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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 ›

Antisemitism seen seeping into Russian media landscape as Ukraine invasion slows

Antisemitism seen seeping into Russian media landscape as Ukraine invasion slows

Recent incidents include talk show host listing the names of Jews faulted for lacking patriotism, veteran columnist compiling list of known Jews, branding them ‘foreign… Read More ›

After Barricade Standoff and Shots Fired, Manhunt Ongoing for Aryeh Wolf’s Murderer (VIDEO)

After Barricade Standoff and Shots Fired, Manhunt Ongoing for Aryeh Wolf’s Murderer (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON DC — The man who murdered Aryeh Wolf z”l has been spotted in Washington DC, and a police manhunt is underway following a shootout… Read More ›

On Rosh Hashanah, global Jewish population reaches 15.3 million

On Rosh Hashanah, global Jewish population reaches 15.3 million

About 7,080,000 Jews live in Israel, making up 46.2% of world’s Jewry; Jewish state sees its most prolific year in terms of positive immigration in… Read More ›

The Laws of Shofar Blowing

The Laws of Shofar Blowing

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman in the zechus of a refuah shleimah for yehudis bas yitta What follows is a summary and overview of the laws… Read More ›

Jewish pilgrims gather in Ukraine despite the perils of war

Jewish pilgrims gather in Ukraine despite the perils of war

Ignoring repeated international travel warnings, thousands of Hasidic Jews throng the city of Uman to welcome the new year at the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman;… Read More ›