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GOP Struggle Widens as Boehner Rebukes Hard Right
The Republican establishment's much-anticipated pushback against the tea party wing is underway. House Speaker John Boehner made that clear Thursday, when he renewed his denunciation of groups that try to defeat GOP incumbents they consider too willing to compromise with Democrats.
Some Republican loyalists wonder what took so long. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently took steps to ... Full Story » 10 Teves Brings Snow Catastrophe to Yerushalayim [UPDATED 1:54 PM IL] (8 opinions)
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The snow storm that began a day ago is far worse than anyone could have imagined. One must remember that Yerushalayim is not equipped for such snow accumulations and the result R”L is nothing less than catastrophic.
EMS services are being taxed well beyond their abilities. When one understands that Magen David Adom, Ichud Hatzalah, ZAKA and others are built on a volunteer system. ... Full Story » $400M at Stake in Friday's Mega Millions Drawing
Here's a happy problem: Deciding whether to take some Mega Millions money now or take all of it over 30 years.
There's an estimated $400 million jackpot at stake in Friday night's drawing, which is scheduled for 11 p.m. Eastern time.
The Mega Millions organizers say the cash option on the $400 million would be $216 million.
The winning ticket must match the six numbers drawn. ... Full Story » 
Iran Says New US Sanctions Violate Geneva Deal
A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says new sanctions by the United States on Iranian companies and individuals violate the spirit of a deal made between Tehran and the West over its nuclear program.
Abbas Araghchi told official news agency IRNA Thursday that "this is a game of double standards — it is not in accord with the talks we have had and it is against the spirit of the ... Full Story » NYPD Report on Kenya Attack Isn't US Gov't View
A New York Police Department report on September's Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi that suggests the terrorist gunmen may have escaped does not reflect the United States government position, the top U.S. State Department official for Africa said Friday.
The NYPD report, released earlier this week, angered the Kenyan government for suggesting the four gunmen from the al-Qaida-linked ... Full Story » Poll: NYers Feel City Will Improve Under De Blasio (2 opinions)
A new poll shows most New Yorkers believe the city’s income inequality will remain about the same under Bill de Blasio’s leadership.
The New York Times/Siena College poll also showed 23 percent think public education should be his top priority. That was followed by keeping the city safe from crime, promoting economic development and dealing with the rich/poor gap.
De Blasio ... Full Story » Lev Tahor Left Unpaid Bills in Quebec (2 opinions)
Despite receiving millions of dollars in charity over more than a decade, the ultra-orthodox Jewish group targeted by a child-welfare probeleft behind a legacy of bounced cheques, abandoned bills and unpaid taxes when it fled Quebec for refuge in Ontario last month.
A Toronto Star investigation of Lev Tahor has turned up seven lawsuits filed in Saint-Jérôme, Que., in which the ... Full Story » 
Reid Hopes To Speed Senate Consideration On Budget
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he'll meet with his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell to discuss whether they can speed things up in the Senate and move on a budget agreement and a defense policy bill more quickly.
Reid said on the Senate floor Friday morning that the Senate has received the bipartisan budget agreement that the House easily approved on Thursday night and ... Full Story » Berlin Prosecutors Investigate Nazi Guard Suspect
A former Nazi concentration camp guard living in the Berlin area is being investigated on suspicion of murder after authorities received a tip from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, prosecutors said Friday.
The 87-year-old, identified only as Horst P., is alleged to have been involved in killings while serving as a guard at the Dachau camp near Munich, Berlin prosecutors' spokesman Martin ... Full Story » American Missing In Iran Was On Unapproved CIA Mission
In March 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smugglers and organized crime figures. Days later, after an arranged meeting with an admitted killer, he checked out of his hotel, slipped into a taxi and vanished. For years, the U.S. has publicly described him as a private citizen who traveled to the tiny Persian Gulf island on ... Full Story » Israel Electric: Prepare for a Shabbos Without Electricity
Officials in the Israel Electric Company are instructing residents of areas that are snow covered and without electricity to plan for a Shabbos without electricity. Officials report that while crew are out working, it is most unlikely that all areas will be back up and running by candle lighting time. Repair crews will continue working since it is pikuach nefesh due to the bitter ... Full Story » The Eruv is Down in Yerushalayim
As was reported earlier in the live snowstorm blog, the Yerushalayim eruv is down. The Eruv Vaad is working to complete repairs but as of now, the eruv is down.
YWN-ISRAEL spoke with a representative of the Badatz Eida Chareidis Eruv Vaad, and he reports the eruv is down.
Rabbi Yissocher Dov Krakowski provides a review of the halachos including the need for many to make an eruv ... Full Story » 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) 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 » Councilman Greenfield Defends Kiryas Joel Community On Private Segregated Park (8 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 (1 opinions)
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 (2 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 » 
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