The Jewish people suffered a great loss on Motzei Shabbos evening, June 7th. In Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, Rav Shmuel Aharon Starik zt’l, just 58 years old, returned his soul to the Creator after ...

In the first and second Jewish temples in Jerusalem, sacrificial offerings were generally accompanied by a libation of wine. During the Sukkot holiday, on the other hand, the morning offering was ...

Lag Ba'omer: What's Toldot Aharon, hassidic sect whose members were killed? It is perhaps the most insular, well-organized and cohesive of the groups that make up Israel’s haredi community.

Ahead of the Sukkot holiday, Jerusalem police made a deal with some extremist ultra-Orthodox communities under which they could hold mass events despite the national lockdown on condition that the ...

Two senior ultra-Orthodox officials were reportedly questioned under caution by police this week in an investigation of the April 30 disaster at Mount Meron, which left 45 people dead in Israel’s ...

Jerusalem Post / Israel News Failure to tackle glaring deficiencies requires national introspection - analysis Many of the victims came from the ultra-Orthodox hassidic Toldos Aharon community whose ...