The federal governments count of the COVID-19 death toll in New York has 11,000 more victims than the tally publicized by the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which has stuck with a far more conservative approach to counting virus deaths. The discrepancy in death counts continued to widen this year, according to an Associated Press […]

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke to the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday, expressing support for a two-state solution and emphasizing his desire for a new start in Israel-EU relations through their “shared” liberal values. Lapid was the first Israeli government official to address the council since Tzipi Livni in 2008. It is no secret […]

So many people are waiting. Waiting for so many things. Children, shidduchim, parnassah, refuos, yeshuos… We are all waiting for something. Waiting changes who we are. It makes us better

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered all French health care workers to get virus vaccine shots by Sept. 15 and urged all of his compatriots to get vaccinated as soon as possible, to fight resurgent infections that are threatening the countrys economic recovery. In a televised address, Macron also mandated special COVID-19 passes for […]

President Joe Biden aimed to lay out the moral case for voting rights Tuesday as Texas Democrats took dramatic action to stymie their states latest effort in a nationwide Republican push to tighten ballot restrictions. Biden has proclaimed protecting ballot access the central cause of his presidency. But the White House has faced sharp criticism […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com 17-year-old Jacob Steinmetz is six foot six, weighs 224 pounds, is a pitcher, and, as of this past Monday, is the first Orthodox Jew that has been drafted into Major League Baseball. Rabbi Shmuel Abuhav ztl (1610-1694), was the Av Bais Din of Venice Italy, one of the leading […]

Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, underscoring President Joe Bidens reluctance to more forcefully curb petroleum production in the face of industry and Republican resistance. The Interior Department approved about 2,500 permits […]

The Seminary and College Experience For Those Who Are Looking For More! The New Seminary’s Learn and Understand Virtual Open House. Join us this Tuesday, July 13th at 8:00 pmas we learn in detail all the options of our next-level educational programs. Our goal is for you to understand your options. Live questions will be […]

Jonah Handler, 15, miraculously survived the collapse of the Champlain Towers when he and his mother were among the few people rescued alive from the rubble. His mother, Stacie Fang,

Police are searching for a woman they said slammed her vehicle into a Bronx hotel that was being used as a homeless shelter Monday night. The incident occurred at around

Facing rising fears of summer violence, President Joe Biden is embarking on a political high-wire act, trying to balance his strong backing for law enforcement with the police reform movement championed by many of his supporters. His focus Monday was on crime. Biden met at the White House with urban leaders including Eric Adams, […]

Sakina, who is 11, maybe 12, walked with her family for 10 days after the Taliban seized her village in northern Afghanistan and burned down the local school. They are

Boston Agudath Israel of Americas New England Office applauds Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins for moving forward with hate crime charges and civil rights charges against the suspect in the horrific attack on Rabbi Shlomo Noginski outside of the Shaloh House Jewish day school in Boston last week. As DA Rollins articulated, the […]

An 18-year-old has been charged with computer crimes after police say he hacked into a database and put a quote from Adolf Hitler into a Connecticut high school yearbook. The

Due to popular demand following last year’s virtual kosher seminar  and the recent New Frontiers in Kosher webinar, OU Kosher Community Relations is pleased to present Kosher Encounter. This weeklong seminar will run from Monday,

Jacob Steinmetzs blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The New York native is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to be selected by a major league team, going in the third round 77th overall to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Steinmetz, from the […]

Medicare on Monday launched a formal process to decide whether to cover Aduhelm, the new Alzheimers drug whose $56,000-a-year price tag and unproven benefits have prompted widespread criticism and a congressional investigation. A final decision isnt likely until next spring, said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, although an initial ruling could […]

Emerging from a private meeting at the White House, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that he and President Joe Biden are on the same page as Democrats draft a transformative infrastructure package unleashing more than $3.5 trillion in domestic investments on par with the New Deal of the 1930s. Sanders and Democratic senators on the […]

As Israel grapples with a surge of coronavirus cases due to the spread of the Delta variant, preliminary data seems to indicate that those who recovered from COVID have a

When the body of 4-year-old Emma Guara was pulled from the rubble of last months Florida condominium collapse, she was wearing the silver necklace her mother recently gave her, the pendant shaped like half a heart and inscribed Little Sis. When firefighters found her 11-year-old sister, Lucia Guara, she was not wearing her near-matching necklace, […]

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