Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says the average for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined to 3.48 percent from 3.50 percent last week. The

700 mispallalim arrived in fourteen buses at Kever Yosef in PA (Palestinian Authority) occupied Shechem on the night of 19 Elul (Wednesday to Thursday) ahead of Rosh Hashanah. As in

There are promises the directive compelling IDF soldiers to shave is going to be changed amid growing controversy between commander and religious military personnel. IDF Chief of Manpower Branch Major-General

A Jewish schoolboy was left in tears after a gang of teenagers allegedly threatened to beat him up unless he removed his Yarmulka. The 11-year-old boy was walking home from

In the framework of preventative action, security forces operated in Issawiya and the Shuafat refugee camp in the Jerusalem district, confiscating weapons and ammunition including pistols, magazines, pocketknives, and assorted

Computer hackers swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what is believed to be the biggest digital break-in at an email provider. The massive security breakdown

Charlotte police refused under mounting pressure Thursday to release video that could resolve wildly different accounts of the shooting of a black man, as the National Guard arrived to try

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to address Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, during a speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday. Netanyahu said that in

[VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Two women R”L were killed and a man moderately injured in a vehicular accident between two vehicles on Route 35 near Rivchah Junction in

In keeping with annual tradition, Ministry of Agriculture inspectors increase their presence and vigilance ahead of Sukkos, making an extra effort to prevent illegal importation of any of the arba

A series of fires at Iranian petrochemical plants and facilities have raised suspicions about hacking potentially playing a role, with authorities saying that “viruses had contaminated” equipment at several of

Once again the matter of salmonella alert is in the news in Israel. This time, the Tzabar Salad Company, which was quick to announce it took corrective action even before

Following the historic visit of HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita at the chasenah of a grandson of the Gerre Rebbe Shlita, the rebbe traveled to Bnei Brak to

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Yitzchak Pindrus at a city council meeting on Wednesday night 18 Elul discussed the machlokes that continues between the frum and secular residents of the city’s Kiryat

Female TV presenter Hila Korach was attacked on Wednesday morning 18 Elul in Meah Shearim while involved in an educational photo shoot project. She describes what occurred in an interview

Shortly before departing for NYC where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu telephoned Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and asked him to hold off with

President Bashar Assad rejected U.S. accusations that Syrian or Russian planes struck an aid convoy in Aleppo or that his troops were preventing food from entering the city’s rebel-held eastern

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