[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] It may be confusing to the ordinary man when he sees what may seem like inconsistencies in rabbonim’s piskei halacha. In a fascinating shiur, HaRav Osher Weiss, shlit”a,

Heart attacks and broken hips cause much suffering and worry as people grow older. This year, Medicare wants to start changing how it pays for treatment of these life-threatening conditions,

A new election poll shows if Knesset elections were held today, Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party would be the largest in Knesset. The poll was released by Channel 10 News.

The city of Chicago recorded 762 homicides in 2016 — an average of two murders per day, the most killings in the city for two decades and more than New

His last presidential vacation behind him, Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his

During one of his Chanukah shiurim, Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita spoke of the story and message of Chanukah, citing today, there are 1.5 million members of the Reform

The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. Turkish police meanwhile

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times [Please note: The halachos mentioned in this column are for discussion purposes. Please check with your own Rav or Posaik

Bad weather dashed the hopes of a New Mexico Jewish group that hoped to win a spot in the record books by creating the world’s only menorah made from hot

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is being questioned in his home this morning, 4 Teves, ‘under warning’, hinting an indictment may be likely. Mr. Netanyahu is alleged to have illegally accepted

On Sunday night it was reported that there is a slight improvement in the condition of HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita. HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita on Sunday

An indictment was handed down in the Beersheva District Court against Assad Daka who allegedly worked with Arab MK Basel Ghattas, smuggling mobile phones to terrorists locked up in Ketziot

The stakes confronting Republicans determined to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law were evident in one recent encounter between an Ohio congressman and a constituent. “He said, ‘Now you

The recent rainfall has brought a measure of relief for the Kinneret, the nation’s fresh potable water source. In December 2016 the Kinneret rose 23 centimeters (9 inches) and on

Turkish police struggled Sunday to track down a gunman who attacked New Year’s Eve revelers at a popular Istanbul nightclub, killing at least 39 people, most of them foreigners. Close

While many feel Israel should sit back and wait for the Trump administrative to enter office on 20 January 2017, the Bayit Yehudi party seems impatient, having already called to

As Barack Obama began preparing to leave office, the first smartphone-toting U.S. president ordered his team to upgrade the White House’s aging technology for his successor. New computers were purchased