Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein stood firm Tuesday on the necessity of imposing personal and institutional sanctions on draft dodgers, laying out his red lines ...

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Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Yuli Edelstein, issued a special statement amid efforts to legislate the conscription law and the withdrawal of the Haredi parties.

Mel Indyk, left, and Rabbi Chaim Block read through one of two Torah scrolls at Chabad Lubavitch of San Antonio on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Chabad Lubavitch is to receive a third Torah scroll.

Take, for example, the “Sotah ritual,” a test the Torah outlines for women accused of adultery. They are supposed to drink an inky liquid, and if their stomach distends, ...

In his Mishneh Torah (Laws of Repentance 10:2) he states: ... And how should we explain the specific reward for the mitzvah of tzedakah that the Torah outlines, ...

Our Torah portion begins with the story of Jethro [a priest of Midian], father-in-law of Moses, who, after hearing about the splitting of the Red Sea and the war against Amalek, decided to join ...

The Torah was given in the wilderness, in a swirl of smoke and fire. According to a midrash , God chose to give the Torah in the middle of nowhere precisely so that no landowner or sovereign could ...

A Long Island firefighter ran into a burning Chabad to save a sacred Sefer Torah from the flames on Wednesday -- as members of the local Jewish community raced to the scene in prayer.

Israel Planned Torah, Bible-burning event in Sweden spurs outrage from Israeli officials: 'shameful decision' Stockholm police give approval for Bible, Torah burning amid fallout over Quran burning ...