With prison looming, Michael Cohen now says he’s in “constant contact” with federal prosecutors in New York, providing them with information in an attempt to get his sentence reduced. That would be a big turnaround from three months ago, when prosecutors told a judge that President Donald Trump’s estranged ex-lawyer deserved hardly any credit for […]
The Health Department today announced the measles outbreak in the Orthodox Jewish community is now at 121 cases since the outbreak began in October. The vast majority of cases are
Just over a month before elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks more vulnerable than ever. Following a dramatic announcement Thursday by Israel’s attorney general, Netanyahu almost certainly faces indictment on corruption charges in the coming months. His main challenger leads him in the polls, and he is taking heat even from his supporters for […]
Emergency Appeal: The Yissochor B’Oholecha network has acquired an outstanding name, and for good reason. Because every avreich learning here is vital to our success. It is the living, breathing Sifrei Torah – our avreichim – who show up, day after day, night after night, to learn and shteig, no matter what else is going […]
It seems that every few years another “Mekubal” in Eretz Yisroel is called to deal with a “Dibbuk”. Watch the attached video, in which a Mekubal wearing multiple pairs of
The municipality of Betar Illit, Mayor Meir Rubinstein and the municipality spokesman will compensate a resident after the municipality refused to allow him to publish ads critical of the mayor
Agudath Israel of America applauds U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and congressional sponsors Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Representative Bradley Byrne (R-AL) for leading the effort to increase school
President Donald Trump framed the breakdown of his nuclear summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as wisely knowing when “to walk.” But the stunning collapse revealed the limits of his unique brand of personal diplomacy and raised concerns about future efforts to disarm a global threat. Eyeing the history books and a much-needed political […]
Casino magnate and GOP donor Sheldon Adelson has cancer and has not been at his company’s offices in Las Vegas since the end of December. Adelson’s poor health was revealed earlier this week by one of his company’s attorneys during a court hearing in a years-old case brought by a Hong Kong businessman. The founder […]
President Donald Trump last year ordered officials to grant top-secret security clearance to his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, according to a report published Thursday by The New York Times. Kushner was granted the high-level clearance last May after a lengthy background check. The Times, citing anonymous sources, said Trump demanded Kushner’s clearance despite […]
On the 23rd of Adar, (March 1) 1994, a Muslim terrorist in a car opened fire on a van carrying more than a dozen Hasidic students as it began to
The family of a Palestinian lawmaker says Israeli authorities have released Khalida Jarrar after 20 months of holding her in detention without raising charges. The lawmaker’s husband, Ghassan Jarrar, says she was freed on Thursday. The 56-year-old Khalida Jarrar was held under “administrative detention,” an Israeli policy that permits holding people for months at a […]
In regard to the New Right party’s platform pertaining to religion and state, it writes, “regarding all basic matters – Shabbos, marriage, parity in Israel, conversion, kashrus and more, the Gavison-Medan Covenant will serve as the starting point for the parliamentary discussions, and immediately after the elections, the party will work to establish a public […]
Next week, 20-year-old Chaya Sofer of Jerusalem will celebrate her wedding with family and friends. Though they will sing and dance as if all is normal, there will inevitably be
A young Kallah playing the drums at her wedding for a few minutes landed the wedding hall and the band in trouble, after the Badatz Eida Chareidis complained that her performance was not Tznius. The couple, Itzik Rusk and Shira Hershkovitz, were married earlier this month at the Wagshal Hall in Bnei Brak. The well-known Yoeli […]
New Right party chairman Naftali Bennet brazenly called on the United States to reveal the details of its planned Mideast peace plan, or the “deal of the century” as it
Israeli soldiers intentionally fired on civilians and could have committed crimes against humanity during a string of crackdowns against Palestinian demonstrators last year in Gaza that left 189 people dead,
Was it depression? Did she have family issues which were distracting her? Medical problems? Chana’s instructors and counselors at Agudah’s Fresh Start program were at a loss. Chana, a mother of three, had seemed like one of the most promising students in the digital literacy class. Always early, staying after class to practice, but she […]
Pesach 2019 in Orlando, Florida will be on FIRE with A Perfect Pesach hosted by celebrity kosher foodie star Kosher Guru himself. With exclusive and brand new luxury villas from
An Israeli woman living in the United States uses a Facebook page to point an accusing finger at Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz, a candidate for the premiership,
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