Deputy Minister of Education R’ Meir Porush accuses Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) director Yitzchak Tunik of inciting and airing programming against the yeshivish world. “The military radio station using cheap propaganda” against the chareidi community alleges Porush, achieving its goal by broadcasting inaccurate and unfounded reports. The deputy minister made reference to a report filed […]
The following is a NY Times article: From the start, Internet users have taken for granted that the territory was both a free-for-all and a digital disguise, allowing them to revel in their power to address the world while keeping their identities concealed. A New Yorker cartoon from 1993, during the Web’s infancy, with one […]
After Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday turned to the cabinet for approval to usurp the decision of Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman regarding the kevarim at Barzilai Hospital in
The local Jewish community suspects arson in the blaze that swept through the central shul in Milouz France on shabbos. The building went up in flames during davening, and damage is reported to be heavy, but B’chasdei Hashem, there were no injuries. Smoke was seen bellowing out of windows of the shul at about 11:00am, […]
More details emerged Monday over an alleged attempt to set off explosives in the New York City subway system last year and a fourth suspect was reportedly arrested in Pakistan.
Monsey, NY – Police are notifying Child Protective Services after a 7-year-old boy fell out of a second-story window at Nissan Court shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Hatzolah EMS and
Zhitomir, Ukraine – Jewish prisoners in 17 correctional facilities in Western Ukraine were able to celebrate Passover Seders thanks to the efforts of the Federation of Small Jewish Communities of Western Ukraine. Over 50 inmates in Kiev, as well as the Zhitomir, Vinnitsa, Ternopol, Lvov and Rovno regions, received a Passover “care package” containing food […]
12:28PM EST: [PHOTOS BELOW] Firefighters are currently battling a massive fire on Manhattans Lower East Side. The FDNY has transmitted a 7th Alarm for heavy fire in a building located
The inmates in the Torah Wing of Massiyahu Prison are pleased, hearing of the dismissal of prison officer Y. Constantine, the facility’s security officer. It was not an easy battle, an uphill one in actuality, but the inmates made their case, showing the former guard was abusing prisoners in the Torah Wing. After too many […]
I join people here at home, in Israel, and around the world in observing Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, on the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, we must recommit ourselves to honoring the memories of all the victims and ensuring that they remain a part of our collective memory. On […]
The Orthodox Union (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization is dismayed by proposed amendments to BOAST Maryland education tax credit. Released on
According to El Al’s Rav Hayut, even the duty free at Ben-Gurion International Airport which sold its chametz continued selling chametz during Pesach, transgressing the sale. The rav points out however that El Al’s chametz was sold in strictest adherence to halacha, sold to a non-Jew by Rav Wosner, and it was under lock and […]
A few hours after someone broke into Israel Police Chief Dudi Cohen’s vehicle, the chief’s cellular telephone was found in the possession of a Nepal national in southern Tel Aviv. When questioned by police, the suspect insisted he purchased the phone in the old central bus station, denying any connection to any illegal activity. The […]
The city’s upgraded 911 system appears to be hung up on a technical glitch. According to The New York Post, the $195 million Vesta call processing program can’t handle tests
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz visited Kever Rashbi in Meron last week as the ministry launched its preparations for Lag B’Omer, promising to do everything possible towards transporting hundreds of thousands of visitors to and from Meron without incident. According to officials, the challenge is a formidable one, the need to move some 500,000 people in […]
The following report appeared on the IRNA news agency. Tehran, April 10, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is now emerging as a new power in the world. President Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a meeting with new Iranian ambassadors to Norway, Jordan and Turkmenistan on Saturday. […]
Senator Charles Schumer wants to fix the federal regulation loophole that allows airlines to charge fees for carry-on baggage. He calls the fee “slap in the face to customers.” The
Mrs. Tzvia Turbolo, the mother of Alexander, one of the suspects arrested last week for destroying a Jerusalem memorial to victims of an 18 bus suicide bombing attack does not see a reason to apologize. She actually defends the act. She explained that a memorial statue is simply “idolatry” Kikar Shabbos reports. YWN-Israel reported that […]
Brooklyn, NY – The MS-13 gang may have issued a hit on the NYPD, police sources said. The tip came from a cab driver in Brooklyn, whose hack friend overheard
An atzeres tefilla is scheduled for Sunday night in the Prushim Shul in the Batei Warsaw area of Meah Shearim, prompted by a planned shopping center in Geula. The event
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