The CIA director says it would be an act of “folly” for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to scrap the nuclear deal with Iran. John Brennan told the BBC in an

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A fire broke out in Yeshivas Pnei Shmuel on Tuesday night the eve of 29 Cheshvan. The yeshiva, Rabbi Neuwirth’s, is located in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Yerushalayim. A number of fire trucks responded, including a ladder truck and the entire building was checked by firefighters as heavy smoke was […]

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] “Amazing from beginning to end, ecstatic, fantabulous- no exaggerations! It was the first time that I made such an event, and the organizational aspects came out better than I ever thought they would. The Ribbono Shel Olam was in charge, so it was gevaldig!” This was how Rabbi Moshe Yakov Gruskin, founder of Sparks of Life, the […]

During his official visit to the United States, Health Minister Yaakov Litzman also met with philanthropist Sheldon Adelson to speak with him about promoting the establishment of a proton center

Hillary Clinton’s aides and supporters are urging dispirited Democrats to channel their frustrations about the election results into political causes — just not into efforts to recount ballots in three battleground states. The former Democratic presidential candidate and her close aides see the recount drive largely as a waste of resources, according to people close […]

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] They say “there is no love like a mother’s love”. That was painfully illustrated when we first met Yehuda’s mother, as she tearfully contacted us, looking for help for her son. Yehuda K. is a devoted, dedicated husband and father. Learning is his passion and he loves his daily teaching job. One of his favorite […]

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi faces a challenge to her job as frustrated House Democrats meet to select a new slate of leaders. Pelosi is likely to be re-elected easily Wednesday

A 51-year-old German man working for the country’s domestic intelligence service is reportedly under investigation for allegedly disclosing internal information on Islamic extremist chat sites. Der Spiegel magazine reported Tuesday

President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s leaving his business empire to focus on being the nation’s 45th president, bowing to pressure to avoid potential conflicts of interest between governing

Yahadut Hatorah MK Moshe Gafne is confident his Affirmative Action Bill for chareidim will pass. He spent Tuesday 28 Cheshvan fighting to gain the necessary support among coalition members. The

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times No, this is NOT an article on Kashrus, forbidding salt. It is about chemistry, of sorts. Most of the people who do it do not have a background in the underlying science involved. Nonetheless, they have discovered that somehow, some way, the –OH groups that […]

President-elect Donald Trump is enlisting a trio of nominees with deep ties to Washington and Wall Street to fill out his Cabinet, including former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as

A Wisconsin judge has refused to order local officials to conduct the state’s presidential recount by hand. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein requested the recount last week. She alleged — without evidence — that the state’s voting equipment may have been hacked. The state Elections Commission has ordered the recount to begin Thursday but […]