13 New Souls Arrive in Israel on Yom Kippur
More than a dozen new babies were born in Haifa's Carmel Medical Center on Yom Kippur. Mazel Tov!
Knesset Passes Law Granting Rabbinical Courts Jurisdiction over International Get Refusal Cases
MK Michal Rozin (Meretz) commented: “This bill essentially grants the rabbinical court international jurisdiction. This is a new invention – an international court for Jews."
ADL Warns Missionary Group is Using Holocaust – Again – to Lure Jews
The Jews for Jesus missionary group is using Holocaust imagery in a new video to lure Jews away from their faith.
NY Senator Chuck Schumer Slams BDS as ‘Modern Anti-Semitism’
NY Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer slams BDS as "modern-day anti-Semitism."
UK Will Not Burn Bodies of Jewish Corona Victims After Outcry By Jewish Community
A clause was included in a Parliamentary bill, allowing for families of the deceased to oppose cremation out of religious reasons.
Pittsburgh Rabbi Denies Botching Circumcision
Rabbi Mordechai Rosenberg, who was accused last week of botching a circumcision of an 8-day-old boy who was rushed to the hospital after his...
Sderot Police Officers Bring Chanukah Joy to Seniors in Southern Israel
Local police in the southern Israeli city of Sderot came to spend Chanukah with seniors this week, singing and sharing sufganiyot together.
Knesset to Vote on Bill Requiring Halachic Considerations Before Issuing Shabbat Work Permits
The High Court of Justice previously ruled that the minister may only take technical and economic considerations into account and he is forbidden from making halachic considerations.
Historic First: Women Take Israeli State Exam in Jewish Religious Law
Among the subjects tested were Sabbath laws, marriage and divorce, family purity and mourning.
Hillel Outmaneuvered as Swarthmore Students Reject Its Israel Guidelines
The question is, how will Hillel International prevent more of its healthy cells going cancer.
American PAC Calls for Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
An American PAC is calling for recognition of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish State.
Netanyahu Heats Up Mimouna Celebration
Israelis heading to Mimouna celebrations in Or Akiva saw Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah at the party Saturday night.
54% of American Jews Eat Pork, Says Pew Poll
Less than two-thirds of Americans are "absolutely certain" that God exists. Millennials point to a godless future.
Tzohar Rabbis Advocate Halachic Sale of New Utensils for Pesach Under Shadow of COVID-19
The sale remains in place until conditions allow for people to go to the mikvah.
Alexandria Court Bans Annual Jewish Pilgrimage to Holy Rabbi’s Tomb
An Egyptian court 'permanently' bans Jewish pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira.
Hareidi Group to Rabbis: Ignore Supreme Court
Eida Hareidit supports punishment for using civil courts.
Confirmed: US Airstrike Kills ISIS Terrorist Behind Charlie Hebdo, Hyper Cacher Massacres
A US official confirms the ISIS terrorist behind the Charlie Hebdo, Hyper Cacher attacks, is dead.
IDF’s Commando Rabbi Wasn’t Joking about Rebuilding the Temple
Captain Rabbi Avrumi Levin: In case the Temple is rebuilt, consider this [Tisha B'Av] document null and void.
Western Wall Heritage Foundation Denies Finding Anti-Israel Damage to Prayer Books
"We heard about the incident, and since then have been conducting sample checks of siddurim in the prayer area, but have not found such prayer books."
US President Donald Trump Makes History in Visit to Western Wall [video]
The director of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation showed President Trump and his family during their visit to the site explanatory photos and drawings of the Holy Temples and the Temple Mount.
World Jewish Athletes to Gather in Hitler’s Stadium July 28
World Jewish athletes will gather in Hitler's stadium in Berlin on July 28 for The Maccabi Games.
Regional Rabbinical Court Rejects Grand Rabbinical Court’s Ruling Saying It Controverts Jewish Law
The regional court judges wrote that the Grand Rabbinical Court had treated the defendant with the "quality of Sodom."
Historic French Synagogue Burns Down in Maizières-lès-Vic
A quaint little 19th-century synagogue in France burned to the ground last week, but no one knows how or why.
Survey: More Israelis Light Hanukkah Candles, But More Americans Think It’s an Important Holiday
Most Israeli Jews partake in several Hanukkah activities, such as eating sufganiyot (doughnuts) and latkes (79%) and giving Hanukkah gelt (64%).
US Ambassador David Friedman’s Passover Message: ‘Next Year in Jerusalem’ Has Special Meaning This...
“To be here for Passover in Israel is a very special moment for me," says US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
Tzohar Launches New Prenuptial Agreement
"With the launch of this new historic agreement, we hope to make the lives of newlyweds better and more meaningful, so that if, God forbid, the marriage breaks up, it will be done in a fair and respectful manner.”
Moishe Holtzberg to Return to Mumbai’s Nariman Chabad House
Moishe, who is not yet bar mitzvah, is growing up with the knowledge that should he so choose, he has the right to take up his parents' career and continue their life's work as a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Mumbai.
Torah Scroll Torched in Jerusalem’s Har Nof Neighborhood
Firefighters called overnight to a mostly hareidi-religious neighborhood in Jerusalem found a burnt Torah scroll.
NYPD Evacuates 770 After 911 Gets Bomb Threat
A bomb threat called in to the NYC 911 switchboard prompts police to evacuate "770" Eastern Pkwy.
Rare Ethiopian Beta Israel Sacred Texts to be Released Online by National Library of...
To date, 17 manuscripts written in the sacred Ge'ez language have been scanned and will be online.
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