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OP-ED: Why we’ll all miss the queen

OP-ED: Why we’ll all miss the queen

She came to symbolize what was ultimately acceptable and what was not, at a time when that cardinal distinction is being challenged in democracies other… Read More ›

A [Hasidic] Parent’s Response To The New York Time’s Slam-Piece

A [Hasidic] Parent’s Response To The New York Time’s Slam-Piece

NEW YORK — I don’t write this to score points or gain any followers, I write out of fear and frustration. Fear of seeing another… Read More ›

Ukraine President Zelensky has ‘no serious injuries’ after car accident

Ukraine President Zelensky has ‘no serious injuries’ after car accident

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has emerged with “no serious injuries” from a car collision in Kyiv on Wednesday. According to a statement from the president’s press… Read More ›

IDF soldier sentenced to 26 months for accidental killing of Yonatan Granot

IDF soldier sentenced to 26 months for accidental killing of Yonatan Granot

First Sergeant Yonatan Granot, 22 years old from Kibbutz Einat, a commander in the “Bazelet” battalion of the Nahal, was accidentally shot by Sergeant M… Read More ›

Japanese travel agent honored for helping Jews in Holocaust

Japanese travel agent honored for helping Jews in Holocaust

Tatsuo Osako welcomed thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing German-occupied Europe and ensured their safe transport to Japan; more than 80 years later, Israeli government posthumously… Read More ›

IDF officer, 2 Palestinians killed in firefight near tense West Bank barrier zone

IDF officer, 2 Palestinians killed in firefight near tense West Bank barrier zone

Gunmen open fire on troops in so-called seam zone north of Jenin, killing Maj. Bar Pelah, 30; both killed in subsequent firefight   An Israel… Read More ›

RABBI POUPKO: Double Standard of Fighting for New York’s Yeshivas

RABBI POUPKO: Double Standard of Fighting for New York’s Yeshivas

NEW YORK (Rabbi Elchanan Poupko / VINNews) — As the New York Board of Regents implements changes in New York’s Yeshivas, we have seen an… Read More ›

Analysis: The curtain protecting the dignity of Russia’s military has been pulled back

Analysis: The curtain protecting the dignity of Russia’s military has been pulled back

The tsar suddenly might have no clothes. It has been a startling week on both sides of the Ukraine and Russia border. What’s left of… Read More ›

Clashes break out on Azerbaijani-Armenian border, US urges ‘end to hostilities’

Clashes break out on Azerbaijani-Armenian border, US urges ‘end to hostilities’

Azerbaijani artillery and UAVs reportedly targeted sites in Vardenis, Goris, Sotk and Jermuk in eastern Armenia.   Large clashes broke out between Armenian and Azerbaijani… Read More ›

The miseducation of religious Jewish children

The miseducation of religious Jewish children

Opinion: A probe into a lack of secular education at ultra-Orthodox schools in New York has stirred an uproar in the U.S., but remains part… Read More ›

US denies Israeli claim that Iran nuke talks failed or that Biden ‘toughened’ stance

US denies Israeli claim that Iran nuke talks failed or that Biden ‘toughened’ stance

State Department refutes several assertions by senior Israeli official who briefed reporters after PM’s visit to Berlin, rejects claim that Israel managed to sideline Rob… Read More ›

Biden Hopes Ending Cancer Can Be A ‘National Purpose’ For US

Biden Hopes Ending Cancer Can Be A ‘National Purpose’ For US

  BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urged Americans to come together for a new “national purpose” — his administration’s effort to end… Read More ›

‘Everybody was running away.’ Ukrainians in Kharkiv villages describe Russia’s retreat

‘Everybody was running away.’ Ukrainians in Kharkiv villages describe Russia’s retreat

Ukraine had hoped it would mark a turning point. Six months have passed since Russia launched its invasion and Ukraine has since fired back with two counteroffensives –… Read More ›

9/11 anniversary marks generational strategic shift – analysis

9/11 anniversary marks generational strategic shift – analysis

Looking back on 9/11 feels different because of the generational divides.   This year’s anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks feels different than memorials in… Read More ›

‘By the memorial and railroad tracks, I felt our victory over the Nazis’

‘By the memorial and railroad tracks, I felt our victory over the Nazis’

Almost eight decades later, a group of Holocaust survivors return to Germany to inaugurate a memorial at the same spot where the death train stopped… Read More ›

Shin Bet chief warns Israel’s internal strife is a shot in the arm for terrorism

Shin Bet chief warns Israel’s internal strife is a shot in the arm for terrorism

Ronen Bar says intel shows enemies feel the Jewish state’s ‘national resilience is fading,’ claims ‘deep rift’ in society is ‘most complex’ challenge facing Israel… Read More ›

Analyzing the New York Times Hatchet Job Against Yeshivos

Analyzing the New York Times Hatchet Job Against Yeshivos

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com The New York Times has written a one-sided attack against the Yeshiva and Torah community that is so filled… Read More ›

Queen’s coffin arrives at royal residence in Scottish capital, the first leg of her final journey

Queen’s coffin arrives at royal residence in Scottish capital, the first leg of her final journey

The Queen’s coffin has arrived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, following a six-hour journey from Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital. Crowds of… Read More ›

Hamas leader Haniyeh in Moscow for talks with Russia’s Lavrov

Hamas leader Haniyeh in Moscow for talks with Russia’s Lavrov

Discussions in Russia will revolve around “mutual ties” and “other issues relating to the situation in Palestine,” Hamas noted.   The chief political leader of… Read More ›

Poland demands reparations from Germany, while Israel still waiting on unpaid debt

Poland demands reparations from Germany, while Israel still waiting on unpaid debt

Opinion: The Polish demand for $1,3 billion in compensation over Nazi crimes has no chance of seeing itself through, but this should inspire our government… Read More ›