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Sure, Dump the Mask – Just Remember, the New Interns Start in 1 Week & Their Last Semester Was Online

Sure, Dump the Mask – Just Remember, the New Interns Start in 1 Week & Their Last Semester Was Online

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Yes, it is true.  The new interns are starting on July 1st, and they really did do their last… Read More ›

Persian Jews in US come out of the closet, breaking long-held community taboos

Persian Jews in US come out of the closet, breaking long-held community taboos

Recent years have seen rapid change as more LGBTQ community members speak up, leading to wider education, acceptance, and more events and resources for themselves… Read More ›

Air Force cadets, including 3 women, to get their wings Thursday

Air Force cadets, including 3 women, to get their wings Thursday

Ceremony to be held on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish Defense Organizations   Forty Air Force cadets, including three women, from… Read More ›

‘Giving up on Elon Moreh is like giving up on the Temple Mount’

‘Giving up on Elon Moreh is like giving up on the Temple Mount’

“The significance of this place can not be underestimated,” Hillel said. “Here the Bible played out. Here everything began.”   Eliav Hillel still carries the… Read More ›

Is Netanyahu really good for the Jews?

Is Netanyahu really good for the Jews?

Opinion: The cost of unilateral annexation in the West Bank, which would mean alienating allies and partners around the world, outweighs the benefits of diminishing… Read More ›

UNHRC members call for annual updates to settlement black list

UNHRC members call for annual updates to settlement black list

The list was presented to the UNHCR on Monday, following a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic.   The UN database of companies doing business… Read More ›

Youngest Israeli victim: 26-year-old man dies from rare complication of COVID-19

Youngest Israeli victim: 26-year-old man dies from rare complication of COVID-19

Oshri Asulin, from Kfar Saba, said to have developed heart condition usually only found in children   A 26-year-old man died Sunday evening from a… Read More ›

Orthodox Jews sue de Blasio, Cuomo for discrimination over lockdown rules

Orthodox Jews sue de Blasio, Cuomo for discrimination over lockdown rules

The plaintiffs, along with two Catholic priests, accused the officials of “blatant double standards” in their enforcement of social distancing orders.   Three Orthodox Jews… Read More ›

Annexation: Here’s what you need to know

Annexation: Here’s what you need to know

What happens with annexation has potentially steep stakes for Israel’s relationship with the United States, with its allies in Europe and beyond, and with American… Read More ›

In first, AIPAC gives US lawmakers green light to criticize Israel on annexation

In first, AIPAC gives US lawmakers green light to criticize Israel on annexation

Leading pro-Israel lobby privately telling officials it’s OK to condemn planned controversial West Bank move as long as they don’t push to limit US aid… Read More ›

Meet the Jewish Day School Teacher Who Wagered $18 on ‘Jeopardy!’ and Won $50,000

Meet the Jewish Day School Teacher Who Wagered $18 on ‘Jeopardy!’ and Won $50,000

  NEW YORK (JTA) – Astute viewers could find plenty of signs during the recent “Jeopardy!” Teachers Tournament that one leading contestant had some Jewish… Read More ›

Rumor That A Los Angeles Chabad Is Fueling Antifa Gets Brief White House Amplification

Rumor That A Los Angeles Chabad Is Fueling Antifa Gets Brief White House Amplification

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — A Los Angeles synagogue found itself having to deny misinformation about the George Floyd protests after a rumor spread — and… Read More ›

US antisemitism envoy condemns ransacking of synagogues in LA protests

US antisemitism envoy condemns ransacking of synagogues in LA protests

Protesters also vandalized and damaged Congregation Beth Ahabah, a more than 200-year-old Reform congregation in Richmond, Virginia.   The United States’ Special Envoy for Monitoring… Read More ›

Anti-Semitism examined as a social virus in new PBS documentary

Anti-Semitism examined as a social virus in new PBS documentary

‘Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations’ examines how hatred of Jews is treated, and spreads, like virulent disease, and looks at how humanity can hope to… Read More ›

Inside a Maryland woman’s struggle to keep her mother alive in a nursing home

Inside a Maryland woman’s struggle to keep her mother alive in a nursing home

Long-term care facilities have been hardest hit by COVID-19, leaving the children of patients scrambling to help them when they can’t be physically present  … Read More ›

Camp Infirmary Nurse Voices Concerns Over Camps Opening This Summer

Camp Infirmary Nurse Voices Concerns Over Camps Opening This Summer

  NEW YORK  — The following letter was submitted to VINnews by a an experienced nurse who works in a camp infirmary: I dont usually… Read More ›

Religious Zionists must wise up about Netanyahu

Religious Zionists must wise up about Netanyahu

Opinion: The prime minister’s insistence on keeping Naftali Bennett confined to the sidelines while he favors the ultra-Orthodox politicians, who care only for their own… Read More ›

Florida Synagogue Sanctions Members For Participating In COVID-19 Minyan

Florida Synagogue Sanctions Members For Participating In COVID-19 Minyan

DEERFIELD BEACH  — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drag on, some communities are demonstrating that they will not stand for any violations of social… Read More ›

Watch: Massive crowds gather in Mea Shearim for Lag Ba’Omer bonfires

Watch: Massive crowds gather in Mea Shearim for Lag Ba’Omer bonfires

In Bnei Brak, hundreds of residents gathered around a fire lit in the middle of Damesek Eliezer Street street. Police arrived on the scene, quickly… Read More ›

Gilad Erdan Appointed As Next Israeli Ambassador To Both US, UN

Gilad Erdan Appointed As Next Israeli Ambassador To Both US, UN

  WASHINGTON (JTA) — Gilad Erdan, currently Israel’s public security minister, will serve simultaneously as the nation’s ambassador to Washington and the United Nations, Prime… Read More ›