Friday, March 29, 2024

Jewish

International Holocaust Day, Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l, and the Vaad Hatzolah: Watch This Documentary

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by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This week was the designated "International Holocaust Remembrance Day."  It was designated such a little over sixteen years ago by the United ...

Olives on the Pizza

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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It has snowed in New York, and you and your family have opted to remain indoors, make homemade pizza with olives on top and play Wordle.  But,...

Swastikas Spray Painted On DC’s Union Station

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vandals spray-painted dozens of swastikas on the outside of Union Station, the central hub for regional train transportation in the nation's capital. The graff...

Dozens of Lev Tahor Cult Members Spotted In Bosnia

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BOSNIA (VINnews) — Members of the extremist Lev Tahor cult have apparently traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and have likely been there for at least several months. Local resi...

Are Schools Exempt From Lashon harah?

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by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It was Adar, the time when pranks and such become a bit more common. On account of this, some of the kids in school incorrectly took the notio...

A Holocaust Survivor Spends Her 110th Birthday Knitting — The Craft That Was Key To Her Survival

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A recent fall meant Rose Girone spent her 110th birthday in a Long Island rehab facility. But nothing could stop her friends and family from giving her exactly the right gift: red ...

‘Shema Yisrael’ Pendants Found In Archaeological Digs At Sobibor Death Camp

Three pendants inscribed with the “Shema Yisrael” prayer and depictions of Moses and the Ten Commandments have been discovered in archaeological excavations in the Sobibor extermin...

Rabbi Chay Amar – Affluence & Miami Sunshine

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Printable PDF for Shabbas Reading As a shliach to the exclusive community of Golden Beach, Rabbi Chay Amar has more than enough wisdom to share. His shlichus was hardly smooth s...

As World Marks Holocaust, Some Survivors In Israel Struggle

JERUSALEM (AP) — Several dozen octogenarians, bundled against the cold, chattered in Russian and Hebrew as they picked through heaps of carrots, onions and grapefruit in a Jerusale...

World Remembers Holocaust As Antisemitism Rises In Pandemic

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BRUSSELS (AP) — Holocaust survivors and politicians warned about the resurgence of antisemitism and Holocaust denial as the world remembered Nazi atrocities and commemorated the 77...

Tiktok Adds New Features To Direct Users To Reliable Information On The Holocaust

TikTok announced a slate of new features intended to reduce the spread of misinformation about the Holocaust shared on the platform and to direct users to trustworthy sources about...

ANOTHER: Yaakov Litzman Resigning from Knesset, Pleads Guilty in Malka Leifer Case

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yaakov Litzman has cut a deal with Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, becoming the second Charedi MK to do so in the past few weeks, after a deal was reache...

Pictures: Jerusalem Covered In White

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JERUSALEM (VINnews)— As heavy snow blanketed Jerusalem with nearly 20 cm of snow, the city bathed in white Thursday morning. Children received a day off from school and romped happ...

‘I’m Proud I Irritated You’: Father Of 15 Responds To MK Who Blamed Economic Woes On ‘Accelerating Birthrate’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — "I'm proud to have irritated you." With these words, a bus driver from Beitar Illit, Reb Moshe David Cohen, responded to a contentious statement by an MK from...

Belz Deny Accepting ‘State Chasidic’ Core Curriculum, Stress They Want Equal Funding To Chinuch Azmai

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The educational committee of the Belz chasidim in Israel has published a sharp denial of the reports that Belz have agreed to teach a core curriculum includin...

Schumer Proposes Doubling Nonprofit Security Grant Funding To $360 Million

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NEW YORK (JNS) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced during a press conference on Wednesday in Midtown Manhattan that he is proposing to double the funding of t...

Critics Said The BBC Blamed The Victims Of An Antisemitic Attack. The Broadcaster Admits The Account Was ‘Disputed.’

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The BBC has slightly revised a hotly contested article that had infuriated British Jews by seeming to blame the victims of an antisemitic incident. In addition to adding a clari...

In Spain, Small Towns Are Unearthing Ancient Synagogues To Resurrect Jewish History — And Attract Tourists

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MADRID (JTA) - Beneath a sprawling 14th-century building with moss-furrowed terrace walls and interiors painted in garish strokes of purple and yellow lie what could be the remains...

Feds Accuse Texas Man Of Selling Gun Used To Take Synagogue Hostages

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DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man has been charged with a federal gun crime after authorities say he sold a gun to a man who held four hostages inside a Texas synagogue earlier this month ...

London: Two Orthodox Jews Viciously Beaten In Unprovoked Attack [VIDEOS]

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STAMFORD HILL (VINnews) — Two orthodox Jewish men were viciously attacked on Wednesday evening in front of a Stamford Hill bakery. Video footage released by London Shomrim shows...