Travel conditions remained hazardous as a winter storm swept across much of the northern Great Plains Monday, with blowing and drifting snow creating near-zero visibility on some roads. The combination

1,500 mispallalim visited Kever Yosef during the second night of Chanukah (Sunday/Monday) with permission of IDF officials. There were a number of disturbances by Arabs in Shechem who prefer not to see Jews visiting the tziyun. There were no injuries and tefilos were conducted as planned. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer says he wants Donald Trump to include “real spending” and not just tax breaks in his plan to overhaul America’s transportation infrastructure. The New

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] [By Rabbi Yair Hoffman] It is one of those Chassidish Chanukah Minhagim that Litvaks generally don’t really go for. Nonetheless, it is a genuine Minhag that dates back hundreds of years. In a nutshell, this is what is done: In Chassidish communities of Poland and Hungary, it has been the custom […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times One thing about being in Eretz Yisroel is that the every day signs and instructional directions often take on Biblical

The Knesset Law Committee on Sunday, 25 Kislev, approved a bill banning spam phone calls and messaging to phones. A company must obtain the consent prior to sending messages or

Raymond Zeitoune, Esq. & Isaac Yedid Esq. An effective estate planning tool that protects funds intended to enrich the life of a loved one with special needs while preserving eligibility for public benefits is commonly known as a “Special Needs Trust” or a “Supplemental Needs Trust” (SNT). An SNT is a specialized legal document designed to benefit […]

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gadi Eizenkott on Sunday night the eve of 26 Kislev, lit candles for the second night of Chanukah on the Ein-Yahav

Jill Stein’s bid to recount votes in Pennsylvania was in trouble even before a federal judge shot it down Dec. 12. That’s because the Green Party candidate’s effort stood almost no chance of detecting potential fraud or error in the vote — there was basically nothing to recount. Pennsylvania is one of 11 states where […]

Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Dovid Baruch Lau Shlita is working to revamp the state kashrus system and has appointed a committee which will soon make recommendations to him on

Fragments of a plane were dragged out of the Black Sea on Monday amid a massive search operation as Russian officials declared that their investigation into the crash would focus on technical faults or pilot errors — not terrorism. On shore, the nation held a day of mourning, laying flowers and lighting candles for the […]

If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he may have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman,

The news from Bnei Brak’s Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital is Baruch Hashem good as doctors report the condition of Maran HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita has improved since being admitted on Sunday. The Rosh Yeshiva arrived at the hospital accompanied by his gabbaim and personal physician, Prof. Avraham Weinberg. He had a fever and […]

[VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Israel Police has welcomed into its marine fleet 10 new boats called the “Wasp”, including a larger and medium sized vessel as well as a smaller one. The boats were handed over officially in Seattle in the USA, the culmination of a three-year process. Some of the vessels are […]

The Israeli government’s furious reaction to the U.N. Security Council’s adoption of a resolution opposing Jewish settlements underscores its fundamental and bitter dispute with the international community about the future