The top Democrats on Senate committees responsible for vetting President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees said Thursday his picks should not advance to a Senate vote without completing a financial disclosure

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] Yerushalayim…It is labeled “The Private Historic Estate at Schneller” and is already being recognized as the most luxurious housing complex ever built in the eternal city of Yerushalayim. Construction of the near 400 deluxe apartments has reached a new phase as the foundation for the beautiful buildings has been completed, well ahead of schedule. The excitement […]

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday 22 Kislev, is scheduled to vote on an Egyptian resolution demanding an immediate halt to all construction in all settlements. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu used twitter to get out his message “The US should veto the anti-Israel resolution in the UN Security Council Thursday”. Israel Ambassador to the […]

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday called for a U.N. Security Council resolution that would halt Israeli settlement activities to be vetoed. “As the United States has long maintained, peace between

A poll has found that the most annoying word or phrase used in casual conversation in America is “whatever.” The Marist College poll released Wednesday indicates the word irritates 38

A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement between President-elect Donald Trump and former students of Trump University who claimed they were misled by his promises to teach

Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Ariel Shlita was asked to explain why the frum tzibur has disqualified the Reform Movement as a whole while “Reform” means making change as one moves ahead as is done with halacha too. The question was posed on a dati leumi website Shu’t forum. The question posed […]

Residents of Amona a short time ago announced they were accepting a High Court of Justice request and would sign affidavits guaranteeing they will leave the community by the court-set

The state on Thursday, 22 Kislev, filed a request for a 45-day extension for Amona to permit the government to move ahead preparing the area known as Plot 38. The

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Seventeen Sifrei Torah have been donated to Israel Prison Authority facilities around the country as well as hospitals and government offices. The Sifrei Torah arrived in

Seven laws will be going into effect in Israel on January 1, 2017 including an additional vacation day and new Bituach Leumi investment law. 1. The national minimum wage will

A federal board responsible for protecting Americans against abuses by spy agencies is in disarray just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will have only two remaining members as of Jan. 7 — and no Democrats even though it is required to operate as an independent, […]

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and Minister of Education and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett on Tuesday night 20 Kislev, spoke to Jewish children and teenagers on three continents in celebration of the new government-established Week of Strengthening the Connection to Diaspora Jewry. The conversation, which took place in The Jewish Agency’s situation room in Jerusalem […]

THE RISHUMEI AHARON (VOL. I 92 pages and Vol. II 45 pages, beautifully arranged and typeset by Machon Daas Z’keinim in Lakewood, NJ) was written by Rav Aharon Felder z”l, a Talmid Muvhak of Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l. by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Rav Felder was the Rav of Congregation […]

One of Donald Trump’s advisers says the president-elect is no longer interested in his rallying cry “drain the swamp.” “I’m told he now just disclaims that. He now says it