Tens of thousands of Jewish people congregated Wednesday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to celebrate the reading of the entire Talmud in an event called Siyum HaShas — and drew a heavy security presence after recent anti-Semitic attacks in the area. The New Year’s Day event celebrated the completion of the reading of the […]
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U.S. health officials will ban most flavored e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers, but with major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers and adults who use the nicotine-emitting devices. The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will prohibit fruit, candy, mint and dessert flavors from small, cartridge-based e-cigarettes that are popular with high school students. But […]
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Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein announced new legislation today that would include hate crimes as qualifying offenses of which a judge will have discretion setting bail, on the grounds that those who commit hate crimes are individuals who harbor irrational and harmful hate and are more likely to be repeat offenders. “I fear that the trend of […]
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NJ Governor Phil Murphy convened an emergency meeting to deal with the recent alarming rise in anti-Semitic attacks and incidents plaguing the tri-State area. The meeting was held on Thursday afternoon, and was attended by many prominent elected officials and community activists. Among those in attendance were Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, the NJ State Police […]
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Naama Issachar, who is serving a 7.5 sentence in Russia for a minor drug charge, was moved back to a Moscow prison on Wednesday. A Kan News report said on Tuesday that Issachar had been abruptly relocated to a remote prison on Friday with worse living conditions and her family and lawyers had not been […]
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Every Chanukah, Kikar Hashabat music critic Nesanel Leifer takes a close look at YouTube to compile a lift of the most successful frum singers in the world. A high number of views on YouTube translates into success in general since YouTube not only provides excellent exposure for singers but is a source of income in […]
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A man wounded in the Chanukah stabbings north of New York City may have permanent brain damage and be partially paralyzed for the rest of his life, his family said. The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council released a statement from the family of Josef Neumann, 71, [TEHILLIM – YOSEF BEN PEREL] and a graphic photograph […]
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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com He had an 18 inch Ozark Trail machete, and he tried murdering Jews.  Grafton Thomas is also 6”5 and over 200 pounds.  The journals that Thomas left behind mention the Black Hebrew Israelites, Adolf Hitler, and some more anti-Semitic references.  His former stepfather, Joe Kennedy informs us that Grafton […]