Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat turned to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to examine the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on Amona and efforts to address lands in Jerusalem. In his letter, Mayor Barkat refers the attorney general to work being conducted in recent weeks in City Hall involving the city’s legal advisor as the city […]

The latest WikiLeaks release shows CNN reaching out to Democratic officials to suggest questions for host Wolf Blitzer to ask Donald Trump in an interview, a practice the network defended

Channel 10 News correspondent Raviv Drucker reported that former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon blocked the sale of three additional advanced German-made submarines to Israel. The report states that Ya’alon learned from information leaked to him that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu planned to purchase three additional subs and two ships used against submarines in a deal […]

A record number of Americans have voted ahead of Election Day, driven by soaring turnout from Latino voters. That could be good news for Hillary Clinton. At least 43.2 million people have cast ballots by early voting — by mail or at polling stations, according to Associated Press data. Record levels have been reported in […]

Avraham Stern, the Kaminetz Yeshiva talmid arrested for failing to report to an IDF draft center was released due to the efforts of Yahadut Hatorah MK Moshe Gafne. The talmid

While defending security controls put in place after the Edward Snowden affair, the top U.S. counterintelligence official says secret government data remains vulnerable to determined thieves. Bill Evanina told The

Deputy Defense Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan announced at an assembly on Monday, 6 Cheshvan, that he has prepared protocols for Jewish tefilla on Har Habayis. Speaking at the Doresh Tzion assembly, which encourages Jews to visit the holy site, Ben-Dahan stated “during my previous tenure as Deputy Minister of Religious Services, I prepared […]

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request Monday from Ohio Democrats to issue an order aimed at preventing Donald Trump’s supporters from harassing or intimidating voters on Election Day.

A security alert occurred during an official visit to Germany by Jerusalem Chief Sephardi Rav Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlita. Rav Amar is in Germany and is visiting with Jewish

A Samsung phone user in France says her Galaxy J5 smartphone caught fire and exploded on Sunday. The model is different from the Galaxy Note 7 that has been recalled

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] HaGaon HaRav Eliezer Kahaneman Shlita flew to a dinner in New York via Cyprus and Vienna, leading some to question why the round-about route. Rav Kahaneman

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times THE CHOFETZ CHAIM The Chofetz Chaim was often saddened by the fact that certain Seforim and certain Mesechtos were virtually ignored. The Midrashei Halacha, comprised of the Mechilta, the Sifra and Sifrei, were written by Tannaim. They form the very first commentary on Chumash – […]

An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his Cabinet ministers to keep quiet about the American election. The official says Netanyahu told his ministers to refrain from

Print newspapers may be disappearing like the home telephone, but not after Election Day. Remembering the frenzy for old-fashioned papers the morning after Barack Obama’s historic win in 2008, newspapers