Chareidim Under Attack
By Menachem Gsheid
The ugly, wretched Israeli hypocrisy was fully exposed this past week. The all-out assault against the chareidi community in wake of the...
Netanyahu Rips U.N. Body Over Meoras Hamachpeilah and Kever Rochel Ruling
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu called the decision of a United Nations body to define the Meoras Hamachpeilah and Kever Rochel as Palestinian "absurd."
The United...
Hesder Rabbi: Men May Shake Women’s Hand
Rabbi Yuval Sherlo, head of the Petachh Tikvah hesder yeshiva and the Tzohar organization, has released a "p'sak" stating that men and women may...
Local Jews Feel Terrorized After Latest Terror Plot
New York area synagogues were on heightened alert today, and some New York City apartment buildings were taking the extra precaution of not accepting...
Author of JFK’s ‘Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You’ Speech Dies
John F. Kennedy's speechwriter and counselor, Theodore Sorensen, died in New York on Sunday at the age of 82. He was one of the...
Study: Alcohol More Lethal Than Heroin, Cocaine
Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study. British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine,...
Vaad Harabbonim: ‘No Room for Knesset Interference in Geirus’
"There is no room for the Knesset and MKs to deliberate conversion, which is clearly a halachic issue," said a spokesman for Vaad Harabbonim...
Top 10 Issues at Stake in the Midterm Elections
Though it doesn't seem like it amid the hail of attacks, counterattacks and fuzzy closing ads featuring candidate families, there's a lot more to...
IDF Commanders to Get ‘Charedi Glossary’
What is glatt kosher? A new 18-page booklet issued by the IDF includes a long list of religious and charedi terms that will help...
Schumer: Settlements No Obstacle to Peace
Senator Chuck Schumer took the Obama administration to task for its Middle East policy on Sunday. What Obama must realize is that Arab refusal to...
Yishai: We’ll Fight for Jewish Majority
Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai is preparing for a battle over the State of Israel's Jewish character. Speaking at a Knesset discussion on the...
Jewish Leaders at Breakfast Laud Rep. Weiner For His Defense of Rubashkin
Yesterday, at the Annual Agudath Israel Legislative Breakfast in New York City, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D - Queens and Brooklyn) was praised by Jewish...
Tri-State Braces For Colder Temperatures
Just days after temperatures soared into the mid 70s, people in the Tri-State Area are now bracing for some much colder weather. The National...
A New Search Engine, Where Less Is More
Start-ups and big companies alike have tried to take on Google by building a better search engine. That they have failed has not stopped...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 24 Cheshvan
Binyamin ben Yaakov Avinu, buried near Kfar Saba
Rav Avraham Azulai (1670-1744). Born in Fez to Rav Mordechai Azulai. In 1700, he fulfilled his life's dream...
Just In: Floor Caves in at Chavrei Hakollel in Middle of Hachnosas Sefer Torah
Just In: Moments ago, the floor of the bais medrash of Chavrei Hakollel Zichron Binyamin Yosef in Lakewood, NJ, caved in during...
Bochur at Rav Tzvi Kaplan’s Yeshiva in Coma After Surgery
A yeshiva bochur learning in Yerushalayim at Yeshivas Kodshim, led by its rosh yeshiva, Rav Tzvi Kaplan, is in a coma just three days...
Rav Shmuel Auerbach: ‘We Must Follow the Path of Gedolei Hadoros, Not New Things’
"The world is full of external things that interfere with Torah study, and when we sit at the blatt of gemora we cleave to...
Poll: Cuomo Has 25-Point Lead In NY Governor Race
The latest poll shows Democrat Andrew Cuomo with a 25-point lead over tea party Republican Carl Paladino in the race to be New York's...
Former U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary: Jonathan Pollard Must Be Freed Now
The United States must free Jonathan Pollard immediately, the former American deputy defense secretary at the time of Pollard's arrest told Army Radio today....
