Head Of German Art Show Quits After Antisemitic Piece Shown
BERLIN (AP) — The head of a major art show in Germany has resigned after an exhibit featuring antisemitic elements prompted an outcry at the event’s opening last month.
The boar...
Rabbi Glatstein’s Tour Through France Will Include Fascinating Jewish Destinations, Including Rashi’s Kever on Yahrtzeit
In the coming weeks, Rabbi Daniel Glatstein will lead a tour in France, which will visit many tombs of Rishonim and other historic Jewish destinations. The group will also be visit...
‘I Thought He Was Going To Kill Me’: Woman Describes Attack By Biden Secret Service Agent
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Although nearly a week has passed since the attack by a US secret service agent from Biden's entourage on a young Jerusalemite woman, it is hard for her to re...
Arab Who Maltreated Special Needs Chareidi Youth At Supermarket Jailed And Fined
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Jerusalem Magistrates Court sentenced Kamel Hamidan of Beit Jalla to 12 months in jail after he maltreated a chareidi special needs youth four years ago a...
Israeli Policeman Murdered As Palestinian Car Thief Rams Him At Roadblock
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli policeman was rammed and murdered by a Palestinian car thief who broke through a roadblock near Raanana on Saturday night.
Staff Sergeant Major ...
The 17th of Tammuz and the 3 Weeks and What’s Different This Year
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Sunday, the 18th of Tammuz is when we observe the 17th of Tammuz Fast Day! Let's get some background.
But first, some crucial times:
I...
A Kiddush Hashem on Jimmy Kimmel! Menachem, the Baal Chessed
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
It was featured last Thursday on the Jimmy Kimmel Show that was hosted by Mark Roper.
The goal of the show was to see if anyone would help ...
YIFA SEGAL: The sweet victory against Ben & Jerry’s deters other boycotts
ISRAEL (Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security) — Ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s announcement of its intention to boycott Israel by not allowing its products to be...
Israel Strikes Gaza Target In Response To Rocket Fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military attacked what it said was a Hamas military site in the Gaza Strip early Saturday in response to a pair of rocket attacks overnight. The exchan...
Rabbi Weiss, Leader Of Eda Chareidis, In Serious Condition
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The head of the Eda Chareidis, Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, was in hospital for a while due to a lingering infection in his foot which has spread to the rest ...
Starting A Community From Scratch – Rabbi Mendy And Shternie Deitsch, Chandler, Arizona
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Twenty-four years ago, after the traditional year of kollel, my wife and I were eagerly looking to go out on shlichus. We met with Rabbi Levert...
WATCH: Biden Pledges to Send COVID-19 to Palestinians
WEST BANK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Although President Biden claims that he's a friend of the Palestinians, he may be secretly trying to infect them with a pandemic.
In this vi...
Rabies Warning Issued After Infected Cat Attacks Man and 2 Kids in Monsey
MONSEY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Three days after three Orthodox Jewish Monsey residents were attacked by a cat, the Rockland County Department of Health announced that the animal te...
Ivanka Trump Suffers Loss of Mother
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Sadly, it was reported today that Ivana Trump, who is the mother of former President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump was found “unconsci...
Ben Shapiro vs. Rabbi Shmuel Bloom and a Lost Manuscript From Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
The Supreme Court ruling that reversed Roe versus Wade brought to light another philosophical debate. The debate was between Ben Shapiro, a y...
In Jerusalem, A Torah Lesson From Biden Shows His Grasp Of Judaism’s Quirky Calendar
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Throughout President Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem this week, he has underscored the ways that he believes the United States and Israel are aligned. But in his r...
WATCH: Crown Heights Resident Condemns Brutal Attack On Yossi Hershkop
CROWN HEIGHTS (VINnews) — A Crown Heights resident has released a video message in which he sharply condemns the violent attack on community activist Yossi Hershkop that occurred y...
Self- Deception, and the Ohr HaChaim (It’s his Yartzeit)
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Today, the 15th of Tammuz is the yahrtzeit of Rabbeinu Chaim Ben-Attar (1696-1743), better known as the "Ohr HaChaim HaKados...
Ashes Of 8,000 WWII Victims Found In Two Poland Mass Graves
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Special investigators in Poland say they have found two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by the Nazi during World War II in fore...
Jewish Group Asks Iceland To Act On Pro-Palestine Website
BOSTON (AP) — A Jewish advocacy group is calling on Iceland's government to take action against a pro-Palestine website seeking to “dismantle” various Boston-area Jewish institutio...