(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Following his Sunday morning visit to the Stoliner Yeshiva in Boro Park, Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin drove upstate to Kiryas Yoel. Rubashkin, who was joined by his
On 12 Kislev, IDF Sgt. Ron Kokia was stabbed to death in Arad while waiting at a bus stop for soldiers; his personal weapon was also taken. On 13 Kislev,
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fired back at the United Nations following last week’s UN General Assembly vote in which the forum rejected President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as being Israel’s capital. The vote passed 128-9 with 35 abstentions. Mr. Netanyahu stated, “Israel completely rejects this preposterous resolution. Jerusalem is our […]
Ask someone like Sam Banks about the tax plan President Donald Trump signed into law Friday, and you hear something other than the effusive joy Republicans in Congress put on
Chilul Shabbos was Baruch Hashem prevented, the operation of buffets on Shabbos in public parks in Haifa. As a result of the vigorous activities of Haifa City Council members, at
With the new calendar year fast approaching, approximately 100 principals and school administrators tuned in to a webinar to better understand how New York’s Paid Family Leave Law (PFLL) will affect their institutions when it takes effect at the start of the new year. The one and a half hour-long webinar was hosted by Agudath […]
Shmuel HaNavi/Bar Ilan Junction in Jerusalem will be changed to Maran Junction after Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L. The Jerusalem Naming Committee approved the move in a vote on Sunday afternoon, 6 Teves. The intersection is adjacent to Maran’s kever, which is located in Sanhedria Cemetery next to the intersection. There was discussion to […]
In the wake of the riots in recent weeks following the uprooting of the modesty signs by the Beit Shemesh Municipality, which caused an uproar and resulted in the replacement
More than 40 former U.S. attorneys and Republican and conservative officials are pushing back against efforts to discredit the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. In a
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) Professor, Recently, you were one of 167 signatories who signed a petition that described Yerushalayim as in a state of legal occupation. You have put your name to a document that calls for recognizing the “Palestinians’ legitimate stake in the future of Jerusalem.” How could […]
(VIDEOS & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) The whirlwind celebrations of Sholom Rubashkin’s early release from prison continued on Motzei Shabbos and again on Sunday morning. Hundreds gathered at an event
When news surfaced that President Donald Trump had commuted Sholom Rubashkin’s 27-year prison sentence, the disagreements surrounding the way the government handled Rubashkin’s case were rekindled. All I could think of when I heard of the commutation was that at last this nightmare would end for Rubashkin’s family, particularly his gentle son Moishe, who suffers […]
Shin Bet Chief Nadav Argaman appeared before members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee to brief them on events towards the end of the Gregorian year. Argaman spoke
HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Kisei Rachamim is calling for a public fast day due to the lack of rainfall. The rav made his remarks during his motzei
President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican congressman Ron DeSantis for Florida governor. Trump tweeted Friday that DeSantis is “a brilliant young leader.” DeSantis, who is 39, back in August proposed
There’s “no doubt” a gunman who fired at police in several locations in the state capital, wounding one of them before they shot and killed him, was targeting police officers,
Federal authorities say a Pakistani-born woman accused in a bitcoin scheme to help the Islamic State group got a visa allowing her into United States because of her family ties.
North Korea on Sunday called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty, and said it is a “pipe dream” for the
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