Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters and other militants in Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, widening Moscow’s bombing campaign in
Pursuant to medical treatment protocol, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu underwent routine annual medical tests by his personal physician, Dr. Tzvi Herman Berkovich. Prime Minister Netanyahu maintains a healthy lifestyle, including
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) recently called on the Department of Transportation to revise and clarify its Notice of Violation for damaged or raised sidewalks due to uprooted trees planted by the city. Over the course of the past few months, Assemblyman Hikind’s office has received numerous calls from residents within the district who received a […]
By: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Boca Raton Synagogue nor·mal adjective: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. The people in Camp HASC are not “normal” in that they are anything but typical or usual. HASC campers include those in their 50’s and 60’s, wheelchair-bound, individuals with feeding tubes, and with every imaginable special need including […]
New York City has reached a settlement of more than $4 million with the family of an unarmed man fatally shot by a police officer in a darkened stairwell in
Residents in a Milwaukee neighborhood marred by violence and destruction in the wake of a police shooting are waking up after a much calmer night. The Sherman Park neighborhood erupted
[By Margie Pensak] Portland, Oregon and Richmond, Virginia, were just two of the locales that participants traveled from to attend STAR-K Kosher Certification’s back-to-back seminars in its Baltimore offices. The 13th Annual STAR-K Kashrus Training Program was held August 1-4, followed by the Food Service Kashrus Training Seminar, August 8-10. Both certificate programs featured a […]
HaGaon HaRav Meir Kessler, Mora D’asra of Modi’in Illit, has published a letter against the Ministry of Education’s involvement in kindergartens in the city and has instructed kindergarten teachers and assistants to ignore the new ministry program. In his letter, Rav Kessler explains an assembly was held in preparation of the new school year and […]
Police charged a man late Monday night with murder in the brazen daytime shooting deaths of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over
A focus group of participants, together wtih Agudas Yisroel askanim at PCS headquarters in Lakewood, NJ to launch the upcoming Yerushalayim Yarchei Kallah; four days of intense learning, shiurim and
Thousands of people have already submitted their names for the tefillah (no cost) for shidduchim & all yeshuos in Amuka on Tu B’Av through Yad L’Achim (it’s free to join
The Ministry of Religious Services has announced the launch of its digital religious council, permitting persons to register for marriage online. One may also receive SMS text messages or emails
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke on requesting the National Guard assistance in face of Milwaukee riots.
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Mr. Tzion Duar of San Paula Brazil donated a Sefer Torah to Poriah Hospital in Tiveria. He traveled to Israel and visited the hospital with his delegation for the special event. Emotions were running high on Thursday, 7 Menachem Av when the event took place, with the donor explaining “HKBH sent […]
She is known as “The Gray Lady” – the national newspaper of record – supposedly representing the highest ideals of journalism, objectivity, non-partisanship, and fairness. And yet when the New York Times editors deal with Orthodox Jews – they are anything but. It is interesting to note that the Gray Lady’s latest offense against Orthodox […]
A Palestinian tried to steal the identity of an Israeli and was apprehended by agents of a Population Registry office. The incident occurred on Monday morning 11 Menachem Av at
The 63 masechtos of Shas were not allowed to be printed in the Soviet Union even once during the 70 years of its existence. An amalgam of Aramaic and Hebrew,
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