Two men suspected of a carjacking in Connecticut were killed when the stolen car crashed into a synagogue following a police chase. New Haven police say the two suspects claimed

Tira resident Rawa Mansour was among the four Israelis wounded in the New Year�s Eve shooting attack in an Istanbul night club. She returned home to be hospitalized in an Israeli hospital. One of the group, 18-year-old Leann Zaher Nasser, was killed in the attack while the other two escaped uninjured. 39 people in total […]

Congress ushers in a new era of all-Republican rule. On Tuesday at noon, with plenty of pomp and pageantry, members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in, with an

Former Justice Minister and Finance Minister Professor Yaakov Neeman was niftar on Sunday 3 Teves at the age of 77. Neeman was battling a difficult illness R�L. Neeman served as Justice Minister twice in Netanyahu-led governments, once as Director-General of the Finance Ministry and once as Finance Minister. He was a founding partner of the […]

Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer is defending cryptic comments by President-elect Donald Trump that he knows “things that other people don’t know” when it comes to allegations of

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] With the ushering in of the new Gregorian year, 2017, Israel�s new plastic bag law goes into effect. The new law brings an end to the distribution of free plastic bags in the hope people will revert back to using reusable bags as in the days of the good old �sal�. […]

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] It may be confusing to the ordinary man when he sees what may seem like inconsistencies�in rabbonim�s piskei halacha. In a fascinating shiur, HaRav Osher Weiss, shlit”a, took his�talmidim at the Center for Kehillah Development on an enthralling journey, giving the�avreichim a glimpse of the considerations that a Moreh Hora’ah must take into […]

Heart attacks and broken hips cause much suffering and worry as people grow older. This year, Medicare wants to start changing how it pays for treatment of these life-threatening conditions,

A new election poll shows if Knesset elections were held today, Yair Lapid�s Yesh Atid party would be the largest in Knesset. The poll was released by Channel 10 News. It was conducted by the Status-Net Institute headed by Dr. Camil Fuchs. Yesh Atid would receive 27 seats while Likud would be in second place […]

The city of Chicago recorded 762 homicides in 2016 � an average of two murders per day, the most killings in the city for two decades and more than New York and Los Angeles combined. Data kept by the Chicago Tribune tallied at least 781 homicides for the year; the Police Department statistics do not […]

His last presidential vacation behind him, Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his

During one of his Chanukah shiurim, Rishon L�Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita spoke of the story and message of Chanukah, citing today, there are 1.5 million members of the Reform Movement in the United States. He asked rhetorically �Shall be compromise with them, argue or negotiate about this Kosel deal or another. No, we must […]

The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. Turkish police meanwhile

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times [Please note: The halachos mentioned in this column are for discussion purposes. Please check with your own Rav or Posaik as to how to proceed exactly on a personal level.] There is a famous story cited in the book, �HaGaon HaChasid MiVilna� originally appearing on […]

Bad weather dashed the hopes of a New Mexico Jewish group that hoped to win a spot in the record books by creating the world�s only menorah made from hot air balloons on the last night of Chanukah. The event sponsored by Chabad of New Mexico went on anyway, just without the launch of nine […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is being questioned in his home this morning, 4 Teves, �under warning�, hinting an indictment may be likely. Mr. Netanyahu is alleged to have illegally accepted gifts while serving as Prime Minister from persons in Israel and abroad. Many feel this is the result of the left-wing media�s agenda, pointing out […]

On Sunday night it was reported that there is a slight improvement in the condition of HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita. HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita on Sunday