The U.S. Postal Service released its annual financial results on Tuesday, and they’re nothing to write home about. The agency reported an annual loss of $5.1 billion, as declining mail
Emergency responders are examining a small device found in front of 303 Forest Road in the Village of Kiryas Joel late Tuesday afternoon. Village Public Safety and Fire Department personnel
Shas MK Nissim Ze�ev expressed his opposition to the growing trend of frum females wearing a burka, the dress code of Muslim women, stating this is not in line with Torah life as prescribed by our rabbonim. The MK adds he would like to see a law banning them, but he admits this would be […]
The commander of the Israel Police elite Yomam commando unit, Commander Bet, says that �In Israel any scenario is possible�. According to Bet, his commando force continues to train, constantly, always trying to remain a step ahead of terrorists, stating that nothing is viewed as an impossibility and with this in mind, they continue training […]
The MTA is putting the city that doesn�t sleep to bed early. The agency is closing huge swaths of the subway in Manhattan for five weeknights in a row in January to allow for track work to be done, officials announced yesterday. The closures � which start at 10 p.m. and go until 5 a.m. […]
The�Judge in the NYC�vs OWS�case this afternoon has ruled in favor of New York City, according to reports. The protesters may return to the park, but may not return with their tents and overnight gear. Judge Lucy Billings, who has since been removed from the case, ruled earlier today that the protesters could remain at […]
A young mother died in Jerusalem�s Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Tuesday, 18 Cheshvan, days after giving birth. She was the mother of five children, the oldest being 7-years-old. The nifteres, Shulamit Guzali ob�m was diagnosed with a serious illness three months before giving birth. She began receiving treatment for her illness, cancer of the […]
Deputy Premier and Shas leader Eli Yishai sent a letter to Minister of Public Security Yitzchak Aharonovich expressing his concerns regarding threats against rabbonim. In his letter dated 16 Cheshvan;
On Saturday night, November 12, 2011, detectives from the National Unit of Serious and International Crime Investigations arrested a Hebron resident, a minor, on suspicion of involvement with the Beit
Dissatisfied Republicans have looked everywhere for an authentic conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, everywhere that is, except for the one place where it might already exist. First there was Michele
Over 100 veteran physicians have resigned from a number of hospitals around the country today, 18 Cheshvan, including Beilinson Hospital (Petah Tikvah), Rambam Medical Center (Haifa) and Hillel Yafeh Hospital (Hadera). These resignations are not from residents, but from specialists, veteran members of Israel�s medical community. One of the doctors who submitted his resignation, which […]
MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer held a special place in the Israeli Egyptian relations during the tenure of Hosni Mubarak. Ben-Eliezer was always received warmly in Cairo, bestowed with honors and special
The Gavaad Komomiyus HaGaon HaRav Menachem Mendel Mendelson has been hospitalized in Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon on Tuesday morning, 18 Cheshvan. Tests conducted during the day indicate the rav suffered a minor stroke. The tzibur is requested to daven for HaGaon HaRav Menachem Mendel by Chaya Miriam b�toch cholei yisrael. (YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem) […]
As the residents and the treasury continue to battle over conditions and salary for the soon-to-be doctors, one hundred senior physicians in Israel submitted letters of resignation today, Tuesday, November 15, 2011. They explain their actions are a response to the collapse of the nation�s medical system. This includes 40 doctors in Haifa�s Rambam Medical […]
Reacting to the Federal Bureau of Investigation�s (FBI) annual report documenting hate crimes in America, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called the increase in criminal violence perpetrated due to hatred and bigotry a �disturbing snapshot� and emphasized the importance of providing a �swift and effective response� to hate violence. Robert G. Sugarman, ADL National Chair, […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Midwood residents gathered at Congregation Ohel Moshe in Midwood, Brooklyn on Monday night with questions for the police department, to learn whether they were safe and
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lucy Billings, the Judge who�signed an early-morning order temporarily barring cops from keeping protesters and tents out of Zuccotti Park, has been removed from the case and a new Judge is being assigned, according to reports. Billings� name has been removed from the list of candidates for the hearing. Billings spent […]
Several members of the media reported being blocked from covering the Occupy Wall Street raid overnight, with police pushing them back from the action and preventing reporting and photographing. At
Rabbi Ratzon Arussi, who heads the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Marriage Division, spoke with Kol Chai Radio host Elad Kinas during the midday news program today, 18 Cheshvan. The interview
Since the petira of the Mir rosh yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZT�L, there has been much discussion regarding the yeshiva�s bleak financial state and the difficulty paying rabbonim and avreichim. Kikar Shabbat reports that the situation became so desperate that gedolei hador literally lost sleep, including HaRosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib […]
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