NEW YORK (VINnews) – Rockland County officials are calling for new security measures to keep the Jewish community safe following Saturday’s synagogue stabbing that injured five people in Monsey. The county executive Ed Day, announced this morning that a major private security firm Brosnan Risk Consultants will work with law enforcement to provide free armed […]

MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — A man accused of storming into a rabbi’s home and stabbing five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City was raised to embrace tolerance but has a history of mental illness, his family said. “Grafton Thomas has a long history of mental illness […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Australia’s Jewish community has slammed an Israeli government decision to promote to the post of health minister a legislator who is suspected of aiding an alleged sexual abuser wanted in Australia. The Israeli government on Sunday appointed Yaacov Litzman as health minister, sparking a litany of condemnations from Australia’s staunchly pro-Israel Jewish […]

An Op-ed By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com There is a Midrash in Aicha Rabba (chapter two) that is very instructive.  It tells us (in the reverse order that follows):  If they tell you that there is Torah among the goyim, do not believe it.  If they tell you that there is wisdom among the […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli Security Cabinet on Sunday voted to withhold $43 million of tax funds from the Palestinians, saying the money has been used to promote violence, Israeli media reported. The sum represents funds that Israel says the Palestinians have used to pay the families of Palestinians who have been jailed or killed […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today the creation of new multi-ethnic interfaith Neighborhood Safety Coalitions, increased NYPD presence, and new Department of Education lesson plans and curriculum as part of the City’s commitment to the prevention of hate crimes and anti-Semitic attacks. In addition to an immediate increased NYPD presence, the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — When a suspect walked into the home of a rabbi celebrating Hanukkah and stabbed five celebrants it was the latest in a week of anti-Semitic attacks in the nation’s most demographically diverse area — and an incident that reverberated across the country. “Again, here we are: mourning another act of senseless […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com It is a not uncommon experience for people that have family members in the hospital.  Nice well-meaning people give out gifts for the holiday season.  Throughout the year this is a wonderful thing, as it represents the fulfillment of chessed among the umos haOlam. There may be an issue, […]

MONSEY, New York (JTA) — After a man burst into a Hanukkah party at a rabbi’s house in this New York City suburb wielding a machete, Joseph Gluck sprang into action. As soon as Gluck, the administrator of the Orthodox synagogue next door, saw the attacker, he helped evacuate people from the house, then came […]

BROOKLYN, NY (JTA) — The Guardian Angels said it would start patrolling in Brooklyn after an increase in anti-Semitic attacks in the area. The group’s founder, Curtis Sliwa, told NBC News that the patrols would start on Sunday, first at noon in Crown Heights and later in the day also in Williamsburg and Borough Park. […]