(By Margie Pensak) If you are learning in Kollel and wondering if Rabbanus is for you, wonder no more—if you are a member of Kollel Avodas Levi, the Kollel of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, Maryland, that is. The STAR-K Rabbinical Training Program now offers yungeleit in the kollel the opportunity of capturing a glimpse […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Dov Hikind’s office was the scene of an emotional reunion on Monday, June 26, when Jacob “Yanky” Ostreicher visited the Assemblyman and his senior staff. Dov and Yanky embraced. Despite hours on the phone during Ostreicher’s illegal incarceration in Bolivia and following his miraculous escape, the two men had not met […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Children from the Hemato-Oncology Department at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital were flown to the United States for a two-week vacation by the “Chayeinu” (Our Lives), organization which accompanies the sick children in the hospitals. The girls go on vacation together with dozens of other girls from all over the country. The […]
A U.S. government lawyer has urged a jury to conclude a charity must give up majority ownership of a Manhattan skyscraper, saying it is secretly controlled by Iran. Assistant U.S.
President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday morning 1 Tammuz held a working meeting with European Union Commissioner for Justice, Consumers, & Gender Equality, Ms V?ra Jourová, who was visiting Israel for the first time in her current position. President Rivlin welcomed her and said, “We greatly appreciate all you are doing to combat anti-Semitism, and your […]
Syrian Kurdish forces say they have seized a new district from the Islamic State group in its self-declared capital, Raqqa. Cihan Shekh Ehmed, a spokeswoman for the U.S.-backed militia known
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) The Lakewood Yeshiva Bochru who was held in Russia for a few months and released this past Friday, was given an Aliya on Monday morning at
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Northern district police report that divers on Monday afternoon 2 Tammuz were summoned to begin searching for a missing swimmer. The search resulted in locating his
The Israeli Cabinet’s decision to not upend the status quo of normative, traditional Jewish religious worship at the Kotel Maaravi, or Western Wall, is a prudent and proper one. The Kotel was a place of peace and Jewish devotion for decades after its liberation in 1967. That peace was shattered, and the holy place turned […]
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that churches have the same right as other charitable groups to seek state money for new playground surfaces and other non-religious needs. By a 7-2
B’chasdei Hashem, there were no injuries when a bus burst into flames on Route 866 between Meron and Sheva Junction. The road was closed in both directions as a result of the fire. It appears the fire was the result of a mechanical failure. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
Technology influences nearly every facet of our lives and children today are placed in a digital playground, often without instructions and supervision. The Digital Citizenship Project was designed to empower parents, teachers and students to maximize the benefits of technology by understanding and avoiding its inherent dangers. For the most recent episode of […]
In a groundbreaking victory upholding the constitutional right to freedom of religion, a New Jersey judge dismissed a slander and defamation lawsuit against a rabbi who told congregants to avoid all contact with a person who was found to be m’sarev b’din by a Beis Din. The plaintiff in the case, which was brought to […]
Ohio officials have restored 11 government websites that were hacked with a message purporting to be supportive of the Islamic State terrorist group. The Department of Administrative Services says affected
For three Chabad talmidim in Yeshivas Kiryat Gat, escaping a perilous flame was a matter of seconds and B’chasdei Hashem, there were saved from a fire that engulfed the vehicle they exited. Last erev Shabbos the three talmidim took a taxi back from ‘mivtzaim’, where they were busy getting people to put on tefilin. They […]
Rabbi Shlomo Amar Shlita, Jerusalem’s Chief Sephardi Rabbi, announced on Monday, 2 Tammuz, that months ago, he was already involved in negotiations between doctors and hospital administration to avoid a crisis at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. According to Rabbi Amar, one of the sides was willing to accept the compromise while the other was not. […]
Numerous pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in Monsey on Monday afternoon, with some of the injured reportedly serious. It happened on Route 59 near Robert Pitt Drive at around
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