Following the first round of coalition talks on Monday 24 Shevat 5773; Yahadut Hatorah’s Deputy Minister Yaakov Litzman told reporters that bnei yeshivos who wish to continue their limud Torah must be permitted to do so. Regarding the sharing the burden, the effort to draft chareidim into the military or an approved national service, Litzman […]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s electronics network was attacked by hackers in mid-January but no classified data was compromised, the agency said in a letter to employees. The attack “resulted

Bayit HaYehudi officials ran a fair campaign, visibly making an effort to go with the positive and not base a campaign on bashing others. The dati leumi party called on

Republican Sen. John McCain’s tweet comparing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a monkey is drawing criticism from a fellow GOP lawmaker as racist. On Monday, McCain wrote, “So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space — wasn’t he just there last week?” He then linked to a news story about Iran launching a monkey […]

Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid and Naftali Bennett of Bayit HaYehudi have reached agreement regarding their demands to enter the forming coalition government, Makor Rishon reported. The two parties have

Ed Koch couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate song to herald his final farewell to New York City. Strains of “New York, New York,” the iconic ballad made famous by

Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett will be calling on Likud/Beitenu to advance his plan for a longer weekend, based on an American model. He feels that Friday should be a

Rabbonim attending a motzei Shabbos kenos against drafting chareidim are less than pleased with the fact that Yahadut Hatorah is entering into coalition talks which may result in a compromise

Pretrial hearings for a Guantanamo prisoner accused of orchestrating a deadly attack on a U.S. warship were brought to a temporary standstill on Monday as defense lawyers raised concerns that

Rabbi Chaim Druckman Shlita, a prominent rav from the dati leumi tzibur visited with the Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita in Bnei Brak on Sunday, 23 Shevat 5773. Accompanying Rav Druckman was

Yahadut Hatorah MK Rav Yisrael Eichler on Sunday, 23 Shevat 5773 visited HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita in Bnei Brak, a day ahead of the scheduled start of coalition

A chareidi youth traveling from Belgium to the UK was taken into custody after border authorities realized he was carrying someone else’s ID. The 16-year-old chareidi youth was being driven in an organized line used by chareidim traveling between Antwerp and London. As the vehicle was heading into the English Channel Tunnel he was placed […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday he saw U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden’s offer this weekend of bilateral dialogue between their two countries as a sign of a

Following round one of coalition talks in Kfar Maccabiah on Sunday 23 Shevat 5773, Shas leader Eli Yishai told the media “there are differences, more than a few. We are working to narrow the gaps between us regarding the budget and sharing the burden for example. The prime minister appears more willing to sign with […]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was ready to be the first human sent into orbit by Iran’s fledgling space program, Iranian media reported. Iran declared last week that

Subscribers of Pelephone, Hot Mobile and Rami Levi cellular service was off the air on Sunday night the eve of 24 Shevat 5773 between 19:00-23:00. The outage impacted 2.9 million