Technion Prof Daniel Shechtman, 70, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals, becoming the 10th Israeli Nobel Prize laureate. Shechtman is a professor at
After nine months of contentious battles on Capitol Hill, Americans have reached a new level of disgust toward Congress that has left nearly all voters angry at their leaders and
It’s that time of the year again – the holiday season. Perhaps nothing is more challenging than getting through from Rosh Hashanah to Simchas Torah with your health and weight
A group of people arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge as part of the Occupy Wall Street protests last week filed a suit against New York City on Tuesday, alleging that
It’s d�j� vu all over again. Just three months into the new fiscal year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is ordering a hiring freeze and asking all agency heads to figure out how they can cut spending by $500 million this year and 1.5 billion next year because of the looming budget gap. The mayor wants those […]
Posek HaDor Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita was taken to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center on Wednesday morning (7 Tishrei) to undergo additional tests in light of his
[LARGE PHOTO ALBUM OF RESCUE OPERATION IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered today at 34th Street and the FDR Drive. “Good afternoon. I’m
A nine justice panel of Israel’s Supreme Court convened on Tuesday, 6 Tishrei, to hear a petition brought by former minister Prof. Amnon Rubinstein and retired IDF major-general, Elazar Stern.
The cottage boycott that began during the summer has snowballed and it has expanded. First, activists targeted Tnuva, the nation’s largest dairy, but have not included Strauss, Osem, and Unilever,
Recently Yad Vashem signed a breakthrough agreement with the national archives of Lithuania, and will soon sign new agreements with the national archives in Ukraine and Belarus. Under the agreements,
Police in the northern community of Tuba el-Zangaria, near Rosh HaNikra, remain on heightened alert Tuesday morning, 6 Tishrei, following the predawn arson attack against a mosque on Monday morning.
House Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Eric Holder misled Congress during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious,
UPDATE 5:34PM EST: A woman was killed Tuesday when the chopper she and four others were riding in went out of control and crashed into the East River. It took
German mediator Gerhard Conrad has arrived in Cairo in the hope of moving ahead in clandestine talks towards facilitating the release of Gilad Shalit. Conrad, who arrived in Cairo on
The pilot who operated the helicopter involved in today’s deadly crash safely landed a Cessna 172 in Calvert Vaux Park near Coney Island in November 2006. On the morning of
With Yom Kippur rapidly approaching, Magen David Adom, Israel’s primary emergency medical service provider, is preparing for its busiest day of the year. MDA will respond to approximately 1,500 calls
A Pennsylvania man narrowly survived a vicious attack by a black bear – in his own home. Rich Moyer let his dog out the back door of his house in
Tel Aviv City Hall has announced that this Yom Kippur, it will not permit bicycle rental businesses to operate. It is reported the decision came in response to a request
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Dozens of troops from Israel Police’s Yassam commando unit arrived in Maale Shlomo, a neighborhood of Kochav HaShachar on Monday evening, 5 Tishrei, apparently to arrest a female resident of
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