News

Arab-Israeli schools to strike in protest of small budget

Arab-Israeli schools to strike in protest of small budget

Committee of Arab mayors decides not to open schools for two days in protest of government’s failure to respond to request for NIS 6.4 billion… Read More ›

‘I’m haredi, lesbian, and live with a woman’

‘I’m haredi, lesbian, and live with a woman’

She was born and educated in a haredi community, and felt she was different ever since she was young. After refusing an arranged marriage, ‘Raheli’… Read More ›

Jerusalem experiences day of violence

Jerusalem experiences day of violence

Firebombs, a stabbing, and riots mark a day of violence in Jerusalem, as police battle a constant flow of popular terror. Several firebombs was thrown… Read More ›

Polish deputy FM: Warsaw, Jerusalem agree on Ukraine

Polish deputy FM: Warsaw, Jerusalem agree on Ukraine

Pawlik denies providing weapons to Ukrainian forces.   Warsaw and Jerusalem largely see eyeto- eye on the Ukraine crisis, Polish Undersecretary of State Konrad Pawlik… Read More ›

Rocket fired from Gaza lands in Israeli territory

Rocket fired from Gaza lands in Israeli territory

An IDF spokesperson says that the rocket alert siren did not sound due to the assessment that the projectile would land in an open area.… Read More ›

US drone strike kills top cyber expert for ISIS, source says

US drone strike kills top cyber expert for ISIS, source says

Junaid Hussain, A British hacker, moved to Syria sometime in the last two years. WASHINGTON – A British hacker who US and European officials said… Read More ›

Chaplaincy Corps provides religious guidance to soldiers in every unit and base

Chaplaincy Corps provides religious guidance to soldiers in every unit and base

  The Military Rabbinate looks set to lose 25 percent of its officer positions as part of the systematic budget cuts within the IDF. The… Read More ›

New Jersey governor Christie urges opposition to Iran deal

New Jersey governor Christie urges opposition to Iran deal

At a Chabad house, 2016 Republican hopeful calls on state’s Congress reps, especially Sen. Cory Booker, to vote against accord   Republican presidential candidate Chris… Read More ›

EL-ERIAN: Here’s why Tuesday’s stock market action was ‘particularly worrisome’

EL-ERIAN: Here’s why Tuesday’s stock market action was ‘particularly worrisome’

  The US stock markets spent most of Tuesday in the green before tumbling into the close. The Dow was up by as much as… Read More ›

Everyone’s got it backward — the market chaos is EXACTLY why the Fed needs to pull the trigger in September

Everyone’s got it backward — the market chaos is EXACTLY why the Fed needs to pull the trigger in September

  Peter Tchir at Brean Capital thinks the recent stock market chaos is the reason for the Federal Reserve to raise rates in September. Amid… Read More ›

Chinese stocks had a chaotic open

Chinese stocks had a chaotic open

  Fresh from two days of utter carnage, further monetary policy easing from the PBOC and restrictions on some forms of futures trading, Chinese stocks… Read More ›

Washington – Trump’s Lead Grows As Bush Slips In Republican White House Race: Reuters Poll

Washington – Trump’s Lead Grows As Bush Slips In Republican White House Race: Reuters Poll

  Washington – Republican Jeb Bush’s support is slipping in the race for the party’s presidential nomination, and front-runner Donald Trump has opened a 20-point… Read More ›

New York – Just Mayo Maker Warned By FDA That Mayonnaise Needs Eggs

New York – Just Mayo Maker Warned By FDA That Mayonnaise Needs Eggs

New York – The maker of eggless spread Just Mayo has gotten a warning from regulators: Mayonnaise needs eggs. The Food and Drug Administration sent… Read More ›

Rockland County, NY – Yeshiva Plans To Raise Building After Vandals Spray Paint Anti-E Ramapo Message On Roof

Rockland County, NY – Yeshiva Plans To Raise Building After Vandals Spray Paint Anti-E Ramapo Message On Roof

  Rockland County, NY – The Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland says it plans to raise a dilapidated 69 year-old cottage in Ponoma after… Read More ›

Train gunman had terrorist intent, French prosecutor says

Train gunman had terrorist intent, French prosecutor says

He was armed for a massacre. Ayoub El Khazzani, the suspected gunman who was overtaken by passengers on a Thalys train in France last week,… Read More ›

U.S. works with Turkey on ISIS but is wary of its politics

U.S. works with Turkey on ISIS but is wary of its politics

Washington – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has placed the Obama administration in a delicate position — stepping up his country’s involvement in the war on… Read More ›

U.S. sending top-line F-22 jets to Europe

U.S. sending top-line F-22 jets to Europe

  The U.S. Air Force will soon dispatch its most advanced fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor, to Europe in a show of solidarity with allies… Read More ›

Obama poised to avoid need for Iran veto altogether

Obama poised to avoid need for Iran veto altogether

With only 2 senate Democrats declaring opposition to deal and an increasing number pledging support, victory in Congressional vote seems within president’s reach   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Republican senator sees momentum for Iran deal

Republican senator sees momentum for Iran deal

29th senator comes out for accord; Foreign Relations chair Bob Corker slams Democrats’ plans to filibuster a vote   WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican… Read More ›

Iran providing info for nuclear probe, says UN watchdog

Iran providing info for nuclear probe, says UN watchdog

IAEA chief says inspectors received ‘substantive volume’ of documents meant to allay fears over suspected weapons work   VIENNA (AP) — Iran has provided a… Read More ›