The Movement for Quality Government petitioned the Central Election Committee in the hope of preventing Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita from spending a Shabbos before elections in Netivot. The petitioner feels the rav’s presence in the southern city would be tantamount to electioneering for Shas.
Central Election Committee Chairman Salim Jubran released his decision on the petition on Tuesday, 12 Adar, rejecting the effort to prevent the rav from spending Shabbos in Netivot. Jubran stated the Rishon L’Tzion is ...
HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz Shlita during a Yachad party election kenos spoke out on a number of issues including a number of dati leumi rabbonim. He stated Rabbi Tzvi Tau, Rosh Yeshivat Har HaMor was praised by Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita. Rav Mazuz said “There is Yiras Shomayim. Rav Tau is a big Yiras Shomayim. Rav Shteinman said he is more chareidi that all of ...Full Story »
February was a strong month for car imports as 21,850 new vehicles were given over to their owners during the month, representing a 2.7% increase from February 2014. A total of 55,840 new cars were given over during the first two months of 2015, representing a 15% increase from the same time period in 2014.
Leading the group in February was Hyundai with 7,035 vehicles. Second place ...Full Story »
MK Yair Lapid told Channel 20 that his party will do its utmost to advance the Giyur Bill that liberalizes conversions in Israel. Lapid stated that he initially told MK Elazar Stern that he wanted the new giyur in the form of a bill since that is more difficult to change than a cabinet decision. Lapid added that most of the Bayit Yehudi faction supports the bill so he believes it should ...Full Story »
The matter of Purim observance in the Ramot neighborhood of Yerushalayim is a hot topic as a number of poskim has released piskei halacha. Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita ruled that residents are ...Full Story »
Protestors were on hand in Yerushalayim on Monday evening 11 Adar trying to disrupt a shiur given by Rav Amnon Yitzchak. The rav was addressing an audience of hundreds in an address in Shaar Ha’ir. Some of the dozens of protesters outside explained ...Full Story »
“There is no deterrence factor and human life has become cheap,” said Chaim Levanon, the father of Yinon HY”D, in response to the intent of the Attorney General's office to request a lenient sentence for the illegal worker smuggler, Sa'id Al-Nabari, who killed his son. The family also stated that “The plea bargain is a crime.” The Attorney General's office informed Levanon's ...Full Story »
The U.S. has so much crude that it is running out of places to put it, and that could drive oil and gasoline prices even lower in the coming months.
For the past seven weeks, the United States has been producing and importing an average of 1 million more barrels of oil every day than it is consuming. That extra crude is flowing into storage tanks, especially at the country's main ...Full Story »
In the face of rising poverty in Israel, where one in six families goes deeper into debt every month and cannot cover their cost of living, one organization is stepping in to help the myriad of need families across the country.
Aryeh Weingarten, Director of Karmey Chesed, explained to Breaking Israel News how the rising cost of living in Israel has led to overwhelming calls for ...Full Story »
Yachad party candidate Baruch Marzel feels that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has changed his stripes to portray himself as right-wing during the election campaign. He explains that Lieberman is now calling for the death penalty for terrorists in campaign ads while members of his faction voted to release terrorists from prison.
Marzel made his comments during a party election ...Full Story »
REPRINTED FROM THE YWN ARCHIVES:
Ever wonder about the story behind a picture? Well, this is this picture’s story.
Standing near a car with a group of friends on Purim afternoon, in the Ave. N and East 20′s vicinity (Flatbush), my brother suddenly felt something hit his face. While trying to knock off the unknown object, he began to feel a burning sensation on his right cheek ...Full Story »
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE]
A surprise IDF preparedness exercise was held in Yehuda and Shomron on Monday to simulate many difficult scenarios, including the kidnapping of citizens, terror attacks and more.
Thousands of standing army soldiers took part in the major training event along with 13,000 reservists. Senior IDF officials stress the drill was planned well in advance and in ...Full Story »
NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) says the world owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu for sharing the cold, hard facts about Iran.
“Why did President Obama fear this speech?” asks Hikind. “The speech is over and nothing catastrophic occurred. The world is still standing. Clearly, it’s not speeches from our allies that we ...Full Story »
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Tuesday 12 Adar attacked Naftali Bennett, accusing of seeking political gain from Operation Protective Edge, the IDF counter-terrorism offensive against Hamas in 2014. Ya’alon explains that Bennett’s actions during and after the offensive are unacceptable, calling them “muktzah”.
Ya’alon told Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) that Bennett’s ...Full Story »
The world's central banks are injecting a new complication into the Federal Reserve's decision on when to raise interest rates from record lows:
They're cutting their own rates.
A Fed rate hike that comes as other central banks are reducing theirs would likely boost the U.S. dollar's value. A stronger dollar would make U.S. imports cheaper, lower overall prices and likely make it ...Full Story »
The latest Knesset Channel poll released on Tuesday, 12 Adar, shows that Labor/ The Movement list remains in the lead with 24 seats. The poll was carried out by Panels Politics involving 800 respondents. The margin of error is +/- 3.1%.
Labor/The Movement: 24
Likud: 21
Yesh Atid: 13
Arab bloc: 13
Bayit Yehudi: 12
Kulanu: 8
Shas: 7
Yahadut Hatorah: 7
Meretz: ...Full Story »
Degel Hatorah party MKs Moshe Gafne, Yaakov Asher, and Uri Maklev on Tuesday 12 Adar met with Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita in the gadol hador’s home. Also present was the fourth candidate on the Degel list Eliezer Sorotzkin.
As Election Day nears, 26 Adar, the MKs met with the gadol hador to confer with him as efforts continue to gain an eighth seat in the ...Full Story »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overstated Iran's domination of the Middle East and understated the timespan of the nuclear deal taking shape with Tehran, while neglecting the role of Congress in lifting Iranian sanctions, in his speech to U.S. lawmakers Tuesday.
On the whole, Netanyahu largely adhered to what is known about the nuclear negotiations between world powers and ...Full Story »
AFP News reported on Monday 11 Adar that the PA (Palestinian Authority) plans to take its case to the International Criminal Court in The Hague in April 2015. If this is so, it will be the PA’s first case against Israel in the international court.
The report states the case will be filed on April 1st, the day the PA officially joins The Hague. This would be in line with statements ...Full Story »
The following is VIA Telegraph
President Barack Obama says "there was nothing new" in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress panning US-led nuclear talks with Iran
US President Barack Obama said there was "nothing new" in ...Full Story »
A white supremacist accused of gunning down three people at Jewish sites in Kansas will go on trial for capital murder, a judge ruled Tuesday.
District Judge Kelly Ryan decided sufficient evidence exists to try Frazier Glenn Miller, 74, of Aurora, Missouri, in the 2014 deaths at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park and a nearby Jewish retirement ...Full Story »
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE]
While our Far Rockaway and Five Towns community has come to regard Achiezer as their anchor and go-to resource, something exceptional has occurred. The lines have blurred in the most beautiful way possible--Achiezer--the name that says it all has become an all-encompassing organization.
Not as an organization, but as a people. Every one of us has become ...Full Story »
MK Tzipi Livni on Monday evening addressed an election event for the Labor/The Movement list, where she holds the second slot. Her message to potential voters was that if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is reelected and he forms a coalition government with Bayit Yehudi and the chareidim, “He will bring us back to the days of darkness and the only chance to maintain liberalism and ...Full Story »
President Barack Obama says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH’-hoo) didn’t offer any “viable alternatives” to the nuclear negotiations with Iran during his speech to Congress.
Obama says he read a transcript of Netanyahu’s speech Tuesday. He says “there was nothing new” in the speech.
Obama says Netanyahu made almost the same speech when he ...Full Story »
[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman]
A reader recently posed the following question:
If a person purposely cooked on Shabbos, he cannot benefit from that food ever.
The question is: Can he give that food to another for mishloach manos, since (1) the other person is allowed to eat it and (2) “the mitzvos were not given for our benefit”?
Thank you.
A freilechen Purim.
Dear ...Full Story »
Chaverim of Queens, founded In memory of Mr. Jack Friedman a”h, started in January 2008 and now has over 70 volunteers who have responded to thousands of calls for help and has lived up to its namesake as an established and reliable organization attentive to the needs of the Community. The acts of chesed that the volunteers of this organization do on a daily basis, does not go ...Full Story »
Horrific acts of anti-Semitism have recently spiked in Israel, Europe, and even in the United States of America. Jews in Paris, London, Buenos Aires, New York and alas, even in Jerusalem, are feeling increasingly insecure in the face of actual and threatened violence.
We still reel from the dreadful, fatal attacks carried out against our holy brethren in a Har Nof synagogue and a ...Full Story »
A Midgam election poll commissioned by Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) shows that Shas, Yahadut Hatorah and Yachad will receive a total of 17 seats.
The poll’s results were released on Tuesday morning, 12 Adar, showing Shas continues its decline. Another poll shows that Shas has lost almost half of its support from the chareidi community, dropping from 24% to 13%.
Labor/The Movement: ...Full Story »
The Purim revolution is growing every year.
This year, more than ever before, with the current difficult matzav for our B’nei Torah, the world is scrutinizing our every action. There is so much negativity worldwide that we are able to change. Let us give our Yeshiva Bochurim an opportunity to portray a positive message of simchas Purim.
Six years ago on Purim night a ...Full Story »
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Purim. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Ramah, and the Mishna Berura, unless stated otherwise. They are based on my understanding of the aforementioned texts through the teachings of my Rebeim. As individual circumstances are often important in determining the psak ...Full Story »
Here is Nancy Pelosi's full statement on the Speech given by Prime Minister Netanyahu:
“The unbreakable bonds between the United States and Israel are rooted in our shared values, our common ideals and mutual interests. Ours is a deep and abiding friendship that will always reach beyond party. Americans stand shoulder to shoulder with the Israeli people. The state of Israel ...Full Story »
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE]
Below is the full transcript of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks before Congress on March 3rd, 2015.
NETANYAHU: Thank you.
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you…
(APPLAUSE)
… Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Pro Tem Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Minority — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy ...Full Story »
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is once again explaining his remarks about his biracial son and interactions with officers, saying they weren't disrespectful to police.
During a Monday night appearance on Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, de Blasio said the comments were not new and referred to a part of history that still hasn't been worked out.
When a ...Full Story »
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] Announcing registration now opened for the Nesivos / Jewish Legacy Tours - Summer Tour 2015 – Jewels of Jewish Europe – August 3-10, 2015! This summer treat yourself to the ultimate summer tour and vacation; Amsterdam, Alsace, Strasbourg, Michelstadt, Antwerp, Frankfurt am Main, Worms, Mainz & more!
Explore the the enchanting villages, historical ...Full Story »
The following officials attended the speech on Capitol hill given by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.)
Rep. Brad Ashford (Neb.)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (Ohio)
Rep. Don Beyer (Va.)
Rep. Sanford Bishop (Ga.)
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.)
Rep. Brendan Boyle (Pa.)
Rep. Michael Capuano (Mass.)
Rep. Matt Cartwright (Pa.)
Rep. Kathy Castor ...Full Story »
Hillary Rodham Clinton used a personal email account during her time as secretary of state, rather than a government-issued email address.
Deputy State Department spokesperson Marie Harf says the department asked former secretaries of state last year for records that should be preserved. In response to that request, Clinton provided emails from her time as the nation's top ...Full Story »
Former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to mishandling classified materials, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
A Justice Department statement says a plea agreement has been filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The agency says the former top Army general was charged with one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified ...Full Story »
Here is the full list of Democrats that are skipping Netanyahu's speech. The list is via TheHill.Com
House (48)
Rep. Karen Bass (Calif.) — In a statement, Bass said that she would be in Los Angeles for a city council election. “My support for a strong U.S.-Israel ...Full Story »
America's top intelligence official says Iran is involved in the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says Tehran has "a very robust commitment to the fight" and has people there in an advisory capacity.
In an interview broadcast Tuesday on CBS, Clapper says the Iranians have "brought in large amounts of weaponry" to ...Full Story »
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT]
It's Good to Know
invites you to join Rabbi Manis Friedman for a free
Purim Inspiration Tele-Conference titled:
The Megillah: A story that was, or a story that will be?
Every story in the Torah has numerous layers.
In this tele-conference, Rabbi Friedman will help you find a lesson from the Purim story that will change your ...Full Story »
Protestors were on hand in Yerushalayim on Monday evening 11 Adar trying to disrupt a shiur given by Rav Amnon Yitzchak. The rav was addressing an audience of hundreds in an address in Shaar Ha’ir. Some of the dozens of protesters outside explained they were there because Rav Amnon spoke out against Aryeh Deri. Police were summoned and a number of protestors were detained.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz Shlita during a Yachad party election kenos spoke out on a number of issues including a number of dati leumi rabbonim. He stated Rabbi Tzvi Tau, Rosh Yeshivat Har HaMor was praised by Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita. Rav Mazuz said “There is Yiras Shomayim. Rav Tau is a big Yiras Shomayim. Rav Shteinman said he is more chareidi that all of ... Full Story »
February was a strong month for car imports as 21,850 new vehicles were given over to their owners during the month, representing a 2.7% increase from February 2014. A total of 55,840 new cars were given over during the first two months of 2015, representing a 15% increase from the same time period in 2014.
Leading the group in February was Hyundai with 7,035 vehicles. Second place ... Full Story »
MK Yair Lapid told Channel 20 that his party will do its utmost to advance the Giyur Bill that liberalizes conversions in Israel. Lapid stated that he initially told MK Elazar Stern that he wanted the new giyur in the form of a bill since that is more difficult to change than a cabinet decision. Lapid added that most of the Bayit Yehudi faction supports the bill so he believes it should ... Full Story »
The matter of Purim observance in the Ramot neighborhood of Yerushalayim is a hot topic as a number of poskim has released piskei halacha. Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita ruled that residents are ... Full Story »
“There is no deterrence factor and human life has become cheap,” said Chaim Levanon, the father of Yinon HY”D, in response to the intent of the Attorney General's office to request a lenient sentence for the illegal worker smuggler, Sa'id Al-Nabari, who killed his son. The family also stated that “The plea bargain is a crime.” The Attorney General's office informed Levanon's ... Full Story »
The U.S. has so much crude that it is running out of places to put it, and that could drive oil and gasoline prices even lower in the coming months.
For the past seven weeks, the United States has been producing and importing an average of 1 million more barrels of oil every day than it is consuming. That extra crude is flowing into storage tanks, especially at the country's main ... Full Story »
In the face of rising poverty in Israel, where one in six families goes deeper into debt every month and cannot cover their cost of living, one organization is stepping in to help the myriad of need families across the country.
Aryeh Weingarten, Director of Karmey Chesed, explained to Breaking Israel News how the rising cost of living in Israel has led to overwhelming calls for ... Full Story »
Yachad party candidate Baruch Marzel feels that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has changed his stripes to portray himself as right-wing during the election campaign. He explains that Lieberman is now calling for the death penalty for terrorists in campaign ads while members of his faction voted to release terrorists from prison.
Marzel made his comments during a party election ... Full Story »
REPRINTED FROM THE YWN ARCHIVES:
Ever wonder about the story behind a picture? Well, this is this picture’s story.
Standing near a car with a group of friends on Purim afternoon, in the Ave. N and East 20′s vicinity (Flatbush), my brother suddenly felt something hit his face. While trying to knock off the unknown object, he began to feel a burning sensation on his right cheek ... Full Story »
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE]
A surprise IDF preparedness exercise was held in Yehuda and Shomron on Monday to simulate many difficult scenarios, including the kidnapping of citizens, terror attacks and more.
Thousands of standing army soldiers took part in the major training event along with 13,000 reservists. Senior IDF officials stress the drill was planned well in advance and in ... Full Story »
NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) says the world owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu for sharing the cold, hard facts about Iran.
“Why did President Obama fear this speech?” asks Hikind. “The speech is over and nothing catastrophic occurred. The world is still standing. Clearly, it’s not speeches from our allies that we ... Full Story »
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Tuesday 12 Adar attacked Naftali Bennett, accusing of seeking political gain from Operation Protective Edge, the IDF counter-terrorism offensive against Hamas in 2014. Ya’alon explains that Bennett’s actions during and after the offensive are unacceptable, calling them “muktzah”.
Ya’alon told Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) that Bennett’s ... Full Story »
The world's central banks are injecting a new complication into the Federal Reserve's decision on when to raise interest rates from record lows:
They're cutting their own rates.
A Fed rate hike that comes as other central banks are reducing theirs would likely boost the U.S. dollar's value. A stronger dollar would make U.S. imports cheaper, lower overall prices and likely make it ... Full Story »
The latest Knesset Channel poll released on Tuesday, 12 Adar, shows that Labor/ The Movement list remains in the lead with 24 seats. The poll was carried out by Panels Politics involving 800 respondents. The margin of error is +/- 3.1%.
Labor/The Movement: 24
Likud: 21
Yesh Atid: 13
Arab bloc: 13
Bayit Yehudi: 12
Kulanu: 8
Shas: 7
Yahadut Hatorah: 7
Meretz: ... Full Story »
Degel Hatorah party MKs Moshe Gafne, Yaakov Asher, and Uri Maklev on Tuesday 12 Adar met with Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita in the gadol hador’s home. Also present was the fourth candidate on the Degel list Eliezer Sorotzkin.
As Election Day nears, 26 Adar, the MKs met with the gadol hador to confer with him as efforts continue to gain an eighth seat in the ... Full Story »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overstated Iran's domination of the Middle East and understated the timespan of the nuclear deal taking shape with Tehran, while neglecting the role of Congress in lifting Iranian sanctions, in his speech to U.S. lawmakers Tuesday.
On the whole, Netanyahu largely adhered to what is known about the nuclear negotiations between world powers and ... Full Story »
AFP News reported on Monday 11 Adar that the PA (Palestinian Authority) plans to take its case to the International Criminal Court in The Hague in April 2015. If this is so, it will be the PA’s first case against Israel in the international court.
The report states the case will be filed on April 1st, the day the PA officially joins The Hague. This would be in line with statements ... Full Story »
A white supremacist accused of gunning down three people at Jewish sites in Kansas will go on trial for capital murder, a judge ruled Tuesday.
District Judge Kelly Ryan decided sufficient evidence exists to try Frazier Glenn Miller, 74, of Aurora, Missouri, in the 2014 deaths at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park and a nearby Jewish retirement ... Full Story »
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE]
While our Far Rockaway and Five Towns community has come to regard Achiezer as their anchor and go-to resource, something exceptional has occurred. The lines have blurred in the most beautiful way possible--Achiezer--the name that says it all has become an all-encompassing organization.
Not as an organization, but as a people. Every one of us has become ... Full Story »
MK Tzipi Livni on Monday evening addressed an election event for the Labor/The Movement list, where she holds the second slot. Her message to potential voters was that if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is reelected and he forms a coalition government with Bayit Yehudi and the chareidim, “He will bring us back to the days of darkness and the only chance to maintain liberalism and ... Full Story »
President Barack Obama says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH’-hoo) didn’t offer any “viable alternatives” to the nuclear negotiations with Iran during his speech to Congress.
Obama says he read a transcript of Netanyahu’s speech Tuesday. He says “there was nothing new” in the speech.
Obama says Netanyahu made almost the same speech when he ... Full Story »
[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman]
A reader recently posed the following question:
If a person purposely cooked on Shabbos, he cannot benefit from that food ever.
The question is: Can he give that food to another for mishloach manos, since (1) the other person is allowed to eat it and (2) “the mitzvos were not given for our benefit”?
Thank you.
A freilechen Purim.
Dear ... Full Story »
Chaverim of Queens, founded In memory of Mr. Jack Friedman a”h, started in January 2008 and now has over 70 volunteers who have responded to thousands of calls for help and has lived up to its namesake as an established and reliable organization attentive to the needs of the Community. The acts of chesed that the volunteers of this organization do on a daily basis, does not go ... Full Story »
Horrific acts of anti-Semitism have recently spiked in Israel, Europe, and even in the United States of America. Jews in Paris, London, Buenos Aires, New York and alas, even in Jerusalem, are feeling increasingly insecure in the face of actual and threatened violence.
We still reel from the dreadful, fatal attacks carried out against our holy brethren in a Har Nof synagogue and a ... Full Story »
A Midgam election poll commissioned by Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) shows that Shas, Yahadut Hatorah and Yachad will receive a total of 17 seats.
The poll’s results were released on Tuesday morning, 12 Adar, showing Shas continues its decline. Another poll shows that Shas has lost almost half of its support from the chareidi community, dropping from 24% to 13%.
Labor/The Movement: ... Full Story »
The Purim revolution is growing every year.
This year, more than ever before, with the current difficult matzav for our B’nei Torah, the world is scrutinizing our every action. There is so much negativity worldwide that we are able to change. Let us give our Yeshiva Bochurim an opportunity to portray a positive message of simchas Purim.
Six years ago on Purim night a ... Full Story »
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Purim. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Ramah, and the Mishna Berura, unless stated otherwise. They are based on my understanding of the aforementioned texts through the teachings of my Rebeim. As individual circumstances are often important in determining the psak ... Full Story »
Here is Nancy Pelosi's full statement on the Speech given by Prime Minister Netanyahu:
“The unbreakable bonds between the United States and Israel are rooted in our shared values, our common ideals and mutual interests. Ours is a deep and abiding friendship that will always reach beyond party. Americans stand shoulder to shoulder with the Israeli people. The state of Israel ... Full Story »
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is once again explaining his remarks about his biracial son and interactions with officers, saying they weren't disrespectful to police.
During a Monday night appearance on Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, de Blasio said the comments were not new and referred to a part of history that still hasn't been worked out.
When a ... Full Story »
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] Announcing registration now opened for the Nesivos / Jewish Legacy Tours - Summer Tour 2015 – Jewels of Jewish Europe – August 3-10, 2015! This summer treat yourself to the ultimate summer tour and vacation; Amsterdam, Alsace, Strasbourg, Michelstadt, Antwerp, Frankfurt am Main, Worms, Mainz & more!
Explore the the enchanting villages, historical ... Full Story »
Hillary Rodham Clinton used a personal email account during her time as secretary of state, rather than a government-issued email address.
Deputy State Department spokesperson Marie Harf says the department asked former secretaries of state last year for records that should be preserved. In response to that request, Clinton provided emails from her time as the nation's top ... Full Story »
Former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to mishandling classified materials, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
A Justice Department statement says a plea agreement has been filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The agency says the former top Army general was charged with one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified ... Full Story »
Here is the full list of Democrats that are skipping Netanyahu's speech. The list is via TheHill.Com
House (48)
Rep. Karen Bass (Calif.) — In a statement, Bass said that she would be in Los Angeles for a city council election. “My support for a strong U.S.-Israel ... Full Story »
America's top intelligence official says Iran is involved in the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says Tehran has "a very robust commitment to the fight" and has people there in an advisory capacity.
In an interview broadcast Tuesday on CBS, Clapper says the Iranians have "brought in large amounts of weaponry" to ... Full Story »
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT]
It's Good to Know
invites you to join Rabbi Manis Friedman for a free
Purim Inspiration Tele-Conference titled:
The Megillah: A story that was, or a story that will be?
Every story in the Torah has numerous layers.
In this tele-conference, Rabbi Friedman will help you find a lesson from the Purim story that will change your ... Full Story »
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