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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Every so often things come up that can seriously affect Klal Yisroel. Excessive pricing and rising economic costs is one example. The halacha is filled with
After Shas signed a coalition agreement on Monday evening 15 Iyar, the last party negotiating is Bayit Yehudi. Some Bayit Yehudi leaders feel that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was not
Following the beating of an Israeli Ethiopian IDF soldiers by a policeman and the violent response from the Israeli Ethiopian community, Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky issued the
President Barack Obama ordered a barrage of CIA drone strikes in Yemen in 2013 that killed the al-Qaida operatives behind the most serious plotting against American interests in years, a
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] President Reuven Rivlin on Monday, 15 Iyar, met with chareidi elected officials from around the country. Among the mayors present was Betar Illit Mayor Meir Rubinstein,
A very sad day for the NYPD, as a second police officer has died – this one in a motorcycle crash. Highly credible sources confirm to YWN that an off-duty
Giving an endorsement is not something I take lightly. When I support a candidate for office, it’s only after taking into consideration numerous factors. Those factors never include a candidate’s
Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to testify on Capitol Hill later this month about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and about her email practices. Her lawyer David Kendall wrote to
Hamas officials in Gaza support and permit the continued religious persecution of anyone and everyone that does not subscribe to its form of religious belief. This includes the Gazans who
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The unprovoked beating by police of IDF soldier Damas Pakada resulted in violent protests by the Ethiopian community, protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday,
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