A Drive-Thru Sukkah? Yes, Indeed
The Miami Herald reports: In our on-the-go-world, the drive-through is a haven for speed and convenience. We order fast food. We drop off our...
Video: GILAD SHALIT ALIVE: “I Yearn to See My Family Again”
As reported here earlier today, after over three years in which IDF St.-Sgt. Gilad Shalit has been held in Hamas captivity in the...
Audio: Divrei Hisorerus from Rav Mintz On Sukkos
Each week, Rav Chaim Mintz, Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of Staten Island and founder and head of Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, offers, via telephone,...
Rabbi Klaperman: How Can Someone Sit in Shul and Talk About the Yankees?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
In the previous two issues of the 5TJT, we interviewed members of America's greatest generation-those who came of age during the...
Couric Faces Off With Iran’s President – And Loses
Last week, Katie Couric had the tables turned on her. During an interview with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Couric asked about Neda Soltan, the...
435,000 Passengers Expected at Airport on Sukkos; Sukkah Will Be at Terminal 3
Some 435,000 passengers are expected to pass through Ben-Gurion Airport during the Yom Tov Sukkos on some 2,800 flights. The airport is especially preparing...
‘Friends of Sholom’ Ad Aggravates Agriprocessors Trial Judge
The federal Agriprocessors financial trial will start Oct. 13 in Sioux Falls, S.D., but the issue of pretrial publicity reared its head yesterday during...
Carter: Don’t Threaten Iran
The United States and other nations should take a diplomatic approach toward Iran in negotiations over that nation's nuclear program, President Carter said yesterday....
A Message to Unregistered Voters in New York City
The New York City Board of Elections has announced that the deadline by which a voter must be registered in order to participate in...
The Chain-ing Of Kosher Food
Stewart Ain of The Jewish Week reports: As he stood in line to get a steak and "cheese" Subway sandwich, David Farin, an Orthodox...
NJ Gov. Candidates Go To War In 1st Debate
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said he's trimmed state government while continuing to fund vital services in tough economic times, while Republican challenger Chris...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 14-15 Tishrei
Yahrtzeits - 14 Tishrei
Rav Shalom Shachna of Prohovitch, son of Rav Avraham HaMalach and father of the Ruzhiner Rebbe (1760-1802). He authored a...
Legacy of Litvaks is Subject of Book Talk By Author Mark Ozer
From the 1880s to the 1920s, an estimated one million Lithuanian Jews (Litvaks) left their native Lita, on the western edge of the Russian...
Obama: Iran Must Allow Inspectors Access Within Two Weeks
President Barack Obama today called landmark nuclear talks with Iran a constructive beginning, then challenged Tehran to match words with deeds by giving international...
Yerushalayim Backs Giving Chief Rabbi Posts to Non-Chareidim
The struggle for the seats of the Yerushalayim chief rabbinate took a turn yesterday, when the Yerushalayim municipality announced in a letter to the...
Esrogim Shipment Ruined When Sprayed at Ben-Gurion With Pesticide
This year Moshe, a resident of Kfar Chabad, wanted to play by the rules. Moshe is an importer of the "Yanova etrog," an expensive...
Video: Democrat Compares Health Care Crisis to the Holocaust
Florida Rep. Alan Grayson, under fire for conservatives for describing the gist of their health care plans as "die quickly," is not exactly...
Shameful: Haaretz Cartoon Mocks Shabbos Elevator Controversy and the Gadol Hador
Never missing an opportunity to take a religious issue and paint it in the most ugly shades of hate possible, Haaretz published the cartoon seen...
Detroit: Too Broke to Bury Their Dead
At 1300 E. Warren St., you can smell the plight of Detroit. Inside the Wayne County morgue in midtown Detroit, 67 bodies are piled...
Death Toll in Indonesia Earthquake Rises to 777
Rescue workers pulled victims, some screaming in pain, from the heavy rubble of buildings felled by a powerful earthquake that killed more than 700...
