Despite warnings of Iranian threats in Istanbul, life for local Jews hasn’t changed
Turkey’s chief rabbis say Israeli officials’ calls to heed danger have had little effect on expats or city’s 15,000-strong local Jewish community JTA —… Read More ›
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Forgotten History: Why the League of Nations Failed – a Hashkafic Suggestion
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The League of Nations was the first worldwide governmental organization of nations. It’s purpose was to ensure world peace.… Read More ›
Fictitious Wedding Without Bride And Groom Takes Place At Sadigura Shul In Bnei Brak
JERUSALEM — The Sadigura chasidim will hold a huge wedding celebration tonight in Bnei Brak attended by all of the chasidim but without the… Read More ›
Israeli Blogger Interviews Yoel Roth, One Of Last People To Have Seen Moishy Kleinerman
NEW YORK — In an ad hoc interview by Israeli blogger Daniel Amram with Brooklyn rabbi Rabbi Yoel Roth, Amram attempted to glean information about… Read More ›
New Jersey Town Agrees To Repeal Ordinance Allegedly Aimed At Keeping Out Yeshivas
JACKSON, NK (JTA) – The township of Jackson, New Jersey settled a federal Justice Department lawsuit alleging that a 2017 ordinance banning dormitories sought… Read More ›
How Israel’s Falash Mura crisis became a painful 30-year saga, with no end in sight
Many Falash Mura – Ethiopians whose Jewish ancestors converted to Christianity – have had their lives on hold just to remain eligible for Aliyah, while… Read More ›
WATCH: FL Gov. DeSantis Touts His Strong Friendship To The Jewish Community In NYC Speech
NEW YORK – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke on Sunday at the Jewish Leadership Conference in New York. DeSantis noted all his accomplishments to the… Read More ›
The Shoolem Ba’as Ladies and Hotzaos Shabbos
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com In the Chassidish world they are called the, “Shoolem Ba’as ladies.” Translation: These are housekeepers that work on Fridays… Read More ›
All About Lying and How to Stop It
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A woman who is in the process of a divorce had explained to her husband that her lawyer had… Read More ›
Jewish Man Beaten And Allegedly Called ‘Dirty Jew’ While Campaigning For His Political Candidate Wife In France
PARIS (JTA) – A group of men violently assaulted a Jewish man while he was putting up campaign posters for his wife, who is running… Read More ›
‘I tied my 3 children to my body’: Ethiopian woman who dreamed of Israel
Almash Tesma was just 22 when she began her arduous journey to the Holy Land, during which she had to face criminals, give birth alone,… Read More ›
Rabbi Uri Zohar: Makom Sh’baalei teshuvah Omdin, ain Tzaddikim Gemurim Omdin
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Imagine a top actor, a top film director, and a top comedian all in one. Imagine a Tom Cruise,… Read More ›
Swastika Flier Found At Bus Stop Across From Maryland Synagogue
BALTIMORE (JNS) – A flier with a swastika on it was found plastered on a bus-stop shelter in a heavily Orthodox neighborhood of Silver… Read More ›
Demonization of Jews, not flag march, at fault for Jerusalem unrest
Opinion: Those making the dangerous and wrong claim that Jerusalem Day tradition is the catalyst for Palestinian riots, must remember the debunked ‘al-Aqsa in danger’… Read More ›
READ IT: Professor Aaron Twerski Sends Scathing Letter To NYS Dept. Of Education
NEW YORK — Last week, Professor Aaron Twerski sent a harshly written to the New York State Dept. of Education, decrying their attempts to… Read More ›
Reconciliation is for champions. Do Israelis and Palestinians have any?
Opinion: An end to hostilities is a process of trying to understand the narrative of one’s enemy; it is never an obvious choice, but both… Read More ›
After Flag March, clashes between Palestinians, Jews, cops flare in East Jerusalem
Flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood sees fighting, arrests, vehicle torched; Israeli wounded after Palestinian stone-throwing near Old City, masked Jews beat Arab journalist Palestinians, Jewish… Read More ›
Editorial: Yeshivas and Shuls — We are BEGGING You to Implement a Lock-Door Policy
It’s time for all yeshivas and shuls to have a lock-door policy. It does not cost much money, nor does it require special equipment.… Read More ›
Historians say Jerusalem flag march rooted in ancient history
Professor of Talmud from Bar-Ilan University Jeffrey Woolf says the march, which celebrates the Israeli capture of east Jerusalem following the 1967 war, is a… Read More ›
Cops said to fear rioters may barricade inside Al-Aqsa ahead of Jerusalem Day march
IDF apparently not expecting a repeat of last year’s rocket fire from Gaza and subsequent war, but tensions are high as volatile day arrives … Read More ›
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