A warning from the White House to Syrian President Bashar Assad about another possible chemical weapons attack was also aimed at two of Assad’s key backers, Russia and Iran, the

(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) In light of recent violence against chareidi soldiers, on Tuesday 3 Tammuz, President Reuven Rivlin held a military tour of Binyamin Brigade, where he visited the soldiers of the Netzach (???? ???? [???? ???? ????])Yehuda battalion, known more commonly as Nachal Chareidi. Mr. Rivlin said, “You, the soldiers of Netzach Yehuda, […]

The following is via COL: Basil Pizza and Wine Bar, the popular dairy Crown Heights eatery, had their Kosher certification removed on Monday. Owner Danny Branover said the certification by

Opposition MK (Yesh Atid) Elazar Stern is angry of the cabinet decision to freeze the Kosel’s status, which amounts to the de-facto elimination of the egalitarian prayer area at Robinson’s Arch. The chareidi parties succeeded in pressuring the cabinet into accepting their position, to maintain the religious status quo, which amounts to abandoning plans to […]

For the past 13 years, the U.S. State Department has maintained an office devoted to monitoring and combating anti-Semitism in the United States. But it appears as if that will

Chareidi lawmakers in Knesset celebrated a victory on Sunday, as the cabinet voted to freeze the Kosel religious status quo, removing the threat of an egalitarian prayer area, at least

The following is via WaPo: One month before Election Day, Jared Kushner’s real estate company finalized a $285 million loan as part of a refinancing package for its property near Times Square in Manhattan. The loan came at a critical moment. Kushner was playing a key role in the presidential campaign of his father-in-law, Donald […]

Minister of Agriculture (Bayit Yehudi) Uri Ariel received a warm welcome from Gavad Eida Chareidis HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss Shlita. Ariel arrived with a colleague, prominent dati leumi askan Natan (Nus) Natanson. During the visit, Rav Weiss thanked Minister Ariel for his efforts in matters pertaining to strengthening kashrus and Shabbos. Clearly Ariel’s presence […]

Workers have installed a Ten Commandments monument outside Arkansas’ Capitol, two years after lawmakers approved a measure permitting the statue on state grounds. The 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) monument was placed on

Investigators of the Israel Police Lahav 433 Unit believe they have gathered sufficient evidence to move ahead with a criminal indictment against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the investigation alleging

Agudath Israel of America welcomes the unanimous ruling today by the Georgia Supreme Court, upholding the state’s longstanding scholarship tax credit program. Enacted in 2008, Georgia’s Education Tax Credit Program provides $58 million in tax credits for donors who contribute to scholarship organizations. The funds are then distributed to the more than 13,000 students participating […]

Even as it allowed a limited version of the Trump administration’s travel ban to take effect for now, the Supreme Court carved out a major exception. It said Monday that

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Perhaps his email said it all, “Meir at Mesorah dot com.” This is because, perhaps more so than any individual in the past 800 year, Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz zt”l brought back Jewish people to their Mesorah – their birthright of Talmud, their yerusha of Torah. […]

In a bruising setback, Senate Republican leaders are delaying a vote on their prized health care bill until after the July 4 recess, forced to retreat by a GOP rebellion

Officials at Tel Hashomer Hospital reported on Tuesday 3 Tammuz that former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was discharged. The former prime minister last week stated he did not feel well

Mosdos Veretzky released another heartwarming clip in its ongoing series called “A Glimpse of Mosdos Veretzky.” These short clips depict beautiful nachas-moments in the everyday life of Yeshiva Ohr Shraga and Mesivta Bais Aron Tzvi Veretzky. It also provides a window into some of the veritable milestones achieved by our talmidim. Aside from the large […]

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned anti-Semitic vandalism in Bloomingburg, Sullivan County where an under-construction mikvah was defaced with swastikas and other hateful messages overnight between June 25 and 26. “A mikvah is a central piece of Jewish life, and spray-painting swastikas and crude symbols strikes at the heart of traditional Jewish life and practice,” said […]

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