Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan addressed the graduation of talmidim completing a six-year hesder program in Yeshivat Meir Harel, Modiin. The deputy minister explained how his party had the opportunity to cut budgets to chareidi yeshivos and save hesder, but the party would not hear of it. He explains that even though […]
After a spate of vandalism and violence, Los Angeles police vowed Tuesday to crack down with quick action and arrests if further disturbances arise from street protests over the acquittal
It’s a war game, Wall Street style. Banks large and small are girding for an elaborate drill this week that will test how they would fare if hackers unleashed a
The European Union has announced that in any agreements signed with Israel in the future, it will ban goods originating in occupied areas, referring to the Golan Heights, Yehuda and Shomron. The EU has announced that it regards any areas outside Green Line Israel as occupied and as such, it will not permit items such […]
The northeastern United States sweltered on Tuesday in a scorching summer heat wave, complete with stagnant, sticky air and no winds for relief, forecasters said. Even in a summer already
Israel Police on Tuesday morning, Tisha BAv 5773 announced it was closing Har Habayis to all non-Muslims. Commanders explained the decision followed an evaluation of the situation including the incident in which Jews were expelled from Har Habayis on erev Tisha BAv after Muslims objected to their presence. Among the mispallalim on Tisha BAv prevented […]
The Justice Department will sift through trial testimony, interviews and other evidence during what is likely to be a months-long investigation into whether George Zimmerman violated Trayvon Martin’s civil rights
The following is an Op-Ed by former State Senator David Storobin in response to today’s incident, in which NYC’s first responders failed to show up to an emergency call while
Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday strongly criticized stand-your-ground laws that allow a person who believes he is in danger to use deadly force in self-defense. Holder said he was
President Barack Obama says New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly would be well-qualified to run the Department of Homeland Security. Kelly has been floated as a possible replacement for outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Shes leaving to take over the University of California system. Obama didnt confirm whether he is actively considering nominating […]
At least 25 mortar shells fired from Syria landed in the northern Golan Heights on Tuesday morning, Tisha BAv 5773. For residents of Alonei HaBashan and neighboring communities, it was a difficult morning as residents heard repeated explosions, mortars landing in the area. The IDF believes the mortar shell fire is continued spill over to […]
The Movement for Quality Government (MQG) on Tisha BAv 5773 petitioned the High Court of Justice, seeking to compel the draft of bnei yeshivos, without delays. The petition seeks a court injunction that prevents Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon delaying the draft of thousands of bnei Torah, which is currently scheduled for August 2013. The petition […]
Higher gasoline costs pushed a measure of U.S. consumer prices up in June. But the overall trend in inflation stayed tame. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the consumer price
Israel has authorized an Egyptian request to deploy thousands of troops in Sinai. In light of the situation in that country, the Egyptians want to deploy two infantry battalions in
Yahoo has won a court fight that could help the public learn more about the government’s efforts to obtain data from Internet users. The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which
After a long morning of Kinos there are all sorts of thoughts that go through one’s minda sort of mingling of past, present, and future. One of the sections we read in the Kinos was the section referred to as the Tzion (Zionistic) Kinos. These are a collection of poems that were written in terms […]
Following the two recent cases in which infants died after being forgotten in vehicles, in Shilo and Dolev, Ichud (United) Hatzalah has undertaken a campaign which the EMS organization hopes will save lives. Ichuds over 2,000 nationwide volunteers will be distributing stickers that say Dont leave me along in the car, even for a minute […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton announced Tuesday that he will lead a national “Justice for Trayvon” day in 100 cities this weekend to press for federal civil rights charges against George
Councilman David G. Greenfield today praised the quick response by volunteer Hatzolah ambulance crews after an intern for Councilwoman Diana Reyna fainted at a press conference held by Council Speaker Christine Quinn today in Brooklyn: The quick and professional response by Hatzolah ambulance crews today is even more impressive considering that it occurred on Tisha […]
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