Leading Republicans on the House Foreign Relations Committee, and House Education & Labor Committee held a teleconference with two dozen Orthodox Jewish leaders from a half dozen states, including NY,
The residents of the upper class Ashkenazi secular Ramat Aviv neighborhood of northern Tel Aviv are stepping up their battle against Chabad, unwilling to accept the shluchim in their community,
Students and parents planned a protest this morning outside Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s subway station over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s threat to take away free student MetroCards. The protesters wanted to
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not attempt to hide his desire to see the State of Israel vanish, this time airing his diatribe in an Istanbul mosque, telling worshipers that
Posek HaDor Maran Rav Yosef Sholem Elyashiv Shlita has refused to sign a kol korei against Yoav Lalum, the man behind the Beis Yaakov Emanuel court case. According to a
Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman will be leaving Eretz Yisrael on Tuesday evening for a chizuk mission in Russia. Maran will be leaving his home on Chazon Ish Street
Federal prosecutors say it’s all well and good that convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein has pleaded guilty and helped them unravel his massive fraud — but he should still go
It is not the first time that the prestigious Reuters News Agency has been apprehended doctoring photos to present a different reality that captured in the photo. In this case,
Whenever tensions heat up in the Middle East, threats increase against Jewish organizations here in the U.S. You may not know it, but there is a secret center here in
Plans to redevelop the Domino Sugar refinery site along the Williamsburg waterfront were unanimously approved by the City Planning Commission Monday afternoon, but with modifications. The project was approved under
The lunch menu may be getting thinner at New York City schools next year. Schools where students have three hot-meal choices a day will begin offering two, and those where
A number of Israeli businessmen attending a conference in Spain were targeted by attackers, apparently pro-Palestinian radicals who felt justified in their actions following the Gaza flotilla commando incident. The
By more than a 2-to-1 margin, Americans support the pursuit of criminal charges in the nation’s worst oil spill , with increasing numbers calling it a major environmental disaster. Eight
According to a report released by the Telegraph, Iran is using Dubai to smuggle components for its ongoing nuclear program, seeking to defy the international community, forging ahead to nuclear
There was a harsh blast of President Barack Obama’s Israel policy on Monday from Congressman Peter King. He’s introducing a resolution to force the president to support Israel’s naval blockade
A 75-year-old Chicago man arrested after officials say he told a flight attendant at Long Island-MacArthur Airport that his bag held a bomb apologized Monday as he left a Suffolk
Two New Jersey men appeared in federal court in Newark today on terror charges. Mohamed Hamoud Alessa, 20, and Carlos Almonte, 24, were arrested Saturday at John F. Kennedy Airport
Sholom Rubashkin has been found not guilty on all 67 misdemeanor child labor charges, media outlets report. WCF Courier reports: Former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin has been acquitted of allowing
These are Jonathan Pollard’s words to his wife, Esther, in response to the painful news that his rav, HaRav HaGaon HaTzaddik Mordechai Eliyahu ZT”L was niftar. “Baruch Dayan HaEmet. Not
It will take years to completely clean up the damage from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the federal government’s response manager for the
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