SURFSIDE, FL (AP) — Lawyers who secured a $1.1 billion settlement in the deadly collapse last year of a beachfront Florida condominium building were awarded more than $70 million in fees Monday by a judge. The total was less than the approximately $100 million attorneys with the 17 law firms had requested, but there were […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Just weeks before the deadline for submitting Knesset lists, the two factions of UTJ – Degel and Aguda – show no signs of reaching an agreement both on a list of candidates and on ideological unity. A meeting which was supposed to take place Thursday to discuss a joint list was cancelled […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Arab shop owner in the Old City was indicted on Sunday for violently assaulting an American tourist. The beating took place a week earlier, following a dispute over the cost of an ice cream cone. The incident happened August 19, when the store owner smashed a glass cup into the head […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Central District prosecutor issued an indictment against a 35-year-old teacher from Bnei Brak who taught in a Talmud Torah in Elad on suspicion of abusing two children when he was locked in the class with them. The scathing indictment was issued by attorney Moshe Yechezkel and details how for a half […]

ROCKLAND COUNTY (VINnews) — Due to the recent resurgence of the extremely dangerous Polio virus, many influential Rockland County Rabbanim have released a strongly worded statement, urging everyone to get the polio vaccine.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com It is Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Elul.  And when Rosh Chodesh falls on Shabbos – there is a fascinating yet unresolved halachic question. As a preface, we know that Rosh Chodesh is a special and festive occasion that symbolizes the renewal of the Jewish people. It is for this reason […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There is a great debate about our Yeshiva curriculums that is now raging in both Eretz Yisroel as well as in certain communities in the United States. The debate revolves around the following questions:  Ultimately, what do we want out of our Yeshivos for our children?   Should there be […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate early this year contained documents with classification markings, including at the top secret level, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday explaining the justification for this month’s search of the property. The 32-page affidavit, even in its heavily redacted […]

CALIFORNIA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — In a bombshell interview with Joe Rogan, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that the FBI pressured the company to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation. As a result of the FBI pressure, during the time period that the company investigated whether the laptop was genuine, their […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a provocative move by a minister who will likely not be Transportation Minister in Israel’s next government, Merav Michaeli is attempting to promote the running of the new light rail system in Tel Aviv on Shabbat. In an announcement made by her bureau, Michaeli said that she had ordered the director […]