The head of Bnei Akiva in Israel, Danny Hirschberg, is using social media sites to push his message, “turn off cellular telephones on Monday, Rosh Chodesh Menachem Ac 5773.” He is calling it a “cell phone fast day”. Hirschberg explains that while he has nothing against cell phones, he is aware that for most of […]
Ichud Hatzalah reports on Monday morning, Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av 5773 that an Israeli male collapsed near Petra in Jordan. He was part of a group heading to the kever
Investigators have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling “significantly below” the target speed during its approach and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it
At the annual Tzohar Rabbonim Kenos held on Sunday, 29 Tammuz 5773, prominent dati leumi posek Rav Elyakim Levanon, who serves as a rosh yeshiva and the rav of the
Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to strike the right balance between staying out of the daily political maelstrom and setting herself up for a possible second presidential run. But her
After almost a week of hospitalization, the Seretz Vishnitz Rebbe Shlita was discharged on Monday, Rosh Chodesh Av 5773. The rebbe was hospitalized last week, complaining of “severe pains and weakness”. He was taken to Haifa’s Bnei Tzion-Rothschild Hospital. It appears the rebbe is suffering from a herniated disc and treatment will be ongoing. (YWN […]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s daughter has some harsh words for New York City’s animal shelter system. Georgina Bloomberg tells The Wall Street Journal that government “doesn’t care about animals.” Bloomberg says
Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday described his denial of the Holocaust as one of his greatest achievements, the Fars news agency reported. “That was a taboo topic that no one in the West allowed to be heard,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech looking back at his time in office. He had enough courage […]
The nation’s top special operations commander ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout to be purged from Defense Department computers and sent to the
President Barack Obama will describe on Monday his second-term plan for “smarter government” by using technology and data to deliver services faster and save taxpayers money, the White House said. Obama will meet privately with his cabinet on Monday morning about the plan and then make public remarks at 11:50AM. The White House said the […]
If there’s one comparison between Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner, other than their Jewish faith, it is their deep belief that New Yorkers are a forgiving people. “I have not
Adhering to the call of HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita and Gedolei Yisrael Shlita, thousands of women and seminary students arrived at the Kosel early Monday morning, taking
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Yisrael Eichler joined his colleagues, releasing a statement to the media following the cabinet’s passing of the Share the Burden Bill on Sunday which is intended to draft bnei yeshivos into the IDF. “The government decision declaring lomdei Torah law-breaking criminals is an attack against our right to exist in the Jewish […]
Asiana Flight 214 makes its final approach after a 10-hour flight that started in Shanghai and stopped in Seoul. A preliminary review of the crash by federal investigators turns up the following: — APPROACH PROCEEDS NORMALLY … the plane receives clearance from air traffic control to land without its instrument landing system. Visibility is about […]
The battalion developed techniques for fighting Hizbullah, based on years of experience operating in Israel’s northern border region; the new methods were tested in a battalion-wide exercise last week. The IDF’s Cherev Battalion, made up of members of Israel’s Druse community, has gained many years of experience performing unique missions near the Israel-Lebanon border. In […]
For many high schoolers in Israel, giving blood is part of life. As such, 372 public high schools around the country took part in a competition to determine which school donates the most blood to the nation’s blood bank. A total of 15,284 units were donated, 2,000 more than in the previous year’s competition. Taking […]
Just when we all thought the race has settled down, former disgraced NY Governor, famously known as client 9, sneaked into the race for comptroller of New York City. Following
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday criticized the Egyptian military’s toppling of the nation’s Islamist president, calling the move improper in its first official reaction. “We do not consider proper the
Serving as Israel’s man in Washington since 2009, Israel Ambassador to the USA Dr. Michael Oren announced he plans to step down in the fall. In a statement posted on his Facebook page he writes “Israel and the United States have always enjoyed a special relationship and, throughout these years of challenge, I was privileged […]
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