After the intensely spiritual experience of the Sinai Revelation that we read about in last week’s Torah portion of Yitro, this week’s Parashat Mishpatim serves to ground us and instructs

All around the world, parents and Jewish teens seek to balance the need for an affordable quality education and the desire for Jewish expression. Jewish parents look for ways to

Hamas on Tuesday claimed that it arrested an intelligence agent who had provided information to Israel for 14 years. A website affiliated with Hamas’s internal security agencies in Gaza claimed

Syria’s Red Crescent on Tuesday delivered aid to a town under government siege outside the capital Damascus, aid workers and a monitor said, according to AFP. “The Syrian Arab Red

Secretary of State John Kerry will announce “significant new contributions to support relief efforts” for Syrian refugees later this week, the White House said on Tuesday, according to the Reuters

A top UN official said on Tuesday he was “alarmed” by the condition of a Palestinian Arab journalist on hunger strike in Israel over his detention without trial, AFP reports.

Transform your identity as an addict to a leader by changing your story. Esther is a food addict. She has created a story in her mind, and depending on the

An Israeli court on Tuesday postponed a hearing to determine whether the leader of a Jewish gang that burned a Palestinian teenager alive is sufficiently sane to be held responsible.

With an unusual choice of language, US Secretary of State John Kerry waded into Islamic theological debate on Tuesday when he branded the Islamic State terror group “apostates.”   The

A few days ago, the Police Department’s 100 emergency hotline received a report that a Mercedes truck was stolen in Ashkelon. According to GPS settings, the truck had departed Ashkelon and

Discoveries in an Israeli cave dating back 200,000 years show that early humans ate turtles alongside plants and large game animals, the Tel Aviv university said on Tuesday.   Turtle

An eight-year-old girl collapsed and died in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Atta, apparently after breathing in helium from a balloon. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics were called to

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has pulled out of the annual Jerusalem Conference, his office announced suddenly on Tuesday. The conference is sponsored by Arutz Sheva and its sister paper Besheva,

A Berlin court has sentenced a 28-year-old Albanian man to 8.5 years in prison for the murder of an Israeli man in October last year. 22-year-old Yossi Damari, originally from Petah Tikvah,

Mendy Rivkin, the Israeli man stabbed and seriously wounded by an Arab terrorist last Wednesday night, has told of his terrifying ordeal and miraculous recovery. Rivkin was out with his

If Iowa is going to be an example of what is to come in the Democratic primary election, than Hilary Clinton has a lot to worry about. In a very

The Peace Index, the monthly survey conducted by Tel Aviv University and the Israeli Democracy Institute, have come up with some notable results. Regarding the French proposal for an international

A total of 1,318 Turkish hotels along the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts have been put up for sale, due to Russian sanctions on Turkey and security concerns, reported Turkish and

The United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that an international sting operation has cracked a money laundering operation spearheaded by Hezbollah. The Shi’ite terror organization was caught laundering millions of dollars

The non commissioned officer (NCO) of religion on the Ramat David Base is set for a court martial this Thursday following his refusal to participate in the ceremony commemorating the

The first prototypes of Russia’s next-generation S-500 long range air defense system will reach completion and begin pre-tests in 2016, according to state-run Sputnik News. The new generation system will be

The Tax Authority has produced new regulations, declaring that rabbinical and “kabbalistic” services will now be taxed, Globes reports. This includes leading prayers, weddings, circumcisions, and consultations, as well as

Syria’s government has condemned alleged cross-border shelling by Turkish forces on Monday as a “blatant breach of international law”, state media reported. Late Monday, state news agency SANA quoted a source in the Syrian Foreign Ministry

The Foreign Ministry, in conjunction with the Israel Export Institute (IEI), has put together a system to protect businesses in Judea and Samaria that may be hurt by the EU’s product

Dov Weisslgass, Ariel Sharon’s personal consultant and confidant, has revealed that the destruction of the communities in Gush Katif was requested by the Palestinian Authority and its head, Mahmoud Abbas.

The head of the IDF’s Central Command, General Roni Numa, has ordered the block on Ramallah and the nearby village of Beit Ur al-Tahta to be lifted. The decision to seal off

The head of the IDF’s Central Command, General Roni Numa, has ordered the block on Ramallah and the nearby village of Beit Ur al-Tahta to be lifted. The decision to seal off

Voting polls do not always tell the whole story. As of Monday morning business mogul Donald trump was expected to win the Republican Iowa caucus primaries by a margin of more

Voting polls do not always tell the whole story. As of Monday morning business mogul Donald trump was expected to win the Republican Iowa caucus primaries by a margin of more