For well over a century, one of the most sizzling topics – and there have been many – in religious Jewish circles has been that of Aliyah to Israel. Intense

“What will become of the Jewish people?” asked renowned Torah leader and spiritual mentor Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, the man the New York Times called a “once- in-a millennium scholar”, in

A number of leading European politicians have declared recently how important it is that the Jews keep residing in their various countries. Government leaders also claim that they will do

A delegation of the World Zionist Organization (WZO) on January 19 led a visit to the Swedish Parliament, which last Friday led to a governmental minister being confronted over Sweden’s funding

We are a sleeping tiger, the American Jewish Orthodox Zionist community.  Our voices barely are heard.  Our numbers barely are rallied.  Yet, with vision and determination, we can change the face and values

The following article delineates five different philosophies that have developed within the past century and a half within the observant Jewish community in terms of how they view and interact

Haim Saban, an Israeli billionaire living in the US and a key backer of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, attacked Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on Saturday – while admitting that

In March 2008, a terrorist entered the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva library in Jerusalem and murdered eight unarmed young students who sat there studying Torah. One of them was Yochai Lifshitz,

Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday won in Kansas and battled with Donald Trump for Kentucky in a four-state round of Republican voting, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Meanwhile, Democrats in

Palestinian arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction has been submitted as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. Fatah spokesperson Fayez Abu Aita announced Barghouti’s name

A 19-year-old Arab was arrested on Saturday adjacent to the Cave of Machpelah in Hevron, a site where the Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs other than Rachel are buried, and where

A new poll conducted by Dr. Mina Tzemach and Mano Geva of the Midgam Institute for the TV show “Meet the Press” shows MK Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party nearly

Amnesty International and Palestinian cultural institutions have launched an appeal for help for 23-year-old Palestinian circus performer and teacher Mohammed Abu Sakha – who in addition to being a clown is a member of

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave office as soon as a transitional authority is set up, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Saturday, insisting there is no way he can retain power. Talks between

David Elhayani, head of the Jordan Valley regional council, was dismayed to receive a demand by marketing chains in Germany calling for Jewish products in the Jordan Valley to be marked as

Opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog, head of the leftist Labor party which together with Hatnua forms the Zionist Union, spoke against the radical left at an event in Ramat Gan on

The ongoing uproar over the government’s decision to recognize the Reform movement and allocate a second non-Orthodox prayer space at the Kotel (Western Wall) for it is to reach a

MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Arab Joint List, appeared on Friday to welcome the ongoing terrorist wave against Israelis. Speaking to the Al-Arabiya network and quoted by Channel 10 News,

Jim Webb, a former Democratic presidential candidate, made clear Friday he would not be voting for Hillary Clinton, but said he might consider voting for Donald Trump. Webb announced on

In his upcoming visit to Israel and the Middle East, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden does not expect major breakthroughs on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a White House official said on

On Friday, hours before Shabbat, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, visited the Golan Heights. Among the places they visited was the ancient synagogue of Um el Kanatir

Tawfik Okasha, the Egyptian parliamentarian who was dismissed for hosting Israel’s ambassador at his home, is apologizing for his actions, Walla! News reported on Friday. He made the apology in

Roy Neuberger is a Jew who grew up in material comfort, with excellent education, who lacked nothing, except knowledge of his own heritage. He had never heard of Yom Kippur or

Because for a week or two Walter will be unable to go out and about to collect topical material, we have decided to bring you the most confrontational interview that

NATO on Friday accused Russia of complicating the search for a solution to the Syrian conflict by bombing moderate opposition groups battling President Bashar Al-Assad. “Moscow’s challenge to the international

A Jewish man was lightly wounded in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday evening when an argument between Jews and Arabs escalated into a physical fight. The victim, a 21-year-old, made

NATO on Friday accused Russia of complicating the search for a solution to the Syrian conflict by bombing moderate opposition groups battling President Bashar Al-Assad. “Moscow’s challenge to the international

A new initiative has reportedly been agreed upon by leaders of the parties classified as “centrist” and “right-wing,” according to which they will not recommend Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister in the

Just over a year-and-a-half has passed since Israel’s government agreed to a ceasefire with the Hamas terrorist organization in August 2014, ending Operation Protective Edge, but new Israeli assessments indicate Hamas

The two Arabs who were arrested on Wednesday night adjacent to the northern neighborhood of the town of Yitzhar in Samaria – at roughly the same time as a stabbing attack