Editorial

From time immemorial, members of Klal Yisroel have always been involved in advocacy efforts on behalf of the Jewish people. Some call it shtadlonus,...

This video posted below is as self-explanatory as it is painful and worrisome. Mimicking the atmosphere in Israel following the 1995 assassination of Prime...

Dear Dennis : I am writing as an elected member of the Board of Education, a resident of East Ramapo, a voter, a taxpayer, and...

Chanukah is the time where all Jews should take inspiration from the Maccabees – and not from those who have undermined Judaism - such...

How can this be? The Litman family were gunned down on the road from Hevron to Meitar on Friday afternoon whilst they were on their...

I supported change and voted for Ed Day, I became one of the people that realized that I've elected a County Executive that is...

During a speech to the World Zionist Conference on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu said that Hitler intended only to expel the Jews from Europe, and...

Some people have questioned Yeshiva World News’ decision to post the horrifying events of the Malchei Yisroel Steet attack in Geulah. YWN is aware...

THE FOLLOWING WAS PUBLISHED BY YWN ON CHOL HAMOED PESACH 5775: The following might be painful for some to read. Silence, however, is not an...

Rabbi Elazar said: One who becomes compassionate to the cruel will ultimately become cruel to the compassionate. (Midrash Tanhuma, Parshat Mezora, 1) Reb Mendel Futerfas,...

As a grandchild of Holocaust survivors, I am keenly aware of the existential threat a nuclear Iran poses to Israel and the world. I am...

I had just finished a phone call with the father of Faigy Mayer, may her soul rest in peace, when I saw a pained...

Recently, we've been hearing much in the news about a group that calls itself Yaffed (Young Advocates For Fair Education). They sent a letter...

A Democratic governor, the most powerful in the country by far, stands in most Democratic county in the country, behind a banner that reads...

Giving an endorsement is not something I take lightly. When I support a candidate for office, it’s only after taking into consideration numerous factors....

Lost in the tumultuous and disturbing events of Ferguson, Staten Island and Baltimore are the thousands of daily interactions between police and local citizens...

I applauded when James B. Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, so candidly and guilelessly admitted last week the terrible truth...

As Iran nuclear talks go into the home stretch, top officials in Tehran are digging in on positions that appear set to doom the...

Hamodia – Editorial – April 22, 2015: NB: When President Obama held back-to-back meetings with leaders of major Jewish organizations and Jewish supporters —...

The proposed U.S. deal with Iran would give the largest terror state in the world the ability to create nuclear weapons. Consequently columnists, clergy,...

Every so often I see a press release that causes a double take. Last week’s came from the Town of Mamakating, in upstate New...

“And a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.” (Exodus 1:8) Those words have a very troubling ring to anyone familiar with...

According to most analysts, the recent anti-Netanyahu blitz by President Obama has been nearly unprecedented in the US-Israel relationship. It seems that the Obama...

The following is an unedited analysis by the AP on Tuesdays election in Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu's apparent reelection puts Israel on a course toward ever...

The debate is still raging. Should Bibi have accepted? Should he have cancelled? No speech in recent memory created such an enormous reaction in...

Diplomatic protocol is sacrosanct to world leaders. Adherence to the unofficial rules of international diplomacy is universally expected and any deviation from those rubrics...

This was an observation attributed, variously, to Rav Meir Shapiro of Lublin z’l, to the Chofetz Chaim of Radin z’l, to Rav Yisrael Lipkin...

Jerusalem is in tears. The tragic murders of four holy people in a Har Nof shul today has the entire nation of Israel and...

In the Thursday 13 Marcheshvan edition of Yated Neeman, Y. Schwartz explains that a provocative act is met with a provocative act from the...

This week an anonymous U.S. official used a vulgar and disrespectful term to describe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Even though the White House...

Just over a month ago, Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz made a rare and direct appeal in these pages. The cause that prompted him to abandon...

: A federal appeals court recently issued a decision sharply criticizing a third-term Bloomberg administration health regulation that reflects its we-know-best attitude. By now this...

Israel’s security apparatus is now requesting an additional 11 billion shekels to offset Operation Protective Edge. “The economy must provide security,” the Prime Minister...

The last 36 hours have been exceptionally trying for the Jewish community as word came of two separate situations, each one of which could...

Firstly, I'd like to thank those of you who took out the time to read the article. It is my fervent hope, that IY'H...