TV news estimates 8,000 attend Jerusalem burial of Rabbi Yitzhok Scheiner, hours after 10,000 joined procession for Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik; both died of COVID… Read More ›
Opinion: The recent violence is but the tip of the iceberg as the ultra-Orthodox community that is poor, uneducated and accustomed to handouts will lead… Read More ›
Kosovo assured Israel it means to open an embassy in Jerusalem. Israel and Kosovo will establish mutual diplomatic relations on Monday, Kosovo’s Minister of… Read More ›
BERLIN (JTA) — Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel observed the finishing of a refurbished Torah scroll in an event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin… Read More ›
Following outcry, Rabbi Yisroel Hager, leader of the Vizhnitz sect, says all must follow the health rules, opposes violence against police The head of… Read More ›
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com They arrived on Thursday before Shabbos. Seventy young children with “special needs” under the care of the Yaldeinu Organization,… Read More ›
ANTWERP ( JTA) – The mayor of Antwerp, a city in Belgium with a large haredi Orthodox Jewish community, has singled out their neighborhoods… Read More ›
PM says ‘we will act with a heavy hand’ after policewoman hurt in Bnei Brak; incident comes amid near-daily clashes over enforcement of virus rules… Read More ›
Vice President Kamala Harris formally swore in three new, barrier-breaking Democratic senators on Wednesday afternoon following her own inauguration, officially giving Democrats control of the… Read More ›
Tony Blinken says in confirmation hearing that US commitment to Israel’s security is ‘sacrosanct,’ backs two-state solution but doubts it will happen in near future… Read More ›
PM reportedly favors extending lockdown by 10-14 days; official overseeing outbreak in Haredi community says it accounts for 30% of all cases Prime Minister… Read More ›
POLAND (JTA) — Two well-known Polish Holocaust historians are on trial for alleged defamation over their claim that late mayor of a town near… Read More ›
The legislation cites Trump’s role in fomenting the violent siege that Trump supporters laid against the Capitol building last week. Three of the four… Read More ›
Austrian-born film star and ex-Republican California governor compares mob’s ideology to Nazi lies, says it ‘shattered the ideas we took for granted,’ calls Trump failed… Read More ›
Opinion: Haredi politicians preserve their power by perpetuating the inability to earn a decent wage and ensuring they alone can provide state handouts to their… Read More ›
Opinion: Politicians who enable populist leader who attacks very foundations of democracy in order to incite a mob to riot exist in Jerusalem as well… Read More ›
An anguished and curious Israel looks on in dread for its own democracy after the attack on the US Capitol Building, and some are not… Read More ›
CHICAGO (AP) — A growing number of Democrats called Thursday for the resignation of U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, a newly sworn-in Republican who… Read More ›
Speaking in view of the Capitol building, Miller was discussing her emphasis on family values and the importance of convincing voters to elect Republicans when… Read More ›
Full closure to take effect midnight Thursday, shutting all schools, non-essential businesses; daily cases hit 8,000 amid fears of unchecked British variant spread; 1.5m vaccinated… Read More ›
