[VIDEOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on Wednesday morning 26 Shevat; Australia time), were welcomed by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife
A former North Carolina postal worker has admitted hoarding thousands of pieces of mail at his home for a decade. News outlets report Gary Wayne Collins of Forest City pleaded
A NYPD police officer was shot in the Bronx Thursday afternoon. According to multiple reports, the gunshot was self-inflicted. The scene has been secured at 3363 Sedgwick Avenue near Giles
The matter of the egalitarian prayer area near the Kosel is being probed by the High Court of Justice, which is expected to announced its verdict in response to a
Relatives of an unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by a police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, say they have settled a federal civil rights lawsuit for $3.3 million. Attorneys
Just days before Democratic activists pick a new party chair, the contest to head the Democratic National Committee remains fluid, as national leaders grapple with how to turn an outpouring
A group of hackers have succeeded in penetrating the computer system of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel on Thursday, 27 Shevat. According to the report, the hackers were demanding a
Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led international coalition fought their way Thursday into a sprawling military base outside of Mosul and onto the grounds of the city’s airport, taking control
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley met on Wednesday 26 Shevat with the parents of IDF soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin HY”D, who remains were taken by Hamas during Gaza fighting in Operation Protective Edge, in the summer of 2014. The meeting took place in New York City as the bereaved parents have become […]
In Orange County, California, dozens of immigrant parents have signed legal documents authorizing friends and relatives to pick up their children from school and access their bank accounts to pay
The Women of the Wall (WoW) organization has announced it will be hosting a “Bat Mitzvah” at the Kosel including ‘Hanochas Tefilin’ on Monday, 2 Rosh Chodesh. Police are preparing for an unfortunate scenario, violence at the Kosel which may include confrontations between the women and frum mispallalim. Frum Jews are planning to come in […]
New York City has lowered its cost estimate for guarding President Donald Trump, his family and their Manhattan residence. Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill has written to New York’s Congressional delegation to seek reimbursement. He says it cost about $24 million to guard the Trumps and Trump Tower during the 2˝ months between Election Day […]
On Thursday afternoon 28 Shevat at 5:00PM, persons will gather in Jerusalem’s Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva to mark nine years since the terror attack that claimed the lives of eight kedoshim HY”D. On March 6, 2008, an Arab terrorist entered the yeshiva building and murdered eight talmidim. Murdered in the attack were Neria Cohen (15) of […]
An Indiana lottery official says the sole winning ticket for an estimated $435 million Powerball jackpot was sold in an Indiana city. Hoosier Lottery spokesman Dennis Rosebrough says the name
Mexico’s mounting unease and resentment over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown are looming over a gathering of U.S. and Mexican leaders that the U.S. had hoped would project a strong
Tnuva Israel has issued a product recall due to the fear of small pieces of plastic possibly being inside 3 liter containers of 3%, 4% and 6.5% fat yogurt. The product in question has a ‘best used by’ date of February 25, 2017 to April 2, 2017. The barcodes are 7290000045771, 7290014759237, 7290004132286. The problem […]
The news spread quickly from Laniado Hospital on Thursday 27 Shevat 5777, the petira of HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Edelstein ZT”L. The rav, who served as mora d’asra of Ramat HaSharon, lost consciousness last Monday and was hospitalized in serious condition. The niftar was a brother to Rosh Yeshiva Ponevezh HaGaon HaRav Gerson Edelstein Shlita. The […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times The election of President Trump, and the presence of a Shomer Shabbos daughter and son-in-law, has sparked new interest in
There were many on hand to give a last kovod to the rav of Kedar, Rabbi Yitzchak Abba Shaul z”l, who was niftar in his Jerusalem home on Tuesday night at the age of 56. During the levaya, Jerusalem Chief Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlita announced that “with permission of my mechutin HaGaon […]
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