Con Edison is asking customers in a portion of Brooklyn to conserve energy until crews make equipment repairs. The neighborhoods affected are Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Prospect Heights, Canarsie, Flatlands,
Republican mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis slammed City Council members over the Community Safety Act saying, “the terminally misguided City Council is once again putting special interests and politics above the
Edward Snowden’s disappearance from view has heightened speculation that the former U.S. spy agency contractor may be talking to Russian secret services, which see him as a “tasty morsel” that is too good to miss. Even a flat denial by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday is unlikely to end whispers that Snowden may have been […]
The Knesset on Monday in a 48-5 first reading vote accepted the recommendation of the Interior Ministry to extend daylight savings time. The bill is now in the hands of
A government watchdog says lax oversight by the Internal Revenue Service allowed workers to use agency credit cards to buy wine for an expensive luncheon and, in one case, romance
Speaking with Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) host Razi Barkai on Tuesday morning 17 Tammuz 5773, senior PA negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat explains the PA (Palestinian Authority) position regarding negotiations with
State lawmakers have voted to allow New York City to install 20 speed cameras, all of which will go up near schools. The initial 20 cameras will be set up near schools where speeding in a problem. The city has identified 100 such locations. “The cameras are mobile, so we’ll be able to move them […]
A storm that blew through earlier this month might have spurred a rare phenomenon for the East Coast: a tsunami. The tsunami was observed June 13 at more than 30
It took five days but with Siyata Dishmaya Zaka officials in Haifa were successful, preventing an autopsy of a nifteres. Assisting Zaka was city councilman Rabbi Michoel Alper. The event
Today, the seventeenth of Tammuz, marks the beginning of a time period known traditionally as the “Bein Hameitzarim”. “Bein Hameitzarim” refers to the days between the 17th of Tammuz and
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] In a first for the Jewish community, a soon to debut simcha site will not only feature an all encompassing, geographically targeted wedding and Bar Mitzvah directory but will also take advantage of modern technology in order to offer innovative, full service wedding and bar mitzvah planning. Both OdYishama.com, and its sister site […]
The Learn and Live organization helped ‘Rivki’ escape from an Arab village this week. She had been trapped for three months, kept under the home of her Arab captor, who lived in the house with his wife and three children. “The beatings were unbearable,” Rivki said. “He used to push me down the steps. I have bruises […]
Rosh Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Shapira Shlita has announced his candidacy for the post of Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel. The rav made his announcement on 17 Tammuz 5773. The rav is quoted telling his talmidim “we believe in the koach of the Chief Rabbinate and its ability to spread love and the […]
Democrats are unhappy that newly revealed Internal Revenue Service documents show the agency screened for progressive groups seeking tax-exempt status, not just the tea party organizations for which the IRS was already under fire. Democrats also want to know why the Treasury Department inspector general who investigated IRS targeting of conservative groups didn’t mention that […]
Shas officials are signaling that a decision has been reached regarding its candidate for the post of Rishon L’Tzion, HaGaon HaRav Avraham Yosef, a son of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita and the chief rabbi of Holon. According to a Ladaat report, the decision was reached today, 17 Tammuz 5773 by Maran HaGaon HaRav […]
A ray of hope for the Torah world was seen far and wide on Sunday, as thousands of yidden throughout Eretz Yisroel, North America, Europe and beyond took part in the majestic “Kinnus Ha’Adir Lichvod Lomdei Torah” at Binyanei Ha’uma in Yerushalayim. The threat looming over bnei Torah in Eretz Yisroel needs no elaboration, but […]
Statement by the President: I am deeply disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision today. For nearly 50 years, the Voting Rights Act – enacted and repeatedly renewed by wide bipartisan majorities in Congress – has helped secure the right to vote for millions of Americans. Today’s decision invalidating one of its core provisions upsets decades […]
The FBI confirms that agents are investigating $1.2 million is cash that vanished from a cargo container of a Swiss Air jet that landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport
An agreement has been reached permitting the release from jail of two suspects involved in the case against Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger, who faces allegations of accepting bribes, tax evasion and money laundering. Simcha Korkovski and Tzion Tzioni have been released from detention, sent to house arrest. Korkovski’s attorney, Yaakov Weinrott stated “the fact that […]
Almost three decades after his petirah, the voluminous treasury of Rav Moshe Feinstein’s zt’l unpublished chiddushim are being brought to Klal Yisrael. In a historic event in the world of Torah, ArtScroll/Mesorah has announced the publication of Dibros Moshe on Mesechta Sanhedrin, an 802-page compendium of Rav Moshe’s chiddushim on Sanhedrin. This new volume of […]
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