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House Passes Bill To Block Obama Climate Plan

Aiming at the heart of President Barack Obama's strategy for fighting climate change, the Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to block the administration's plan to limit carbon pollution from new power plants. The bill targets Obama's proposal for the Environmental Protection Agency to set the first national limits on heat-trapping carbon pollution from future power plants. ...    Full Story »

Israel, California Sign Pact To Work On Cybersecurity, Energy, Water Conservation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a swing through the Silicon Valley to meet with high-tech leaders and sign a pro-business agreement with Gov. Jerry Brown. During a meeting at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, the two emphasized their joint interests in cybersecurity, energy sources and water conservation, and suggested Israel — an arid country with a ...    Full Story »

Bill Would Let Paul Run For 2 Offices At Same Time

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul faces a potential quandary as he weighs whether to run for president in 2016 or focus solely on re-election to his Senate seat. Legislation introduced Thursday in his home state would allow him to run for both. The measure would clarify that current Kentucky law, which prevents someone running for multiple offices, does not apply to federal elections, said Senate ...    Full Story »

Minister Ariel on Har Habayis & Arab MKs

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Housing Minister Uri Ariel used the Knesset podium to address the issue of Jews visiting Har Habayis. Ariel explained that he visits Har Habayis in line with instructions from his rabbonim, but he does not enter al-Aqsa because of “the Arabs and their chutzpah”. He makes reference to the recent sentence handed down against Sheikh Raid Salah, who was just sentenced to an 8-month prison term for his anti-Israel activities. Salah, who heads the northern branch of the Israel Islamic Association, has been imprisoned by Israel on a number of occasions for his actions to benefit terror organizations. Ariel comments he would have sentenced Salah to ...    Full Story »

American Tells of Meeting Bin Laden Before 9/11

An American who trained at an al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan in the spring of 2001 before losing his nerve testified Thursday how he encountered Osama bin Laden and bin Laden's son-in-law at a safe house — and that bin Laden hinted that a suicide attack on U.S. soil was in the works. "Just know you have brothers willing to carry their souls in their hands," bin Laden told the ...    Full Story »

The Israel Navy was Prepared for the Worse

B’chasdei Hashem, the naval commando operation that led to the apprehension of an Iranian shipment of missiles to Gaza was accomplished without fatalities or injuries. The ship with Panamanian registry was ...    Full Story »

REMINDER: Change Your Clocks On Motzei Shabbos (USA) - And Check Your Smoke Alarms

Don’t forget to "spring forward" and check smoke detectors this weekend. On Sunday, March 9 at 2 a.m., time will revert back to daylight savings. Since 2007, the time change has reverted to standard time on the first Sunday of November and changed to daylight savings time on the second Sunday of March. Hence the phrase, “Fall back, spring ahead” to help people remember ...    Full Story »

Ichud Hatzalah & ZAKA Work Together to Train Ukrainian Jews

Responding to a request from the Jewish community in the Ukraine, United Hatzalah and ZAKA, in cooperation with the Israelife Foundation, have worked together to train Jewish volunteers of the local Kiev Hatzalah in the latest emergency, rescue and search techniques so they respond and provide aid to mass casualty emergencies should the crisis in the country escalate. Rabbi Moshe ...    Full Story »

S&P 500 Ends At Record On Jobless Data

Investors were looking for any reason to look past the cold weather that has hampered the U.S. economy in the last few weeks, and they found it. Stocks mostly rose Thursday, helped by a report that showed the number of people who filed for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in three months. The gains were enough to give the Standard & Poor’s 500 index its ...    Full Story »

Protest Planned Outside the Office of Yated Neeman (6 opinions)

The dati leumi community has had enough of the insults appearing in Yated Ne’eman and a protest is planned outside the newspaper’s office. The announcements refer to the newspaper’s insults against talmidei chachamim and roshei yeshiva. The protest will take place outside 109 Jabotinsky Street in Bnei Brak. One of the organizers is Netai Morgenstern, who explains “I am fed up ...    Full Story »

Netanyahu Speaks About Iran at Los Angeles Museum

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Jewish community leaders on Thursday that he was determined to contain Iran's nuclear program and protect the state of Israel from Iran. The prime minister spoke at the Museum of Tolerance, where exhibits document how 6 million Jews and Europe's lively Jewish culture was destroyed in the Holocaust. He drew a parallel between a 1919 ...    Full Story »

Criminal Indictment Against Frum Man who Called a Soldier 'Shiksa' on a Bus (3 opinions)

Two years after Shlomo Fuchs shouted “shiksa” at a female soldier on a public bus he is facing a criminal indictment. The incident occurred on one of the mehadrin buses. Fuchs is facing charges of “harassment” for his actions. The case is being heard in the Jerusalem Magistrate Court. Fuchs was traveling on the 49-A bus in Yerushalayim, a bus on which passengers observe a ...    Full Story »

PHOTOS: Broad Cross Section of Rabbonim Gather to Spearhead Keren Hashviis Campaign (Photos By JDN)

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Leading Gedolei Yisroel in Eretz Yisroel and the US have called two special asifos this past week, one in Monsey and one in Brooklyn. At each of these emergency gatherings, communal rabbonim, roshei yeshiva, admorim and manhigim, were urged to spearhead a grassroots effort to facilitate the active participation of their kehillos in securing ample funding ...    Full Story »

Interpol: Ukraine Wants Yanukovych's Arrest

Interpol is studying a request by Ukrainian authorities to issue an alert for the arrest of President Viktor Yanukovych for abuse of power and murder, the international police organization said Thursday. A statement by the Lyon-based organization said it received a request Wednesday from Ukrainian authorities to issue a “Red Notice,” which informs Interpol’s 190-member ...    Full Story »

PHOTOS: World-Renowned Medical Experts In CHOP Meet With Jewish Community Leaders

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Community leaders shared an exclusive evening with world renowned medical experts at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) yesterday at a “Meet the Experts Event” on Wednesday March 5th. In collaboration with Chai Lifeline New Jersey, CHOP hosted a group of 100 Rabbinical leaders, askanim, heads of organizations and pediatricians from ...    Full Story »

Orthodox Union Commends EEOC for Protecting Religious Garb Practices in the Workplace

The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations (Orthodox Union), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, commends the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for its recent publication regarding religious garb and grooming in the workplace. Today, the EEOC released a guide to clarify the workplace rights and responsibilities with respect to religious ...    Full Story »

Elected Officials To Host Press Conference Regarding A New Bill To Announce Expedited Missing Persons' Identification Act

Rabbi David Niederman, Executive Director of The United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn (UJO), together with Jewish community leaders will host a press conference tomorrow with elected officials to discuss The Expedited Missing Persons’ Identification Act. Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol (D-North Brooklyn) will be joined by the bill’s Senate sponsor, Senator ...    Full Story »

Counterfeit Mezuzah Factory Uncovered by the Rabbanut & Police

Baruch Hashem police and agents of the Chief Rabbinate Kashrus Enforcement Unit have uncovered a counterfeit mezuzah operation. According to agents involved in the investigation and raid, the counterfeiting operation used a new and sophisticated method to create very high quality counterfeit mezuzos. The Chief Rabbinate has released a proclamation regarding these mezuzos, which are ...    Full Story »

Neo Nazis Planned a Major Terror Attack in Uman

The weekly Hashavua chareidi newspaper quotes Ukrainian sources reporting neo-Nazis planned a major terror attack at the tziyun of Rav Nachman ZT”L. The report states the neo-Nazi group planned to strike at the tziyun in the coming days, as was reported on Russia’s Life TV News. Authorities intercepted a telephone call between members of the terror cell, leading to the ...    Full Story »

Tragedy in Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak

A 38-year-old woman who gave birth earlier in the week was found dead in a lavatory in Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital on Thursday, 4 Adar II 5774. The staff did not see the woman and began checking the maternity ward to find her. Her lifeless body was found in a lavatory. The woman z”l, a member of the chareidi community, gave birth on Monday, to her sixth child. Hospital officials ...    Full Story »

Dozens Of Roshei Yeshiva, Admorim and Rabbonim Release Kol Koreh Ahead Of Planned Atzeres In Manhattan (5 opinions)

Late yesterday, dozens of prominent Admorim, Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbonim issued a Kol Korei calling for the entire community to participate in the upcoming massive Atzeres Tefillah, this Sunday, March 9/7 Adar II in Lower Manhattan. Copies of the Kol Korei and other Atzeres information are attached. The gathering will echo last week’s huge atzeres tefilla in Yerushalyim, which ...    Full Story »

Warm Weather Tease Heading into Weekend For Midwest, East

Spring will tease the Midwest and East briefly Friday into Saturday and again early next week, thanks to a couple of pushes of milder air. For some locations around the Great Lakes, the mild air will bring temperatures peaking in the 30s with melting snow and ice. For locations farther south over the Ohio Valley and along the mid-Atlantic coast, temperatures will climb into the ...    Full Story »

Mother Who Drove Minivan Full of Children into Surf Undergoing Mental Evaluation (1 opinions)

Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson said at a news conference Wednesday the woman, identified as 32-year-old Ebony Wilkerson, of South Carolina, was still in the hospital undergoing a mental evaluation and had not yet been questioned by police. Johnson said Daytona Beach police spoke to Wilkerson hours before the incident after a family member contacted them out of concern that ...    Full Story »

Standing Ovation for Chris Christie from CPAC Crowd (1 opinions)

The crowd gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference rose to its feet as Chris Christie exited stage left. The New Jersey governor, who has been dogged by a scandal stemming from revelations that members of his administration conspired to shut down traffic lanes leading on to the George Washington Bridge, came to CPAC on Thursday in need of a reception like that, and ...    Full Story »

In Crimea, Old Fears Combine With New Propaganda

Sometimes, the old actor remembers the war far too clearly. Though he was only a small child, he can tell you about the explosions, and the Nazi soldiers patrolling the streets. He can list the friends and relatives who didn't survive. He punctuates his stories with angry imitations of machine-gun fire: "TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT." The last thing he wants is for war to return to Crimea. So ...    Full Story »

Stock and Housing Gains Put US Net Worth at Record

A surging stock market and rebounding home prices boosted Americans' wealth to a record in the final three months of last year, though both trends have slowed so far in 2014. Household net worth jumped nearly $3 trillion during last year's fourth quarter to $80.7 trillion. Stock and mutual fund portfolios gained nearly $1.7 trillion, or 9 percent, according to a Thursday report by ...    Full Story »

3 Auschwitz Guard Suspects Released From Custody (1 opinions)

Three elderly men alleged to have served as SS guards at the Auschwitz death camp have been released from custody, but prosecutors say the investigation against them continues. Stuttgart prosecutors’ spokeswoman Claudia Krauth said a 92-year-old suspect was released Thursday but had to pay a bond and give up his passport. A 94-year-old and an 88-year-old were released over the past ...    Full Story »

Piron Lashes Out at Chareidim: You Opted for Autonomy! (7 opinions)

Education Minister (Yesh Atid) Rabbi Shai Piron lashed out at chareidim saying “You made a decision that you want autonomy and to this autonomy carries a price”. In a query to the minister on Wednesday 3 Adar II from MK Rav Moshe Gafne, the chareidi lawmaker comes to the defense of chareidi schoolchildren. He points out that while the ministry is planning summer camps and ...    Full Story »

Electronic Anti-Theft Device for Kosel Sifrei Torah (1 opinions)

In a measure to prevent theft, electronic GPS sensors are being installed on Sifrei Torah at the Kosel following approval from the Rav of the Kosel and Holy Sites Shmuel Rabinowitz. The project was initiated by the Kosel Heritage Foundation, acting to prevent thefts, which have occurred in the past. The moment a Sefer Torah is carried outside the Kosel area alarms will sound to alert ...    Full Story »

Yeshiva Student Helping Business and Charities

A group of business students at Yeshiva University are on a mission: to embrace the spirit of Purim by fundraising for multiple Jewish charities while supporting locally owned small Jewish businesses. Mishloach Now, a brand new way to buy Mishloach Manot online for Purim will do just that. The team developed a product that fuses together their favorite unique and gourmet products from ...    Full Story »

California: Jewish Lawmaker Seeks Apology For Obama-Hitler Comparison (11 opinions)

A Jewish lawmaker said that he wants an apology from a Republican candidate for California governor who compared President Barack Obama’s gun control policies to those of dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Il. “Assemblyman Tim Donnelly owes an apology to the millions impacted by the Holocaust and to countless American heroes and their ...    Full Story »