What started as a distant civil war in Syria, with rebel factions challenging the authoritarian government of President Bashar Assad, has become Europe’s war, with no easy end in sight.

[By: Shimmy Blum] What Can We Do About the “OTD” Phenomenon? The highlight of the Sunday program – and, for many, the highlight of the convention – came at the

Three-year-old Tahal Sofer, who was injured in a terrorist firebomb attack, was released from Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Sunday, 3 Kislev. The attack occurred as the family was traveling

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Paris to show American solidarity with France after last week’s deadly terror attacks. Kerry landed in the French capital on Monday

The director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency says the United States has not underestimated the threat posed by the Islamic State group. John Brennan said Monday the success by

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Hundreds of followers of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto were outside of Israel’s High Court of Justice in a showing of support as the rav appealed his sentencing

Marriott International is buying rival hotel chain Starwood for $12.2 billion in a deal that will catapult it to become the world’s largest hotelier by a wide margin. The stock-and-cash

Hungary does not support the European Union’s decision to label products manufactured in the West Bank, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has said, calling the move “an

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon addressed the Knesset plenum as discussion continues on an amended draft law. He told lawmakers there are currently 5,000 chareidim serving in the military, serving in

Ben Carson lambastes “Obamacare” as much as the next Republican presidential candidate, but the neurosurgeon-turned-politician has a history of health care ideas that puts him outside mainstream conservative thought on

On Friday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, and Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16), Ranking Member of the

[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times] He went into overtime, but no one cared. Indeed, everyone welcomed it. His eloquence was Churchillian. Rabbi David Ozeri, of

French police raided 168 locations across the country and detained nearly two dozen people as authorities identified more members of a sleeper cell said to be behind the Paris attacks

Once it became apparent that the amended draft law cannot pass before the vote on the state budget, due to logistical reasons, the Moetzas Gedolei Hatorah of Agudas Yisrael in

Republicans are using the latest attacks in Paris to appeal to U.S. voters jittery about terrorism. Several Republicans, including presidential hopeful Jeb Bush and former candidate Mitt Romney, appeared on

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Chareidi MKs during recent weeks have been working hard to push through their amended version of the draft law, which will eliminate the criminal sanctions component of the law. The

Officials say two people were removed from a Boston-bound flight from Washington after a crew reported concerns about their behavior. An American Airlines flight was set to leave Ronald Reagan

[By: Shimmy Blum] Following a beautiful, uplifting Shabbos, Motzoei Shabbos at the 93rd annual Agudath Israel of America convention combined inspiration and the tackling of difficult communal issues, under the