The Jewish Worker

The mitzva of shofar seems pretty simple, blow a few קולות and that is it. However, there are a number of very fundamental disputes relating...

R' Chaim Kanievsky is probably the biggest בקי of this generation and is כולו תורה. Unfortunately the various tzedaka organizations seem...

The fact that anyone would even think about appointing him highlights one of the biggest problems in the Israeli political system. The probl...

After losing in the Kadmima primary last week Shaul Mofaz announced that he was taking a break from politics to decide what his next steps w...

It is amazing, but there are now actual multiple commentaries in Hebrew on the Gemara that have come out recently. You have Artscroll (in He...

Last night was the first night of selichos and in Israel חצות was about 12:30 so many shuls started selichos at 12:30. Many shuls have a min...

Attorney General Meni Mazuz, following hot on his heels in 3rd place is Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish. Number 2 is a quartet of the ...

I saw this poster today promoting a "kosher" shaver. What is really interesting is that this is being made by Epilady, a company t...

I get the Hamodia weekly edition in English and it is always fascinating to see what news they leave out . This week the biggest story in th...

In the waning days of the Olmert government, Justice Minister Friedman has proposed curtailing the Supreme Courts power to overturn legislat...

The following letter was printed in this past week's Mishpacha magazine in response to Jonathan Rosenblum's article about Charedi po...

This is one of the captions on the cover of this week's Mishpacha magazine in English. The magazine has a very positive article about Dr...

Things are heating up. As of now there are 3 declared candidates, Gaidamak, Nir Barkat (Chiloni), and Meir Porush (Aguda). However, it looks...

Haredim move to eradicate 'foreign' pop Musicians who use rock, rap, reggae and trance influences will not receive rabbinic approval...

Jonathan Rosenblum wrote an article in last week's Mishpacha magazine ( Can we talk seriously about poverty? ) where he describes the po...

Today's Yated Neeman had a follow up ad which listed more recommended airlines. For the curious, US Airways is the recommended airline f...

The press here in Israel has been very focused on the war in Georgia and actually quoted Russian sources that Russia learned from Israel...

The Kupat Hair Bnei Brak is sending a minyan of talmidei chachamim to daven at the grave of the Gra for the people who gave money to the Kup...

There are a number of different reasons for not eating meat during the 9 days: 1. Aveilus - Meat is something that makes us happy (אין שמחה ...