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After long wait for Iowa caucus results, Buttigieg narrowly beats Sanders

After long wait for Iowa caucus results, Buttigieg narrowly beats Sanders

Major issues with the app associated with releasing the Iowa caucus results led to a late reveal of the results.   Pete Buttigieg narrowly won… Read More ›

Israeli winter to return at weekend after hot spell

Israeli winter to return at weekend after hot spell

The storm is set to hit the country overnight Thursday, with most of the precipitation falling on a night between Friday and Saturday; fears of… Read More ›

Scholars urge transparency to restore Yad Vashem credibility after Putin fiasco

Scholars urge transparency to restore Yad Vashem credibility after Putin fiasco

Holocaust memorial has apologized for revisionist videos shown at World Holocaust Forum but won’t say who produced, or vetted, the pro-Russian content; Forum also keeping… Read More ›

Coronavirus Spread Sparks Anti-Semitic Views and Conspiracy Theories, ADL Says

Coronavirus Spread Sparks Anti-Semitic Views and Conspiracy Theories, ADL Says

  WASHINGTON (JTA) – The spread of and fear generated by the coronavirus has led extremists to promote conspiracy theories and share their anti-Semitic views,… Read More ›

Uber says it will be profitable sooner than expected as it tops Wall Street expectations

Uber says it will be profitable sooner than expected as it tops Wall Street expectations

  Uber’s fourth quarter losses were smaller than Wall Street expected, as the company continues to grow.  The company also said it plans to hit… Read More ›

Ehud Olmert, Mahmoud Abbas to host joint presser against Trump peace plan

Ehud Olmert, Mahmoud Abbas to host joint presser against Trump peace plan

Olmert will hold a joint press conference with [Abbas] during a UN Security Council meeting in New York, where he will express his opposition to… Read More ›

Kirk Douglas, Hollywood’s tough guy on screen and off, dead at 103

Kirk Douglas, Hollywood’s tough guy on screen and off, dead at 103

Son of Jewish Russian immigrants, the beloved actor was one of biggest stars of 1950s and ’60s; Douglas fought the movie establishment and helped to… Read More ›

12 pro-Iran fighters said killed in Syria strikes attributed to Israel

12 pro-Iran fighters said killed in Syria strikes attributed to Israel

UK-based group says at least 3 government and Iranian positions targeted in raids around Damascus; IDF mum on the matter   Twelve pro-Iranian fighters were… Read More ›

A Treif or Tameh Item at Our Weddings

A Treif or Tameh Item at Our Weddings

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com What would you say if you were informed that something Tameh or “treif” has been served at thousands of Orthodox… Read More ›

Planeloads of Americans flee growing coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan as 12th case is reported in the US

Planeloads of Americans flee growing coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan as 12th case is reported in the US

  Planeloads of Americans fleeing the fast-moving coronavirus outbreak in China are arriving at military bases across the United States this week on what could… Read More ›

Khamenei calls for Palestinian jihad on Israel after Trump peace plan

Khamenei calls for Palestinian jihad on Israel after Trump peace plan

The Iranian leader called on all other Muslims to support the Palestinian war on Israel.   Palestinians start a war against Israel, Iranian Supreme Leader… Read More ›

14 Israelis among passengers quarantined on coronavirus-hit ship off Japan

14 Israelis among passengers quarantined on coronavirus-hit ship off Japan

Most of the 3,700 people travelling on Carnival’s Diamond Princess appear to be of retirement age and might not have enough medicine for their underlying… Read More ›

3 arrested in clashes with security forces as tents removed from illegal outpost

3 arrested in clashes with security forces as tents removed from illegal outpost

Rioters skirmish with Border Police as civil administration takes down two structures in Ma’ale Shlomo, in the northern West Bank   Three people were arrested… Read More ›

Macy’s To Close 125 Stores, Shed 2,000 Corporate Jobs

Macy’s To Close 125 Stores, Shed 2,000 Corporate Jobs

  NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s said Tuesday it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling… Read More ›

Trump snubbed Pelosi as she tried to shake his hand before his State of the Union address — nearly 2 months after the House impeached him

Trump snubbed Pelosi as she tried to shake his hand before his State of the Union address — nearly 2 months after the House impeached him

  President Donald Trump snubbed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she went to shake his hand at the Start of the State of the Union… Read More ›

What happened that caused Netanyahu’s annexation blunder?

What happened that caused Netanyahu’s annexation blunder?

Analysis: Netanyahu had built up excitement throughout his political base in Israel that he was going to receive US authorization to annex Jewish communities in… Read More ›

It’s all about the base, no trouble

It’s all about the base, no trouble

Opinion: Like Trump, Netanyahu’s voters do not necessarily love him but they like what he does, but unlike America, there is no decisive factor here,… Read More ›

After Abbas says cutting Israel relations, official states security ties intact

After Abbas says cutting Israel relations, official states security ties intact

Palestinian official adds, however, that ‘there will be major consequences’ if Israel annexes parts of the West Bank; adds that relations between two sides are… Read More ›

Just Under 100 Million People Watch Super Bowl on Fox

Just Under 100 Million People Watch Super Bowl on Fox

  NEW YORK (AP) — The Super Bowl put a halt to a four-year decline in viewership, with an estimated 99.9 million people watching the… Read More ›

First major Chinese airliner suspends flights to the United States over coronavirus outbreak

First major Chinese airliner suspends flights to the United States over coronavirus outbreak

  Hong Kong – China Eastern has become the first major Chinese carrier to suspend flights to and from the United States because of the… Read More ›