Chief Rabbi of Israel HaRav Dovid Lau has come out against remarks recently released by retired High Court of Justice President Prof. Aharon Barak. Barak was also sharply criticized for

A federal appeals court has upheld an agreement requiring President Donald Trump to pay $25 million to settle lawsuits over his now-defunct Trump University. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of

A federal judge says there will an anonymous jury at the trial of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. In a written order, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan

Tzefas Chief Sephardic Rabbi HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Eliyahu continued his criticism of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gadi Eizenkott, telling the ‘Kan Moreshet Radio’ (כאן מורשת) that the IDF officer

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(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) An Israeli burned his tefillin R”L on Thursday, in an incident he recorded on video and posted on Facebook. (See video below) While documenting this, the

NYS Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) thanked Facebook management for taking immediate corrective action after he made them aware of Israel’s exclusion from their profile options. Now, when creating a background

In the immediate aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, there was a fevered pitch to ban bump stocks, the device that allowed the shooter’s semi-automatic rifles

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The Republican-led House has blocked a resolution condemning an Arizona Republican congressman who sought to arrest immigrants in the U.S. illegally at the State of the Union address. The vote

A lack of adequate testing for a pernicious sleep disorder was the primary cause of two serious train crashes in New Jersey and New York, federal investigators concluded in a

The Modi’in Illit Municipality recently distributed a modesty code to all its employees, together with instructions for proper interaction between men and women in the workplace. The municipality said the

President Donald Trump is expected to release Monday his $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, a top administration priority in 2018 that will rely heavily on state and local governments, as well

(VIDEOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Police in Beit Shemesh on Monday, 20 Shevat, responded to a report of a robbery in an area jewelry store. It appears the perpetrators were armed

U.S. stocks rallied Tuesday as a late surge helped them regain almost half their losses from the day before, when they had their biggest plunge in 6 ½ years. That

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let a court-ordered redrawing of congressional districts in Pennsylvania proceed, raising Democratic hopes that a revamped map might yield them several more seats this

Father of 5 Aryeh Leib Rothman was known in the Mir community for his commitment to Torah learning and love of chesed. He was just 31 years old when he

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(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) A small number of young women gathered on Tuesday afternoon, 21 Shevat, on the road near the site of the fatal stabbing attack that claimed the

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