(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Israel’s foreign ministry has unveiled a monument honoring diplomats who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also serves as Israel’s foreign minister,

(By: Mrs. Temima Weinhaus) “A mini-Agudah convention.” That is how one community member described this past week’s Agudah Shabbos of Chizuk in South Bend, Indiana. The guests and their families visiting for the weekend were Rabbi Ahron Levitansky, Rosh Mechina, Telshe Yeshiva of Cleveland, Rabbi A.D. Motzen, National Director of State Relations at Agudath Israel […]

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A world renowned Maggid Shiur was R”L killed in an early morning crash in Staten Island. Hagaon HaRav David Grossman ZATZAL from Los Angeles was tragically killed while driving in Staten Island. ***The Levaya of Harav Dovid Grossman ZATZAL will be today (Monday) at 8:00PM at Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood. Misaskim LA has arranged for a […]

Israel’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Gadi Eizenkot briefed the cabinet on Sunday morning in an unusual security briefing. Among the statement’s made by Eizenkot he said: “The IDF has no intention of secularizing anyone. The service that is done by men and women serving in mixed units is a result of operational considerations. Our goal […]

One of the famous challenges for those building in Jerusalem is that of bureaucracy. Countless delays and hassles can, however, be avoided by obtaining the much-coveted “protexia” — a personal connection to a government representative. No one is more aware of this than the founders of Jerusalem Estates, an expansive yet serene luxury complex in […]

Visitors to the stunning private Jerusalem Estates complex see a striking dichotomy of old and new: Pristinely constructed luxury apartment buildings stand alongside charming historic landmarks, a true representation of

Police say a man drove up to a gate outside New York’s City Hall and shot himself to death. A police spokesman says the man drove a black sedan up

Shechem resident Mohammed Harouf was convicted in the murder trial of Israeli Michal Halimi HY”D. The conviction is the result of a plea-bargain agreement, which states the murder was a nationalistic act – an act of terror. It is point out that the original murder indictment did not mention it was an act of terror. […]

President Donald Trump is citing protests over health care funding in Britain to attack Democrats for “pushing for Universal HealthCare.” Trump says on Twitter Monday: “The Democrats are pushing for

President Donald Trump traded insults with the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Monday, a day after Democrats and Republicans said Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced

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Bayit Yehudi party chairman Education Minister Naftali Bennet appeared on CNN to debate Chief PA (Palestinian Authority) negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat. They appeared on a program hosted by Christian Amanpour. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

NYS Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling on Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take immediate action on Facebook’s “shameful” exclusion of Israel. When creating a background profile on Facebook, users are given 50 nationality options. These options include Palestine, while Israel is conspicuously absent. “Palestine is not even a country,” said Hikind. “How […]

Israeli media outlet 0404 reported that the IDF has backtracked on planned enforcement of the facial hair ban with regards to religious soldiers. As the IDf began an all encompassing

The Israel Police and the Tax Authority arrested four residents of the north and detained ten others on suspicion of money laundering, forgery and fraud offenses amounting to tens of

A lone terrorist armed with two knives jumped a Jewish man who was standing at Ariel Square in the direction of Tapuach Junction on Monday afternoon, 20 Shevat. The terrorist

Rosh Yeshivat Kisei Rachamim HaRav Meir Mazuz continues his campaign against Yisrael Beitenu chairman Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who arrived in the Big Center area in Ashdod in the middle

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