For Zions sake, I will not be silent, and for Jerusalems sake I will not be still, until her righteousness emanates like bright light, and her salvation blazes like a torch. [Isaiah 62:1] I chose to begin my remarks honoring Jerusalem this evening with this verse because the struggle for Jerusalem is a struggle for […]
Thousands gathered at the kever of Shmuel HaNavi in Yerushalayim to daven on his yartzheit. Following shkia, the Hagon Rav Menashe Klein Shlita, The Ungvar Rav ignited the bonfire outside
Chicago, IL – Police were questioning five people in the overnight robbery of a man on a Red Line train on the Near North Side in what was being investigated
Ogdensburg, NY – A state Supreme Court judge issued a temporary injunction preventing the city of Ogdensburg from shutting off water and sewer service to a kosher food plant. Tubroburg
Brooklyn, NY – A Yiddish-speaking Nigerian national has jumped bail after being charged in a massive mortgage fraud scheme. Real estate broker John Star went on the lam last month,
(By: Michael Orbach) By an overwhelming majority, voters in the Lawrence School District kept the incumbents on the District 15 school board and passed the school budget. Each of the
Rockland County, NY – Following a highly contentious election season, voters in the East Ramapo school district Tuesday voted down a 2010-11 budget proposal of $198 million, rejecting a potential
The school trip for children of the Yisrael Epstein School in Ramat Aviv Gimmel could have ended tragically on Sunday when a 7-year-old girl who fell asleep was forgotten on
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Have you recently received a large number of strange and unexplained calls on your mobile or landline telephones? The FBI is warning consumers about a new scheme that uses telecommunications
New York City Transit has found a new way to generate revenue: By selling your stuff. Technically, it’s not a new idea — they’ve been holding the auctions for four
New British Prime Minister David Cameron wants to form a coalition government between his Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats, he said Tuesday. Cameron was invited to form the next
Gordon Brown has announced he is resigning as UK prime minister. Mr Brown is on his way to officially tender his resignation to the Queen, and recommend that Conservative leader
The three oil companies primarily involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill blamed each other Tuesday for the accident last month that left 11 workers dead and oil still
Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman met today (Tuesday, 11 May 2010) with the Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama. During the meeting, FM Lieberman raised the issue of cooperation between
12:10PM EST: [UPDATE BELOW] Please take a moment and be Mispallel for Hagon Rav Chaim Stein Shlita, the Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe Cleveland, who was rushed to the hospital just
First it was a Daily News article asking where Bloomberg was during the recent Staten island Ferry accident. Today, it’s an article in the NY Times: NYT: Where was Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg when the ferry hit the dock? Of course, even the head of the nations largest city is entitled to weekends off […]
London – The mayor of New York has visited London to take notes on how the Tube’s CCTV network is used to fight crime and counter terrorism. Michael Bloomberg met
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Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday said President Obama’s choice for the U.S. Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, was not a nominee against whom he would “fight the last mile” to
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