The official reason given is upcoming elections in Germany. A government spokesman announced both countries have agreed to postpone the annual meeting of leaders and ministers until next year. This

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] On Sunday morning, February 12, Agudath Israel leaders, board members of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, representatives of local yeshivas, and community activists from Far Rockaway and the

President Donald Trump was aware that his national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled White House officials and Vice President Mike Pence for “weeks” before he was forced to resign

A recording released by Walla News shows just what Shas MKs think of the party’s leader, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri. MK Yitzchak Vaknin is heard saying “Aryeh does as he

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) launched an online petition addressed to Senator Charles E. Schumer today, calling on him to rescind his support for Congressman Keith Ellison to be the next

House Republicans have blocked an attempt by Democrats to use an obscure law to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the IRS. Democrats on the House Ways and Means

Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau Shlita has been in charge of the Rabbinate’s “nationwide kashrus” but signaled he cannot sign teudot kashrus in cases in which he does not have firsthand

President Donald Trump ousted his national security adviser because he lost trust in him, not for any legal concern, Trump’s spokesman said Tuesday. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said

One-hundred and two members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community, which claims descent from one of Israel’s lost tribes, are being brought on Aliyah this week by Shavei Israel, a

In 2005, three environmental groups warned state and federal officials about what they believed was a problem with the Oroville Dam’s emergency spillway – the same one that was at

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Of late a number of Frum stores have been advertising Valentine’s Day sales. What is worse is that some of

The Israel Foreign Ministry has issued a travel advisory for N. Korea, not a travel ban. The advisory points out that the fact that Israel does not maintain diplomatic relations

The Secret Service director is retiring, for a second time. Director Joseph Clancy came out of retirement more than two years ago to take over the embattled agency amid a

The British government says U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit is still on, despite a groundswell of public and political opposition. Thousands of people have demonstrated and more than 1.8

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman on Tuesday morning 18 Shevat addressed the ministry’s annual kenos, explaining if one requiring urgent surgery has to wait more than 30 days, the patients will

By Shaul Wolff On Wednesday night, Feb. 15th, at Boro Park’s Palace Ballroom, The Jewish Entrepreneur (TJE) will partner with Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs (CHYE) to host “Finding Success in