Huge, fiery blasts at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals killed at least 50 people and turned nearby buildings into skeletal shells in the Chinese port of Tianjin, raising questions Thursday

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times This article examines whether or not there exists a halachic obligation to speak up regarding political issues that may be

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon stated that despite the fact that Arab terror attacks occurred prior to the fatal arson attack in the PA (Palestinian Authority) village of Duma in the

Thousands of mispallalim are expected to arrive in Hebron on erev Rosh Chodesh Elul to daven in the Machpelah. The Ma’aras HaMachpelah will be open from 04:00 in the morning,

Tzfas Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Shlita joins the growing list of dati leumi rabbonim commenting on the announced establishment of the new Giyur K’halacha independent beis din for giyur,

Two Jewish youths were detained on Tuesday, 26 Menachem Av in raids involving Israel Police and agents of the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) in the Binyamin and

Chareidi Jerusalem councilmen sent a letter to the city attorney in regard to reports the new Yes Planet recreation complex will be operating on Shabbos. In response to the letter,

A federal appeals court says an anti-Muslim group can’t post ads on Washington state buses showing photos of terrorists and saying the FBI offers a $25 million reward for their

A day after Hillary Rodham Clinton turned her personal email server over to the Justice Department, her campaign assured supporters that the Democratic presidential candidate did not send classified information

Police were summoned to Beit Shemesh after a chareidi soldier feared he was about to be attacked by extremist chareidim. The soldier on Tuesday evening 26 Menachem Av summoned police

Illinois has become one of the first states nationwide to establish wide-ranging law enforcement rules for body cameras, bias-free policing and more data collection on arrests under a measure signed

Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch, who stands at the head of the new Giyur K’halacha, the independent beis din for giyur, told Kippa News that he is hopeful the Chief Rabbinate of

The U.S. has launched its first F-16 fighter missions from Turkey against Islamic State targets in Syria. The F-16 fighter missions Wednesday mark an expansion of the U.S. air campaign

The Knesset Economics Committee rejected new Ministry of Agriculture regulations that MK Uri Maklev feels would jeopardize the minhag of kaporos. Maklev calls the regulations a gezeira the tzibur will

A group of ten IDF soldiers entered a restaurant in the Galil area. They were clearly deciding what to order, seeking to find an acceptable compromise between satisfying their hunger

Laura Warton, who heads the Meretz faction in Jerusalem, called for the firing of the heads of the Ramot area talmid torah that cancelled Sunday’s planned presidential visit on the