Credit card company American Express posted a $1.2 billion loss in its latest quarter after booking large one-time charges related to the new tax law. The company also announced it
Tzefas Chief Sephardi Rabbi HaRav Shmuel Eliyahu and Rosh Yeshivat Ateret Kohanim HaRav Shlomo HaKohen Aviner have both spoken out strongly against gender-mixed combat units in the IDF, prohibiting talmidim
The Ministry for Religious Affairs submitted a memorandum of law on Wednesday that promotes the establishment of a disciplinary court that will reprimand and even remove city Rabbis who have
Passengers on a Malaysia Airlines plane flying from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur which was forced to land in the central Australian city of Alice Springs said they were bracing themselves
The Resorts World Catskills casino northwest of New York City is set to open on Feb. 8 Resorts World Catskills will be the fourth of four Las Vegas-style casinos to
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) For too many chareidim entering IDF service, going home to their communities is problematic and they are targeted with shouts of ‘Chardak’ and at times, physically attacked for their decision to serve. According to Rav Chanoch Rugozinsky of the Shachar organization, while the numbers of soldiers serving continue to climb, for […]
Chris Christie is learning life as an airline passenger is different when you’re no longer governor. When Christie and his New Jersey State Police security detail arrived at Newark Liberty
Drawing a clock. Counting backward by sevens. Rattling off words that begin with “F” before a minute’s up. They may not sound like difficult tasks, but they’re part of a
As representatives of Agudath Israel of America ready themselves for the upcoming legislative session in Albany to advocate for the needs of the Jewish community, multiple meetings held throughout the New York area gave yeshiva administrators and directors an overview of last year’s legislative accomplishments benefitting non-public schools while keeping them apprised of upcoming goals. […]
A divided House voted Thursday to prevent a government shutdown after an eleventh-hour deal brought conservatives aboard. But the GOP-written measure faced gloomy prospects in the Senate, and it remained
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced this week that he is certain that the US Embassy in Tel Aviv will be relocated to Jerusalem, much sooner than Trump administration officials estimated.
Amazon narrowed the list of locations under consideration for its second headquarters to 20, with the largest concentration in the Northeast. Amazon, based in Seattle, plans to invest $5 billion
Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri was questioned by Israel Police Major Crimes Unit officers on Thursday, for a sixth round of questioning involving him and his wife Mrs. Yafa Deri.
An umbrella sparked a scare at a Seattle-area hospital after it was mistaken for a rifle. KOMO reports an employee of Evergreen Medical Center in Kirkland, Washington, noticed a visitor
The Trump administration’s new policy allowing state work requirements for Medicaid recipients is legally questionable, more than two dozen Democratic senators said Thursday, framing an argument likely to be aired
Former Itamar resident Yehoshua Elitzur who was convicted of killing a Palestinian 13-years-ago and fled Israel, has been brought back to the country and will face a court hearing to
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s upcoming visit to the Middle East comes at a time of intensely publicized friction between his administration and the Palestinian leadership, posing a dilemma for his Arab hosts — Egypt’s president and Jordan’s king — on how to safeguard their vital ties with Washington without appearing to ignore Palestinian misgivings. […]
A grim and outrageous story: Avraham Cohen, an 18-year-old yeshiva student R”L died after a severe illness. During his illness, while fighting for his life, his father had to fight against another front. According to the Chadrei Chareidim story, the father, Akiva, received numerous letters from the recruitment office during Avraham’s illness. The letters instructed […]
India successfully test-fired a long-range nuclear-capable missile on Thursday from an island in the Bay of Bengal. The test, the fifth of the Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile, was made from a mobile launcher, and “further strengthens our credible deterrence,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement. India has been developing its nuclear and missile systems […]
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