At IDF Haredi Memorial, a Historic Siyum HaShas Honors Fallen Soldiers
“To be a Haredi combat soldier in the IDF is to hold the Torah in one hand and the sword of King David in the other.”
Liberman: I’ll Do Everything to Unite Likud, Blue & White, Keep Haredim Out
Why would Netanyahu agree to include the politician who so humiliated him in the spring in the next government?
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto Ordered NYPD Detective to Arrest Aide’s Rival
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto allegedly ordered a New York City police officer to arrest his top aide’s business rival.
IDF Promotes Religious Hero of Gaza War Ofer Winter, Censors his Thanks to God
Gantz and his successor, Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, were determined to bury Winter’s career.
The Holiest Day of the Year: How IDF Soldiers Observe Yom Kippur
The IDF is nothing if not innovative. For soldiers who are on the front lines during the Yom Kippur Fast, the army suggests they suck on popsicles to keep their strength without violating to laws of the fast.
Youth Who Burned Down Auxiliary Building of Kinneret Church Sentenced on Eve of Hanukkah
It is fitting, perhaps, that the fire connected with the arson of a church in Israel is belabored just ahead of the national Jewish celebration of the Maccabim rebellion against the Syrian occupiers and their Helenized Jewish collaborators.
Anarchists Running Out of Targets: Drums and Vuvuzelas outside Jerusalem Yeshiva
On Wednesday morning, the anarchists' numbers dwindled to a few dozen.
How Ben Gvir ‘Prevented’ the October 7 Attack and How Blinken, Lapid, and Deri...
Itamar Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit has already robbed the Haredi parties of a seat each in the current Knesset.
Protest Leaders Shocked as Israelis Reject their Extremist Message
Protest leader Shikma Bressler was upset. Some group dared to splash the entire side of a building in Tel Aviv with a gigantic ad...
Religious MK Elazar Stern: Mixed-Sex Combat Service ‘Wonderful’
Does Stern honestly believe that sitting in a college lecture hall next to members of the opposite sex imposes the same degree of unwanted intimacy, often the revolting kind – as the reality of the inside of a combat tank?
Jerusalem College Awards Scholarships to Religious Jews in Mixed City
The initiative was launched after a tumultuous summer of violence last year.
Haredi Tycoons Raising $100 Million to Replace Lapid’s Budget Cuts
Lapid is beginning to smell like a rose thanks to Haredi tycoons. He is taking yeshivas off the government dole and balancing the budget. How will yeshivas survive? The tycoons have an answer - money.
Bennett Apologizes to Labor MK for Campaign Ad Comparing him to Hamas
"I regret it, it's inappropriate, it was not right and it was not true," Habayit Hayehudi Chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett apologized to MK Yossi Yona (Zionist Camp) for a video ad published by his party in the 2015 election campaign.
Peres: Torah Does Not Ban Women Wearing Tallis at Western Wall
President Peres showed off his lack of knowledge of Jewish law and told the NY UJA, “The Torah does not ban women from wearing a tallis.”
In the Wake of Eliyahu’s Statement, Leftists Redefine ‘Extremism’ to Mean ‘Everyone But Us’
Reading this editorial was like running into Shikma Bressler in a dark alley and she was waving half a dozen flags and a megaphone.
Knesset Speaker: Rabin’s Assassination Had No Historical Effect
Edelstein said that if the murder "achieved any goals, then those goals were the opposite of what the despicable murderer had aimed to achieve."
Native Baltimore Rabbi Runs for Beit Shemesh City Council
Baltimore native Rabbi Avraham Leventhal, who moved to Beit Shemesh eight years ago after making aliyah, has tossed his hat in the political ring...
70 days Later – Mofaz, Kadima, Quit Netanyahu’s Government over Haredi Draft
Following the collapse of negotiations over a new conscription law, Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz decided to quit Netanyahu's coalition, leaving the premier once again with only 66 MKs. Mofaz told a Kadima faction emergency session: "It is with great sorrow that I say that there is no escape from taking a decision on quitting the government." Mofaz explained: "I went in on a principle, and when that failed, we must quit."
Bennett Walks Out on EU President: I Won’t Be Rebuked in German
Many Jewish Home MKs reacted with appropriate rage.
MK Who Excluded Reform Jews from Judaism Was ‘Misunderstood’
An Israel Knesset Member got a whack on his tongue for angering the Diaspora.
Tasered Settler Boaz Albert to Return Home
Even after suffering shocks from a Taser gun, he refused to sign on the administrative order.
Labor: Netanyahu Declared War on the World
Those warnings are not trivial. They're also not all that real.
Livni to Appeal Government Approved Foreign NGO Bill
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has announced that she intends to appeal the committee decision in the high court.
Attorney General Asks Court to Order New Elections in Beit Shemesh
There is a glimmer of hope in fighting corrupt elections in Israel, which is no worse than anywhere else but simply more obvious.
Women of the Wall Leadership Linked to Anti-Israel Groups
Women of the Wall Vice Chair Batya Kallus serves as an adviser to Sikkuy, a signatory to the Haifa Declaration calling for the abolishing of the State of Israel.
Kerry Mixing Pathos with Unveiled Threats at AJC Global Forum
"We will find ourselves in a negative spiral … that could literally slam the door on a two-state solution, having already agreed, I think, that there isn’t a one-state one."
After an Apology, Bennett to Meet Bibi in Tel Aviv
"Sara Netanyahu is a good woman. I'm sorry about the joke regarding the terrorism course we supposedly took course together."
Police Arrest 10 Women of the Wall as Liberating Paratroopers Watch
WOW spokesperson said police behavior was "sneaky," or at least confusing, seeing as they arrested the women after they had already cleared the area.
Jewish Home Attacking Lapid on Haredi Draft
The decision to play this kind of hardball came from Lapid.
It’s Official: Israel to Fast on Yom Kippur like Americans
The Knesset has driven the last nail in the once holy coffin of changing the clocks twice a year according to the timing of Passover and Yom Kippur. Daylight Time will remain until the end of October.