The power of federal government agencies over local authorities was at issue before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, in two complex cases whose outcome could affect the spread of

Shas and Yahadut Hatorah officials have already been in contact and have agreed to form a chareidi bloc following elections, the daily Yisrael Hayom reports. That means they will entering

Second presidential terms are never easy — even for George Washington. More often, they’re fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout, and souring relations with Congress. President Barack Obama acknowledges the dangers of overreach but vows to steer cautiously. The odds are against him. He’s the 20th U.S. president to serve […]

A new Walla News poll was released on Wednesday 5 Shevat 5773, conducted by the TNS Institute for Walla. While the Likud/Beitenu list is a far cry from the 40

Local politicians stepped up their campaign for the District of Columbia to become the 51st state this week, introducing a bill in the House of Representatives and mounting a PR

The Supreme Court on Tuesday 4 Shevat 5773 heard a petition seeking to halt state funding to any talmid torah that does not include so-called core subjects in its curriculum.

Charities and nonprofit organizations are worried that new limits on tax deductions for high earners will hurt donations just as charitable giving is starting to rebound from the depths of

The Supreme Court earlier in the week instructed the state to respond within 45 days towards justifying continued yeshiva funding following the disqualification of the Tal Law. R’ Meir Porush released a statement in response to the High Court, saying “Next week we can show the court that it is waging a war against hundreds […]

The state petitioned the Supreme Court to lift the ban on clearing the Bab el-Shams outpost which was established by Arabs in the E1 area last week. The petition was

U.S. Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he has expressed strong disapproval to Egypt’s Islamist president about his past comments about Jews. Despite an uproar in Washington over the remarks, he

A federal judge is fining Russia $50,000 a day for refusing to return a Jewish group’s historic books and documents. Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court issued the order Wednesday, a week after a hearing on the case. It was made over the objection of the Justice Department, which argued that fines […]

The latest Channel 2 election poll, released on Tuesday 4 Shevat 5773 shows Bayit HaYehudi is slipping, now with 12 seats as compared to 13 in the previous poll. The

Colin Smith had a serious problem. As CEO of Great Britain’s legendary Safeway supermarket chain, he was seeing how his loyal customers were gradually being wooed away by competing supermarkets. Determined to resolve the situation, he authorized his marketing team to spend time analyzing the situation and come up with a solution to tackle the […]

“It was all very bizarre” explains bus driver Avrohom Werdiger, a 35-year-old chareidi from Bnei Brak employed by Egged for about a decade. Werdiger is the bus driver whose actions halted what could have been a bloody incident as he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger. Werdiger, who is also a Zaka volunteer explains “The […]

Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks

After attorney Yoav Lalum joined Am Shalem, Rabbi Chaim Amsellem’s party, heading its chareidi faction, HaGaon Harav Yaakov Chai Yosef announced that he no longer supports Lalum and the latter no longer has any right to speak in his name. In a letter released to the public, R’ Yaakov Yosef expresses his disapproval of Lalum’s […]

Yahadut Hatorah’s R’ Yisrael Eichler sends his election audio message to thousands, a message that is almost eight minutes long, seeking to persuade eligible voters to vote for his party. Following are excerpts from the audio message: War will break out on 11 Shevat 5773. The question is if the war will culminate with the […]

Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America — the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization — commended the House of Representatives for its passage Tuesday evening of an emergency appropriations bill to provide relief and reconstruction in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The Orthodox Union also expressed its appreciation to key members and […]