Speaking during seudas shlishis on the machlokes between Eida Chareidis Gavaad HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss Shlita and Eida Chareidis Ravaad HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita regarding the Binyan Shalem
Chareidi lawmakers were angered to learn that the Ministry of Health on Shabbos, 11 Elul 5773 released a non-urgent media release which was embargoed until Sunday morning. HaMevaser contacted the
On Tuesday Jack Hidary, independent candidate for mayor, submitted over 37,000 petitions securing his place on the Jobs and Education line for the general election in November. This total far
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is raising questions about the idea of outfitting officers with tiny video cameras. A judge recently ordered the NYPD to test the devices after finding that its stop and frisk practices discriminated against blacks and Hispanics. Kelly appeared Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” He suggested […]
An infant was locked in a vehicle in Israel, on Chorgin Street in Ramat Gan. B’chasdei Hashem, the child was extricated in time. Hatzalah Gush Dan units received the call after firefighters were summoned to the scene. It appears the 5-month-old child’s mom got out of the vehicle, which locked with the keys inside. Mom […]
Former State Senator and a candidate for New York City Council David Storobin campaigned in the Catskills, last Sunday afternoon, among the vacationers there. Storobin has the Republican, Conservative, Independence
Suburban New York emergency workers have sharpened their skills by practicing for a scary scenario: a commercial jetliner crashing into a pier and breaking apart in the Hudson River. The Journal News reports about 300 rescue workers from various agencies participated in Saturday’s drill. It was in Piermont. In the simulation, they were told a […]
According to investigators, the fatal accident two weeks ago in which a bus clipped the side of a parked truck on Highway 6 that claimed four lives was the fault
The fire that consumed two bunks at Camp Simcha, Chai Lifeline’s renowned, medically supervised camp for children and teens with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, destroyed only property, Rabbi Simcha Scholar, the organization’s executive vice president. The fire was first noticed at 4:30 AM on Shabbos morning by a counselor who was awakened by the […]
Former MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh) is calling on Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett to exchange Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid party for the chareidim who are now in opposition. Katz wrote on his Facebook page on erev Shabbos, 10 Elul 5773 “We are reportedly warned of the threats in the framework of an interim […]
Speaking with the Long Island Jewish World newspaper, during a visit to the JCC of Rockaways, Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson was asked if he thought a block of Jewish voters might give his candidacy the momentum to win. “I’m going to work hard to attract the support of all voters,” Mr. Thompson responded. “The […]
Addressing a Ramle audience, Rav Amnon Yitzchak referred to the split that exists today between Shas and former Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar. Since Rabbi Amar endorsed Rabbi Boaron in the Chief Rabbinate elections and not Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, the party has severed ties with the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi. Rabbi Yitzchak explained to […]
During a visit to Kfar Chabad, Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef addressed the issue of chareidim serving in the IDF. The rav stated that bochrim who are not in a learning framework should enter the IDF, but there must be appropriate options available to them to accommodate their lifestyle. Rabbi Yitzchak explains that he has […]
After a number of incidents of rocket fire into the Golan Heights from Syria, the IDF on motzei Shabbos fired two Tammuz rockets at the Syrian outpost from which the
U.N. inspectors arrived Sunday in the Syrian capital on a mission to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons, as Syria’s government vowed to fully cooperate with them. Syrian plainclothes
Federal investigators said Saturday they haven’t found any problems with the controls in a UPS cargo jet that crashed while landing in Alabama, killing the two pilots. National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said the cockpit controls in the A300 aircraft appeared to be working before the crash, and they matched the positions of […]
A New York City police officer who accidentally shot himself in the leg while holstering his weapon is in stable condition. The police department said the officer was responding to
Iran’s outgoing nuclear chief says Tehran has a total of 18,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment — a process that can be a pathway to making nuclear weapons. The number is higher by a third than publicly known. Fereidoun Abbasi’s announcement came as he handed over his post Saturday to Ali Akbar Salehi, appointed by new […]
A former campaign fundraiser for U.S. Rep Michael Grimm has pleaded guilty in New York to an immigration fraud charge. Israeli businessman Ofer Biton pleaded guilty in federal court in
Egyptian authorities have arrested the brother of al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri, a security official said Saturday. He said Mohammed al-Zawahri, leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafist group, was detained at
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