Haifa Religious Community Unites To Protest Michaeli Opening Bus Transit Service On Shabbos
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli has not hidden her intention to allow public transport on Shabbos in as many places as possible, but this coming Shabbo...
Watch Roy Neuberger on Sukkos
Watch Mr. Roy Neuberger's unique take on world events as they relate to the impending Yom Tov of Sukkos. Roshei yeshiva, and Gedolei Torah have lauded Mr. Neuberger's outlook as f...
A Tale of Two Girls
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Join us for a story of two remarkable girls. The first is a high school age girl, in shul, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar - Yom Ki...
Dramatic Erev Yom Kippur Rescue: Holocaust Survivor Rescued From Donetsk, Ukraine
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A few days before Yom Kippur, Naftali Rabinovitch, who serves as United Hatzalah Chief of Operations in Ukraine, received an urgent phone call. The woman on th...
Lapid Forgot That On Yom Kippur People Don’t Wear Tefillin
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In another embarrassing gaffe which exposed his ignorance of Jewish customs, Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid referred to people on Yom Kippur who were "wear...
BLUNDER: NYC Council Deletes Yom Kippur Message Featuring Image of Menorah
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The NYC Council needs to conduct better research when it comes to Jewish Holidays.
In a humiliating blunder, the city council confused Yom Kippur...
Meet The Rabbi Who Made It Possible To Live A Jewish Life In The UAE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (JNS) - Levi Duchman, the chief rabbi of the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates, celebrated his own wedding on Sept. 14. It happened to be the first ...
Amid Ian’s Wounds, Jews See Healing, Renewal In Yom Kippur
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Even though a destructive hurricane tore through his community just days earlier, nothing was going to stop Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz from holding prayer ser...
The Mitzvah of Eating Today
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times
THE MITZVAH
The Shulchan Aruch (OC 604:1) rules that there is a Torah Mitzvah on Erev Yom Kippur to do the following thr...
YAAKOV M: BP Candidate Goldman colluded with Trump Whistleblower. Who attacked NordStream? Kamala’s racist comments.
In this exciting podcast episode, Yaakov discusses:
Kamala Harris gets slammed for her racist comments against whites.
Homeless people are suing city of San Francisco for "...
Jewish Gun Club Sues Gov. Hochul To Allow Concealed Weapons In Synagogues
ROCKLAND COUNTY (JTA) - A group of Jewish gun owners filed a lawsuit last Friday against Gov. Kathy Hochul’s gun laws, saying they infringe on their religious freedom as well as th...
Remembering Dr. Steven Krauss zt”l Renowned Pediatric Dentist
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
DUE TO THE SHORTENED SHIVA - IF ANYONE HAS STORIES TO SHARE, PLEASE FORWARD THEM TO THE AUTHOR TO BE FORWARDED TO THE FAMILY YAIRHOFFMAN2@GMAI...
When It is Medically Required to Eat on Yom Kippur
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Sometimes, both the doctor and the Rav will tell a person not to fast on Yom Kippur. Under such circumstances, one must reach out to one's Po...
Chinese Censors Ban Printing Of Hasidic Woman’s Memoir Due To ‘Anti-Communist’ Content
NEW YORK (JTA) - Hasidic book publisher Dovid Zaklikowski was looking forward to getting his latest title — the memoir of a Jewish woman who immigrated from the Soviet Union to the...
SHOCK VIDEO: Innocent Elderly Bystanders Attacked by Police Water Cannon
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On Sunday, an elderly couple in Jerusalem was brutally hit by a police water cannon. The couple did nothing wrong, they were innocent bystanders standing in p...
Merav Michaeli: Dan Region Light Rail Will Run On Shabbos, Chareidim Won’t Dare Cancel It
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After announcing Sunday that "the light rail will run on Shabbos", Israeli transport minister Merav Michaeli insists that this decision will not change even ...
DISGRACE: Brooklyn College Schedules Mandatory Faculty Training on Yom Kippur
BROOKLYN (VINnews) — Brooklyn College, which has been embroiled in controversy over antisemitism and discrimination against Jews, has scheduled a “bias training” course on Yom Kipp...
WATCH: 93-Year-Old Petah Tikva Pianist Reenacts Shir HaMaalos As Heard From Yossele Rosenblatt
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yosefa Fish, a 93-year-old pianist residing in Petah Tikva, is remarkably sprightly for her age. Fish has not forgotten an event which left an indelible impre...
President Biden wishes Rabbis and Jewish clergy well on High Holidays Zoom call
WASHINGTON DC (JNS) — Shortly after hosting the White House’s first-ever Rosh Hashanah reception on Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden joined rabbis and Jewish clergy for a High Holi...
Berkeley Law Student Groups Ban Speakers Supporting ‘Zionism, Apartheid State Of Israel And Occupation’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In yet another example of anti-Israel sentiment present on university campuses in the US, a number of law student groups at Berkeley University have amended th...