Two redesigned Honda Civic models were the only small cars to get the top rating in stringent front-end crash tests performed by an insurance industry group. In all, half of
Bayit Yehudi party leaders Ministers Naftali Bennett and Uri Ariel have reached agreement and they have tapped Dov Kalmonovitz to head the Jerusalem list in the upcoming mayoral race. Kalmonovitz heads the Remember organization. The party is expected to approve the decision, which includes placing a woman and a member of the young guard on […]
It has been a month since Israel launched its experimental biometric identification card system. Officials are pleased with the initial response, reporting 10,000 citizens have stepped forward seeking a new
Americans who have a job may take comfort in knowing that companies are laying off fewer people than at any time since before the Great Recession. The government said Thursday
The Belzer Rebbe Shlita on 2 Rosh Chodesh Elul 5773 hosted a rosh chodesh seuda for many of his dayanim. The rebbe hosted the event in Kiryat Belz in Yerushalayim. At the culmination of the seuda the rebbe announced the formation of a new beis din to address monetary disputes in the community. (YWN […]
A Texas-based secure email service reportedly used by National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden says it is shutting down and can’t legally explain why. In a cryptic note posted
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The IDF Civil Administration on Wednesday, 2 Rosh Chodesh Elul 5773 approved the construction of over 1,000 housing units throughout Yehuda and Shomron. The approval includes 147 units in Shilo
State Senator Eric Adams can now add another first prize to his plate. It’s Eric vs. Adams in the race for Borough Hall. The race for Brooklyn Borough President has
Hundreds of thousands of mispallalim visit Kever Dovid HaMelech in the Old City of Jerusalem annually, many to recite tehillim at the site. Over the past year the Jerusalem Development Company, Israel Antiquities Authority, the National Committee for Holy Sites and Mr. Yitzchak Assa of Mexico refurbished the site bringing it to what Assa […]
Calling the latest voting literature from the Board of Elections ridiculous, Senator Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) is urging constituents who may be confused about their polling site locations to contact his office for assistance. The mail from the Board of Elections is poorly-designed, confusing, and looks like junk-mail, said Senator Felder. I suspect most prospective voters […]
Magen David Adom officials have decided to close the Aravah response station, which will result in the removal of the ambulances from the area. Four or five ambulances are usually
Ladies, there’s a new reason to keep a closer eye on your purses, especially at the gas pump. Police across the country are alerting women to be on guard when
A hate crime in Ramapo, Wednesday night, prompted community leader to urge calm amid ongoing tension between religious and secular communities. Josef Margaretten, a 35 year old Hasidic resident in
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday met with a delegation of pro-Israel activists headed by US Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). At the start of the meeting the Prime Minister said:
Google hopes to change the face of technology by persuading people to wear computers on their heads. That’s the inspiration behind Google Glass, a spectacle-like device that contains a hidden
An intruder operating in the Ramot neighborhood of Yerushalayim on Thursday, 2 Elul 5773 targeted an elderly resident. The victim, 80, told police the man who got into her home
Following the brutal beating attack against contractor and realtor Aryeh Golovnititz (?????????) in his Bayit Vegan home on Wednesday night, the eve of 2 Elul 5773, Ahrila Yahkter, who heads
Once again a child was left in a vehicle on a hot summer Tel Aviv day. This time, the victim is a 7-year-old boy who was left in a vehicle
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