If George Zimmerman is not arrested in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin soon, the Rev. Al Sharpton will call for an escalation in peaceful civil disobedience and economic sanctions.
Sharpton would not say the efforts would be taken against the cit…

By R. Ben Yisai
The US Administration recently shifted into high gear in its efforts to avert an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities by the end of the year. The flood of reports in the American media in recent weeks attests not only to t…

Israel reintroduced Daylight Savings Time (DST) overnight, pushing time forward one hour at 2 am – to 3 am today.
Israel’s use of Standard Time has been the subject of great controversy over the past few years, as a growing percentage of the pub…

Former U.S. diplomat John Bolton alleged Thursday that the Obama administration leaked a story about covert Israeli activity in order to foil potential plans by the country to attack Iran’s nuclear program.
Bolton, who served as U.S. ambassador …

Brooklyn, NY – The New York City Board of Elections (BOE) completed counting the valid paper ballots on Thursday in the Fidler-Storobin race. Both campaigns have agreed to the following totals, confirmed by the BOE:
Spread: Fidler +3 votes
Total Fidle…

A female terrorist who was released in the Shalit deal in the fall and was recaptured in February, agreed to end a 43-day-old hunger strike on Thursday, after Israel agreed to release her.
Hana Shalbi, a terrorist from the Islamic Jihad organization, …

Mr. George H. W. Bush, the 41st president, urged Republicans to coalesce behind Romney. From his office in Houston, with Romney sitting at his side, Mr. Bush said “it’s time for people to all get behind this good man.”
“We&#821…

Appearing on the Jay Leno show, Mitt Romney says he’d be happy to share a ticket with rival Rick Santorum as his VP.
“I’m happy with him saying he’d like to be part of an administration with me, nothing wrong with that, if he&#…

[Audio below.] Each week, Rav Chaim Mintz, Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of Staten Island and founder and head of Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, offers, via telephone, an insightful and inspiring [...]

[Download below.] Bring new meaning to your Shabbos seudah by involving your family and guests in discussions on the weekly parsha. Parsha Partner has meaningful divrei Torah and engaging discussion topics for the Shabbos Table. Try to anticipate what…

By Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski
This week’s Sedra opens with the topic of the Hekter-ChalavimV’Aivarim (the burning of the fats and limbs of the fire offerings), and the Trumas-Hadeshen (the removing of the ashes left over from the burning of f…

Rav Yitzchak of Drovitch (1758). He was the father of R’ Yechiel Michel, the Maggid of Zlotschov. In later years, Rav Yitzchak served as the official maggid or “mochiach” (admonisher) and dayan in the beis din of Brod at the ti…

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Rav Eizik Ausband zt”l, rosh yeshiva at Yeshivas Telshe-Cleveland in Wickliffe, Ohio.
Rav Ausband had been unwell for a while and talmidim and the greater olam haTorah had been davening fo…

Israeli Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu met Gilad Shalit, the former IDF soldier released from Hamas captivity in a prisoner exchange five months ago, today, in their first meeting since Shalit’s return to Israel.
Shalit, whose parents accompa…

The following statement was issued by Assemblyman Dov Hikind:
“As a response to the shenanigans of a few bloggers speculating on who I voted for in the recent special election, I feel it’s important to set the record straight.
“I li…

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich met secretly with GOP rival Mitt Romney on Saturday, according to a source close to the campaign, but the former House speaker says he has made no deal to end his bid for the GOP nomination.
Mr. Gingrich, …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1 in 88 U.S. children has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
The figure, based on 2008 estimates from 14 monitoring sites around the country, represents a 23 percent increase…

First came the bike lanes, creeping like overgrown ivy across the city streetscape.
Then there were the open-air pedestrian plazas, sprouting from the concrete in hubs like Times Square and Union Square to make the insufferable clamor of crosstown tra…

Iran could probably rebuild most of its centrifuge workshops within six months after an attack on its nuclear sites, according to a new report by U.S. congressional researchers, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
The report by analysts at the Congressio…

Dear readers,
When Erev Pesach comes, we see the beauty of Klal Yisroel shine as everyone is busy cleaning out thechometz with such yiras Shomayim, making sure that not even a crumb of chometz is left in their homes.
But there is one negative attitude…

There was an amazing exchange today at the State Department press briefing when the press secretary refused to say that Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel. “We are not going to prejudge the outcome of those negotiations, including t…

[Video and photos below.] Yesterday, the Moadim L’Simcha Yom Tov food distribution took place in Lakewood, NJ. It was an amazing and inspiring scene as thousands of families took advantage of this wonderful effort designed to assist rabbeim,…

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Our people have a tortured history. We have been buffeted about, chased from place to place. We have known deprivation and tragedy. The flow ebbs and increases. Some times are better than others. For a while, we were living …