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Israel may offer 4th COVID vaccine in January, official says

Israel may offer 4th COVID vaccine in January, official says

Health Ministry still unclear on efficacy of booster shot six months on, or on severity of illness caused by Omicron variant but official estimates 4th… Read More ›

Is The Pope’s White Skullcap a Yarmulkah?

Is The Pope’s White Skullcap a Yarmulkah?

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A few weeks ago a ten year old boy with some form of autism walked up to the pope… Read More ›

The trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they’d do it 100 times over

The trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they’d do it 100 times over

  Four-year-old Azhi hobbles across a makeshift migrant center on the Polish-Belarusian border. Grabbing his mother’s hand for support, he carefully tucks his legs under… Read More ›

Trump loses appeal to withhold records from Jan 6 attack

Trump loses appeal to withhold records from Jan 6 attack

The US Court of Appeals ruled that former president Donald Trump had not given them a good basis to override President Biden’s ruling.   A… Read More ›

Israel to alter COVID isolation rules for students amid Omicron

Israel to alter COVID isolation rules for students amid Omicron

The model that allows students to continue learning despite classmates testing positive will no longer apply when two students test positive at the same time,… Read More ›

Gantz meets with Pentagon chief to discuss Iran, bilateral ties

Gantz meets with Pentagon chief to discuss Iran, bilateral ties

Secretary of Defense Austin says U.S. ‘deeply concerned’ about Tehran’s nuclear actions, adding that if current policy fails, Biden has made clear that ‘we are… Read More ›

WATCH: One Year After his Daughter’s Death, Avremi Gourarie Speaks About Embracing Struggling Children

WATCH: One Year After his Daughter’s Death, Avremi Gourarie Speaks About Embracing Struggling Children

  NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – He has been renowned for years as the premiere arranger and transcriber in the Jewish music world, but one… Read More ›

Nicaragua ends relations with Taiwan

Nicaragua ends relations with Taiwan

  Nicaragua’s government has broken off diplomatic relations with Taiwan, declaring “that there is only one China in the world.” “The People’s Republic of China… Read More ›

Booster reduces risk of COVID death by 90% among people 50+ – study

Booster reduces risk of COVID death by 90% among people 50+ – study

Among those who received a shot, a 90% reduction in COVID morality was observed – 88% among men and 94% among women – compared to… Read More ›

Gantz heads to Washington amid Iran tensions

Gantz heads to Washington amid Iran tensions

Defense Minister will reportedly meet with both Secretary of State Blinken and Pentagon Chief Austin to discuss potential revisions to the nuclear agreement, as well… Read More ›

Omicron carriers to require 14-day quarantine, instead of 10 mandated for others

Omicron carriers to require 14-day quarantine, instead of 10 mandated for others

Policy going into effect on Thursday put in place due to suspicion variant may stay contagious for longer, Health Ministry says   Confirmed carriers of… Read More ›

SHOCKING: Hundreds Of LA-Area Cases Imperiled By Police Officer Racist Texts Including Against Jews

SHOCKING: Hundreds Of LA-Area Cases Imperiled By Police Officer Racist Texts Including Against Jews

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of Southern California criminal cases could be jeopardized after more than a dozen police officers exchanged racist and homophobic text… Read More ›

Analysis: Boris Johnson’s aides joked about Christmas party in Downing Street while London was in lockdown

Analysis: Boris Johnson’s aides joked about Christmas party in Downing Street while London was in lockdown

London – Boris Johnson has faced many scandals in his more than two years as UK Prime Minister. But the latest one is the gravest… Read More ›

Taylor Force Act addition seeks to block ‘pay for slay’

Taylor Force Act addition seeks to block ‘pay for slay’

“Such flouting of anti-terrorism financial regulations is only possible through the maintenance or use of correspondent accounts at United States banks.”   WASHINGTON – A… Read More ›

Israel fell asleep on the job called ‘the Iranian nuclear project’

Israel fell asleep on the job called ‘the Iranian nuclear project’

Opinion: Most government officials knew back in 2019 about Iran’s decision to begin working towards procurement of atomic bomb; but, due to political squabbles, no… Read More ›

Israeli woman stabbed and seriously injured in East Jerusalem

Israeli woman stabbed and seriously injured in East Jerusalem

Police searching for female suspect in attack, which takes place at the entrance to the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood   An Israeli woman was stabbed… Read More ›

Pressure Ratchets Up On Unilever To End Ben & Jerry’s Ice-Cream Boycott

Pressure Ratchets Up On Unilever To End Ben & Jerry’s Ice-Cream Boycott

NEW YORK (JNS) – Pressure is intensifying on the British company Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream brand, because of its announcement… Read More ›

Australia joins US in diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Australia joins US in diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Australia will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday. Morrison said while… Read More ›

Israel was only UN country to oppose Middle East nuclear free zone

Israel was only UN country to oppose Middle East nuclear free zone

The UNGA asked that countries in the region “place all their nuclear activities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards.”   Israel was the only country… Read More ›

Israel announces completion of underground Gaza border barrier

Israel announces completion of underground Gaza border barrier

Chief of staff says barrier, which includes hundreds of cameras, radars and other sensors is a game changer; Gantz tells Hamas reality in Strip can… Read More ›