Polling on the edge of single digits, mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio is now betting his support of the dual City Council bills that install an NYPD inspector general and
It is finally official, the candidacy of Dayan Rabbi Eliezer Igra for the post of Chief Rabbi . Rav Igra if the rav of Kfar Maimon and a dayan serving on the Chief Rabbinate Supreme Court. The rav stated “It is important that the chief rabbi is experienced in serving as a dayan on a […]
“New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program is a good thing, but only for the children who were lucky enough to win the job lottery,” said Chaim Deutsch, candidate for the 48th District City Council seat. The Summer Youth Employment Program not only provides summer jobs in a wide variety of fields including law firms, […]
President Barack Obama says his appearance Tuesday in Africa with former President George W. Bush will give him a chance to thank Bush for one of the “crowning achievements” of
Democratic mayoral hopeful Sal Albanese has so far sided with some of his rivals on the issue of Metzitzah B’peh, expressing willingness to sit down and reopen negotiations on this
The list is complete and the voting body of 150 people, those who will elect the new Chief Rabbis of Israel has been released. Following is the list. It should
Minister of Economic Affairs (Bayit Yehudi) Naftali Bennett remains confident that many chareidim will be joining the workforce. He made his remarks as he inaugurated a new training program from
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says that National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden will have to stop leaking U.S. secrets if he wants to get asylum in Russia, something he says
As if the field of candidates running for mayor as Independents, on the November ballot, is not enough, count it another Mike eyeing the ‘Post’ of mayor of New York City. Michael Post, a veteran employee in the city’s Department of Environmental Protection, told the Staten Island Advance he’s jumping into the mayor’s race as […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry has been engaged in a wild-paced shuttle diplomacy since his arrival, 72 hours of ongoing efforts to persuade the sides to resume negotiations. He
Officials at Hadassah Hospital report Maran Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is out of surgery and Boruch Hashem breathing on his own. The Gadol Hador will soon be moved to recovery.
The Israel Foreign Ministry on Monday, 23 Tammuz 5773 released a reminder to citizens regarding the travel alert for Egypt. The ministry strongly advises against travel to Egypt. Israelis in
“All I can tell you is, I’ve been there three times,” Michael Bloomberg said Monday, during a press conference announcing Spotify’s expansion plans, according to Capital New York. “The polls
The pilot of a sightseeing helicopter that landed safely on the Hudson River says he was just doing his job. Michael Campbell told the New York Post was going smoothly
President Barack Obama says the deaths of 19 firefighters who died battling an Arizona wildfire are a heartbreaking reminder that emergency personnel put their lives on the line every day
EL AL Israel Airlines is offering enormous savings for travel this winter on nonstop flights from the USA to Israel. Passengers have the opportunity to purchase extremely low roundtrip fares to Israel for $929 from New York (JFK/Newark) and $1,099 from Los Angeles. (Taxes and fuel surcharges are included in these special fares.) EL AL […]
Word from Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital indicates the surgical procedure on Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is more complicated than first expected. The 93-year-old Gadol Hador is under general anesthesia as surgeons work to address a fracture in the rav’s back. Family members of the rav are calling on the tzibur to continue being […]
The organizers of anti-government protests that brought millions of Egyptians into the streets this weekend gave Islamist President Mohammed Morsi until Tuesday afternoon to step down or else it will
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for northwestern Union County and central Essex County in New Jersey until 9:45 a.m. At 913 am edt…National Weather Service doppler
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