With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers. A House vote on the measure

Investigators believe one of two suspects charged in Canada with plotting to blow up a railroad track carrying passenger trains traveled to Iran within the past two years, U.S. law

Tax Authority officials surprised many storekeepers when they arrived in the Geula area of Yerushalayim as well as neighboring Meah Shearim. According to a Haaretz report, the move came partially in response to criticism leveled against the tax collectors, alleging they turn a “blind eye” to tax evasion in chareidi areas. Stores on Meah Shearim, […]

The following statement was released by MK (Likud) Moshe Feiglin, who heads the party’s Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish Leadership) faction via Facebook and Twitter. I am completely with the Haredim (ultra-Orthodox) who reject the State attempt to compel them to add a secular curriculum to Torah studies in their schools: Responsibility for the education of a […]

The Thursday 15 Iyar 5773 edition of Yated Neeman carries a call from the Moetzes Gedolei Yisrael on its front page. “We are asked to inform the tzibur that there has not been any change in the position of the Council since the meeting on 25 Menachem Av 5772 at which time it was decided that a […]

In a briefing with senior Israel Police commanders, Chief of Traffic Enforcement Bruno Stein called on his commanders to do whatever possible to avoid chilul Shabbos as they prepare for Lag B’Omer 5773. Road closures will begin before Shabbos as police continue to urge visitors to use buses to make their way to Meron and […]

George W. Bush shed a sentimental tear. Barack Obama mused about the burdens of the office. Bill Clinton dished out wisecracks. Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush chimed in, too,

The tziyun of the Tana R’ Shimon ben Gamliel is located in Kana in northern Israel. Visitors were shocked to see the lock and chain were broken and vandals used

A preparedness training assembly was held in Haifa on Tuesday night, the eve of 14 Iyar 5773 under the auspices of the IDF Homefront Command. It was intended for avreichim

Attending a kenos at Orot College in Rehovot, Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau Shlita spoke in his usual eloquent fashion, stressing the importance of achdus in Am Yisrael

The Boston Marathon bombing suspects had planned to blow up their remaining explosives in New York’s Times Square, New York officials said Thursday. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Many residents of communities throughout Yehuda and Shomron feel abandoned as a result of the diminished IDF presence in those areas. Despite the sharp increase in attacks against Jewish motorists

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] [VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As Lag B’omer approaches, anyone who has been fortunate enough to pour their hearts out to the Tanna Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai recalls these sweet memories. The singing and dancing with other Jews from all walks of life until the wee hours of the night is an experience that bonds […]

Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother discussed setting off bombs in New York after attacking the Boston Marathon but their plan fell apart when they became embroiled in a

The following is from the National Post: News reports have branded it an “illegal synagogue,” and local activists at odds with the neighbourhood’s growing Hasidic population have campaigned to have it shut down, but a court has ruled that prayers can continue within Congregation Munchas Elozer Munkas. Nobody disputes that the 35-year-old synagogue located inside […]