By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times He was the master of the genre � indeed, the very inventor of it. The genre Rabbi J. David Bleich invented was writing about the confluence of new technology and how the Poskim understand and deal with its halachic implications. Ever since the first volume […]

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman in consultation with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has decided to extend the tenure of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gadi Eizenkott. In line with the norm,

A recall has been issued amid a fear of listeria infection in bags of frozen carrots & peas under the Shufersal label. This refers to 800 gram bags with the

Donald Trump’s all-but-dismissal of human rights as a foreign policy principle could hit like an earthquake across a Middle East landscape beset by warring factions and beleaguered governments, with some

Portions of Highway 1, the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway will shut down beginning Thursday night the eve of 22 Teves from 10:00PM until Friday morning at 10:00AM to permit opening the

Iran’s foreign minister said Thursday his country isn’t worried and has options if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ditches a nuclear agreement reached between Iran and six world powers. Despite “grievances”

Yesterday, President Barack Obama announced that he had commutated the sentences of 209 individuals and pardoned 64 others. I was dismayed to see that Sholom Rubashkin�s name was not among those issued clemency. In response, I prepared a letter with several of my colleagues to the President as a last ditch effort to ask for […]

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] Thousands of women around the world are dying to have a baby�Unfortunately,�thousands of women would rather their unborn babies die�because they can�t afford�bringing them to term. When Sarah was pregnant, she could barely afford rent�not to mention all the baby�supplies she�d need once her baby was born. Eventually, things became so bad that […]

Agudath Israel of America, a longtime supporter of Florida’s scholarship tax credit program, welcomed the Florida Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday which upheld the dismissal of a teachers’ union lawsuit

Sending thousands more American troops into Iraq or Syria in a bid to accelerate the defeat of the Islamic State group would push U.S. allies to the exits, create more

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] MK Basel Ghattas is about to be indicted for allegedly smuggling mobile phones and components to terrorists imprisoned in Israel Ketziot Prison. Ghattas has given up

Donald Trump enters the White House on Friday just as he entered the race for president: defiant, unfiltered, unbound by tradition and utterly confident in his chosen course. In the

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] By: Shiffy Friedman Meah Shearim. Yemin Moshe. The Old City. The mere mention of the Holy City�s�different neighborhoods generates a vibration of awe and longing for Jews�around the world. This densely populated city, the crown of our world, is�composed of a potpourri of eclectic areas, some old, some new, each with its�unique flavor […]