Donald Trump’s disavowal this week of white supremacists who have cheered his election as president hasn’t quieted concerns about the movement’s impact on his White House or whether more acts

Pilots at Lufthansa are staging a fourth consecutive day of strikes against the German airline on Saturday, with chances of an immediate resolution to the pay dispute looking slim after

A school superintendent in Massachusetts has asked police to investigate after swastikas and other offensive graffiti were found on a rock outside of a school. Harvard Public Schools Superintendent Linda

Fidel Castro’s rule of Cuba began in 1959 — when he became the island nation’s prime minister — until 2008, when he transferred power to his brother, Raul Castro. Tensions

Holiday shoppers eager to snag big discounts turned to the internet in record fashion this week, one tracking company said, driving online sales on Black Friday to a new high.

Smoking has dropped to historic lows nationwide, dramatically decreasing revenue from tobacco taxes. In search of funds, a growing number of states are taxing electronic cigarettes — a trend that is sparking a fierce public health debate over whether it will deter smokers from switching to a safer alternative. California became the seventh state to […]

Hillary Clinton’s campaign will participate in vote recounts of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan if they take place, drawing a rebuke from Donald Trump’s team that the Democrat is being a “sore loser” and part of a “ridiculous” effort. If Green Party candidate Jill Stein initiates recounts in those states as she intends, the Clinton campaign […]

Hebron community spokesman Noam Arnon announced on motzei Shabbos that over 30,000 people spent Shabbos Chayei Sarah in the holy city with 3,000 taking part in the collective seuda hint

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon was interviewed by Channel 2 News on motzei Shabbos, asked if the persons waiting for government assistance following the fires will have to wait years as

The Israel Police northern district spokesman announced on Motzei Shabbos a number of suspects who were taken into custody on suspicion of starting terrorist arson fires were being arraigned on

Dear friend and supporter of Torah. The recent attention by the American Torah community to the plight of avreichim in Eretz Yisroel has been most heartening. Their recognition that the Torah that is learned here with ameilus and mesirus nefesh by the thousands who make hasmadah b’torah their life’s, is a most heartening phenomenon. I administer a […]

Fidel Castro’s rule of nearly five decades split many a Cuban family between exile and solidarity with the communist revolution — including his own. While brother Raul was his closest confidant and successor as president, sister Juana, exiled in south Florida, called Fidel a “monster” to whom she hadn’t spoken in more than four decades. […]

IDF soldiers in the Maale Shomron area apprehended a suspect carrying gasoline and two igniters along with a knife. He was taken into custody without injuries. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on erev Shabbos, toured the site of the fire at Beit Meir, accompanied by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, Jerusalem District Border

Reshet Bet Radio reporting the area burned in the Nachal Kefira Jerusalem Hills area is larger than in the Carmel fire six years ago, 28,000 duman (7,000 acres). Jim Wheeler,

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times It was the talk in numerous shuls this past Shabbos. “Would you have given the man the twenty dollars?” “No, I don’t trust anyone.” “Of course, I would have – it was a chillul Hashem. The people that gave – didn’t know until later.” THE […]

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At this time of Fidel Castro’s passing, we extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people. We know that this moment fills Cubans – in Cuba and in the United States – with powerful emotions, recalling the countless ways in which Fidel Castro altered the course of individual lives, families, and of the Cuban […]

“Today, the world marks the passing of a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades. Fidel Castro’s legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. “While Cuba remains a totalitarian island, it is my hope that today marks a move away from […]