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Khamenei said that parties opposing Iran’s nuclear activities are untruthful when it comes to abiding by their promises.

Black hat extremists in Beit Shemesh are giving Israel a black eye again. A Haredi couple tells a woman to go back to the bus. Police arrest them, and rioters smash bus windows.

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein has backed out of offering the convocation for the Republication Convention.

The bill would take power away from the Haredi Chief Rabbis but but does not authorize non-orthodox conversions.

'France defines itself as secular,' Avital explained. 'It is agreed between all parties that they do not want any confusion between state and religion.'

Belgian parliamentarians have lost their bid to ban the Jewish ritual slaughter of meat - for now.

"Women are absolved of saying the Shma Israel – they needn't make the blessing, much more so to wear a talit and make a blessing over it."

"At the moment, I don't feel that the Lord is asking this of me," Pope Francis stated.

Police in Budapest have arrested two young men after they allegedly assaulted the leader of a Jewish congregation.

At the 10th Annual CUFI Summit, the audience was warned about the consequences of the imminent nuclear deal with Iran.

It wasn't so long ago the Soviet government would jail a citizen for insisting there IS a God...

“The prohibition against shaming a person, which is Torah-level, supersedes the obligation to read the Torah aloud, which is rabbinic.”

In cities and towns across Israel, the missing, pivotal character who could serve as a locus for spiritual needs, informal education and charitable programs is the communal rabbi, argue the founders of the Barkai Center for Practical Rabbinics.

Who says Netanyahu does not want peace with Abbas? He picked up the phone to wish him greetings on Ramadan. Why didn’t Kerry think of that? Maybe Arabs will call tonight and wish Bibi a good fast.”

Rav Ovadia Yosef said on Saturday night that we should focus specifically on Iran, and say, "May the good Lord obliterate them, destroy them…"

‘Lt. B.’ came to Israel to learn Torah for a year and go back to NJ for university. He thought about the army and the Air Force grabbed him, fulfilling his childhood wish to be a pilot. Read and be proud.

Obama scolds Europe for not being more welcoming to its North African immigrants.

The event also featured musical performances and a poetry recital, centered on the theme of interfaith relations.

The Bible's first mitzvah: "And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth..."

Tens of thousands of Jews streamed into Hebron to celebrate the city's annual Passover festival.

No one seemed to be in charge of the movements of the Sudanese workers.

Chief Rabbi Lau responded on Tuesday that the best way to battle anti-Semitism is to immigrate to Israel, but that all Jews in Germany and throughout the Diaspora must continue to wear the kippah and other Jewish symbols.

Wouldn’t be a lot easier if fanatic Haredim would simply charter their own planes?

The ITIM religious services group is advocating for a change to Israel's mikvah laws that would allow a woman to immerse alone.

The OU has established parameters for a three-year period during which the umbrella body for American Orthodox congregations will work to bring its member synagogues who employ female clergy into compliance with OU standards, which stipulate that a woman cannot serve as a rabbi.

“With this statement, the State Department has effectively given Palestinian groups a green light to attack Israel,” Jonathan Schanzer, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.

Absent much to do in the home country, Ayalon got a job teaching at YU, where America's future diplomats usually don't come from.

IDF soldiers from the Ephraim Brigade under the command of Major Dado Ha'Cohen secured the service. Joshua Bin Nun came from the tribe of Ephraim.

Israel Police said the men tried to reach the Al Aqsa Mosque where they planned on participating in a demonstration.

A petition to "Stop Quebec Bill 59" says the bill "criminalizes criticism of Islam and anything considered an Islamic practice (Honor killings, honor rape, female genital mutilation, female oppression, and beating of wives and children)."