WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Senate Republican is denouncing the “unfair” House impeachment of President Donald Trump and reassuring Trump and his supporters that “moments like this are why the United States Senate exists.” Sen. Mitch McConnell, in remarks prepared for a Thursday floor speech, accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of being afraid to send […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Mideast envoy said Wednesday that Israel advanced or approved plans for over 22,000 housing units in West Bank settlements and east Jerusalem in the three years since the Security Council adopted a resolution condemning settlements in lands the Palestinians want for their future state. Nickolay Mladenov told the Security […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Students at the Ponovezh Yeshiva took upon themselves to fast Thursday at the behest of their Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Shmuel Markowitz, because they may have inadvertently eaten forbidden foods. The students had approached their Rosh Yeshiva after some of them noticed earlier in the week that the food being served in […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin called the U.S. impeachment process “far-fetched” Thursday, making a seemingly obvious prediction that Donald Trump will be acquitted in the Senate. Putin said Thursday at his annual news conference in Moscow that the move is a continuation of the Democrats’ fight against Trump. “The party that lost the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Minutes after the House impeached President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw uncertainty into the process by refusing to say, repeatedly, when or whether she would send two articles to the Senate for a trial. Her comments came as a surprise in a news conference late Wednesday that was intended to […]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket toward southern Israel early Thursday and Israeli aircraft responded with airstrikes in the Hamas-ruled territory. The Israeli military said air defenses intercepted the rocket that was fired toward Sderot town. Two hours later, successive airstrikes targeted militant sites in Gaza […]

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Defiant in the face of a historic rebuke, President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Michigan on Wednesday night as the House voted to impeach him, declaring, “It doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached.” Trump took the stage just minutes before he became the third president in U.S. history to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors. The historic vote split along party lines, much the way it has divided the nation, over the charges […]

LONDON (JNS) — Two teenagers turned themselves into police on Tuesday and were charged allegedly shouted “kill the Jews” before punching a rabbi last month in an anti-Semitic attack in North London. “Detectives investigating a racially aggravated assault on a 54-year-old man in Stamford Hill have charged two boys,” said Met Police in a statement. […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com A recent article published by JTA highlighted a Siyum HaShas for women only – spearheaded by an orthodox woman. Michelle Cohen Farber, founder of Hadran: Advancing Talmud Study for Women and Daf Yomi for Women is organizing the first ever global daf yomi siyum for women.  Farber has rented […]