Deep inside the military’s special operations forces there is a crisis of conscience unfolding. The publication of “No Easy Day,” a former Navy SEAL’s account of the raid that killed

Officials in Ben-Gurion International Airport do not feel that the ticket controversy among Breslov chassidim will have a major impact in the number of travelers to Uman for Rosh Hashanah.

[VIDEO IN EXTRENDED ARTICLE] Amid growing concerns of new guidelines that will compromise the long-standing minhag yisrael pertaining to bris milah, many rabbonim are uniting to begin the battle against the NYC Health Department on the metzitzah b’peh (MBP) issue. Perhaps an indicator of just how worrisome the situation is, the Satmar Rebbes Shlita are […]

Hours after expressing its “deep disappointment” with the Democratic Party’s adoption of text in its platform which omitted recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the leadership of the Orthodox Union commended the Democrats convened in Charlotte, NC for adopting a revised text on this important issue. This afternoon, delegates adopted a revised text […]

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has issued a stern warning that an Israeli attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities would be “disastrous for the region” and a military assault would “set off deep shocks in the security and economic spheres that would reverberate far beyond the boundaries of the Mideast”. The call from a Russian […]

The last of the three Japan defendants, the talmidim convicted of drug smuggling by Japanese authorities, was released and arrived in Eretz Yisrael late Wednesday night, the eve of 19

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. A man who ran for President to change

[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly presided over the NYPD’s annual High Holiday security briefing at One Police Plaza, Wednesday morning. Community leaders from all sects of the Jewish community were in attendance. As in previous years, the NYPD is increasing protection in Jewish neighborhoods as Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur […]

Deputy Minister of Health (Yahadut HaTorah) Yaakov Litzman used his position to prevent the ministry from adhering to a request from an organization representing Israeli pediatricians seeking guidelines by the ministry forbidding metzitzah b’peh. Israel’s organization representing the nation’s pediatricians is seeking to have the ministry release bris milah guidelines that prohibit metzitzah b’peh, but […]

Most avreichim are still unaware of just how serious the current situation in Eretz Yisrael is regarding their status and the IDF. The abolition of the Tal Law has left

Batei Warsaw (Meah Shearim) resident Shalom Baruch Rust is not taking his losses quietly. He has filed an 88,000 NIS lawsuit against police for damaging his property, causing him to

The condition of one of the prominent roshei yeshiva in the Tishbin Chassidus, HaGaon HaRav Avrohom ben Gita Ganchovsky (????????) is reported as extremely serious and the rav is in need of Am Yisrael’s tefilos. An atzeres Tefillah is planned for Thursday evening 19 Elul 5772 in the chassidus’ main beis medrash, Khal Chassidim in […]

09:26 IL: The IDF a short time ago targeted a terror cell while placing a bomb along the Gaza border in the Beit Hanoun area of N. Gaza. According to

Democrats on Wednesday reinstated language in their party platform recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but only after an unclear vote in which as many delegates appeared to oppose

Yisrael Wallis, who was in 2008 was sent to prison for six years after being convicted in the death of his infant son, will be released early. Wallis, who was 21 when he entered prison, was found guilty of shaking his 3-month-old child to death two years earlier, after being left home alone with the infant […]

Inspectors of the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health worked hand-in-hand with Tira police towards successfully intercepting a shipment of treif meat originating in PA (Palestinian Authority) autonomous areas,

[By: Elliot Moses] Last Monday night the Rockaway Citizens Safety Patrol held its first Annual dinner at the Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater. The dinner was in honor of

30-year-old Canadian citizen Yana Gorelik, who also holds Israeli citizenship, arrived in Israel on Sunday 15 Elul 5772 to attend a family simcha, the wedding of a cousin. She and

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Schumer is asked about Obama’s position after Democrats removed this pro-Israel language from this year’s party platform: “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel.

President Obama’s acceptance speech has been moved from the Bank of America Stadium to the Time Warner Cable Arena, Democrats announced Wednesday. Democrats blamed “severe weather forecasts” for the move

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