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By Rabbi Yisroel Besser for this weeks Yated Ne'eman (USA): It was the night before Yom Kippur. I made my way up the steps of many Montreal homes, accompanied by a new friend, Meir Simcha Rubashkin. Warmhearted Yidden welcomed us, understanding that we were there for a cause. As soon as my companion, Meir Simcha, said his last name, they understood. ...

[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] The Obama Administration, NYC Boss Bloomberg, and Liberal bloggers say that terror suspects need to stand trial in NY because where else if not in the city they committed their crimes should the terrorists be brought to justice? This – that the perpetrators should stand trial just blocks of where they committed ...

[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] A week passed since the Hasan attack in Ft. Hood, and President Obama – together with most news reporters and Democrats – still don’t know how to categorize the attack. In fact, Obama says maybe Hasan cracked, or as Revira on FoxNews suggested, Hasan might have had a toothache… Do these people in places of ...

[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] A candidate I worked for in recent weeks lost his bid this week Tuesday in a 2-1 defeat The campaign was for a mayor seat of a village that is smaller than three-square-miles and has approximately 10,000 registered voters, some of them not even living in that village anymore. The contest was between the Deputy ...

We at Yeshiva World surveyed several of the top community leaders and political experts last night at the various political parties to compile a quick list of winners and losers as a result of yesterdays elections. Below are the top responses that we got from those leaders and experts. Have your own suggestions? Please, write them in! Winners: 1. ...

He thumbed his nose at New Yorkers, who twice voted for term limits, spent over one hundred million dollars, and came away with a pyrrhic victory. Mayor Mike can serve another term, but the means of achieving his reelection will in all probability leave him from day one a lame duck; and no money can fix that. His costly ego trip bought him a small victory ...

New Jersey - Amid this recession, families across New Jersey are struggling to keep up with basic needs, including securing the education of our children, yet the state chooses not to do all it can to assist private education in this crucial endeavor. Private education in New Jersey is a more complex issue than simply favoring or opposing school vouchers. ...

[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] …Thanks so much for reforming the health care system that will cover 94% of the population up from the 88%-90% legal population that are anyway covered. … Thanks for coming up with a plan that will be “self-sustaining” and “deficit neutral” just as social security was supposed to be. Now let me ask ...

Supporters of Kever Rachel were astounded to see some of the literature hitting the frum community over the past week that highlighted Rachel’s yartzeit but, when read closely, the materials were not actually raising funds for Kever Rachel. According to one askan who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the matter, “Rav Chaim Palagi ...

[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] In recent days, major NY Newspapers endorsed Mike Bloomberg for a third term as Boss of NYC. The endorsements are rather a slap down to Bloomberg’s opponent, Controller Thompson, than a ringing high-five for Bloomberg’s work. Let’s not be foolish here: Mike has an outstanding record on budget issues, safety, ...

[By Ariel Blacher] “There are Givers, and there are Takers in this world,” I always tell my children. “Be sure that you are a Giver, and that you stray from the Takers!” I tell them. For, it is my true belief that Hashem gave us a means to use ourselves as a conduit for giving, just as He gives to us. If we are in a “taking” ...

[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] Responses were many on my writing, “Why Don’t Jews Have an Al Sharpton.” People pointed out that the Jews have their own share of Sharpton’s, between others Dove Hikind, Abe Foxman, and a host of Jewish groups that represent and ...

[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] Yes, you’ll tell me that there are such organizations as the Jewish Defense League that sometimes make noise when acts are inappropriately done against Jews. Fine, I hear you, but no specific Jewish leader has the name recognition that gets called onto media programs following anti-Semitic related events. Nor does any ...

[By Rav Yitzchok Fingerer] As Iran becomes more vehement in their cataclysmic threat, inching imminently closer to nuclear power, there are questions that gnaw every thinking person’s conscience: What is Iran’s ultimate motive? Who will preemptively strike Iran? Will it be Eretz Yisroel or America? Will we survive retaliation? How does this tie in to the ...

David Checketts, an investor and owner of sports teams, approached me in late May about investing in the St. Louis Rams football franchise. As a football fan, I was intrigued. I invited him to my home where we discussed it further. Even after informing him that some people might try to make an issue of my participation, Mr. Checketts said he didn’t much ...

Israel is looking like the new leader of the Free World. The previous leader, the United States, resigned this role last week at the United Nations to take the position of global community organizer. This was made plain by President Obama in his speech, titled "Responsibility for Our Common Future," in which he heralded "a new chapter of ...

By Ari Lieberman for The Jewish Star: On October 6, 1973, Yom Kippur Day, Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated assault against Israel. Under cover of heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, the Egyptians crossed the Suez Canal and stormed Israel’s neglected Bar-Lev fortifications. Several hundred miles to the north, a thousand Syrian tanks ...

The polls have closed and the votes are counted. Brad Lander has been declared as the winner of the Democratic Primary and most certainly will be the next Councilman representing the 39th district in the New York City Council. For our community this is most welcome news. Over the past several months, I have developed a close and warm relationship ...