A volcano in southwestern Japan erupted Sunday after nearly two weeks of relative silence, sending ash and rocks up to four kilometres (two and a half miles) into the air,
Contrary to claims by the Jewish Agency that aliya is the “cure” for assimilation among Diaspora Jews, Yad L’Achim chairman Rav Shalom Dov Lifschitz has charged that, tragically, intermarriage has
The two most common excuses people give for not exercising and taking care of their general health are lack of time, and finances. In previous articles, I have addressed the time issue, but I would like to add the following: If you don’t make the time to exercise, you won’t have much time to do […]
The yahrtzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu, the world’s most famous stutterer, is 7 Adar. The name Mercaz Kvad Peh (JSA) reminds us of Moshe Rabbeinu’s attempts to avoid the mission Hashem assigned him to take the Jews out of Mitzrayim. Hashem replied, “Who gave man a mouth … Was it not I…? Just go and I […]
A Brooklyn police officer was killed this morning when he was pushed down a flight of stairs by an emotionally disturbed person. The officer, whose name is being withheld pending
Five coffins, two regular sized, 3 small ones. This is the appalling scene that met the eyes of the thousands attending the funeral of the five members of the Fogel
Crooked state Sen. Carl Kruger launched a frenzied, paranoid bid to botch the FBI’s probe into his bribery shenanigans in the weeks before his bust, authorities say. Kruger repeatedly warned
The nation needs a new top cop – and Sen. Chuck Schumer believes Raymond Kelly is the man for the job. The state’s senior senator didn’t hesitate when asked by
An indictment was filed on Sunday against Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s wife, Nili Priel, who is suspected of illegally employing a foreign worker at the couple’s Tel Aviv apartment. The
A meltdown may have occurred at at least one nuclear power reactor in Japan, the country’s chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, said Sunday. He also said that authorities are concerned
IDF troops were dispatched to Itamar only three hours after the terrorist infiltration into the West Bank community, despite an alert by the electronic fence surrounding the settlement. In these
Just 48 hours ago, it was a picturesque fishing town where tourists flocked to enjoy the coastal air and natural hot springs. But this horrifying picture shows all that remains of Minami Sanriku after it was destroyed by the tsunami that has wreaked devastation across Japan. Last night, the official death toll from Friday’s 8.9 […]
A quake-hit Japanese nuclear plant reeling from an explosion at one of its reactors has also lost its emergency cooling system at another reactor, Japan’s nuclear power safety agency said
Cooling systems failed at another nuclear reactor on Japan’s devastated coast Sunday, hours after an explosion at a nearby unit made leaking radiation, or even outright meltdown, the central threat
American contractor Alan P. Gross has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against the Cuban state. Gross, 61, was found guilty of working on a “subversive” U.S.
A meltdown may be under way at one of Fukushima Daiichi’s nuclear power reactors in northern Japan, an official with Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency told CNN Sunday. “There
A casino bus was clipped by a tractor trailer on I-95 this morning and sheered in half by a highway sign — leaving at least 14 passengers dead in the blood soaked wreckage just over the city line in The Bronx. Most of the 31 Manhattan-bound bus passengers were sleeping at 5:30 a.m. when they […]
Radiation 1,000 times normal has been detected at a crippled nuclear plant in northeastern Japan where utility managers have released radioactive steam to reduce mounting reactor pressure, the Kyodo news
A Los Angeles County Fire Department search and rescue team is scheduled to leave for Japan Friday evening to assist in areas affected by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. The 74-member team -– along with about 74 tons of equipment, including swift-water rescue gear and six search dogs –- is expected to arrive in Japan […]
Elected officials and senior citizens from across the city rallied today to call on the state to restore the drastic cuts to New York City’s senior centers in Governor Cuomo’s proposed budget. Under the current proposal, over 40 percent of the city’s senior centers would be closed. In his budget, the Governor proposed redirecting $25.2 […]
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