On Tuesday morning the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak hung an Israeli flag on its roof, honoring Israel's Independence Day. The yeshiva, located in central Bnei Brak, is unique among haredi yeshivas in ...

Students and staff at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak were shocked when a Torah scroll fell on the floor in front of hundreds of people during morning prayers on Shabbat. Religious Jews have a ...

Mariupol has a rich and often tragic Jewish history, shaped by conflict and the efforts of previous generations to preserve their lives, faith and culture. Barring a miracle, Mariupol, the beleaguered ...

Hundreds of thousands of Haredi Israelis attended the Tuesday afternoon funeral of Gershon Edelstein, an influential Ashkenazi Haredi who died in Bnei Brak earlier in the day at the age of 100. The ...

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He previously served as the head of the Lithuanian 'Ponevezh Yeshiva' for 46 years, and has been influential in draft dodging among yeshiva students. Rabbi Asher Deutsch, the leader of the haredi hard ...

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, a highly influential leader of Haredi Jews, died Tuesday at the age of 100. Edelstein, the head of the Bnei Brak-based Ponevezh Yeshiva and a top leader of the United Torah ...