[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The tziyun of Yehuda Ben Baba located in Shfaram went up in flames. There were fears the fire was an arson attack but it now appears the fire was the result of candles lit and left unattended. The tziyun is well-known and is visited by mispallalim daily. B’chasdei Hashem no one […]

Hundreds of O’Hare International Airport workers have voted to go on strike ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Service Employees International Union Local 1 officials said Thursday that about 500 workers

Newt Gingrich confirms to NBC News he will not be in Trump’s cabinet; says he wants to focus on “strategic planning” for GOP. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday he will not serve in President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. “I want to be free to network across the whole system and look at what we […]

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] ZAKA International Rescue Unit Chief Officer Mati Goldstein: “Thanks to this training protocol, which was recognized recently at the UN by INSARAG, local volunteers now have

Mitt Romney will meet this weekend with Donald Trump. That’s according to a source involved with the incoming Republican president’s transition, who described it as a “healing meeting.” The source

Two Supreme Court justices and nine judges on President-elect Donald Trump’s list of potential high court picks are among more than 1,000 people expected at a gathering of conservative lawyers

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] By: Devorah Wahl How many businesses never start because people don’t know where to start? Parnassah Network Seminars will once again be running their full day seminar “Launch Your Business” on Nov 29 in the Clarion Hotel & Conference center in Toms River. Now is your chance to take your dream and turn […]

Amona was evacuated in 2006 and the approximately 40 families living there today and their supporters vow “Amona will not fall again”. That said, it remains unclear if supporters of the Regulation Bill will succeed in passing it in Knesset nor is it clear if the bill will save Amona. Rabbi Yair Frank, rav of […]

On November 17, 2016 over 160 Orthodox rabbis, members of the Rabbinical Council of America, published a full-page statement in New York Times addressed to President-elect Donald J. Trump. The

The federal government is estimating the number of homeless people nationwide. The Department of Housing and Urban Development will announce state-by-state figures Thursday. Officials say homelessness has declined nationwide in

Some feel that Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has sold out since assuming his current senior cabinet post while others feel his statements are among the most honest heard from members of the government. Lieberman vowed to rule with a hard-handed policy however, his recent statements and actions are not that of a hardline right-winger. Lieberman’s […]

The head of the U.N. atomic energy agency is urging Iran to keep its commitments under a nuclear deal meant to slow its ability to make nuclear arms, after it

Jerusalem Chief Sephardi Rabbis is under fire for daring to speak out against the toeiva community. Rav Amar rejects those who opine gays are not in control of their feels,

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] It is written that the final redemption will come in the merit of the women,” says Rebbetzin Abramov. I must admit, I was a little starstruck when I was offered the chance to interview Rebbetzin Tehilla Abramov. I mean, who hasn’t heard of her? Her books (The Secret of Jewish Femininity; Two Halves […]

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] There were interruptions in light rail service in Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon 16 Cheshvan due to a vehicle colliding with the train near Shas Shechem. The

President Barack Obama says he won’t advise people protesting Donald Trump’s election victory to keep silent. His message instead: Voting and organizing matter. Obama says he has continually told young