Missing yeshiva students

A non-denominational yeshiva opens in Scotland, inspired by models in US and Israel

The founders of Azara, which is based for the summer in Edinburgh, hope to offer a pluralist space for intensive study of Talmud and other holy books.

JULY 13, 2023|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

A young ultra orthodox Jewish man seen reading a newspaper in between studies at the Yeshiva Ateret Israel, in Jerusalem, September 2, 2013

Yeshiva students pray in a synagogue in the Sydney suburb of Bondi

High Court demands state explain why full time yeshiva students get child-care subsidies

IRAC’s petition requests that the subsidy be granted only to families in which both parents are working and explicitly not to the families of full time yeshiva students.

JANUARY 20, 2016|ByJEREMY SHARON

Shin Bet: Jaffa man arrested after throwing stun grenade at yeshiva

Israel's Security Agency said they had arrested the man on September 8, and admitted that the attacks were against the "Judaization of Jaffa."

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015|ByBEN HARTMAN

Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel (L-R).

‘Our boys’

A look back a year after the kidnapping of the three yeshiva students, uniting the nation in grief.

JUNE 10, 2015|ByLAURA KELLY

The POSTman Knocks Twice: A time to keep silent

It is the worst time to make decisions. Anger bubbles up. Anger takes over. Now is not the time to make fateful decisions.

JULY 3, 2014ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI

Candles placed next to a picture of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted and killed, in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square June 30, 2014.

In Plain Language: The blessings of the boys

After returning from a short trip abroad, I was amazed to see just how many different people and institutions out there we were blaming.

JUNE 26, 2014BySTEWART WEISS

Ask the Rabbi: Does Halacha permit releasing terrorists to free captives?

The Talmud praises redeeming captives as a great mitzva, superior even to charity, because it liberates a person from the pain of captivity.

JUNE 26, 2014BySHLOMO BRODY

$Missing yeshiva students (left to right)Naphtali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach.$

Coping with tragedy

The close-knit Makor Chaim Yeshiva is uniting its students in prayer and support.

JUNE 26, 2014ByANAV SILVERMAN

As well as being a traditional yeshiva, Makor Chaim incorporates special projects into its program

Economic toll to Hebron during searches estimated at $10m. per day

In the one of West Bank's major trade centers, merchants saw permits revoked and business drop 90 percent.

JUNE 25, 2014ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

IDF soldiers speak with Palestinians in Hebron last week during the manhunt for three kidnapped Israeli youth.

Fatah-Hamas merger on thin ice

Senior Hamas official accuses Abbas of evading commitments to reconciliation agreement, as kidnapping of youths intensifies tensions between the factions.

JUNE 24, 2014ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

PALESTINIAN RIOT police face civilians protesting security coordination between the PA and Israel in Ramallah yesterday.

IDF arrests 25 Palestinians in continued West Bank operations

Security forces have detained over 300 Palestinians in search for kidnapped teens; Palestinians clash with Israeli forces, Palestinian teen reported killed.

JUNE 20, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS