by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Rebbitzen Gita Cohen A”H was the great-granddaughter of the Alter of Slabodka. Her grandfather was the famed Tzaddik of yerushalayim,

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday, 26 Cheshvan visited the Shomron community of N�vei Tzuf, which suffered serious damage over Shabbos due to Arab arson terror. Over a dozen homes were totally destroyed and many others damaged, as well as infrastructure and public areas of the community. The senior minister stated […]

President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama spoke for about 45 minutes on Saturday � the day it was announced that former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had died. Word of the private discussion comes from top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway. She’s not saying what the two discussed, but she says the two men “talk regularly” […]

Indictments have been handed down in a Nazareth court against four Israeli Arabs, senior officials in the Israel Islamic Association suspected of conspiring to commit crimes, holding a position in

The following is via ABC News: What would you do if you got $25,000 for your bar mitzvah? One teen bought shoes, but they weren’t for him. He bought 800

Arabic language classes are drawing 25 to 30 people a week in preparation for the new arrivals in town. High school students are helping collect furniture and housewares for them,

MK Zahava Gal-On, chairwoman of the Meretz opposition party, has announced she is pulling the petition challenging the appointment of Rabbi Eyal Karim as the next IDF Chief Rabbi. Gal-On

A senior Donald Trump adviser is calling Hillary Clinton’s decision to join a recount effort “incredible” and noting that the president-elect has not ruled out pursuing a criminal investigation into

President Barack Obama took on the problems of a lack of access to health care and high cost, but he and Democrats paid a political price. President-elect Donald Trump has

Police participating in a special cabinet meeting on Sunday, 26 Cheshvan, informed ministers that two Israeli Arab residents of from Dir Hana and Um el-Fahm admitted to starting fires. These

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] Sparks of Life Providing Crucial Support to Jewish Parkinson�s Patients By: Sandy Eller Lakewood resident Rabbi Moshe Gruskin was in Detroit on a 2009 fundraising trip the first time someone�suggested he might have Parkinson�s disease. The concerns were raised by a doctor friend who was worried by the way the then 58 year […]

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Thousands of Shluchim posed for a group photo in front of Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016. They

8:00AM: Jerusalem Fire Service spokesman Udi Gal reports all fires in the district are under control at this time. El Al pilots are continuing job actions which have and will

[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times] It is called Segulos haSofer and it is published by a Machon associated with London�s Etz Chaim Yeshiva. It lists twelve chapters of Segulos culled from the writings of the Chasam Sofer and his students. Rav Moshe Sofer zt”l, also known as the Chasam Sofer […]

President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday it’s “sad” Hillary Clinton is joining an effort to force recounts of votes from the Nov. 8 election in up to three crucial states. Trump

Israel is thankful to a number of countries in the international community for coming to Jerusalem�s aid amid unprecedented fires nationwide, with at least some feared to be the result of Arab arson terrorism. Some nations sent firefighting planes, some firefighters and some firetrucks. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on motzei Shabbos phoned PA (Palestinian Authority) […]