting… Read More ›

State Official Orders City To Enforce Secular Education At Brooklyn Yeshiva

State Official Orders City To Enforce Secular Education At Brooklyn Yeshiva

  BROOKLYN (JTA) — New York State’s commissioner of education has ordered the city to work with a yeshiva in Williamsburg on a plan for… Read More ›

The Jump Commercial That Took Over Israel – a Halachic Analysis

The Jump Commercial That Took Over Israel – a Halachic Analysis

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a hit commercial both for the Haredi community as well as the secular community in Israel.  A… Read More ›

The duality of the holiday of Sukkot

The duality of the holiday of Sukkot

Opinion: Sukkot, on the one hand, is a festival celebrating our people’s wandering the desert while living in flimsy booths; on the other hand, it… Read More ›

Biden Administration Expands Penalties For Complying With Arab League Boycott Of Israel

Biden Administration Expands Penalties For Complying With Arab League Boycott Of Israel

  WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration will enhance penalties for compliance with the decades-old Arab League boycott of Israel, at a moment when some… Read More ›

Kanye West’s social media accounts restricted after alleged antisemitism posts

Kanye West’s social media accounts restricted after alleged antisemitism posts

Kanye West’s Instagram and Twitter accounts were restricted due to his posts that online users condemned as antisemitic.   Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagram accounts… Read More ›

16 Things to Know About Simcha on Yom Tov

16 Things to Know About Simcha on Yom Tov

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com SPECIAL LIGHT There is a fascinating Zohar Chadash (Shir HaShirim 1a) that tells us of a special holy light… Read More ›

OP-ED: If You Don’t Support Zeldin, Quit Complaining About the Jew-Hating

OP-ED: If You Don’t Support Zeldin, Quit Complaining About the Jew-Hating

  If you are crazy enough to support Kathy Hochul, or you’re even on the fence about which candidate to support in the governor’s race,… Read More ›

Yom Kippur is a time for atonement for Israel – editorial

Yom Kippur is a time for atonement for Israel – editorial

As Yom Kippur approaches, we Israelis should stop, reflect and atone for our sins.   Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest day… Read More ›

Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur; security forces on high alert amid terror threats

Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur; security forces on high alert amid terror threats

Airport, trains, buses halt operations, airwaves go silent as Jewish Israelis mark 25-hour Day of Atonement; IDF imposes closure on West Bank, Gaza   Israel… Read More ›

The Mitzvah of Eating Today

The Mitzvah of Eating Today

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times THE MITZVAH The Shulchan Aruch (OC 604:1) rules that there is a Torah Mitzvah on… Read More ›

Jewish gun owners sue NY leadership over law barring firearms in places of worship

Jewish gun owners sue NY leadership over law barring firearms in places of worship

Lawsuit says New York legislation infringes on constitutional rights to free religious expression and to bear arms; security expert warns against armed congregants   NEW… Read More ›

SHOCK VIDEO: Innocent Elderly Bystanders Attacked by Police Water Cannon

SHOCK VIDEO: Innocent Elderly Bystanders Attacked by Police Water Cannon

  JERUSALEM — On Sunday, an elderly couple in Jerusalem was brutally hit by a police water cannon. The couple did nothing wrong, they were… Read More ›

WATCH: 93-Year-Old Petah Tikva Pianist Reenacts Shir HaMaalos As Heard From Yossele Rosenblatt

WATCH: 93-Year-Old Petah Tikva Pianist Reenacts Shir HaMaalos As Heard From Yossele Rosenblatt

JERUSALEM — Yosefa Fish, a 93-year-old pianist residing in Petah Tikva, is remarkably sprightly for her age. Fish has not forgotten an event which left… Read More ›

Can the Arab Peace Initiative challenge the Abraham Accords?

Can the Arab Peace Initiative challenge the Abraham Accords?

Opinion: Following a decline in Arab public support for U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords in 2022, Saudi Arabia’s peace plan could become the favored solution to end… Read More ›

5 Towns Community Suffers Tragic Loss with the Passing of Dr. Steven Krauss – RL 76

5 Towns Community Suffers Tragic Loss with the Passing of Dr. Steven Krauss – RL 76

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Dr. Steven Krauss,63, of blessed memory, was one of the genuine Tzaddikim of the Five Towns and a personal… Read More ›