The teachers at one particular school in Beitar were used to receiving middle-of-the-night phone calls. It was a yeshiva for “teens at risk” and it seemed there was a new
A new study conducted on the effectiveness of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine shows that protection against the virus drops to approximately 84% about four to six months after the second dose is injected. In the company-funded survey, it was found that the vaccine’s effectiveness was strongest — at 96.2% –between one week and two months after […]
Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana admitted on Sunday that the kashrus reforms he formulated are based on the opinions of the rabbanim of Tzohar, a liberal Religious Zionist organization with
Now an Olympian representing the country, Ian Kinsler traveled to Israel for the first time last year with his wife Tess, just before the coronavirus pandemic became widespread. “I think we were on one of the last flights to leave Tel Aviv, to come back to Newark,” he said. “We want to get our kids […]
With U.S. health officials recommending that children mask up in school this fall, parents and policy makers across the nation have been plunged anew into a debate over whether face
The NYPD reported that 18 people were shot around NYC in the span of 24 hours on Saturday in six shooting incidents. One of those incident involved a coordinated attack
In a first for Australia, an Orthodox rabbi was appointed as a Supreme Court justice last week. Attorney General John Quigley announced on Thursday that Rabbi Marcus Solomon has been
Following months of pressure from Jewish organizations to appoint an envoy to combat anti-Semitism, President Joe Biden on Friday officially named Deborah Lipstadt as the United States Special Envoy for
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Motzei Shabbos about the strike on the Israeli-operated oil tanker last week that killed two. “I spoke
Joe Biden wagered his campaign and now his presidency on the premise that government itself could still work, even at a time of fractious political division. When the Senate voted
With her father in tow, 13-year-old Gloria Raudjarv marched through a vaccination center inside a sports hall in Estonia’s second-largest city and up to a nurse for her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. So far, around half of Tartu’s teenagers from 12 to 17 have already received their first vaccine shot, and local health […]
Bat Yam Mayor Tzvika Brot on Thursday instructed city schools to prepare to vaccinate high school students when the new school year begins on September 1, despite Education Minister Yifat
King David Center for nursing and rehab wished to recognize and celebrate outstanding medical professionals, so we invited members of the Brooklyn community to nominate their doctors for recognition. Participants submitted letters expressing their appreciation for all that their physician had done for them, or to a special senior in their life. Many included heartwarming stories of […]
Dutch police have launched a probe into an anti-Semitic mural found on a Rotterdam street featuring a popular Dutch soccer player who signed with a rival team historically associated with
Lawmakers in a suburban New York county are set to vote Monday on a proposal that would allow police officers to sue protesters and collect financial damages — a move civil rights activists say is payback for demonstrations after the police killing of George Floyd last year in Minneapolis. Newsday reports that the bill being […]
The Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign broke into the email accounts of some of the most prominent federal prosecutors’ offices around the country last year, the Justice Department said. The department said 80% of Microsoft email accounts used by employees in the four U.S. attorney offices in New York were breached. All […]
States across the U.S. are looking to adopt new recycling regimes that require producers of packaging to pay for its inevitable disposal — but industry is digging in to try to halt the movement. Maine became the first state to adopt such a program in July when Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill that […]
When Walter Wilkins roots through his memories, the decades between boyhood and old age, one lasting image of his older brother appears. He sees Paul walking away, up a mountain road in rural Pennsylvania. Walter, 86, doesn’t remember if that’s the day Paul left Bellwood, Blair County, to go fight in the forgotten war in […]
Momentum builds, excitement is high, and preparations are in full-swing for Acheinu’s annual Summer BBQ! On Monday, August 2nd, the Flatbush community will gather at the home of Mr. and
Translated and Compiled by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com 1] Who is obligated in paying the shadchan – the chosson’s side or the kallah’s side? Both sides are obligated to pay the Shadchan for his or her services “Dmai Shadchanus.” 2] What if we are dealing with an unsolicited shadchan? Even when the Shadchan involved […]
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