Officers of the Texas House of Representatives delivered civil arrest warrants for more than 50 absent Democrats on Wednesday as frustrated Republicans ratcheted up efforts to end a standoff over a sweeping elections bill that stretched into its 31st day. But after sergeants-at-arms finished making the rounds inside the Texas Capitol — dropping off copies […]
Suddenly propelled to lead New York, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed Wednesday to set a better tone in state government after the harassment scandal that spurred Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation. “Nobody will ever describe my administration as a toxic work environment,” Hochul said in her first news briefing after the Democratic governor announced his resignation. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbing numbers of unvaccinated
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Nosson Meir Wachtfogel zt”l was known as the Lakewood Mashgiach, and a talmid of Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l. He had learned in the famed Kelm yeshiva, and was a mentor to thousands of talmidim. Q: What is the main power of the Yetzer HaRah to knock us out? […]
House Democrats who have spent years investigating Donald Trump are entitled to some of the former president’s financial records, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington empowering Congress to have the records is the latest development in years-long legal and political skirmishes over access to Trump’s closely-held […]
California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow Wednesday after destroying more than 1,000 buildings, nearly half of them homes, while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities. The dangerous fires were among some 100 large blazes burning across 15 states, mostly in the West, where […]
Afghan government forces are collapsing even faster than U.S. military leaders thought possible just a few months ago when President Joe Biden ordered a full withdrawal. But there’s little appetite at the White House, the Pentagon or among the American public for trying to stop the rout and it probably is too late to do […]
Two New Jersey congressmen fired the latest volley Wednesday in the brewing battle over New York City’s plan to charge a fee to enter the city’s center, announcing legislation that seeks to cut off some federal grants to the city if New Jersey motorists wind up on the hook. The legislation announced by Democratic Rep. […]
An eight-year-old boy was moderately injured by a bus on Rav Kahaneman Street in Bnei Brak on Wednesday afternoon. The boy was riding his bicycle on the street when he
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The outpouring of volunteerism that we have just observed is remarkably inspiring. There is so much to do as the summer is almost over. And thousands of people just dropped everything to look for a missing child. There is a fascinating halachah in the laws of treating a sick […]
An off-the-grid New Hampshire man’s days living as a hermit appear to be over. “River Dave,” whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on property that he was ordered to leave, says he doesn’t think he can return to his lifestyle. “I don’t see how I can go back to being […]
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After a frightening six hours, Bichasdei Hashem, missing Yosef Shapiro was found by search volunteers – just 25 feet away from the Atlantic Ocean, in a marsh, unable to walk.
Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana was verbally attacked as he arrived at an azkara for HaRav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, z’tl, at Har Hazeisim on Wednesday. Members of Chazon, a
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The camps have paid! It may not be much, but it is something. But now we have a quandary. To whom should the maaser be given too? So many choices. This is a question that hundreds of counselors and JCs and other staff members are asking. One girl needs […]
“Please state your emergency.” “My Daddy fell down…He’s not waking up.” It was a summer Shabbos afternoon like any other. Shlomo Abuhav had bentched after the meal and then offered
A massive search is underway in Canarsiel, Brooklyn, Wednesday evening, after a 6 year old child went missing. Hundreds of volunteers from Hatzolah, Shomrim and Chaveirim are searching for 6
A $20,000 reward has just been offered for any information leading to the location of 6-year-old Yosef Shapiro in Brooklyn. The is a joint announcement from Hatzolah, Shomrim, Achiezer, Misaskim and Chaveirim offering $10,000. An anonymous donor has just informed YWN of an additional $10,000 from himself brin9ing the reward to $20,000. If you have […]
In the wake of the petira of HaGaon HaRav Avraham Dov Auerbach, z’tl, many stories about him and his accomplishments in Tiveria over dozens of years have been circulating. But
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