Adidas is again selling shoes designed by rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, months after terminating its partnership with... The post Adidas Resumes Selling ‘Yeezy’ Shoes Months After Cutting Ties With Rapper Ye first appeared on...
The Celebrate Israel parade planned for Sunday in New York is generating controversy over the planned participation of officials from the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The rabbinic human rights organization...
The U.S. federal government has finally decided when it is proper to express hostility and disdain for Jews and when it is a little bit too much and some type of restraint is in order. The Biden administration last week adopted a policy...
In front of me the story of Am Yisrael came alive. The world may proclaim our end but here we are. One must only kindle the flame. The spark is never extinguished.
The rebellious girl ran away from home to escape the constraints of her religious life, and today claims she ‘fucking loves my life,’ which she… Read More ›
Every couple of years, we hear about the ‘last’ remaining descendants of Ethiopian Jewry fulfilling their dream of making Aliyah; Conversely, every year, the Ethiopian Church submits twice as many work visa applications for clergy,...
Natalie interviews Avraham Moshe Fansapurkar of Mumbai, who plans to make Aliyah in June. Avraham is 38, single, and wants to find a Jewish woman to marry.
During the routine White House press briefing on Wednesday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby found himself at a loss for words when a reporter from the New York Post, Steven Nelson, confronted him with a direct inquiry...
In a world where issues of ethnicity, politics, economy and faith divide us, how can we increase unity and friendship? Real life and Torah, again, interconnect to reveal miracles in our communal existence.
Fort Bragg will shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a Friday ceremony that some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The...
Some commentators state that it is simply a way of complimenting his fine character. Others connect the praise more directly to his mother. But why should his mother get the credit for his character?
The Jewish painter and installation artist Ilya Kabakov, who died May 27 at age 89, proved that surviving, and even thriving, in an antisemitic society can permanently alter a sense of personal identity. Born in Ukraine to working class...
Editor’s note: This story mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis or needs support, call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the U.S. at 988. While most of the Jewish community celebrates Pride month...
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Washington, D.C.’s new Jewish museum features at least two notorious women from history. One is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, who was dubbed “Notorious RBG” late in...
(JTA) — An Egyptian security officer opened fire on Israeli soldiers on a routine patrol, killing two, and hours later killed a third before being felled in a shootout, the Israeli army said, in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Republican 2024 candidate Ron DeSantis drew laughs from an Iowa crowd after he mocked Trump’s criticism of his handling of the Covid pandemic, pointing out that Trump’s family’s own actions show how hypocritical he is....
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Progressive Jewish organizations have stayed away from the annual...
A Syria-backed Palestinian terrorist group Thursday held a funeral for five of its members who died in a blast under mysterious circumstances. The group has repeatedly claimed Israel was behind the incident. Israel has denied the claim,...
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Go to Amazon and you will see that you can check off buying only from women own businesses or minority owned businesses. Keeping Shabbos is a declaration to the world that we believe that Hashem...
(JTA) — The Israeli satirical drama film “Concerned Citizen” opens with the sacrosanct rituals of a bourgeois Tel Aviv life: a robot vacuum slides gracefully across the floor; lush house plants are watered; vegetables are blended into...
He uniquely combined Torah knowledge, love of Mussar study, the Lithuanian Torah notion of a Mussar Shmuess, leadership, and a profound love of man. For Torah knowledge, Moreinu HaRav Gershon Edelstein zt’l was unparalleled. He was the...
(JTA) – The state of Arkansas has paid $500 it had promised to a Jewish doctor, after withholding the payment for months because of the doctor’s refusal to sign a pledge promising not to boycott Israel. The payment came after public...
Journalists across the U.S. will walk off their jobs next week at roughly two dozen newsrooms run by Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the U.S., their union said Thursday. The mostly one-day strike, which will start June 5, aims to...
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Yesterday, I received a phone call from a Rosh Yeshiva concerning an article that the frum websites had posted about President Biden falling down after a speech he made at the US Airforce Academy...
When a package from France arrived at my Manhattan apartment, I imagined it had something to do with Israel Schaechter, my great-uncle who died there in 1949. I’d been researching his life story. He was a highly decorated Jewish...
A group of volunteers from Chaveirim and Shomrim of Boro Park returned a suitcase containing a man’s tallis and tefillin to its rightful owner after sifting through piles of garbage at a waste management facility. Upon realizing...
That Jewish News Show “Can Jewish and Christian billboards convert non-believers?” June 1, 2023 On the June 1, 2023 episode of That Jewish News Show, Laura E. Adkins and Benyamin Cohen of the Forward discuss the Pittsburgh trial, the...
The Biden administration wants to buy Israel’s silence about a renewed Iran nuclear deal in exchange for brokering a Saudi-Israel normalization deal, Yisrael Hayom reported on Thursday. Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron...
(JTA) — Israel’s under-20 men’s team defeated Brazil 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Saturday, their most shocking win in a string of dramatic underdog victories at the tournament. The player who scored the winning...
Sergei Ursuliak's 'Tzadik' is the first Russian film to portray Jewish partisans who fought in Ukraine, and says it was important for him to showcase those who survived the horrors and arrived in Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that there can be no cease-fire in the war in Ukraine unless it is part of a “just and lasting” peace deal that includes Russia’s military withdrawal. Blinken said that “a cease-fire...
Aug. 13 will mark the bicentenary of UK educator Goldwin Smith, described by one historian as “perhaps the most vicious antisemite in the English-speaking world.” Cornell University’s Goldwin Smith Hall, housing its College of Arts...
Tens of thousands of marchers from Jewish organizations in Israel and the diaspora, including ministers and members of the Knesset from Israel, as well as high-ranking US officials, will participate in the parade to be held on Sunday in...
The guiding factor is that Hashem did not make anything without a reason. If a certain reality exists, then it must be another opportunity to add in avodas Hashem – the service of G-d.
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com He uniquely combined Torah knowledge, love of Mussar study, the Lithuanian Torah notion of a Mussar Shmuess, leadership, and a profound love of man. For Torah knowledge, Moreinu HaRav Gershon Edelstein...