10 Teves Brings Snow Catastrophe to Yerushalayim [UPDATED 7:43 AM IL] (1 opinions)
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JERUSALEM PARALYZED: Heavy Snow Storm Blankets City; Highways Closed; Mayor Calls IDF For Assistance
Yerushalayim has officially declared a public emergency. After being battered with 8 - 10 inches of snow including snow drifts of 1 foot, the city has been ill equipped to react to a blizzard of this magnitude. To make matters worse, hundreds of cars are stranded on the Tel Aviv to Yerushalayim highway. All bus lines have been canceled until further notice.
The IDF’s elite 669 ... Full Story » Bayit Yehudi Fares Well in Popularity Poll (1 opinions)
Bayit Yehudi party cabinet ministers enjoy a great deal of support from party voters, a Panels Politics poll reveals. According to the poll released in the weekend Sof HaShavua newspaper, the most popular among the party ministers is party leader Naftali Bennett. Bennett enjoys a rating of 77%. Other ministers did not do as well, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who earned a ... Full Story » Agencies Differ on Allowing in-Flight Phone Calls
Just because it's safe to use cellphones on a plane, it doesn't mean that passengers should call just to say hello.
That argument played out across Washington Thursday as one government agency voted to remove its prohibition of in-flight calls while another considered its own ban.
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to start a months-long public comment process to ... Full Story » 
Feds To Examine NY Commuter Rail Line For 2 Months
For two months starting on Monday, federal rail experts will be judging safety compliance and culture at the New York commuter railroad that suffered a fatal derailment.
The Federal Railroad Administration said Thursday it is launching a comprehensive safety assessment of Metro-North.
Four people were killed two weeks ago in the Bronx derailment.
The railroad administration ... Full Story » Greenfield Applauds Appointment of Commissioner Lilliam Barrios-Paoli as Deputy Mayor of HHS
Councilman David G. Greenfield today praised Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s appointment of Department for the Aging Commissioner Lilliam Barrios-Paoli as his deputy mayor of Health and Human Services. Councilman Greenfield worked closely with Commissioner Barrios-Paoli in his role as Chairman of the Council’s Committee on Senior Centers and has praised her numerous times in the past ... Full Story » De Blasio to Meet With Obama at White House Friday
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is set to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House Friday, along with several other newly elected mayors.
De Blasio's staff confirmed the scheduled meeting Thursday.
Obama campaigned for de Blasio in October when he visited Brooklyn.
(AP) Councilman Greenfield Defends Kiryas Joel Community On Private Segregated Park (3 opinions)
"People are entitled to live in peace. That's our right, its America," said Councilman David Greenfield Thursday evening, on his weekly radio show, with regard to the recent New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit challenging the village of Kiryas Joel’s refusal to disclose public records about a gender-segregated park.
“Public ... Full Story » Israel: Many of the Elderly Do Not Have Heating
According to the worrisome results of recently released poll, 20% of Israel’s elderly community cannot afford heating. According to the International Fellowship of Christians & Jews, 21% ... Full Story » NYC Area Will Get More Snow On Shabbos (1 opinions)
Another round of snow will be headed to the New York area on Saturday. The snow could change to freezing rain or rain at night.
A low pressure system that will begin to develop late Friday and Friday night in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
While it won't look all that impressive at first, it will begin to tap into moisture from the Gulf of Mexico as the system pushes in our ... Full Story » 
What Snow Means to Jerusalem's Arab Youths
While Jewish children who have a snow day from school are busy on computers, reading, playing or building snowmen, Arab youths have another agenda. The new game involves taking rocks and covering them with snow, a new potentially fatal snowball, which Arab youths hurled at Jewish vehicles in the Beit Haninah and French Hill neighborhoods of the capital on Thursday afternoon 9 Teves ... Full Story » HEAP & HeartShare Now Available At Senator Felder's Office (1 opinions)
Senator Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) is pleased to announce that HEAP and HeartShare applications are now available at his office for those who meet income guidelines.
“Sadly, so many New Yorkers have trouble paying the high heating costs during the winter months,” said Senator Felder. “Each year, there are tragic stories of home fires and deaths as a result of people using ... Full Story » Hagel: US Continues Support of Syrian Moderates
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that the U.S. will continue to support the moderate opposition in Syria, but non-lethal aid will be suspended until the U.S. can get a clear assessment on the status of warehouses of military equipment that may have been seized by extremist Islamic militants.
The U.S. and Britain suspended the aid after opposition fighters from conservative ... Full Story » House Passes Bipartisan Budget Deal - Shutdown Unlikely
The House passed a two-year bipartisan budget deal 332-94, reducing the likelihood of another government shutdown next year. The agreement, crafted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), sets discretionary spending at more than $1 trillion for the next two fiscal years and replaces sequester cuts slated to take effect in January. It doesn’t extend emergency ... Full Story »Livni Blames her Failures on Bayit Yehudi (1 opinions)
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is a veteran to the Israeli political scene and she has had her ups and downs during her career. One thing she has learned is that when you fail; blame someone else for those failures.
Livni is heading the Israeli delegation in talks with the PA (Palestinian Authority) and while she talks the talk and speaks the rap, frequently appearing in photo ops, it ... Full Story » Ryan Defends Bipartisanship On Budget Deal: 'Elections Have Consequences' (2 opinions)
Republicans in favor of the bipartisan deal reached Tuesday evening, urged their fellow Republicans to fall in line and support the deal despite not getting all they wanted.
“In a divided government the American people expect Members of both parties to come together and find common ground to move America forward," Majority Leader Eric Cantor said on the house floor ahead of vote. ... Full Story » Greenfield Asks MTA to Install Flashing Yellow Warning Lights at Midwood Underpasses to Prevent Stuck Trucks (1 opinions)
Councilman David G. Greenfield is requesting that the MTA install flashing yellow warning signals at all railroad underpasses in Midwood to prevent incidents of trucks and large vehicles becoming stuck and causing traffic accidents and backups. In a letter to MTA Acting President Carmen Bianco and Brooklyn Department of Transportation Commissioner Joseph Palmieri, Councilman Greenfield ... Full Story » CERN Votes to Admit Israel as Newest Full Member (1 opinions)
The governing council of the world's top particle physics lab has unanimously voted to accept Israel as a full member.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, says Israel will be admitted as a full member — the first non-European country to achieve that — once it formally notifies UNESCO that it has ratified the CERN Convention.
CERN's director general, ... Full Story » Crash Probe Renews Debate Over Culture in Aviation
New details about the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet have renewed questions about whether a culture of strict deference to more-senior pilots can compromise air safety.
Documents and testimony from the National Transportation Safety Board this week showed there was confusion and poor communication in the cockpit of the Asiana jet as it approached San Francisco International Airport ... Full Story » A Split Between Bayit Yehudi and its Rabbonim? (2 opinions)
There are growing reports of a split between members of the dati torani community and the Bayit Yehudi party. In fact, a kol korei signed by some prominent rabbonim is making the rounds, accusing the dati leumi party of turning its backs on its rabbonim. Among the rabbonim who signed are Kiryat Arba Chief Rabbi Dov Lior Shlita and Rehovot Chief Rabbi Simcha HaKohen Kook Shlita.
The ... Full Story » Satmar Organizing Another Anti-Israel Protest Next Week in Manhattan (24 opinions)
Another anti-Israel protest organized by Satmar is in the making. This time it is against the recent arrests made in Israel by the IDF for those who dodged serving in the army, Behadrei Haredim blog reports.
Numerous meetings have been held over the past few days at the home of the Satmar Rebbe in Kiryas Yoel to address steps to be taken to combat the latest events in Israel, ahead ... Full Story » Lapid Named One Of The Top Leading Global Thinkers For Challenging 'Ultra-Orthodox Bloc' (4 opinions)
Israel's Finance minister Yair Lapid was named #31 of the most influential global thinkers of 2013, in The Foreign Policy Magazine's list of 100 global thinkers, for challenging "Israel's powerful Orthodox bloc."
In explaining the choice of Mr. Lapid's status, Foreign Policy magazine writes, "Yesh Atid ... Full Story » Asarah B'Teives - Different Than Other Fasts?
[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman]
Rav Yoseph Karo (Bais Yoseph 550) cites the view of the Avudraham that the fast of Asara b’Taives is different than all of the other fasts. How so? If Asarah b’Taives were to fall on Shabbos (which it doesn’t), it would not be pushed off to another day. It would have to be observed on the Shabbos itself.
Why would this be the case?
The Avudraham ... Full Story » OP-ED: The World Still Does Not Understand Us
[Written by Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff]
Opening up my Facebook profile this morning, I was met with a long stream of posts from upset, offended, and outraged friends. They all were about the impostor of an interpreter that appeared on the television screen at the Nelson Mandela memorial service in South Africa yesterday, who pretended to translate the weighty words of world leaders ... Full Story » VIDEO: Orthodox Jewish Family Turns To White House Petition Drive To Save Young Son's Life (1 opinions)
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The Cohen family, of Houston, TX, is facing a battle none of us should have to go through – aggressive brain cancer in their 6-year old son Refael Elisha. Having recently received the devastating news from their doctors that “there is nothing more we can do for him”, the Cohens are turning to a last resort – Antineoplaston Therapy at the Burzyinski ... Full Story » Ted Cruz Walks Out Of Nelson Mandela Memorial Service In Protest
While Barack Obama extended his hand, Ted Cruz turned his back.
The Cuban-American U.S. Senator from Texas traveled to South Africa as part of a congressional delegation to attend Nelson Mandela’s memorial service on Tuesday. In contrast to President Obama, who made headlines for greeting Cuban head of state Raúl Castro with a handshake, Cruz walked out of the ceremony when ... Full Story » HaGaon HaRav Yaffa Gives Chizuk to Family of Imprisoned Talmidim
The mashgiach of Yeshivas Knesses Chizkiyahu HaGaon HaRav Dov Yaffa Shlita visited with a family of a talmid who is among those imprisoned in IDF Prison 6 for not reporting for military service. The rav arrived at the family home on Tuesday night the eve of 8 Teves 5774 to give a chizuk to the parents.
The rav inquired as to the conditions of the talmidim and if their spiritual needs ... Full Story » 
Kerry Back to Mideast to Push Peace Talks
Continuing a furious pace of shuttle diplomacy aimed at securing an elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by spring, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Middle East on Thursday on his ninth trip of the year.
In closed-door talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and Friday, Kerry will be following up on ... Full Story » Colorado: Legal Marijuana Sales Set to Start on Jan 1st
Legal marijuana sales in Colorado are , or so the law says. Knowing when the recreational pot shops will actually open, however, is anyone's guess.
The state's 160 hopeful pot shops are so mired in red tape and confusion that no one knows yet when or if they'll be allowed to open. Not a single shop will clear state and local licensing requirements until about Dec. 27.
"There's a ... Full Story » US Unemployment aid Applications Surge to 368,000 (4 opinions)
The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 68,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 368,000, the largest increase in more than a year.
The surge in first-time applications could be a troubling sign if it lasts. But it likely reflects the difficulty adjusting for delays after the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Labor Department said Thursday that the less volatile ... Full Story » Bloomberg: Arms Website Selling Guns Illegally (1 opinions)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is announcing his team's latest investigation into illegal online firearms sales.
Bloomberg is the co-chair of the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
The group's investigators spent eight weeks earlier this year monitoring gun sales on the website Armslist.com. The online classified marketplace is akin to a Craigslist for guns.
The ... Full Story » ME Bill de Blasio Appoints Lilliam Barrios-Paoli as Deputy Mayor for HHS (1 opinions)
Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio today announced his appointment of Lilliam Barrios-Paoli as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services. Barrios-Paoli will oversee City agencies that the Mayor-Elect has charged with moving New Yorkers from homelessness to stable housing, expanding community health clinics and cutting red tape in social services.
Barrios-Paoli is an experienced leader known ... Full Story » 
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