Google’s plan to collapse 60 privacy policies into a single one and combine informationit collects about its users has sparked outcry among privacy advocates and scrutiny from lawmakers around the world. Privacy experts have slammed the approach …

Mosques in the United States have doubled in number since the September 11 attacks, with urban and suburban centers seeing an uptick in mosque construction over the last decade, according to a new report.
“This is a growing, healthy Muslim commun…

Every day billions of people in the world boot up their computers and are brought into the world of Microsoft Windows. Whether they’re using Windows XP or Windows 7, the layout is similar and has become familiar — a desktop with icons, a St…

Advertisements that feature pictures of women must be allowed in all parts of Yerushalayim, the Israeli State Prosecution announced today.
“Erasing every hint of the female gender from outdoor advertisements deals a blow to women’s honor, t…

[Photos below.] The Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe of Kiryat Sanz, Netanya, Rav Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam, is concluding a visit to the United States today.
On Monday, the Rebbe traveled to Lakewood, NJ, to visit the frum community there and the Torah bastio…

When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, this discovery disrupts the functioning of the entire family unit and creates a crisis situation. Ezer Mizion’s Oranit Guest Home and Rehabilitation Center offers a variety of therapies to help children wi…

By Gavriel Horan
Paying proper attention to the Megillah reading each Purim is one of the most difficult mitzvos to perform.Halachah requires one to be attentive during the entire reading, listening to every single word along with the ba’al koreh…

It is about nine months since Yaakov Yosef Grunwald’s appeal rejection, which set in motion transfer proceedings to Israel, and now, Matzav.com has learned, his release from Japanese prison could be imminent. A letter issued by the Japanese Just…

Just days ago, some improvement was seen in Maran Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv by his doctors, but it appears that the gadol hador is suffering from pneumonia. False reports earlier this week in some segments of the chareidi media claimed Rav Elyashiv had…

WikiLeaks has released an email exchange between employees of Stratfor, the US-based global intelligence company, which reveals Israel and Russia made a deal to swap access codes for defense and surveillance equipment.
According to the leaked document,…

Interpol said Tuesday that 25 suspected members of the loose-knit Anonymous hacker movement have been arrested in a sweep across Europe and South America.
The international police agency said in a statement that the arrests in Argentina, Chile, Colombi…

United States prosecutors have drawn up secret charges against the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, according to a confidential email obtained from the private US intelligence company Stratfor.
In an internal email to Stratfor analysts on January 26 …

The private photos on your phone may not be as private as you think.
Developers of applications for Apple’s mobile devices, along with Apple itself, came under scrutiny this month after reports that some apps were taking people’s address bo…

Many opinions (incl. Minchas Chinuch, Chasam Sofer, Maharil Diskin, Minchas Elozor, and many others) rule that women are obligated in the reading of Parshas Zachor. While many others (incl. Chinuch, Avnei Nezer, Chazon Ish, The Griz M’Brisk, Divr…

Apple has joined an elite group of companies to reach a $500bn equity valuation amid expectations it is to launch a new version of the iPad next week.
Shares in the iPhone maker rose by nearly 2 per cent to $535.41 on Tuesday, lifting its equity value …

The mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware disposed of some body parts of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by burning them and dumping the ashes in a landfill, an independent panel said in a report released on Tuesday.
The method of dis…

Women vulnerable to car-jackings in Judea and Samaria have found a new form of defense: a dummy dressed as an Israel Defense Forces Armored Corps soldier set in their passenger seats to thwart would-be Palestinian attackers.
There have been eight incid…

Federal authorities charged New York City Comptroller John Liu’s campaign treasurer with fraud and accused her of impeding the investigation into his fund-raising operation.
Jia “Jenny” Hou, the 25-year-old treasurer, was arrested Tue…

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a Senate panel on Tuesday he did not counsel Israel against attacking Iran over its nuclear program.
Gen. Martin Dempsey told lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee: “We’ve had a conversation…