The campaign to reelect President Donald Trump sued The New York Times for defamation Wednesday, saying it was responsible for an essay by a former executive editor for the newspaper that claimed the campaign made a deal with Russian officials to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. In the lawsuit in state court in New York, Donald J. Trump for President Inc. said the newspaper knowingly published false and defamatory statements when the Op-Ed piece claimed the campaign had an “overarching deal” with “Vladimir Putin’s oligarchy” to defeat the Democratic candidate.

The Jerusalem-based Rabbi David Rosen was invited to Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh last week as part of an interfaith meeting known as KAICIID.  Rabbi Rosen, representing the Jewish faith, together with eight other members of the KAICIID board of governors representing other religions, were hosted by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. The king hosted the group at his formal residence and royal palace on Thursday. Rabbi David Rosen is a leading figure in interfaith cooperation and is also an Israeli citizen making his meeting with the king even more unique.

More than 100 people on Long Island are being monitored for coronavirus, health officials said Wednesday, as Nassau County awaits test results on one person who showed symptoms of the virus. There are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, in New York State, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said. But a Nassau County resident is quarantined at home until the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention complete testing on a sample from that individual, according to state Health Department Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker. The residents have been asked to undergo voluntary isolation, removing themselves from people, including their family members, for 14 days from the last time they were in mainland China or may have been exposed to the virus.

Ha’Mekubal Harav Gamliel Rabinowitz publicized a special message to his chassidim and talmidim about the rapidly spreading coronavirus crisis. “The coronavirus is an epidemic,” Harav Gamliel said. “We need to guard ourselves so it won’t affect us. I promise you – with the bracha of a Kohen – someone who davens with a minyan is like he’s in a protected room, a bunker. It’s a bomb shelter – nothing will happen to him, not to him and not to anyone in his family.” “Have mercy on yourselves and you can test this. Whoever davens with a minyan, [the virus] won’t have any control over him. Take davening with a minyan seriously and not speaking during davening. Don’t cause tzaar to the Borei Olam and you’ll have a special protection for you and your families.” “Do this and you’ll succeed.

A brazen thief who dressed up as a yeshivah bochur to steal a valuable watch two months ago was indicted on Wednesday following an intensive police investigation which revealed how the robbery was planned and carried out, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. The investigation revealed that a few days prior to the robbery, the suspect and an accomplice entered the jewelry store and expressed interest in the watches while simultaneously staking out the store. On the day of the robbery, the suspect, disguised as a yeshivah bochur, entered the store and expressed interest in a certain watch. Meanwhile, an accomplice entered the store shortly after the suspect but noticed that the door of the store didn’t open. The accomplice shook his head no the suspect and the two men left.

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This article is being published under the advice of an elder and prominent Litvish Rosh Yeshiva.  The issues raised and discussed herein may be of a somewhat controversial nature.  However, they deal with pertinent matters of Torah and Pikuach Nefesh that affect us all, and should be read carefully […]

Yisrael Katzover, a senior journalist who covered the IDF for several decades for numerous Israeli newspapers and media channels was interviewed by Chabad many years ago about his many encounters throughout the years with the Lubavitcher Rebbe to receive advice and instructions about his work. One of the stories he told was a fascinating encounter with former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who passed away on Tuesday. “I visited Egypt 11 times and I had meetings with Hosni Mubarak many times during these visits.

A Korean Air flight attendant who worked on flights out of Los Angeles International Airport was diagnosed Wednesday in South Korea with coronavirus. The flight attendant worked flights between LAX and Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 19 and 20, according to several South Korean media outlets. The woman had also serviced a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Seoul on Feb. 15, South Korea’s Center for Disease Control said. A church group was on the flight and at least 30 members of the group were diagnosed with coronavirus, South Korean authorities said. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Over a thousand women came to the Kosel early Wednesday morning for Rosh Chodesh Adar davening, filling the entire ezras nashim and forcing the “Women of the Wall” to remain outside the plaza. Unfortunately, that didn’t stop the Women of the Wall from again treating a Sefer Torah in a non-dignified manner by smuggling it into the Kosel plaza, which is against the law – the second month in a row they have done so. “No one will prevent us from expressing feminine voices at the Kosel and davening at the makom ha’mikdash,” said Yochi Rappeport, Executive Director of Women of the Wall. On the positive side, a special guest, the Rav of Tzfat, Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, was present for the joyous singing and dancing in celebration of Rosh Chodesh Adar.

Seven people were killed including a gunman during a shooting rampage on the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors on Wednesday afternoon. The company told employees in an email that the active shooter was located in or near South Packaging, Building 4, second-floor stairwell. James Boyles spoke with the Journal Sentinel. He said his wife, Lasonya Ragdales, works at Molson Coors in the claims department. She has been told that there is an active shooter and she is locked in a room with co-workers. She was texting him from inside the building. SIGN UP NOW TO RECEIVE THESE UPDATES IN LIVE TIME VIA WHATSAPP! Signing up is simple. Just click on this link, and you will be placed into a group.