On Monday morning, March 14, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY 8th District) made a special trip to Lakewood, New Jersey to experience firsthand the country’s largest Yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG).

Turkish media is reporting that the terrorist who perpetrated the suicide bombing attack on Saturday, March 19, 2016 followed the Israeli group when it left the hotel. Reports state the

A threatening letter has been sent to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s sister, who’s a judge in Philadelphia. The letter was sent to Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, who sits on

Police and Airport Authority officials’ responding to rumors of a possible terror attack at the security inspection area for cars entering Ben-Gurion Airport report there was no attack. The incident

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] How many of us have been frustrated and disappointed as we take our children to the eye doctor, and are told that they have become more nearsighted. The

Apple is kicking off a busy week: Today the giant tech company will host reporters and analysts at its Silicon Valley headquarters for a product launch event. On Tuesday, its

Brushing past profound differences, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro will sit down Monday at Havana’s Palace of the Revolution for a historic meeting, offering critical clues about

[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The final group of Yemenite Jewish immigrants landed in Israel on Sunday night, the eve of 11 Adar-II following a complex covert operation coordinated

North Korea fired five short-range projectiles into the sea on Monday, Seoul officials said, in a continuation of weapon launches it has carried out in an apparent response to ongoing

As we prepare to mark the shloshim for the victims of the Egged 402 bus accident that claimed six lives, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein, Rav of the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood

What would it take for South Korea to develop nuclear weapons? It’s a fringe idea that rears its head every now and then here. But North Korea’s advances in nuclear

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times It is surely not one of our run-of-the-mill Minhagim. Generally, our Minhagim deal with simanim – signs that indicate good

Chief Rabbi of Ramat HaSharon HaGaon HaRav Yaakov ben Miriam Edelstein Shlita has been ill. On motzei Shabbos he released a letter of chizuk and hisorarus to the tzibur. Text

The average price of gasoline has jumped by 17 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.02 a gallon for regular grade. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the

While security remains high in the capital due to the frequency of terror attacks, it remains relatively easy for Arabs to get over the cement border wall to Jerusalem if

Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his team’s insistence that campaign manager Corey Lewandowski behaved appropriately while forcefully engaging with a protester at a rally here in Tucson on

Former Mossad Intelligence Agency Director Meir Dagan z”l was niftar last week. His levaya was held on Sunday 10 Adar-II in the Rosh Pina military cemetery beginning at 15:00. Dagan’s