The IDF under the leadership IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gadi Eizenkott has been less than accommodating to religious soldiers and their rabbonim. The rabbonim affiliated with the nation�s hesder yeshivot are working hard to maintain the long-standing religious quo but it would appear they are standing in quicksand as the IDF chief is far […]

11:35AM IL: A verdict of guilty has been handed down in the manslaughter trial of IDF Sgt. Elor Azariya. The verdict was announced by the IDF military court in the

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A rare and intriguing discovery was revealed this weekend by hikers exploring a water cistern in the Judean Shephelah: On the walls of the cistern, in

Striking Egged workers have closed the central bus station to buses from other companies as well, bringing all bus service leaving the station and throughout the capital to a halt in the one-day warning strike. (YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

9:00AM IL: [VIDEOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The verdict in the case of IDF Sgt. Elor Azariya will be announced this morning, Wednesday, 6 Teves at a hearing held in the

Egged spokesman Ron Ratner told Kol Berama Radio on Wednesday morning 6 Teves that he is pained over the one-day strike but the lack of government cooperation towards reaching an

Egged officials have kept their word and they have launched the one-day warning strike which has brought all Egged bus service in the capital to a halt. The Jerusalem light

The IDF is relying on technology as one of the weapons against terror attacks on Highway 443, the Jerusalem-Modi�in Highway, that has known its share of terror attacks including daily firebomb and rock-throwing attacks. No less than 270 cameras have been installed along the highway in the hope of facilitating the apprehension of terrorists. The […]

As the sixth yahrzeit of Rosh Yeshivas HaNegev HaGaon HaRav Yissocher Meyer ZT�L, Rishon L�Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita was scheduled to give a shiur in his memory. Unfortunately, the yeshiva is in the midst of a power struggle for future control and this embarrassment led to the cancelation of the Rishon L�Tzion for the […]

President-elect Donald Trump pressed to fill senior posts in his administration on Tuesday even as new questions emerged about his priorities at home and abroad. His inauguration less than three

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] An Arab woman who was holed up on the third floor of a Kupat Cholim clinic in the Bat Yamun shopping center in Bat Yam was taken into custody without incident. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning 5 Teves. The perpetrator was was armed with a knife. B�chasdei Hashem no one […]

The legal fallout from Bernard Madoff’s epic fraud includes an ironic twist: a road map for investors wanting to hold on to profits that seem too good to be true.

A bill sponsored by Shas MK Yoav Ben-Tzur was discussed in the Knesset Finance Committee this week, a bill seeking to expand the current law which does not demand shuls

U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that the front passenger seat belts can fail in about 313,000 Hyundai midsize cars. The investigation posted Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety

The sign asking persons to dress modestly that was in the Machsanei HaShuk supermarket in Ashdod was removed after Israel�s Reform Movement filed a complaint. The sign, as is often seen, was at the entrance to a supermarket in a frum community. According to the Center for Religion and State, which is affiliated with the […]