While most of the world was enjoying a break from routine over the seasonal holidays and year-end festivities, the ZAKA International Rescue Unit was active across four continents, coordinating dozens
Agudath Israel of America was honored to participate in New York Governor Andrew Cuomos State of the State address delivered yesterday. We thank the Governors Office for inviting us to this important event. We especially appreciated the Governors clear denunciation of the evil scourge of anti-Semitism at the very onset of his speech, as he […]
In a few months, the 15 houses in the Netiv HaAvot neighborhood of Elazar in Gush Etzion are scheduled for demolition. The residents of the area call the High Court of Justice ruling on the demolition of houses a moral injustice, and they promise to stand firm in the face of the expected future, calling […]
The United States announced Thursday it was suspending security assistance to Pakistan for failing to take “decisive action” against Taliban militants targeting U.S. personnel in neighboring Afghanistan. The State Department’s
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) President Donald Trump has made his first appearance in the White House briefing room but on video. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders played a brief recorded video of Trump reading a statement about the tax cut bill he signed into law at the end of December. Trumps video […]
With a new deadline approaching, Democrats in Congress are struggling to adopt a unified strategy to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Democrats’ inaction has enraged liberal
Democratic California lawmakers are exploring ways to blunt the impact of the new federal tax law on the states taxpayers. Federal law has long allowed people to deduct their state and local taxes from their federal tax bill, but the tax overhaul signed last month by President Donald Trump caps that deduction at $10,000. That […]
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) It is a portrait in contrasts. Prime Minister Menachem Begin faced an irreligious Knesset membership when he argued that El Al, Israels national airline should not be flying on Shabbos. He began: Forty years ago I returned from exile to Eretz Yisrael. Engraved in my […]
Both of Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s lawyers during the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal have now been given key positions under President Donald Trump. The Department of Justice announced Craig
A Jerusalem police officer has been charged for falsely arresting a Chareidi protester in Meah Shearim on charges of assaulting an officer. The policeman is charged withreporting an offense when he knew the information was false. The allegations are in connection to a protest in Meah Shearim on Friday June 2, 2017. Police arrived on […]
President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on former top adviser Steve Bannon, responding to a new book that portrays Trump as an undisciplined man-child who didn’t actually want to
Striving to fulfill a campaign promise, the Trump administration on Thursday proposed regulations to facilitate the interstate sale of health insurance policies that cost less but may not cover as
The Center for Disease Control is investigating an E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce that has sickened at least 58 people in the U.S. and Canada. At least 17 people
In a possible opening for diplomacy, the Trump administration on Thursday agreed to delay joint military exercises with South Korea until after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The decision could help
The daily Haaretz has created a storm in its Thursday, 17 Teves Hebrew edition, carrying a cartoon by Amos Biderman showing Aryeh Deri with a bomb belt around him, heading
Washington’s attorney general is suing Motel 6, saying the budget hotel disclosed the personal information of thousands of guests to federal immigration authorities in violation of state law. Attorney General
The Trump administration condemned Iran’s government Thursday for cracking down on protests across the country and warned that the United States has “ample authorities” to impose sanctions in response. At
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