Phuket authorities order a seven-day investigation into Chabad of Patong, examining land ownership and licenses days after a Rosh Hashanah event for 2,000 Israelis was called off due to security concerns.
After years of bitter division, lawsuits and violent clashes, Gur's leadership and Rabbi Shaul Alter's breakaway community have signed an unprecedented agreement pledging to end violence and turn the page.
Members of Ramat Hasharon’s garin torani sounded the shofar at various locations across the city, reaching residents with the mitzvah of hearing the shofar, including several deeply moving encounters.
Modzitz Rebbe is rushed to hospital on Rosh Hashanah, but returns to lead holiday prayers.
Terrorist arrested on Shabbat after Shin Bet intelligence indicated he was preparing to open fire on Israeli civilians in the immediate future.
Wishing a happy New Year to all our readers. News coverage ends this evening for Rosh Hashanah, resumes Sunday night.
Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter reflects on Rosh Hashanah, September 11 and Charlie Kirk, calling for peace, resilience, freedom and life.
Otzma Yehudit chairman bids farewell to his former political partner, Tzvika Foghel: I ask for forgiveness from the bottom of my heart.
Watch: Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon and a Chabad rabbi sound the shofar in the UN General Assembly Hall for the first time in Rosh Hashanah greeting.
Rosh Hashanah about to begin in Israel. INN's North America desk will continue to update the site until it begins in New York.
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu reflects on a difficult year, the miracles he sees within it, and the connection between the Lebanon explosions and the biblical process of redemption.
About 70 Breslov Hassidim are reportedly in military jails after arrests ahead of Rosh Hashanah, as legal aid is offered to those returning from Uman.
While the IDF officers’ school prepares for the High Holidays, Rabbi Eliad Kornberg highlights how its rabbinical training program connects cadets to their Jewish roots and identity.
I cannot promise my children a sweeter world in 5787, but I must promise them that we will not surrender our place in it. Jewish hope is not optimism, optimism says things will get better.Opinion.
More than NIS 459 million was spent using credit cards in just three hours on Rosh Hashanah eve. Once again, Israelis head into the holiday with overflowing shopping carts and a faster pace of spending than last year.
The soundless voice of silence. What is it telling us?
Tens of thousands of Jews in 169 communities are preparing to celebrate the Tishrei holidays under fire. The CEO of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine tells Arutz Sheva about the many challenges they face.
Rosh Hashanah is the time for introspection with what we come before the Heavenly court.
Both Abayyé and Reish Lakish said that we read the admonitions in Parashat Ki Tavo immediately before Rosh Hashanah “so that the year should finish together with its curses" - each for his own reasons. What were they?
The Jewish people of tomorrow are growing up in the homes and classrooms of today.
Around 50,000 people attend late night Selichot service at the Western Wall. Rabbis and public figures pray for unity, the safety of Israel's soldiers and the recovery of the wounded.
Hours before Rosh Hashanah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Western Wall to pray. Watch.
Since the end of August, more than 31,000 Hasidim have entered Ukraine in organized groups, with the heaviest influx recorded in recent days.
President Isaac Herzog marks Rosh Hashanah with a message of Jewish pride, action, and unity, urging Jews in Israel and worldwide to listen to one another.
Just before Rosh Hashanah and with elections looming ahead, let us contemplate the great miracles that the Jewish people have undergone.
Hold fast to your values, even when they are challenged. Do so knowing that the same God who sustained our ancestors through generations of uncertainty continues to sustain us today.
Defense Minister sends New Year wishes to Iran's Jews, warns Tehran any attack on Israel will trigger devastating response.
Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria....
Rosh Hashanah does not simply mark the passage of time. It assigns that time meaning.
Answers to the question posed by the Mussar master, Rav Israel Salanter.
Annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage sends rentals and businesses soaring as the Ukrainian city prepares for tens of thousands of visitors.
Lessons learned from the bee whose honey is a symbol of a sweet new year.
The IDF's Central Supply Center has completed preparations for Rosh Hashanah meals, with deployed forces set to receive holiday foods, honey cakes and supplies adapted to field conditions.
Finance Ministry data released ahead of Rosh Hashanah 5787 show growth in Israel’s economy despite years of war and uncertainty, with foreign investment surging 78%, inflation falling and the shekel strengthening.
Netanyahu warns Iran against attacking Israel, says its regime is weak and faltering, and vows to complete a mission that will reshape the Middle East.
May this be a year in which our 'ani' expands until another Jew’s hopes become our hopes, another Jew’s pain becomes our pain, and another Jew’s joy becomes our joy.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani visits a haredi Judaica store in Borough Park ahead of Rosh Hashanah, where one woman confronts him over antisemitism.
Defense Minister Israel Katz says mounting pressure on Tehran could trigger direct confrontation, stressing Israel is prepared for defense and attack in coordination with US.
Six haredi men caught trying to leave Israel at Ben Gurion Airport; dozens more headed for Uman stopped over active exit bans.
With draft dodgers facing obstacles to leaving Israel, Breslov organizers prepare Meron for thousands who may be unable to spend Rosh Hashanah in Uman.
One who observes carefully can see that God’s Kingship is being revealed more and more in our time.
As the Jewish New Year approaches, rabbis weigh controversial plan to allow haredi draft evaders barred from leaving Israel to make the pilgrimage.
Over 45,000 Israelis expected to make annual pilgrimage to Uman Ukraine, despite closed Ukrainian airspace, martial law, and a grueling journey across the border.
IDF Chief Eyal Zamir presented CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper with a shofar, praising the unprecedented strategic partnership between the militaries.
As bewildering as the world can be, the parasha and haftorah assure us of our wonderful future. Our enemies, whether on the battlefields or in the international courtrooms, are destined to fail.
Turns out this widowed mother needs just $45,000 more by Sunday to save her fallen son's dream home - 3,200 people already donated in 72 hours
Today, Jewish safety depends on strength. Jewish survival depends on sovereignty. And Jewish dignity depends on the refusal to be defined by others. The reborn State of Israel is the embodiment of that principle. Charlie Kirk knew that.The ADL does not. Opinion.
Despite the tense security situation, the head of Ukraine’s Military Intelligence joined the holiday meal.
Under National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's policy, the number of Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount on Rosh Hashanah has nearly doubled, records show.
A Jerusalem man in his 80's has been arrested for murdering his caretaker and hiding her body in the bathtub of his house.
Two Syracuse students face hate crime charges after throwing pork into a Jewish frat house during Rosh Hashanah. Officials condemn the act as abhorrent and promise disciplinary action.
About two weeks after he was first seen in a video with Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Hamas has released a new video of the hostage Alon Ohel.
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir reached out by radio to IDF units operating in all arenas, sending his wishes for the new year.
In his Rosh Hashanah address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns rising antisemitism, reaffirms Israel’s commitment to Jewish communities worldwide.
These are the three tools which G-d gives us to transform His judgment from bad to good: repentance, prayer, and charity. Delving into that prayer and Mussaf.
The difference between the admonitions in two successive Torah readings teach an important lesson for the New Year.
Our tradition demands that we give greater priority to regular over irregular.
IDF announces unusual reinforcement of forces across all areas of Israel, ahead of holiday season.
A selection of concepts concerning the Jewish New Year that begins tonight.
In festive letter on eve of Rosh Hashanah, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev emphasizes the place of the Jewish community in his country and its longstanding tradition of tolerance.
