IDF to Outsource Kashrut Supervision
Over the past few weeks, IDF Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot has been systematically curtailing the authority of the Military Rabbinate.
Argentina Spymaster Testifies Fernandez Govt Involved in Death of Prosecutor Alberto Nisman
Testimony implies former Pres. Cristina Fernandez and her government may have murdered Alberto Nisman.
Israeli Couple Bringing In Patriarch Jacob’s Biblical Sheep from Canada
A couple wants to reintroduce the ancient species of Jacob sheep in Israel.
Russia Charges Citizen Over Denying Existence of God
It wasn't so long ago the Soviet government would jail a citizen for insisting there IS a God...
Israeli Health Ministry Recommends Against Direct ‘Metzitzah B’Peh’
The purpose of the act is to renew the flow of blood in the traumatized organ after the circumcision, to prevent necrosis.
American Reform Rabbis Warn of Disconnect with Israel
American Reform rabbis do not think Israel has yet gone far enough with compromises for the Movement.
Memo to Trump: ADL Info on Hate Groups Coming All Candidates
Trump gave the ADL an excuse to launch a campaign to educate all presidential candidates on extremists and hate groups.
Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Leibowitz, zt’l, Head of Ponevezh Yeshiva, Laid to Rest
Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Leibowitz, zt'l, was a disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk.
Pro-Israel Bona Fides at Issue in Lawsuit Between Jewish School and Parents
In a lawsuit between a Jewish school and parents, a shul weighs in to give its "pro-Israel" hecksher.
Rabbi Yehuda Glick Acquitted, Hoping to Go Back to Guiding Temple Mount Tours
Police joined hands with our worst enemies in an act that amounted to judicial terrorism.
Now, This Is News: Mir Yeshiva Starts Teaching in Hebrew
"Better to give up the Yiddish and let everyone understand the material, rather than maintain the tradition and lose the students' attention."
Sanders: Pope Francis Also a Socialist
“When [the pope] talks about wealth being used to serve people, not as an end in itself, I agree with that.”
Analysis: Reform Success Enabled by Ultra-Orthodox 4-Seat Loss
UTJ MK Israel Eichler turned their lemons into a kind of lemonade saying he wouldn't give the Reform the satisfaction by leaving government.
Rabbi Emanuel Holzer, z’l, NY Jewish Leader, Passes
Rabbi Emanuel Holzer was one of the first and most active in helping to grow the "kosher food industry" at the OU.
Dead Sea Scrolls Puzzle Pieces to Be Matched via Digitizing
The hands-on virtual workspace that will allow scholars around the world to work together simultaneously.
Analysis: Prosecutor Siding with Reform, Missionaries, Against Rightwing Author
Naturally, in a country without a constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech, the policeman is king.
Rabbis Release Directive for ‘Online Shaming’ of Get Refusers
There is a very fine legal line in Jewish tradition between lashon hara-defamation and public criticism.
2 Muslim Women Enter Miami Beach Synagogue, Ask Questions, Scare Everyone
According to a police incident report, the women asked their Jewish host, "Did you have services already?" and "when are you saying Yizkor?"
Only in Texas: Bar Mitzvah on Death Row
Providing spiritual sustenance to inmates, regardless of their crimes.
IDF Chief Rabbi Facing Rebuke, Danced with Wrong Halakhic Authority [video]
Secular Israelis just don't like it when religious Jews dance.
‘I Was Pope John Paul II’s Girlfriend’ Tonight on BBC
In 2008, Tymieniecka sold her archive of letters to the Polish National Library, which kept them from public view until the BBC was invited to take a peek.
Oldest Torah Scroll Proves Yemenite, Chabad Versions Right
One of the challenges of the comparative analysis of the scroll has been the tendency of later scribes to “correct“ the work of their predecessors.
The Perfect Holiday Gift: New Hebrew Translation of ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’
The Protocols is a plagiarized work composed by the Czarist secret police to divert public attention from the empire's economic woes to imagined outside enemies.
Ancestral Pictures Stopped One Intermarriage in Israel
"These were my grandfathers," the groom responded with pride, "they were important Rabbis."
Ultra-Orthodox Man Burns Reform Siddur at Western Wall
There's no doubt that the main purpose of the WOW is to create provocation.
Tycoon Tshuva Donates to Kotel Tunnel, his Daughter Designs the Shul
Left-wing NGOs have already jumped on the story.
‘Small Schools, Kindergartens Don’t Qualify for Gov’t Security Protection’
At what age and population mass is the protection of an Israeli child's life important?
Pegida Anti-Muslim Demonstrations Attract Thousands But Don’t Leave Big Impression
“Europe is now invaded by organized groups of people who want to dominate our continent."
Jordan Adds to Western Wall Mixed-Gender Prayer Controversy
Jordan demands that Israel "return jurisdiction" over a part of the Western Wall to the Islamic Waqf.
Chief Rabbinate Revoking PA Kashrut Certificates
The rabbinate is revoking the certificates of food plants in the PA because of security limits on the access of supervisors to the plants.