Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city is already feeling the effects of the state’s failure to pass an on-time budget, and urged New Yorkers to call their state lawmakers and
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An Israeli bus that made a wrong turn and entered an Arab area of Chevron came under attack on Thursday, at about 1:30pm. The bus was “bombarded” with rocks according
Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah spoke on Hizbullah-affiliated al-Manar television, explaining that it’s only a matter of time until Israel destroys al-Aqsa Mosque. Terrorist leader warned the world that Israel
Some 700 mispalalim made their way to Kever Yosef in PA (Palestinian Authority) occupied Shechem on Wednesday night, under heavy IDF escort. The area of the kever was supposed to
Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita visited the Kosel on Wednesday, the first day of Chol Hamoed in Eretz Yisrael. The gadol hador expressed his wish to see the
The number of Americans filing for unemployment insurance for the first time fell last week, matching the lowest level since August 2008, according to government data released Thursday. There were
The United States is now pressuring Israel to accept a full four-month construction freeze in areas referred to by the US administration as “East Jerusalem”. According to reports from Washington,
This year, stores are increasingly brazen in defiance of the Chametz Law and yomtov, with a larger number opening their doors on Monday, the first day yomtov, as well as
Eugene, OR – A man arrested on a hate crime allegation in the beating of a Jewish man isn’t likely to face that charge in court. A Lane County grand
As Jews throughout the Diaspora on Tuesday night sat around tables engaged in the second Pesach seder, a Chabad shaliach in Budapest, Hungary was targeted in an anti-Semitic incident. HaRav
1:10PM IL: According to Egged’s Nir Landau, the manager of Egged Yerushalayim, the violent protests taking place in Meah Shearim have compelled the bus company to halt service to Meah
An Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared while on pilgrimage to Mecca last year has defected to the United States and is living and working there for the CIA, it was
Commuter hubs in Manhattan were packed with a heavy police presence Wednesday morning, as part of a multi-agency training exercise. Approximately 100 New York City Police Department officers joined members
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