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A nostalgic walk back to a heimish childhood in the early 2000s: cassette players, Uncle Moishy, Shmuel Kunda tapes, Abie…
וואס איז ס'נייעס? סנייעס (Snyes) איז א נאמען וואס איז באקאנט געווארן אין די לעצטע יארן אלס א פלאטפארמע פאר נייעס און…
דער יוטובער טיילער אליוועירא האט געפילמט אין קרית יואל, לעיקוואד און סקווירא. וואס ער האט ארויסגעשטעלט, ווי אזוי די קהילה און…
At an officers' course graduation, PM Netanyahu said Iran is again trying to build an atomic bomb and that his instruction to the…
The IDF said Wednesday that Musa Abd Muhammad Hamuda, a Hamas Nukhba terrorist, was killed Sunday in an airstrike in Gaza City.…
Reagan Prater, 28, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, was sentenced to 210 months in prison and $1.29 million in restitution. According to…
According to reports (Kan News), Shin Bet chief David Zini met in Paris with the heads of France's DGSI and DGSE on fighting…
According to an Axios report, dozens of air force jets with tankers flew Monday through Syria and Iraq to the Iranian border and…
David Zini ordered renewed intelligence gathering on Israeli Arabs who took part in the riots during Operation Guardian of the…
Arkia said Wednesday it is suspending all flights to Morocco until further notice, due to new Shin Bet security requirements…
According to the Financial Times, the IDF prepared a large campaign for October 10 against nuclear sites, power stations and…
A security official told Walla that Hezbollah is rebuilding military forces in Beirut and Israel is unhappy with how the Lebanese…
Former NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, a congressional candidate and ally of Mayor Mamdani, was held and released Wednesday after…
The Mossad was founded in December 1949 by David Ben-Gurion. It is Israel's foreign intelligence agency and answers directly to…
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) is Israel's internal security service: it fights terror inside the country, catches spies,…
In May 1960 Mossad agents caught Adolf Eichmann, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust, in Buenos Aires and secretly…
Eli Cohen was an Israeli spy who worked in Syria from 1961 to 1965 under a false identity, getting close to the top of the Syrian…
In July 1976 Israeli soldiers freed about 100 hostages, mostly Jews, held by terrorists at Entebbe airport in Uganda, about 4,000…
After the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, in which 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were murdered, Golda Meir's government…
Between November 1984 and January 1985 Israel, with the Mossad's help, secretly airlifted about 8,000 Ethiopian Jews (Beta…
For Chassidim, dance is a way of serving Hashem with joy. This article explains its foundation in Chassidus, the dancing at the…
For many years, Hasidic stories of the tzaddikim were passed down by word of mouth, at tishen and melaveh malkahs. The first…
The story of Hatzolah, founded in Williamsburg by R' Hershel Weber (1965 or late 1960s, sources differ), and how its volunteer…
How Chaverim began in Monsey in July 1999 under Rabbi Shaya Zev Erps and grew into a worldwide network of free roadside and…
What is actually known about the shtreimel: theories of origin, the Sigismund legend (no documentary basis), 17th–18th century…
The roots of the mitzvah tantz in the Gemara (Kesubos) and Machzor Vitry, the gartel, who dances, the special niggunim of each…
From 14 Satmar families in summer 1974 to a village of 32,954 (2020 census): the founding by the Satmar Rebbe, incorporation in…
A list of well-known Chol Hamoed destinations in New York and New Jersey, grouped by type. With practical tips on tickets, Mincha…
A kvitel is a note with a request that a Chassid gives the Rebbe for a blessing, a custom first mentioned in the days of the Baal…
A kosher sukkah must stand under the open sky, have at least three sturdy walls and schach made of something that grew from the…
The history of Monsey and Kiryas Joel, from their first institutions until today. With practical information on shopping, buses…
When parnassah is tight and the head is full of worries, Jews have had a sefer for a thousand years that teaches how to rely on…
When a family suffers a loss, Misaskim arrives with shiva chairs, siddurim and a Sefer Torah, and helps with the levaya. A look…
Tzfas is the city where the holy Arizal, the Beis Yosef and Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz lived. A practical guide to what to see in the…
Teveria sits on the shore of the Kinneret and is one of the four holy cities. Here rest the Rambam, Rabbi Meir Baal Haness and…
Every Rosh Hashana, tens of thousands of Jews travel to Uman to the tziyun of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. Where does the tradition…
Tomche Shabbos of Boro Park and Flatbush delivers Shabbos food every week to families in need — quietly, with dignity, and…
Bein hazmanim or Chol Hamoed, Niagara Falls is a classic trip for a father and his boys. What to see, where to eat, where to…
Practical steps from the U.S. Small Business Administration, together with the foundation of bitachon and hishtadlus.
What a kosher phone is, how to get a filter, and what TAG does — for free — for every Yid.
Between seder and work, little time is left for the body. Simple advice from U.S. health agencies, and the Rambam's Hilchos Deos.
Four simple steps to keep the household's money in order, from the U.S. consumer agency (CFPB) and the Shulchan Aruch.
The halacha, the Elul custom, and a simple system to keep every mezuzah in the house kosher — with a list.
What an eruv is, what it is made of, why it is checked every week, and why some do not carry even with an eruv.
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Noribar, the Brooklyn kosher sushi chain, is opening in Lakewood, and Smash House is planning a burger spot in Pikesville. Here's…
Feedspot's list of Orthodox podcasts puts Kosher Money, Halacha Headlines, Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe's Parsha Podcast and The Rabbi…
TAG Protect now blocks calls and texts to AI numbers right on the phone. A short explainer, with a number to test your line.
A practical list of useful apps: Kosher Near Me to find kosher food worldwide, the OU's All Daf for Daf Yomi, and how to keep…
Three useful WhatsApp features straight from WhatsApp's own Help Center: pinning a chat, pinning a message, and disappearing…
From the KosherLamp to a cover for the doorbell camera: a fun round-up of practical Shabbos gadgets, plus the "Sabbath mode" in…
What does OU with no letter mean? Why isn't sherbet pareve? And yes — the giraffe is a kosher animal. Fun facts from the OU's…
A Shabbos elevator stops automatically on every floor. In 2001 Israel passed a law that new buildings with more than one elevator…
On October 27, 2026, Israelis will elect the 120 members of the 26th Knesset. A neutral explainer of how the election works.
A week before the vote, a new Walla poll shows a wider gap between Yashar and Likud. Meanwhile US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth…
On September 3, 2026, leading Admorim and Roshei Yeshiva representing major kehillos were received by the President in the Oval…
Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul announced 10,000 new 2-K seats starting fall 2027, so that more than 12,000 children in all…
From October 12–14, the World Jewish Congress convened Jewish leaders and 39 government delegates from 28 countries in Dublin,…
George Horn, 36, of Dundalk, admitted Tuesday that in July 2023 he defaced 12 headstones in the Ohr Knesset Israel Anshe Sfard…
Two masked people smashed seven OMNY fare machines in broad daylight at the Church Avenue station (B/Q), leaving flyers accusing…
A 36-second video of PM Netanyahu at an air force base: "We have the readiness, the resolve and the capability to strike our…
