Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s letter to the Five Towns Community

By Yakov Golding “My son-in-law the Gaon and Tzaddik Rav Yitzchak Kolodetzky, shlita, known for his outstanding Drashos and Berachos, will be visiting your city this Shabbos… may his visit...

A Holocaust survivor who was injured in May 2021 conflict with Hamas has died...

(JTA) — Naomi Perlman, a Holocaust survivor who was seriously injured when a rocket fired from Gaza hit her home during the May 2021 conflict between Israel and Hamas,died...

Attempted terrorist attack south of Jerusalem

A terrorist stabbing attack was foiled south of Jerusalem Monday afternoon. The attempted terror attack occurred at the Gush Etzion Junction just south of the capital, when an Arab terrorist...

Israel to reduce travel restrictions but US travelers still barred

(JTA) — Israel announced Monday that it would reduce its restrictions on travel that were first put in place in November to delay the spread of the Omicron variant,...

Israel begins administering 4th coronavirus shots

(JTA) — Israel has begun administering a second booster shot to citizens over 60 and to medical workers who received their first booster at least four months ago. Prime Minister...

Bennett enters quarantine after daughter tests positive for coronavirus

(December 27, 2021 / Israel Hayom) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has entered voluntary quarantine after his daughter tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced on Sunday. Bennett received the...

Chaim Walder, popular haredi Orthodox author accused of sexual abuse, found dead in suspected...

(JTA) — Chaim Walder, an Israeli haredi Orthodox children’s book author who was accused last month of sexual abuse by several teenage girls, was found dead Monday in an...

IDF troops come under fire while mapping homes of Homesh terrorists

(December 20, 2021 / JNS) Israeli forces came under heavy fire in Silat al-Harithiya in northern Samaria on Sunday night, during an operation to map out the homes of...

An intersection on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to be named in honor of Shimon...

JTA) — Shimon Peres will soon receive a major honor for a non-New Yorker: the late Israeli prime minister will have a New York City street corner named in...

Naftali Bennett becomes first Israeli prime minister to visit the United Arab Emirates

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the Crown Prince and leader of the United Arab Emirates Monday, marking the first time an...
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Netanyahu Expected to Freeze Judicial Reforms Amid Mass Civil Disobedience

(March 27, 2023 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to freeze his government’s judicial reform program on Monday. He is set to deliver a speech...

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Each one of Masechet Avot’s perakim begins with a central teaching. The fourth perek opens with Ben Zoma’s definition of four characters: the...

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By Chaim Yehuda Meyer I read with great interest Larry Gordon’s article, “The History of Cake” (March 17, 2023). Mr. Gordon reminiscences about the Passover...

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