MK Meir Porush Assaulted Outside His Home By Assailant In Chareidi Clothes
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — MK Meir Porush of the UTJ party was attacked outside his home Monday morning by an unknown assailant who tried to cut his beard with scissors. The attack occu...
Followers Of Rav Shaul Alter Purchase 40 Million NIS Property Near Jerusalem Entrance
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The heads of the community of followers of Rabbi Shaul Alter have signed a contract for a large property on Yirmiyahu street in Jerusalem, just a few hundred...
Yom Kippur and the Goats (and maybe the chickens)
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com)
Goats and chickens are two animals that get along. Farmers, often allow them to graze together and share a lot of space. On or around Yom ...
London Court Declares Thug Who Attacked Pregnant Chareidi Woman ‘Mentally Unstable’
LONDON (VINnews) — A man who placed a pillowcase over a heavily pregnant chareidi woman’s head before punching her “several times” to the head has pleaded guilty to a single count ...
Eitan Biran, Sole Survivor Of Cable-Car Accident, Smuggled Back To Israel By His Grandfather
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Eitan Biran, the sole survivor of the cable car crash in Northern Italy in May which took the lives of his parents, mother's grandparents and brother, has bee...
How to Get Torah in Your Blood, Veins, and Kishkes
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Yom Kippur is fast approaching. The messages of this past year have hit home, as we see a number of people attempting genuine Teshuvah. But h...
American Meat Cuts versus Israeli Meat Cuts
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Despite COVID, numerous Americans will spend Yom Tov in Israel. When Americans travel to Israel for Yom Tov, they often do one of two things: ...
Melbourne Jews Garner Sympathy Online: ‘Why Should Blowing Shofar Outdoors Be A Threat To Anyone?’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — When police arrived in the Ripponlea district of Melbourne Monday morning to enforce coronavirus regulations, some 20 policemen in four police vans surrounded ...
The Remarkable Secret and Essential Understanding of Yom Kippur
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
The Nesivos Shalom provides an essential understanding to Yom Kippur.
WHAT DOES RABBI AKIVA REALLY MEAN?
It is a well-known statemen...
A.D.H.D. Pills on Yom Kippur
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Question: “Rabbi, I have ADHD, and there is absolutely no waay that I can stay in shul on Yom Kippur. Can I take my ADHD medication to stay in s...
NY Police Search Beach For Stolen Torahs Tossed In Water
LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — Police divers searched the waters near a beach with metal detectors Tuesday to try to locate missing artifacts that were stolen from a Jewish temple in Augu...
Melbourne Worshippers Fined $5452 Each For Rosh Hashana Prayers In Violation Of COVID-19 Regulations
NEW YORK (VINnews) —A group of chareidi worshippers in the Ripponlea district of Melbourne clashed with police who came to enforce the strict local COVID-19 regulations. About 100 ...
Watch: British PM Wishes Happy New Year
NEW YORK (VINnews) — British prime minister Boris Johnson opened his new year message to the Jewish people on an optimistic note, stating that "after 18 months in which we have see...
Chareidi Father Of 10 Killed In Car Accident Near Uman
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A 45-year-old chareidi father of 10 from Beit Shemesh was killed and a number of others injured when the van they were travelling in which was returning from U...
What You Need to Know About Tzom Gedaliah and Aseres Yemei Teshuvah
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Immediately after Rosh haShana we observe Tzom Gedaliah.
This year, 2021, the fast begins at 5:06 AM NY Time when using dawn degrees (or at...
Man Found Guilty Of Jewish Restaurant Attack In Germany
BERLIN (AP) — A 30-year-old German man was found guilty Wednesday of an anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish restaurant three years ago in the eastern German city of Chemnitz in which t...
Slovakia Government Apologizes For WWII Anti-Jew Laws
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government apologized on Wednesday for World War II legislation that stripped the country’s Jews of their human and civil rights.
Marking ...
VIDEO: Afghanistan’s Last Jew Leaves After Taliban Takeover
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The last member of Afghanistan's Jewish community has left the country.
Zebulon Simentov, who lived in a dilapidated synagogue in Kabul, kept kosher an...
London Police Arrest Suspect In 6 Recent Assaults On Jews
LONDON (JTA) - Police in London have arrested a man in connection with a series of six assaults on Jews in areas of the city with large Jewish communities.
The assaults began Au...
A 700-Year-Old Rosh Hashanah Prayerbook Is Going On Auction For $4 Million
NEW YORK (JTA) - If you find your synagogue’s prayerbook a little dull at Rosh Hashanah services next week, you may be able to buy a livelier — and much older — alternative for nex...