U.S. and Israel on Iran: Widening Gap or “Different Clocks”?
While Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren downplayed the reportedly widening gap between Washington and Jerusalem’s positions regarding the necessity and timing of possible military action against Iran’s...
Chevrusah Tumuly in Lakewood by Shmuel Soiferman
Yesterday, the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul, was the first day of the new semester in Yeshivos across the world. In Lakewood, new Jersey, however, where well over...
Rabbi: Electric Razors Not Kosher
Rabbis in the haredi town of Kiryat Sefer have ruled recently that the use of electric razors is prohibited by the Torah.
The rabbis, whose convention marked the beginning of...
New evidence in Hungarian Nazi case
New evidence has emerged suggesting that Hungarian Nazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary was sentenced to 20 years in jail after World War II in 1945 but then escaped,...
Mystery of Jewish Brooklyn Beggar who Had a $1 million Photo Collection, Found Dead...
As he begged outside Brooklyn synagogues, Howard Frank was always regaling people with stories of his past, proudly referring to his distant esteemed rabbi relatives.
But suddenly Frank’s tales took...
European Rabbis Rap Apple Over Anti-Semitic App
European rabbis say they’re lobbying Apple Inc. to pull a mobile app version of the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” a notorious anti-Semitic forgery.
The Conference of European Rabbis,...
Former Rabbinic Aide, Ex-Fundraiser for NYC Congressman, Charged with Immigration Fraud
A former rabbinical aide who may hold the fate of a United States representative in his hands has been arrested on immigration-fraud charges, federal authorities said on Friday.
According to...
Never Again: Saudi Cleric Questions Holocaust (Video)
A prominent Saudi Arabian religious cleric declared that the Holocaust is an “exaggeration” and that Jewish people consume the blood of children during a wide-ranging interview with an Arabic...
Hikind Leads Jews nationwide In Solidarity Shabbos For Jacob Ostreicher (Video)
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is organizing thousands of synagogues into action on behalf of Jacob Ostreicher, a Brooklyn resident who has been held without formal charges in a Bolivian...
Ahmadinejad Calls Israel’s Existence “Insult to all Humanity”
TEHRAN, Iran – Israel’s existence is an “insult to all humanity,” Iran’s president said Friday in one of his sharpest attacks yet against the Jewish state, as Israel openly...