By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times The DPA News agency reported that German Police informed them that a man in western Germany ran into a wall,

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Former Jerusalem Mayor (Shas) Eli Simchayof has been released from prison after serving 11 months in jail following his conviction in the Holyland real estate case. He was released on Wednesday, 6 Teves. Shortly following his release, Simchayof headed to the Sanhedria Cemetery to be mispallel at the tziyun of HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZTL. […]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says more than 2.7 million New Yorkers could lose insurance coverage if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. The Democrat released that figure on Wednesday. His office

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During an event in the chassidus on Tuesday evening the eve of 6 Teves, the Sanzer Rebbe Shlita addressed hundreds of avreichim and supporters of the Mevatzer Hatorah network of kollels. The rebbe said In recent years there have been combined forces to get avreichim out of the kollel. We must emphasize to all that […]

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The one-day warning strike held by Egged in Jerusalem on Wednesday, 6 Teves, will be quite costly. It is going to be fined NIS 14 million for failing to comply with the terms of its operating license. Transportation Ministry officials add that in addition, during recent months there has been a decline in the companys […]

Nate Lowenstein has been shopping for a home in Los Angeles, on and off, for more than a year. His search has been stymied by a stubbornly low roster of

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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Vice President-elect Mike Pence state their plans to repeal Obamacare on day one in office.

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