[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Residents are demanding the state make Ocean Parkway safer after a recent study named the parkway the most dangerous road, with the highest death count in

After meeting with a delegation of Conservative Movement leaders in Knesset, Minister of Religious Services (Bayit Yehudi) Naftali Bennett explained his actions. In a Thursday night 19 Tammuz 5773 interview with Kol Berama Radio Bennett explained his actions. He began by saying “I am proud that I met with conservative rabbis.” He added that as […]

The father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden acknowledges his son broke the law but doesn’t think he committed treason. The NBC “Today” show reported Friday that Lonnie Snowden is sending

During his very brief address in Knesset on Wednesday, 18 Tammuz 5773, MK (Labor) Eitan Cabel turned to chareidi elected officials. He instructed them to stop butting into matters pertaining

Anyone can do kiruv, but the proper training can turn an amateur into a professional.  Oorah, a leading kiruv organization, is hoping to produce a fresh generation of kiruv professionals with its new kiruv training certification program for young women.   Under the direction of Oorah spiritual leaders including HaRav Chaim Mintz, shlita, and Rabbi Avi Davidowitz, mara […]

So this week the news is consumed with theSupreme Court, the immigration bill, Edward Snowden and the NSA scandals, and the IRS scandal and the lingering Benghazi scandal. But behind the scenes there are things going on that may be much more important. Earth-shakingly important, even. No, I’m not talking about the threat from asteroid strikes. This time, though, I’m talking about […]

A Health Ministry report found Israel has 1.91 beds per 1,000 residents, compared with the OECD average of 3.4 beds. Life expectancy in Israel is above the OECD average, the

Gray dust blankets everything in the subterranean halls of the unfinished National September 11 Memorial & Museum. But while the powder may look ominously like the ash that covered lower

Addressing an assembly on Jewish rights and Har Habayis, Rabbi Yaakov Medan told participants that he had a discussion with leading officials in the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) who told him “If Jews do not visit the Mount; we will lose control over Har Habayis.” The event was held in the Begin […]

Regardless of which route you take to get there, your duties as executor or administrator are essentially the same. The executor’s or administrator’s job is to identify the estate’s assets, pay off its debts and then distribute whatever is left to the rightful heirs and beneficiaries. The executor or administrator is also required to file […]

Attention is shifting to the House and its conservative majority after the Senate passed a landmark immigration bill opening the door to U.S. citizenship to millions while pouring billions of

Republican mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis has been investing heavy on television and radio ads and campaign literature. A new Marist poll, released Wednesday, showed Mr. Catsimatidis with 21 percent of

Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion slid in premarket trading Friday after the company posted a loss in the first quarter and failed to break out how many of its new BlackBerrys were sold. Analysts were hoping to see how BlackBerry’s new touchscreen Z10 phone sold for a full quarter in the U.S. market. […]

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Benny Rabinowitz of Yated Ne’eman and Rabbi Rafi Feuerstein of Tzohar Rabbonim debate the issues surrounding the upcoming elections for new Chief Rabbis of Israel. The debate was conducted on Knesset TV. The moderator begins by questioning how Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita could come out using such harsh terms […]

What Dzhokhar Tsarnaev needed to learn to make explosives with a pressure cooker was at his fingertips in jihadist files on the Internet, according to a federal indictment accusing him

Just days after the Emunah Women’s Organization brought its case to the Supreme Court of Israel; the IDF chief rabbi expressed his opposition. Emunah is working to open the door for recognition of females to work as mashgichot in Israel. Emunah turned to the High Court after women who completed training to become mashgichot kashrus […]

There are pashkavilim in Bnei Brak calling on the tzibur to come out and protest this coming Shabbos Parshas Pinchas against the ????? ????? kiosk operating in the city, open

Brooklyn resident Ezra Bryant has been bothered for years by the stop and frisk encounters police have with tens of thousands of people a year in his neighborhood, and he’s glad city lawmakers have passed ambitious plans for more police oversight. Yet he’s not sure any real change will come of them. In what advocates […]

Beginning on 23 Tammuz 5773 (July 1, 2013) the 53 and 53A bus lines in Yerushalayim will stop operating. They will be replaced by the number 9 line which will

Among the young officers who received their pilot’s wings on Thursday, 19 Tammuz 5773 were a number of Shomer Shabbat pilots. They were among the graduates of the Israel Air Force’s Flying Academy Class 166. Giving a boost to the dati leumi camp is the fact that 13% of the graduates were in Bnei Akiva […]

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