Residents of Yishuv Ofra, located in the Benjamin Regional Council district of Shomron, are stepping up efforts to save nine homes, which have been ordered destroyed by Israel’s High Court of Justice. Shai Ben-Yosef, who heads the Yishuv Ofra action committee remains optimistic while admitting time is running out regarding efforts to prevent the destruction […]

As part of the 10th annual Israel Day at the New York Stock Exchange, the America – Israel Friendship League honored four pioneering Israeli women who have flourished in their

The Ministerial Law Committee on Sunday, 12 Cheshvan, unanimously passed the Regulation Bill initiated by Likud MK Yoav Kish along with Bayit Leumi MKs Shuli Muallem and Betzalel Smotrich seeking

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A few hundred protesters were outside Har Nof apartment of Shas party leader Aryeh Deri on motzei Shabbos in an effort to drive their point home.

Ashkelon City Hall was one of many taking part in The Shabbos Project, which was hosted worldwide this past Shabbos, Parshas Lech Lecha. Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni was distanced from

Judy Pennington voted for Barack Obama in 2008, decades after her grandfather dug up and sold coal from his property. Elliott County, Kentucky, had followed the rest of the country

During the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday 12 Cheshvan, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed his support for the bill sponsored by MK Moti Yogev that seeks to silence the loudspeakers

Immigrants, their advocates and others opposing a Donald Trump presidency continued to protest Sunday, speaking out against the president-elect’s support of deportation and other measures. Organizers in Manhattan carried signs

MK (Arab Bloc) Ahmed Tibi has announced that if the flag bill is voted into law, he will transgress the law as he does not plan to comply with a law that demands the presence of an Israeli flag at events attended by a Member of Knesset. He announced “the political process [between Israel and […]

The Islamic State group is increasing its presence in Pakistan, recruiting Uzbek militants, attracting disgruntled Taliban fighters and partnering with one of Pakistan’s most violent sectarian groups, according to police

[VIDEOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week met in his office with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. During his official visit, the senior Russian official acknowledged the Jewish connection to the Kosel and Habayis, sending a clear message to UNESCO, which recently denied the Jewish People’s connection to the holy sites. During […]

Less insouciant, more policed — France is a changed place since Islamic State extremists killed 130 people in the country’s deadliest attacks a year ago. Fearing it’s becoming more divided, too, survivors and victims’ families marked Sunday’s anniversary of the violence by pleading for national unity instead. Tourism is hurting, armed forces roam streets and […]

Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita announces that there is no problem for kohanim to fly El Al to the USA despite recent reports there are problems since flights fly over the Holon cemetery. YWN-ISRAEL recently reports that HaGaon HaRav Eliezer Kahaneman Shlita recently flew to NYC from a Haifa airport to Cyprus to avoid […]

During an interview on Kol Chai Radio on Sunday morning 12 Cheshvan with host Mordechai Lavi and Shomron Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, it was reported that during the predawn

European Union foreign ministers will gather Sunday to discuss the impact of Donald Trump’s election on trans-Atlantic ties and whether it will complicate relations with an increasingly belligerent Russia. At informal dinner talks in Brussels, well away from the media, the ministers will debate how many of Trump’s campaign announcements — like isolationist positions on […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Rav Reuven Feinstein Shlita, the Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva of Staten Island, has just authored a sefer on Chumash called, “Nahar Shalom.” The first volume on Bereishis is now available covering Parshios Bereishis to Parshas Toldos, and it has 481 pages. The sefer is in […]

Another indictment has been filed against MK Moshe Gafne, this one for driving at an excessive speed. Traffic police issued the veteran MK a fine for traveling 86KPH on Derech

President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced that Trump for President CEO Stephen K. Bannon will serve as Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President, and Republican National Committee Chairman

President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to empower his running mate Mike Pence to steer the presidential transition gives the soon-to-be vice president a powerful hand in shaping the incoming government and