The IDF is preparing for Chanukah by supplying traditional sweet holiday donuts – sufganiot – to every base and post. The IDF Website reports that “Every IDF soldier will feel
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Brooklyn state senator Carl Kruger has resigned in the wake of a federal corruption case. He wrote a letter of resignation to the Secretary of the Senate today. It’s effective
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On Sunday, December 11th, Dr. Brian Grobois decided to go hiking. The 54 year old doctor, who was a psychiatrist and lived with his family in New Rochelle, loved to
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Charles J. Hynes and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announce five indictments for the fatal shooting of Police Officer Peter J. Figoski, 47, a 22-year veteran of the 75th
State Police are reporting a plane crash on Route 287 in Morris County, near exit 35 in Morris Township. Lt. Stephen Jones said three people may have died in the
In Iran, a malfunction at an Isfahan (Pronounced Is-fa-han) refinery caused a leakage of cooling water from its generators – the latest in a string of mysterious mishaps in Iran
Newt Gingrich’s 15-point national lead has collapsed and the GOP presidential candidate is now in a statistical dead heat with Republican rival Mitt Romney, according to a new Gallup tracking
With Chanukah approaching, Jewish day schools around Baltimore are learning about fire safety and prevention. The Chief Maccabee Fire Safety House has been traveling to schools teaching hundreds of children
New York’s U.S. senators take to the skies in chartered flights so often that they’ve dropped more travel bucks than anyone else in the Senate since 2009. Sen. Charles Schumer
Michelle and I send our warmest wishes to all those celebrating Hanukkah around the world. This Hanukkah season we remember the powerful story of a band of believers who rose
The donor whose $350 million gift will be critical in building Cornell University’s new high-tech graduate school on Roosevelt Island is Atlantic Philanthropies, whose founder, Charles F. Feeney, is a
[VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Be it menorahs, candles, oil, or all of the above – it makes no difference whether ones is wearing a black hat, baseball cap,
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Chanukah. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Ramah,
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