Tag: Social Issues

“If a skinhead shoplifts a beer, it’s not a hate crime,” said U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr. “Why would you let that kid go?”

Asking the right questions and looking at the data a little differently makes you realize that everything you've been told about Chareidim is wrong.

The court cited a recent Swiss ruling ,which decreed that deporting Eritrean asylum seekers evading military service was “both lawful and reasonable.”

28% of people with disabilities who were exposed to war and terror were particularly at risk of developing post-traumatic symptoms, compared to 11% of people with disabilities who were not exposed.

The new bill seeks to permit a first-degree relative or guardian to review the adoption file of family members who have disappeared, been kidnapped or whose fate is unknown.

"Any provocation will be met with an appropriate response," said a military spokesperson.

"It's amazing to see how the rights organizations are concerned only with the side that endangers Israel."

The first Brit Mila ceremony in over 80 years was held in the old Yemenite Village in the Shiloach on Monday morning.

The bill was sponsored and advanced by Texas GOP Representative Phil King.

With so much turmoil now in the world, what lies ahead?

When you see injustice and lies on your college campuses, what do you do?

It is an effort to further integrate Israel’s Bedouin population with the broader Israeli society.

Colel Chabad is working with the Israeli government to make sure that every Israeli has what they need for Passover.

Israel Police arrested seven minor Arab rioters in a "demonstration" that got out of control in the city of Umm el Fahm.

The activists turned over crates full of chickens, sprayed the birds with water, and even stole some of them.

PM Netanyahu says Israel is doing what it can to help refugees but is small and cannot open its doors to the flood.

Jews in Liverpool are bracing for the neo-Nazi 'White Man March' set for this Saturday at 12 noon.

The Israeli cabinet has passed the 2015-2016 budget, with the abstention of Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon.

PM Netanyahu and FM Kahlon presented their "Cornflakes Reform" budget to the full cabinet for approval Wednesday.

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon says he's ready to present the new state budget to the cabinet Wednesday.

Baruch Widen, interfaith dialoguer and Arabist, joins Yishai to discuss the pro-Israel trend taking hold among the capital's Arab population. The community is applying for Israeli citizenship in unprecedented numbers. Baruch and Yishai consider why.

The court said that even though the Arab is a "serial plaintiff," the coffee chain discriminated against him.

Yishai is joined by cyber-security expert Pinchas Orbach and terror-funding expert Dr. Mattew Levit. First, Yishai reads and responds to e-mails from listeners, which touch on a range of issues, such as American support for the Kurds and Israel; the faculty of courage; and pushing back on efforts to normalize homosexuality. Then, following questions about the source of the Duqu computer virus found in the hotels where nuclear negotiations with Iran took place, Orbach talks about the quiet cyber-war in which Israel is engaged. Afterwards, Levitt, director of the Washington Institute's Stein Program on Counter-terrorism and Intelligence, explains how terrorist organizations fund their massive operations.

The OU respects the process which led to the Obergefell decision, but prays religious liberty won't be sacrificed.

Israeli Social Services Minister Haim Katz announces the addition of 83 new senior citizen enrichment centers.

Mental health care services are moving from the Health Ministry to direct supervision under the four Israeli HMOs.

More than 70 percent of Muslims in Netherlands reportedly view their brethren fighting the "jihad" in Syria as "heroes."

Former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee is running for U.S. President. He hates the U.S. current foreign policy.

Jewish Vermont Sen. Sanders, who boasts he is "very close" to the teachings of Pope Francis," reportedly will announce his candidacy on Thursday.

The Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park holds the record for the highest birth rate in New York City in 2013.