Is the Israeli educational system failing haredi students?
Tens of thousands of men, educated in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) system, are not taught English or math past the fourth-grade level. Like many bright… Read More ›
Tens of thousands of men, educated in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) system, are not taught English or math past the fourth-grade level. Like many bright… Read More ›
At its height, Cuba was home to roughly 20,000 Jews. Now that number teeters around 1,000, depending on whom you ask. From afar, these… Read More ›
Khazir, Iraq – A rising tide of humanity ebbed east from Mosul on Thursday as Iraqi forces entered the ISIS-controlled city for the first time… Read More ›
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has taken personal responsibility for the abuse of power scandal engulfing her administration and vowed to cooperate with any investigation.… Read More ›
The deputy thought she heard banging. She and her colleagues were out on a rural piece of South Carolina land Thursday morning, preparing to serve… Read More ›
Public corruption prosecutors were skeptical about information received by agents, sources say WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents seeking an investigation into the Clinton Foundation… Read More ›
Obama hits the campaign trail to rally for Democratic candidate, as Melania Trump travels to Pennsylvania to make case for husband WASHINGTON (AFP) —… Read More ›
A growing number of Jews are using psychedelics to reach spiritual highs, and you might be surprised to learn some Orthodox don’t frown upon the… Read More ›
NIS 30 million budget earmarked to increase reimbursement payments to self-employed IDF reservists; Lieberman: ‘Reservists play a central, critical role in the IDF’s ability to… Read More ›
Op-ed: When the prime minister turns a marginal issue—the new public broadcasting corporation—into his No. 1 threat, it’s possible we are witnessing one of his… Read More ›
Open Society files legal brief arguing NGO should be treated as media organization One of George Soros’s foundations has jumped into the legal battle between… Read More ›
Adelson’s money will be going to a superPAC called Future 45, which has in recent weeks run anti-Clinton ads comparing Clinton to former President Richard… Read More ›
US: “This settlement’s location deep in the West Bank… would link a string of outposts that effectively divide the West Bank and make the possibility… Read More ›
One of the Jewish state’s longest serving ambassadors, Oybek Eshonov is proud of his country’s rich Jewish heritage. Israeli politicians with Utopian fantasies about… Read More ›
America’s complicated, and some say convoluted, Electoral College process will only officially pick the president on Jan. 6 WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential election… Read More ›
The FBI’s decision to re-open its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server may not end up being a severe blow to Clinton’s campaign,… Read More ›
Donald Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway has some telling strategies for managing the Republican nominee, a New York Magazine piece revealed on Saturday. The… Read More ›
Donald Trump roiled disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner and cast his estranged wife Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, as “a problem”… Read More ›
Washington – Donald Trump is stirring passions far from the United States. In the Brazilian city Sao Paulo on Saturday, a right-leaning group called… Read More ›
Rome – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is warning against the “demagogic” populism of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and politicians like him in… Read More ›