Connecticut plane crash likely deliberate; investigating Jordanian student
The plane slammed into a utility pole and burst into flames on Tuesday, killing a flight student aboard and leaving an instructor with serious burns.… Read More ›
The plane slammed into a utility pole and burst into flames on Tuesday, killing a flight student aboard and leaving an instructor with serious burns.… Read More ›
Pressure on FIFA to address the issue of settlement soccer clubs has increased in recent weeks. The United Nations reminded FIFA on Wednesday that… Read More ›
A briefing on Capitol Hill, which was sponsored by the group, was quickly canceled after its hostility toward the Jewish state was revealed by US… Read More ›
The male volunteers lead the services, and at least ten are sent to every community to ensure there is a minyan. Throngs of Israeli… Read More ›
More than 55,000 people expected at 300 locations across country for traditional prayer sessions run by volunteers The Tzohar rabbinical organization will host more… Read More ›
The skies above Facebook’s Silicon Valley headquarters may soon be buzzing with the sound of quadcopter drones. That’s because the company plans to fly… Read More ›
Donald Trump continued to call his obscene remarks about women captured in a leaked 2005 audio recording “locker room talk” on Fox News Tuesday… Read More ›
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, tossed acid on top members of his own party Tuesday, signaling a return to the combative and undisciplined… Read More ›
Omaha, NE – Warren Buffett has the kind of money problem most people would envy: a growing mountain of cash. Nearly $73 billion piled… Read More ›
Irvine, CA – A California court ban on the practice of kaparos has two major Orthodox Jewish organizations expressing concern that the move could… Read More ›
Hartford, CT – Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has… Read More ›
Bangkok – Well-wishers in Thailand are praying for the health of their beloved King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who has been hospitalized and is in an “unstable”… Read More ›
Cities used to covet the Olympic Games. Hosting them meant glamour and prestige. Not anymore. Rome became the latest city to abandon a bid for… Read More ›
Washington – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that he doesn’t “want” or “care” about having House Speaker Paul Ryan’s support in an interview in… Read More ›
Magen David Adom prepares to deal with people suffering ill effects of fasting, along with hundreds of bicycle crashes Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue… Read More ›
A growing list of non-Orthodox synagogues are bringing the sights and sounds of Yom Kippur services to tens of thousands online JTA — Plenty… Read More ›
‘Landmark’ new show featuring 200 stunning artifacts from across the globe is heavy on Christian and Muslim themes, lighter on Jewish ones, and painstakingly avoids… Read More ›
Minister Lieberman ordered that IDF soldiers will no longer volunteer with migrant children; vacuum left by them will likely be filled by national service volunteers.… Read More ›
Op-ed: A moment before Yom Kippur, it seems we have never been further away from Judaism as a basis of collective identity—a myth, tradition and… Read More ›
Op-ed: Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau writes about Yom Kippur and the need to preserve Israel’s Jewish nature—for the generations to come. It is… Read More ›