Friday, 09:15 IL: Posek HaDor Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv appears to have �lost consciousness� for a brief period a short time ago. It is unclear exactly what occurred, perhaps a syncopal episode. From the limited information available at this time, it appears that EMTs and paramedics are in the rav�s home, checking on […]
A city-based advocacy group today asked the Warwick hotel to reverse its decision to host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his delegation during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Former Mayor Edward I. Koch�s strategy seemed almost nutty at first: ask Jewish residents in Brooklyn and Queens to vote against an Israel-loving observant Jew for Congress to send a message to President Obama. But the idea caught fire and appeared to be a significant factor in the special election on Tuesday in which Bob […]
Apple has pulled an app that enabled French users to look through a database of celebrities and public figures and identify whether or not they are Jewish. The app was
Hundreds of millions of new Israeli shekels will be allocated for the city of Bnei Brak in the coming years, seeking to make significant improvements before the city�s 90th birthday. The city was established by a number of talmidei chacham originally from Warsaw, in 5694, and the first may was Rabbi Yitzchak Gershtenkorn. This year […]
The growing tensions between Israel and Egypt may affect the Yom Tov of Sukkos this year. According to a report on IDF Army Radio on Wednesday, Egypt has decided not to export�Lulavim to Israel for Sukkos this year. The report said that the reason cited for the decision is the deterioration in ties between the […]
AAA is urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to block a plan to increase tolls by as much as 50 percent on the bridges and tunnels between New York City
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has allocated NIS 20 million to upgrade teaching at hospitals in the north for the benefit of students at the medical school in Tzfat.� This is in addition to the NIS 30 million which the government allocated to the establishment of the school. The decision was made in the framework of […]
The following is from the Financial Times: Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, will address the UN General Assembly on Friday next week, setting the stage for a potentially dramatic
Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the Obama administration�s policy towards Israel, just days after a Republican won a local congressional election in which dissatisfaction with the president�s support for Israel became a campaign issue. Bloomberg was asked if he has any reservations about the Obama�s Middle East policies during a press conference in Queens on Thursday. […]
The number of New Yorkers who smoke has dropped to 14 percent, down from 22 percent in 2002. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that there are 450,000 fewer adult smokers
Misaskim was contacted by the Brooklyn Medical Examiner�s Office and the 66th Detective Squad regarding information about a deceased individual that has not been claimed by family for two weeks. It is imperative to identify this individual in order to prevent an autopsy should he be of the Jewish faith. The deceased�s body was found […]
Following the Zaka precedent of placing a bus targeted by terrorists in front of The Hague, Israel is contemplating placing the school bus hit by a rocket from Gaza in front of the United Nations, to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly on 23 September. 16-year-old Daniel Viflic HY�D, a resident of Beit […]
There is a most interesting din Torah pending in Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. The case was brought before the Av Beis Din, HaGaon HaRav Nissim Karelitz Shlita, to adjudicate
There has not been an Ashkenazi chief rabbi in Netanya for some 20 years, but now, the city council is going to convene to discuss the matter. For the past
A cab of a tractor trailer found abandoned with Arabic literature inside this morning, sent police on a search and put the department on high alert. At about 4:30 AM, a cab � without its load � was found with its engine on near a office building off New Hampshire Avenue, leading police to believe […]
A vaad that was established in Elad, seeking to return the community to its previous realities, is pleased that to date 15 shopkeepers have agreed to shut their doors by
The New York City Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) held a hearing this week on a proposed project that threatens to reduce available parking and increase irritation for residents
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Republican Bob Turner was officially sworn in today as the representative from New York’s 9th Congressional District. The 70-year-old retired media executive took the oath of
Assemblyman David Weprin is blaming President Obama for his stunning 54�46 percent loss to former television executive Bob Turner on Tuesday, claiming that he would have won the southern Brooklyn district if the Commander in Chief was doing a better job � yet many say the Democrat sunk his own ship with several campaign missteps, […]
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