A Driver’s Liability in Halacha and Civil Law: Rav Mendel Shafran and the Dan...
Driving a car in America carries with it tremendous responsibility. Besides the Torah obligation not to hurt others, driving also involves several issues of...
Torah Vodaas Purim Chagigah
The Annual Purim Chagiga at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas will be held Tuesday night, Motzoei Purim, at 9 p.m. All talmidim, alumni, family and friends...
Madman Attacks Mispallelim at Kerestirer Shul in Williamsburg
A madman terrorized the Kerestirer Shul on Berry Street in Williamsburg last night, throwing soda cans at mispallelim and waving a butcher knife over...
Purim Warnings…May a Clown Daven Minchah?
The following appears in Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum's column in The Jewish Press and does not necessarily reflect the views of this website:
As the joyous...
U.S. Army Document Describes Israel As ‘A Nuclear Power’
In a rare breach of official American adherence to Israel's policy of nuclear ambiguity, the U.S. military is terming Israel "a nuclear power" on...
Netanyahu Moving On Without Labor
Likud chairman Bibi Netanyahu has ended his quest to bring Labor into the next government and will expedite his efforts to form a coalition...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 12 Adar
-Rav Moshe Pardo, founder of Or Hachaim Seminary in Bnei Brak
-Rav Pinchas Hager of Borsha (1869-1941). He was raised not only by his father,...
N.Y. Schools to Get Half of Stimulus Cash this Month
Sen. Charles Schumer says New York schools and the state will get much of their federal stimulus cash by the end of this month,...
Yaakov Shwekey to Sing at The Special Children’s Center Dinner
Tonight, The Special Children's Center (SCC) of Lakewood, NJ, will have its Building Completion Dinner at Lake Terrace Hall on Oak Street in Lakewood....
Officer Wounded in Gaza is Promoted
2nd Lt. Aharon Karov was called up for service in Gaza the morning after his wedding and critically wounded in combat, as reported here...
IDF to Recruit Despite Purim and Shushan Purim
Reports are that the IDF will proceed this week with the drafting of female soldiers on Purim and Shushan Purim, a move that has...
Obama: Time of Crisis Can Be ‘Great Opportunity’
Trying to buck up a dispirited nation, President Barack Obama today promised that prosperous days will return and cast these bleak times as nothing...
Rabbi Pesach Lerner to Address Agudah Of West Lawrence Melaveh Malka
Agudath Israel of West Lawrence, under the leadership of Harav Moshe Brown, will be holding its annual melava malka tonightat 8:45 p.m. at the...
Judge Rejects Anti-Semitism Claim in Rubashkin Case
A federal judge has brushed aside contentions that Reb Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin's indictment was tainted by anti-Semitism. Lawyers for Shalom Mordechai had asked for...
Audio: Rav Chaim Mintz on the Parsha
Each week Rav Chaim Mintz, Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of Staten Island and founder and head of Oorah Kiruv Rechokim offers, via telephone,...
Changing the Clocks: Spring Forward on Sunday
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, Daylight Saving Time begins in the United States. Daylight Saving Time begins the second Sunday in March...
Audio: Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin On Purim
The following shiur, titled "Shushan American Style," was delivered by Harav Yitzchok Sorotzkin, Rosh Yeshivas Telshe and Mesivta of Lakewood and member of the...
Audio: Rav Yisroel Reisman On Parshas Tetzaveh
The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of...
We Do Not Need Yoatzot Halachah – Female Poskim
By Rabbi Yaakov Feitman
Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi (The Red Shul)
The Five Towns Jewish Times
Last week, the Five Towns Jewish Times newspaper published an...
Belz: No Mishloach Manos to the Shver and Shvigger
The Belzer chassidus in Eretz Yisroel is urging people to cut back this Purim in light of the financial crisis. In addition, so that...
