The 46-year-old bal teshuvah accused of attempting to spy against Israel for Ian was remanded on Monday morning, 29 Menachem Av 5773. The suspect, identified as a member of Neturei
Officials in Israel’s Health Ministry held a press conference on Sunday, 28 Menachem Av 5773 to officially launch a program to give polio booster vaccinations to 150,000 children living in southern Israel, referring to children born after January 1, 2004. The decision making process took a few weeks, beginning with the discovery of polio in […]
In advance of the first day of Elul on Wednesday, August 7, leaders of the thousands-strong Women For the Wall called upon everyone visiting the Western Wall to abstain from
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] Phones have been ringing off the hook at the Los Angeles based Kosher Phone Wireless, which released its state of the art Kosher Phone just one month ago. Hard wired to be a talk only phone that is incapable of supporting texting or internet, Kosher Phone is the only phone in America which […]
Sunday’s fatal vehicular accident on Highway 6 involving a bus and garbage truck left four people dead and 39 injured, with four of them listed in serious condition. The media coverage surrounding the tragic event seeks to highlight the tragic loss of life and questions who is to blame. It was a sunny dry day […]
JetBlue, known for shuttling vacationers from Northeast cities to the warmth of Florida and the Caribbean, is making a play for the corporate road warrior. Starting next year, the all-coach
Three months after a federal jury convicted two of his former associates for participating in an illegal fund-raising scheme, the New York City Campaign Finance Board voted Monday to withhold
A 22-year-old resident of Silwan is in custody Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) reports. The suspect is believed responsible for a number of recent stabbing attacks in Jerusalem in which Jews
[VIDEOS & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] For the first 15 miles, the 294 Bike4Chai Riders were hopeful the rain would hold off. After all, they had completed almost two thirds of the 170-mile journey, and they were so close… It was not to be. As the morning progressed, the rains started, lightly at first, then […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Republican mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis embarked on a day long tour, Sunday, at the Jewish strongholds in the Catskills. Accompanied by his Jewish Liaison Yoel Lefkowitz
The New York City Campaign Finance Board is considering whether to allow public matching funds for mayoral candidate John Liu (loo). The board went into deliberations Monday after hearing from
Rosh Yeshivat Porat Yosef Rabbi Shalom Cohen Shlita, who also serves as a member of Shas’ Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael told a tzibur that he loves Minister of Religious Services Naftali Bennett, calling upon him to do teshuvah. The rosh yeshiva has over recent weeks targeted Bayit Yehudi and the dati leumi tzibur numerous times, stating […]
Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City — one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant — but he says his paychecks aren’t enough to buy shoes for his three daughters and insure his 15-year-old car. So he decided to draw attention to his plight: He walked off work in protest. […]
Amid online “chatter” about terror threats, U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department
New York Republican Congressman Peter King is warning his party not to abandon its longstanding emphasis on national defense as he launches a two-day tour of New Hampshire. The 11-term congressman sipped Coke and posed for pictures Sunday evening at a backyard barbecue deep in the state’s Lakes Region, an event that served as a […]
House Republicans will take a carefully orchestrated, staunchly anti-Washington campaign to voters this month, blaming President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats for Americans’ unhappiness with government. “Every day I serve in Congress, I work to fight Washington,” says a suggested op-ed in a richly detailed “planning kit” distributed to all 234 House Republicans ahead […]
[Communicated Content] A Chassidic grandmother in Boro Park, a kollel wife in Jerusalem, a Modern Orthodox mother in Manchester, England, and a high powered balas teshuva attorney in L.A. might never have met under normal circumstances. However, they join each other, along with hundreds of other Jewish women around the world on an hour-long Torah-based self-improvement teleconference […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a new initiative to encourage individuals who owe significant back taxes to pay their bills. Under the new program, a New York State driver license can be suspended when a taxpayer’s past-due tax liability exceeds $10,000. The crackdown is the result of legislation introduced as part of the Executive […]
The levaya for the Sifrei Torah destroyed in the Netanya shul fire last week will take place today, Monday 29 Menachem Av 5773. The shul located on Nordau Street was targeted by a lone arsonist. Damage in the blaze was extensive, including the total or partial destruction of 10 Sifrei Torah R”L. The city’s rabbonim […]
President Barack Obama says there are no gimmicks to grow the economy — just difficult steps that require Washington’s focus. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama is promoting a plan he says can break through gridlock. He’s calling it a grand bargain for the middle class. Obama says he’s willing to work with […]
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