Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) married his partner Irina Nevzlin in a small ceremony Tuesday night. The chuppah took place on the roof of Aish Hatorah Yeshiva, in the Jewish Quarter

Rabbi Gordimer is a member of the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, and a member of the New York Bar. His writings on Jewish topics are published

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday warned candidates in the presidential election in the United States against questioning his country’s nuclear deal with world powers, AFP reports. “We

The shooting attack on the gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in which 49 people were murdered was “foreseeable”, Islam expert Dr. Ephraim Herrera told Arutz Sheva on Tuesday. “The spokesman

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over Republican Donald Trump, a Bloomberg Politics national poll released Tuesday finds. The poll shows Clinton leading Trump

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday won the final primary of the Democratic nomination race in the District of Columbia, NBC News projected. The DC primary came more than a week after Clinton

After seven weeks of anticipation, this week all of Israel celebrated the Festival of Shavuot, time of receiving the Torah anew. The Shavuot experience is exhilarating and inspiring. But how do we know

U.S. President Barack Obama lashed out at Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying the Republican presidential candidate is the one who’s un-American, CNN reports. The comments came in response to Trump’s own

(JTA) — Congregation Shearith Israel in New York will appeal a federal court ruling last month stripping its control of the historic Touro Synagogue in Rhode Island. The Manhattan congregation

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday evening, at the Channel 9 outstanding employee awards ceremony, awarded a commendation for bravery to Dr. Regina Fikman, who served as a medical officer

British MPs on Tuesday debated their country’s funding of radical anti-Israel NGOs, with several legislators questioning why the government’s aid agency is spending so much on extremist organizations which undermine

As the controversy over the so-called “Mikveh Law” rages on, prominent Modern-Orthodox Rabbi Shlomo Riskin has weighed in, urging Israelis not to view non-Orthodox Jews – such as the Reform and

The Ministerial Legislative Committee – that which determines whether the government will support or reject new legislation – has approved a bill designed to help “chained” women: If the recalcitrant

The ISIS terrorist group is on the defensive, US President Barack Obama said, just days after a deadly shooting on a gay nightclub in Orlando which was claimed by the jihadist

A top Google official on Tuesday hailed Israel’s tech sector, saying it trailed only Silicon Valley in the United States when it comes to “initiatives”. Eric Schmidt, formerly Google chief

A senior commander in Hamas’s elite commando unit has handed himself over to Israel, according to sources inside Gaza cited by Channel 2. Reports of his surrender to Israel have been circulating

The wife of Orlando attacker Omar Mateen has told federal agents she tried to talk her husband out of carrying out the attack, NBC News revealed on Tuesday. According to

The search continues along New York’s Atlantic Beach for a missing paddle boarder who was last seen Sunday afternoon. The 41-year old man, a Nassau county resident, was spotted by

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Jewish institutions must heed the flaws in the security industry exposed by the mass shooting in Orlando, the top Jewish community security official said. Paul Goldenberg, who directs Secure Community

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel was ready to share intelligence with NATO to help fight Islamist terrorism, as he met with ambassadors from alliance nations ahead of

The Knesset Interior Committee on Tuesday lowered the minimum age at which Israeli civilians can acquire a firearms license, in the latest measure enabling civilians to legally arm themselves following

(JTA) A $20 million gift will help the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum refurbish its 20-plus-years-old exhibit, with a focus on the challenges posed to democracies by rapid changes in technology.

A Hamas-linked media outlet has released a sickening video dramatizing the murderous shooting attack at Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market last Wednesday. Four Israelis were killed in the attack by two Arab

(AFP) The jihadist killing of two police officials outside Paris is the latest targeted attack by an individual responding to Islamic State (ISIS or IS) terror group propaganda, terrorism experts say.

The UK parliament has heard testimony from the leader of British Jewry’s major community organization as part of a probe into anti-Semitism. Jonathan Arkush, President of the Board of Deputies

(AFP) US-backed fighters chased the Islamic State group out of his village last year, but Syrian teenager Bashar Qassem’s missing hand is a constant reminder of their cruel rule.   A