11:00AM EST: [Updates below] The Lakehurst Naval Air Station section of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst went into lockdown at about 9:15AM Monday morning. All media outlets report is “Officials are

Shas’ Moetzas Gedolei HaTorah did not come out condemning the Emanuel affair, but rather the Rabbonim Shlita maintained a passive position, condemning the petition to the secular judicial system as

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Orleans, NY – A minivan carrying a Frum family from Canada rolled over on Interstate 81 Sunday night, injuring one of the nine occupants seriously enough for authorities to airlift

A 38-year-old avreich working in a tefillin tannery on Chatam Sofer Street in Modi’in Illit was niftar on Monday morning. The factory is set up in a small shelter/storage facility

This is perhaps a preamble to what may become my next obsession, but since I am not certain how things will develop, and if time will permit me to probe

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning to announce even more cuts to subway and bus service today, as a new report finds the subways still running are getting dirtier. Transit

With another internal probe launched in Israel, into the alleged failures surrounding the Mavi Marama Gaza flotilla commando operation, additional flotillas are setting sail for the shores of Gaza with

Sen. Eric Adams is a mayoral candidate-in-waiting. The Brooklyn Democrat acknowledged being poised to jump into the 2009 race – and the upcoming 2013 race – but instead deferred to

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12:40PM IL: Av Beis Din Rav Avraham Dov Levine announced on Tuesday morning that the arbitration agreement signed with Yoav Lalum is null and void, explaining that the rabbonim shlita

Don’t drink the water, says New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell. The Upper East Side hospital has warned patients in its Greenberg building not to drink the tap water or bathe

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Brooklyn – The four Councilmembers leading the effort to restore Priorty 7 vouchers met with ACS Commissioner John Mattingly and his top staff in what was described as a “frank”

The sons of the Emanuel parents imprisoned in Massiyahu Prison in Ramle are going to Bnei Brak today, Sunday, scheduled to arrive at Maran Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib

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Nat Lewin, prominent Washington DC attorney and Orthodox Jew, will grace the central Brooklyn gathering on behalf of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin. The rally will be held on the eve of

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