1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (356+ words) The Satmar Rebbe told his students in Kiryas Joel that he initially declined the White House invitation during the High Holiday season, but accepted after considering how the meeting might help Jews in distress The Satmar Rebbe finally explained why…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago   (312+ words) The head of Be'er HaChaim Yeshiva in Modi'in Illit passed away Sunday morning after battling serious illness. Despite his condition, he left the hospital to deliver the opening lecture of the new semester. Rabbi Elyakum Friedman, head of Be'er HaChaim…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (251+ words) Rabbi Yehoshua Safrin, a descendant of the Heichal HaBracha and major supporter of Hasidic institutions, passed away in New York and will be buried in Israel Rabbi Yehoshua Safrin, the Kamarna-Manhattan Rebbe, passed away Sunday in the United States at…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (290+ words) JFeed Hundreds of young ultra-Orthodox men began enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces on Sunday at the Tel Hashomer recruitment and sorting base The enlistment wave is expected to continue over the next two weeks, with the majority of recruits…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (108+ words) Two Jewish visitors removed from holy site for wearing wide tzitzit-bearing scarves, just two months after ban was lifted Security personnel at the entrance gates were instructed this morning to bar Jews wearing pashminas from entering the compound, marking a…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (610+ words) Rabbi Dr. Safi Geldtzahler posted a video claiming an ultra-Orthodox leader tried to push Chief Rabbi Kook off a roof in 1927. Historians who examined the sources say the story doesn't hold up. A storm has erupted among lovers of Jewish…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (141+ words) Knesset Constitution Committee Chairman Simcha Rothman has asked the Prime Minister and National Security Minister to permit Jewish prayer and shofar blowing at the holy site during the upcoming holiday As the Jewish High Holidays approach, Knesset Constitution Committee Chairman…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (462+ words) Two conflicting traditions surround the burial place of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, one of the most influential Sephardic sages of the modern era On the 13th of Elul, the Jewish world marks the yahrzeit (anniversary of death) of Rabbi Yosef…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (284+ words) The Hasidic leader, known for founding Brooklyn's renowned hospitality network serving travelers and those in need, passed away after a prolonged illness Rabbi Baruch Halberstam, the Sanz-Gribov Rebbe who led his Hasidic community in Brooklyn's Boro Park neighborhood, died Monday…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (273+ words) JFeed Management at 's world headquarters has issued an urgent warning to worshippers after discovering a troubling new tactic by missionary groups targeting the synagogue Pamphlets containing missionary content have been found inserted into siddurim and religious texts throughout the…...