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Far-right MK Ben Gvir says he’ll visit Temple Mount Sunday, as tensions boil

Far-right MK Ben Gvir says he’ll visit Temple Mount Sunday, as tensions boil

‘We mustn’t give in to terror,’ says firebrand lawmaker on Tisha B’Av visit, as police aim to prevent escalation at flashpoint Jerusalem site during Israeli… Read More ›

Islamic Jihad Fires 350 Rockets Towards Negev, Tel Aviv After Israel Eliminates Key Commander

Islamic Jihad Fires 350 Rockets Towards Negev, Tel Aviv After Israel Eliminates Key Commander

  JERUSALEM — In retaliation for the elimination of the northern sector of Gaza’s  Islamic Jihad commander, Thaysir Al-Ja’abri, as well as 15 terror operatives,… Read More ›

Israel Elections: Shaked’s Zionist Spirit hugs electoral threshold – poll

Israel Elections: Shaked’s Zionist Spirit hugs electoral threshold – poll

The bloc supporting Netanyahu would earn a majority in the Knesset if joined by the Zionist Spirit party.   Ayelet Shaked’s Zionist Spirit party is… Read More ›

Analysis: Tisha B’Av at Western Wall to test how serious Lapid is about religious pluralism

Analysis: Tisha B’Av at Western Wall to test how serious Lapid is about religious pluralism

After zealots overran egalitarian prayers, PM stressed non-Orthodox Jews’ right to worship at site, but that will only be proven if cops quash such interruptions… Read More ›

New York Yankees Get Jewish Pitcher At MLB Trade Deadline

New York Yankees Get Jewish Pitcher At MLB Trade Deadline

NEW YORK (JTA) – A self-described “Seinfeld enthusiast” is headed to the Yankees. The Bronx Bombers traded for Jewish relief pitcher Scott Effross Monday, sending… Read More ›

Chaverim Info Leads to Arrest as Another Chasidic Victim Hit by Projectile in Monsey

Chaverim Info Leads to Arrest as Another Chasidic Victim Hit by Projectile in Monsey

MONSEY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Just one day after Monsey was rocked by its fourth late night projectile attack on pedestrians in two weeks, Chaverim of… Read More ›

Israel’s settlement expansion only harms its Jewish identity

Israel’s settlement expansion only harms its Jewish identity

Opinion: Settlers in the West Bank celebrated the Supreme Court decision not to evacuate the Mitzpe Kramim outpost, built on private Palestinian land; they don’t… Read More ›

VIDEO: Jewish Mother And Baby Attacked In London

VIDEO: Jewish Mother And Baby Attacked In London

LONDON — A Jewish mother and her baby were attacked in an anti-Semitic incident this past Thursday. According to Shomrim of Stamford Hill, the woman… Read More ›

A Mechanical Engineering Discovery That May Affect Scotch Whiskey and Tequila Kashrus

A Mechanical Engineering Discovery That May Affect Scotch Whiskey and Tequila Kashrus

  This article is about a fascinating mechanical engineering discovery.  We can line up which people will be upset about this article and which people… Read More ›

Israel playing Russian roulette over Jewish Agency

Israel playing Russian roulette over Jewish Agency

Opinion: Government should have focused on maintaining national interests instead of flexing its muscles at Kremlin; if an aggressive stance in wake of agency’s closure… Read More ›

UN official: Social media largely controlled by Jewish lobby, NGOs

UN official: Social media largely controlled by Jewish lobby, NGOs

“Israel has no intention of ending the occupation and the persistent discrimination against the Palestinians lies at the heart of the systematic recurrence of violations,”… Read More ›

Russia row: Israel’s persistence over Jewish Agency may cost it dearly

Russia row: Israel’s persistence over Jewish Agency may cost it dearly

Opinion: Maintaining good relations with Moscow is in Israel’s national interests, especially in wake of our activity in Syria; prioritizing the Jewish Agency over stable… Read More ›

Anne Frank diary-burning communist cult head arrested after member suicide

Anne Frank diary-burning communist cult head arrested after member suicide

Gazi Kodzo, the leader of the Black supremacist communist cult Black Hammer, was arrested after the suicide of a member.   The leader of a… Read More ›

Ben Shapiro and Har HaBayis: Why He Was Wrong to Go Up

Ben Shapiro and Har HaBayis: Why He Was Wrong to Go Up

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Recently, it was widely reported that Ben Shapiro and others travelled to and entered he Temple Mount. While the… Read More ›

Multiple Russian-Jewish organizations sent warnings by Russian gov’t – exclusive

Multiple Russian-Jewish organizations sent warnings by Russian gov’t – exclusive

Similarly to the Jewish Agency, multiple other Russian-Jewish organizations have received warning letters from the Russian government stating that they may be considered to be… Read More ›

A Portrait of Two Heroes

A Portrait of Two Heroes

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com What follows is the story of two heroes – two men from two very different backgrounds.   And we all… Read More ›

Between security briefings, IDF chief meets Jewish community in Marrakesh

Between security briefings, IDF chief meets Jewish community in Marrakesh

In remarks after attending services at local synagogue, Kohavi highlights Israel-Morocco ‘special connection, shared heritage’ meets with locals who fought in Yom Kippur War  … Read More ›

WATCH: Boro Park Pilot Whose Plane Caught Fire on Runway Describes Terrifying Ordeal

WATCH: Boro Park Pilot Whose Plane Caught Fire on Runway Describes Terrifying Ordeal

Watch a short clip of Shmuel Judkovitz describing his Emunah in Hashem and having the presence of mind to daven before escaping the burning plane:… Read More ›

Report reveals methods used by Palestinian Authority, Hamas to torture detainees

Report reveals methods used by Palestinian Authority, Hamas to torture detainees

UN Watch claims political opponents, LGBTQ community members, human rights activists and Palestinians selling land to Israelis or cooperating with Jewish state suffer inhumane, cruel… Read More ›

Gantz, IDF warn settler activists against ‘illegal’ bid to form West Bank outposts

Gantz, IDF warn settler activists against ‘illegal’ bid to form West Bank outposts

Defense minister says there will be ‘strict enforcement’ against plan by Nachala Settlement Movement to send out hundreds of activists to establish 3 new outposts… Read More ›