Stunted growth and declining exports are driving Israel’s dramatic economic slowdown, with the second quarter of 2015 mirroring Operation Protective Edge growth figures. The first
BMOB to Host Leil Selichos With Rabbi Meir Goldwicht The Beis Midrash of Bergenfield will host a Leil Selichos program this Motzaei Shabbos. Rav Meir
New Brunswick—New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie stood alongside Jewish leaders at Rutgers University’s Chabad House this week as he called on
Matisyahu Faces Down BDS and Rocks Spanish Festival (haaretz.com) An American Jewish musician, who was controversially bared from a reggae festival in Spain before being
Germany is known for a strong state-level commitment to atoning for its Holocaust past, manifested through formal ceremonies, museums, and monuments. At the same time,
One-hundred-and-eight prominent Charedi rabbis and Jewish educators from across the United States have contributed their signatures to a kol koreh (public pronouncement) affirming the Biblical
On a hot mid-August day in Boston, when many of the city’s tens of thousands of college students had yet to arrive in their parents’
Planned investment of $75 million USD The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Hadassah Medical Center will establish the first interdisciplinary university-based autism center in
Jerusalem—Ptil Tekhelet (www.tekhelet.com), an Israeli non-profit that promotes, educates and produces authentic tekhelet (blue-dyed fringes for the fulfillment of the biblical commandment of tzitzit), announced
Decades have passed since Israelis invented a modernized drip irrigation to make the desert bloom, yet Israeli ingenuity toward excellence continues to thrive under the
People all over Israel and supporters throughout the world are joining in the Human Chain. “Today we launch the Virtual Human Chain campaign to show
Tel Aviv—According to the just-released Szold Report, Israel Sci-Tech Schools, the largest independent network of educational charter schools in the country, outperformed Israel’s national average
