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WATCH: 'All of Israel is ours': Smotrich calls to annex West Bank in Jerusalem Day speech

"The time has come for us to finally erase the lines that distinguish between Areas A, B, and C, the entire Land of Israel is ours," Smotrich said at the Religious Zionist Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich gives a Jerusalem Day address, May 14, 2026.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives to deliver his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outlining the progress made on his core campaign promises since taking office, in Queens, New York City, U.S., April 12, 2026.

Satmar HQ condemns Mamdani for vetoing no protest buffer zones around educational facilities

 Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.

'May God kill, destroy the judges,' Yitzhak Yosef denounces ruling restricting Western Wall prayers

YOUNG WOMEN study at Jerusalem’s Midreshet Lindenbaum

Staying put: Realizing a modern Exodus amid times of challenge - opinion


In NJ governor’s race, Mikie Sherrill fends off GOP candidate whose aide spurned ‘money from Jews’

Mikie Sherrill won New Jersey's governor race, defeating Jack Ciattarelli, whose campaign faced backlash over antisemitic comments despite support from Trump and Orthodox leaders.

A Yiddish-language sign supporting Jack Ciattarelli, GOP candidate for New Jersey governor, in Teaneck, New Jersey, Nov. 4, 2025.

Hostages Forum sends legal warning to Yeshivat Ateret Shlomo over abuse of symbols

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum sends a legal warning to a haredi yeshiva for misusing its symbols.

A woman reacts as families of Israeli hostages and supporters protest outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence, marking the two-year anniversary of the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza, in Jerusalem, October 7, 2025

Engineering a new future: Sci-Tech Schools’ new hesder yeshiva

Israel Sci-Tech Schools has inaugurated a new ultra-Orthodox hesder yeshiva – combining military service with religious studies.

Israel Sci-Tech Schools’ Hermelin College in Netanya combines Torah study with academic excellence in practical engineering tracks.

Yeshiva student charged with raping minor at public pool, threatening to cut off penis

Yeshiva student Yitzhak Frankel, age 19, was arrested for raping and assaulting a 14-year-old boy at a swimming pool, cutting his stomach to taste his blood, and threatening to cut off his penis.

Yeshiva student and accused rapist Yitzhak Frankel.

High Court: Haredi students with unsettled military status won't get national insurance discounts

Yeshiva students who have not settled their status with the military or procured a valid exemption will not be eligible for relevant discounts on national insurance.

 Haredim protest against the IDF draft outside Tel Hashomer recruitment base, April 28. 2025.

Yeshiva students seize house in Hebron's old city for dorms

A press release from the yeshiva claimed that this was the first time Jews had entered the old city since 1929.

Students from Yeshiva Shavei Hevron claim the Valero house in the old city.

A need to pass on wisdom: Yeshiva, academia has failed to produce new sages - opinion

We need sages. And the yeshiva and academia have failed to methodically produce sages. But we can fix that.

Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi delivers a torah lesson at Ateret Yisrael Yeshiva in Jerusalem, November 19, 2019.

International yeshiva students answer IDF's call as Har Etzion breaks records

This week, 32 overseas students from the prestigious yeshiva will be drafting into the IDF alongside their Israeli peers – the highest number in the yeshiva’s 56-year history.

HARAV AHARON LICHTENSTEIN, longtime rosh Yeshivat Har Etzion, with IDF soldiers in 2008.

Bismuth elected FADC head, ousting Edelstein over haredi draft bill

Edelstein, prior to the vote, published for the first time the draft of the conscription law, which was sent to committee members. 

MK Boaz Bismuth attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 8, 2025

'To Be Holy but Human': A look into the life ‘hesder yeshiva’ creator Rabbi Yehuda Amital - review

One of a kind: Rav Amital was that unique and unparalleled leader who lived at a time when he was needed the most.

Israelis carry the body of Rabbi Yehuda Amital during his funeral in Jerusalem, on July 09, 2010