It was an extremely stormy session of the Knesset Education Committee on Wednesday, 10 Menachem Av 5773 when MK (Bayit Yehudi) Yoni Chetboun remained adamant in his objection to severe
The investigator who wrote a scathing report about the Internal Revenue Service targeting tea party groups says he is “disturbed” the agency withheld newly released documents showing progressive groups may
The list of candidates seeking to become the next Chief Rabbis of Israel has been closed ahead of the election, which will take place on Wednesday, 17 Menachem Av 5773.
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A police unit stopped a chareidi driver in the Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood of the capital on Wednesday night, the eve of 11 Menachem Av 5773 to
In spite of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, declaration, stating he has no plans to reintroduce legislation to lift a ban on the kosher slaughtering, it appears that there might
The following is a WABC article: Peter King is considering a longshot bid for the White House, because he doesn’t like what’s happening within his Republican Party. He thinks it’s
Detroit on Thursday became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy, as the state-appointed emergency manager filed for Chapter 9 protection. Kevin Orr, a bankruptcy expert, was
The owners of the World Trade Center cannot demand billions of dollars more in insurance money for the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal judge decided Thursday. Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled
For the first time in months, a new poll released this morning found City Council Speaker Christine Quinn rebounding from her recent downfall in the polls, rising above Anthony Weiner
Trayvon Martin’s parents plan to participate in separate vigils Saturday. Martin’s mother and her son, Sabrina and Jahvaris Fulton, will join Al Sharpton outside New York Police Department headquarters. Martin’s father, Tracy Martin, is set to be at a similar event at a federal courthouse in Miami. Sharpton’s National Action Network is planning rallies in […]
This story begins with a petition to the High Court of Justice by a number of organizations, including one called Yerushalmim. The organization is seeking to compel Egged to accept
Following reports that SUNY plans to shutter Long Island College Hospital (LICH) this weekend, Council Member Stephen Levin is calling on SUNY to cease and desist and follow court orders
An unmarked police Hyundai with red “police” license plates was set ablaze during the night on Derech Beit Lechem in Yerushalayim. There were no injuries but the vehicle is a total loss. Police report the vehicle was not assigned to a senior commander and the contents of the vehicle did not include classified information. Police […]
A 15-year-old chareidi male from Yerushalayim was seriously injured in an ATV accident in Moshav Katzir east of the Kinneret on Thursday, 11 Menachem Av 5773. Two of the youth’s fingers were severed when the vehicle flipped over. Magen David Adom responders from the Yarden District treated the victim, who was flown in a helicopter […]
Vice President Joe Biden is opening up about a possible third presidential run in 2016. In an interview with GQ magazine, the former senator and now vice president, who twice has run for president, says the first judgment he’ll make about whether to seek the Democratic nomination is to determine whether he has the energy […]
Trayvon Martin’s parents made appearances on network morning shows Thursday, saying they are still shocked that jurors acquitted George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of their 17-year-old son. On
The Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved the nomination of James Comey (KOH’-mee) to be director of the FBI, clearing the way for a full Senate vote. The 18-0 committee
The Obama administration is deliberating whether to use military power in Syria, where a civil war entering its third year has killed almost 93,000 people, the nation’s top military officer
The gemora (Pesachim 49b) cites Rebbi Akiva who says that when he was an am haaretz, he would yearn that someone would bring him a talmid chochom so that he
Councilman David G. Greenfield will introduce legislation at next week’s Stated City Council meeting to include Tisha B’Av to the city’s list of days when alternate side parking regulations are suspended to accommodate the Jewish community’s religious observances. Tisha B’Av is a Jewish holiday and 25-hour fast during which observant Jews mourn the destruction of […]
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