Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has announced that upon the start of the Knesset winter session, act to amend the national service law so that it will no longer be possible

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s ugly and acrimonious battle for the White House is barreling toward the end, with the candidates taking the debate stage Wednesday night for one final

A Megadim poll conducted by Dr. Mina Tzemach is cause for concern for the Shas party as close to 50% of chareidi Sephardim report they will not be voting Shas

In keeping with the annual minhag, President Reuven Rivlin will open the Presidential Sukkah to the tzibur on chol hamoed Sukkos. The Open Sukkah at the President’s Residence will be

1:00PM IL: A female terrorist has been shot dead as she tried to stab soldiers manning a checkpoint at Tapuach Junction in Shomron. B’chasdei Hashem there are no reports of

Thirty-three IDF orphans celebrated their bar/bas mitzvahs in a day-long event in Jerusalem organized by the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization. The day of celebrations began at the Herzl Museum,

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Hiking is a popular (and inexpensive) activity on Chol haMoed. One casualty of this activity, however, is often – the

The annual Birchas Kohanim at the Kosel will take place as every yomtov on the second day chol hamoed in Eretz Yisrael to enable people holding two days yomtov to

The High Court of Justice on Tuesday, first day Chol Hamoed Sukkos, rejected a petition filed by attorney Yossi Chavilov, seeking to block an el HaMayan ‘Kabolas Pnei Rabbo’ Sukkos

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday he will not make an appointment to finish the rest of late Brooklyn district attorney Ken Thompson’s term. Brooklyn’s first black district attorney died October

In response to the UNESCO draft resolution denying any connection between the Jewish People, Har Habayis and the Kosel, Temple Mount Institute International Director Rabbi Chaim Richman believes the Jews

Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a 0.3 percent increase in monthly benefits next year, the fifth year in a row that older Americans will have

The father of the child made off with his son shortly before the scheduled bris took place in the home of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita on Tuesday, the first

Police were called at about 16:00 on erev Sukkos after persons feared a driver had abducted children in Afula. A caller told a police dispatcher he saw the driver place

As reported by YWN-ISRAEL, Israel last week announced it is suspending all cooperation with UNESCO following the UN-affiliate’s latest outrage, its resolution denying any Jewish connection to Har Habayis and

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Thousands of chassidim were on hand taking part in the motzei Yomtov Ushpizin Tisch at Vishnitz Bnei Brak in the presence of the Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita.