After fighting a difficult illness, Bayit Yehudi Minister of Senior Citizen Affairs Uri Orbach Z”L was niftar in Shaare Zedek Medical Center on Monday, 27 Shevat, a month before his

More than 40,000 runners are expected to descend upon Tel Aviv to participate in the 2015 Tel Aviv Marathon sponsored by Samsung. Taking place on Friday, 8 Adar, runners from

The word from Shaare Zedek Medical Center is that the condition of Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Uri Orbach has taken a turn for the worse. The minister has been hospitalized for

Last week, many talmidei torah around Eretz Yisrael received a letter from the Education Ministry informing them they must begin giving the nationwide achievement test given in public schools. Gedolei

The cabinet on Sunday 26 Shevat discussed Israel’s efforts against cyber warfare threats, a growing threat being face by nations around the world. At the start of the weekly cabinet

Hillel Glick, 19, was detained by police on Har Habayis on Sunday, 26 Shevat after admonishing Arabs youths who were playing soccer on the holy site. According to eyewitnesses, Glick

The United States is condemning the purported killing of 21 Egyptians by militants in Libya affiliated with the Islamic State group as “despicable” and “cowardly.” White House press secretary Josh

The Cabinet, at its weekly meeting Sunday, 26 Shevat, approved a special plan to encourage immigration, and the optimal absorption of immigrants, from France, Belgium and Ukraine in 2015. At

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, at his Tel Aviv office, met with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz ahead of latter’s stepping down and the IDF Chief of Staff changeover

Another weekend, another major snowstorm: The latest system to sweep the Northeast brought another foot to Boston — on top of 6 feet that has fallen over the last month

Hundreds gathered in southeastern Washington on Saturday to protest police brutality in the wake of a deadly shooting of a man who had been throwing rocks at the police. Before

Drone on, the government says. Just not through the night sky. Or close to an airport. Or out of the operator’s sight. And probably not winging its way with a

House Speaker John Boehner is raising the possibility that the Department of Homeland Security may shut down at month’s end because of a budget impasse, and blaming Senate Democrats

France’s interior minister said Sunday several hundred tombs had been defaced at a Jewish cemetery in the east of the country, in what he called “a despicable act”. “The country

Here is a timeline of events in the shootings that rocked Copenhagen this weekend. Two people were killed and five police officers wounded before the suspected gunman was shot and

The slain gunman suspected in the deadly Copenhagen attacks was a 22-year-old with a history of violence and may have been inspired by Islamic terrorists — and possibly the

A hacking ring has stolen up to $1 billion from banks around the world in what would be one of the biggest banking breaches known, a cybersecurity firm says in

A video purporting to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages has been released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group The video, released late