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Blinken Vows US Support For Israel Despite Unease Over Gov’t
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the U.S. will not shrink from its unwavering support for Israel despite stark differences with Prime Minister-elect ...
A First Hand View of Rav Yeruchem Levovitz zt”l Giving a Shmuess in the Mir in Poland
By Rabbi W. Wolfe Wernick
Presented By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
**Please note: This author is looking to make a video about the Mir Yeshiva in Poland and is looking f...
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LISTEN: Rav Aharon Lopiansky on the Need to Compile Data to Solve The Shidduch Crisis
STAMFORD (VINnews) — At Thursday’s “Asking for a friend” panel a the Agudah Convention, Rav Aharon Lopiansky, Rosh Yeshiva of Silver Spring, discussed the need to gather data, in o...
FDA Change Ushers In Cheaper, Easier-to-get Hearing Aids
NEW YORK (AP) - It's now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.
Hearing aids can now be sold without a prescription from a specialist. Over...
Slivovitz, A Spirit With A Cherished Jewish History, Gets UNESCO World Heritage Protection
FRANCE (JTA) - L’chaim! L’chaim! Živjeli!
Slivovitz, a plum brandy traditionally associated with Passover by many Ashkenazi Jews, has been added to the United Nations’ list of i...
1,700 Dead Seals Found On Russia’s Caspian Coast
MOSCOW (AP) — About 1,700 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, officials said Sunday.
The authorities in the Russian province of Dagestan said...
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China Reports 2 New COVID Deaths As Some Restrictions Eased
HONG KONG (AP) — China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public ...
US Intel Chief Thinking ‘Optimistically’ For Ukraine Forces
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of U.S. intelligence says fighting in Russia’s war in Ukraine is running at a “reduced tempo” and suggests Ukrainian forces could have brighter prospe...
3 Chinese Astronauts Return To Earth After 6-Month Mission
BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts landed in a northern desert on Sunday after six months working to complete construction of the Tiangong station, a symbol of the country’s a...
State News: Iran Executed 4 People It Says Spied For Israel
CAIRO (AP) — Iranian authorities executed four people Sunday accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run IRNA news agency said. Three others received ...
WATCH: Israeli Toddler In Los Angeles Attacked By Coyote, Lightly Injured
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a terrifying attack which occurred Friday afternoon at the house of an Israeli living in Los Angeles, a coyote attacked his young daughter and attempted to ...
WATCH: At Convention , Rabbi Dr. Ahron Twersky Predicts Agudah Will Become ‘Irrelevant’ Due to Not Representing Chassidim
STAMFORD (VINnews) — While appearing at a panel about antisemitism at the Agudah Convention Friday, Rabbi Dr. Ahron Twerski spoke out against the lack of Chassidic representation w...
Chabad Chasid Who Heads Water Regeneration Firm Welcomed At Riyadh Conference
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Yehuda Kaploun, a Chabad chasid and president of RussKap Water, a company which uses Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG) technology to produce water from air, i...
WATCH: Bedouin Fire Illegal Weapons In Negev Training Practice, MK Almog Cohen: ‘This Is Subversion’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The scene resembles a movie clip from a war movie shot in the desert. A man jumps out of a car and precedes to charge while firing from an automatic weapon.
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250 Days Since Moishy Kleinerman’s Disappearance, Mother Requests New Line Of Investigation
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 250 days have passed since the mysterious disappearance of Moishy Kleinerman near the tomb of Rashbi in Meron. Police have removed the gag order on details of...
Beijing, Shenzhen Scrap COVID-19 Tests For Public Transport
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to tak...
WATCH: Rabbi Zweibel Condemns Trump Dining with Antisemites Kanye and Fuentes at Agudah Convention
STAMFORD (Yaakov M / VINnews) — At the Agudah Convention on Motzei Shabbos, Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zweibel, executive VP of Agudath Israel of America, appeared to condemn President Dona...
Are Shabbos Housekeepers Free?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
If housekeepers for Shabbos prep and use were free – would more people have them? Their presence would certainly reduce the pressure in many h...
Pentagon Chief: US Faces Pivotal Years In Countering China
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. is at a pivotal point with China and will need military strength to ensure that American values, not Beijing's, set global norms in the 21st cen...
KOSHER POLITICS: Trump was wrong to meet with Kanye (but he still likes the Jews)
In this episode, Yaakov M discusses:
President Trump had dinner with two vicious antisemites, Kanye West and Nick Fuentes. This was inexcusable. Yet it does not change the f...
Antisemitic Celebrities Stoke Fears Of Normalizing Hate
A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA star and other prominent people, is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up th...
Uvalde Shooting Victims Seek $27B, Class Action In Lawsuit
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Victims of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 people dead have filed a lawsuit against local and state police, the city and other school and law enforceme...
Body Of 7-Year-Old Texas Girl Found, FedEx Driver Arrested
PARADISE, Texas (AP) — A 7-year-old Texas girl has been found dead, two days after being reported missing, and a FedEx delivery driver arrested in her death, authorities said.
T...
El Salvador Sends 10,000 Police, Soldiers To Seal Off Town
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the nation’s capital Saturday to search for ga...
Remembering the Mir Yeshiva in Poland: Rabbi Theodore Lewis z”l
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
His name was Rabbi Theodore Lewis z"l (1915-2010 - yahrtzeit 27 Tishrei). He was the Rabbi of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island an...
Iranian State Media: Construction Begins On Nuclear Plant
CAIRO (AP) — Iran on Saturday began construction on a new nuclear power plant in the country's southwest, Iranian state TV announced, amid tensions with the U.S. over sweeping sanc...