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Will America abandon the Electoral College to choose its presidents? For well over two centuries, few Americans have questioned the unique technicalities of how the country selects its presidents. Yet…
News that researchers had discovered a type of shipworm that has the remarkable ability to cut into rock has inevitably raised the question among some whether this creature — formally…
The measles outbreak across the United States has reached 1,044 confirmed cases from January 1 to June 13, 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is…
Not all that long ago, endorsing the policies of “democratic socialism” would have been political suicide. What happened? The speaker returned to his home town to launch his first campaign…
The war being waged between Ukraine and Israel is not a typical war. There are no explosives or bombs, just ego and a drive for revenge. And not a…
A middle-income couple enters a department store, looking to find a reasonable price for some common accessories. Perhaps a new scarf, a hat or a handbag. They riffle through the…
Reactions from advocates for the Orthodox community to New York State’s rescinding of the religious exemption for vaccination The measles outbreak has placed representatives for Orthodox Jews in America in…
An Interview With Imam Mohamad Tawhidi The flowing robe, turban, and thick dark beard of Imam Mohamad Tawhidi recall the ayatollahs he studied under in Iran, his birthplace. Although he…
Some 450 young Jewish families have recently moved to the borough of Staten Island — most from Boro Park, but others from Williamsburg, New Square and elsewhere, including Chassidei Ger,…
An Orthodox family is fighting for the life of their disabled sister in Canadian courts, to reverse a decision by doctors and a government board to cut off life-sustaining care.…
By Avraham Y. Heschel Rabbi Alexander Hool was raised in a small Jewish community in northwest London in the suburb of Kingsbury, where his father served as the Rav.…
By M. Dohan In late January 2018, a group of white men armed with assault rifles and other weapons, dressed in camouflage pants, skull masks and black T-shirts emblazoned with Nazi…
She had beady eyes and, when asked which particular subset of Jews she tries most to attract away from the faith of their fathers, she glanced quickly to the left…
Entering the offices of Proskauer Rose LLP in Newark, N.J., I am greeted personally by David Grunblatt, co-head of the Immigration and Nationality Group in the Labor and Employment Law…
From his office high atop Jay Street in Brooklyn’s judicial center, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez sees the many people coming to and from the courthouses: the crime victims seeking…
ON THE AGENDA: Middle East Plan, Iran, Hamas The Trump administration announced plans to roll out the first stage of the Middle East peace plan at the upcoming economic…
A recent anti-vaccination rally attended by hundreds of members of the Jewish community elicited strong reaction from both sides of the vaccination debate, as well as extensive coverage by secular…
In exclusive conversations, two leading Roshei Yeshivah, shlita, Harav Elya Brudny, Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Mir in Brooklyn and Harav Aharon Dovid Goldberg, Rosh Yeshivah of Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland,…
The quiet of a rare family dinner was shattered by the shrill ringing of the telephone. Noticing an odd number on the caller ID, we chose not interrupt our meal.…
The Landsman Family Fights for a Cure for Their Sons With Canavan Disease For Gary and Jennie Landsman, their marriage in May of 2015 was a second chance, an opportunity…