(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) The Rav Shulchan Aruch, written by Rav Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Rebbe of Lubavitch, has always been a favorite Acharon of various Gedolim and Poskim. The reason for this is that there are entire gems and nuggets of Torah thought that can be […]
Getting the flu shot won’t make you spread the disease more, doesn’t weaken your immune system but it does offer some protection from getting infected, despite misleading claims on social
Funeral services are being scheduled for victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. Meadow Pollack and Alyssa Alhadeff will be buried in the Garden of
From an early morning shacharis in Virginia, to the Capitol, to a White House briefing and then back to the Senate Russell Office building, the second day of Agudath Israel of America’s leadership mission to Washington D.C. was packed with opportunities for participants to discuss the Agudah’s 2018 federal agenda with influential elected officials and […]
Poland’s senate leader has appealed to Poles living abroad to report to the authorities any statements deemed to hurt “Poland’s good name” — part of a wider campaign by the government to defend the country against what it calls historical untruth and slander. The letter, posted recently on the Senate’s website and reported by German […]
A number of days ago, reports were circulating about rabbonim and askanim in the know prohibiting turning on one’s water faucet in Israel on Shabbos because the desalination plants were operating on the holy day. Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Yitzchak Pindrus became involved and via MK Uri Maklev of Yahadut Hatorah, the matter was brought before […]
The massacre at a Florida high school is again raising concerns about whether the FBI missed signs that might have stopped a mass shooting. Last fall, a Mississippi bail bondsman
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) One hundred boys and girls from Europe celebrated the landmark occasion of their bar/bat mitzvah on Wednesday and Thursday, 29 and 30 Shevat 5778 in Jerusalem, in a festive ceremony held in their honor at the Kosel and Zedekiah’s Cave, also known as Solomon’s Quarries. The bar and bat mitzvah celebrants […]
A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to implement energy-use limits for portable air conditioners and other products that were adopted during the last days
A clarification was issued due to an inquiry from MK Yisrael Eichler to the State Attorney General. Nevertheless, the state will ask Minister of Religious Services to suspend the Kosel Rav’s responsibilities for Robinson’s Arch. MK Eichler: The state is violating the law pertaining to holy site, particularly the Kosel. Following the letter of MK […]
Amid fears in Israel, the Foreign Ministry has sent warnings to a number of nations to warn Tehran, Syrian leader el-Assad and Hizbullah regarding efforts to bring chemical weapons across the border into Israel. Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, 29 Shevat, contacted 15 nations, sending messages via their diplomatic representatives, using harsh terms to warn […]
Hamas is condemning a U.S. bill that sanctions the Islamic terrorist group for using civilians in Gaza as “human shields.” The House unanimously passed the Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act
The IDF suffered a new level of embarrassment recently after a group of Bedouin thieves surrounded a platoon of soldiers and harassed them during their training exercise. The soldiers were
Notorious Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is eager to go to trial, his lawyer said Thursday after a U.S. judge set Sept. 5 for jury
The United States doesn’t have a “bloody nose” strategy for North Korea, senators of both parties and a Trump administration official said Thursday, rejecting claims the U.S. wants to strike
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) IDF and Israel Police troops operated in the PA (Palestinian Authority) village of Yata during the night (Wednesday to Thursday) or 1 Rosh Chodesh Adar in
When A.J. Edelman tells people in Israel what he does for a living, his countrymen always tend to respond by saying the same thing. “Lama?” That’s “why?” in Hebrew. And
Steve Bannon, the combative former chief strategist for President Donald Trump, was interrogated for 20 hours over two days this week as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation,
Just months after his 18th birthday, Nikolas Cruz went to a Florida gun store to buy a weapon. But there were limits on what he could purchase at his age.
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