MK (Yisrael Beitenu) Avigdor Lieberman, who heads the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, feels members should be compelled to take a polygraph exam towards determining who is leaking information
An armed robbery suspect is dead after trading gunfire with police in East New York. According to investigators, patrolling officers found the 50-year-old black suspect trying to rob a 28-year-old
There’s no guarantee that President Barack Obama’s health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress. But in
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A very large crucifix with Yeshu’s figure was positioned in the Tashlich lake used by Yidden visiting the tziyun of Rav Nachman in Uman. According to reports from the Ukraine, it was positioned at the location by an anti-Semitic group wishing to offend the Jews visiting the area. Uman police officials […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Addressing the Knesset plenum during a late night session for the first reading of the state budget on Tuesday, 10 Tammuz 5773, Finance Minister Yair Lapid lashed out at chareidi politicians. Lapid began with directing his comments at MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Moshe Gafne, “the legendary former chairman of the Knesset Finance […]
A new study says speeding drivers are killing more people in Brooklyn than in any other borough across the city. The report, released by Transportation Alternatives, shows that 88 percent
This story begins a few weeks ago, when Ashdod resident R’ Moshe Gruenbaum sent his children on the 350 bus to Bnei Brak. The children boarded using one Rav Kav payment card, belonging to the sister. The brother used the card too, paying for both of them on the sister’s card, as is the practice […]
Now a veteran of the international summit scene, President Barack Obama wielded significant influence over the agenda at this week’s Group of Eight meetings, but had only modest success in
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] New video footage of a suspected bomber riding a blue bicycle was offered Tuesday along with a $65,000 award in an effort to generate leads in
Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards
After sabotaging the Amar Bill, Shas officials reportedly are busy laying the groundwork to back Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Amar to become the next Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Yerushalayim. This is not without precedent as former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau Shlita became the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv after his tenure as […]
The Netiv Express Bus Company won the Transportation Ministry tender and it will run the new bus line from Beit Shemesh to Meron and Tzfas. The project was undertaken by Beit Shemesh Mayor R’ Shmuel Greenberg, who holds the city’s transportation portfolio. Greenberg explains he realized the need for the line and has been working […]
On behalf of the Governments of the State of Israel and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs Frans Timmermans have agreed on Monday, 9 Tammuz 5773, to begin preparations for the establishment of the bilateral Dutch-Israeli Cooperation Forum. The Forum’s objective is to strengthen bilateral relations by […]
Housing Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Uri Ariel admits to the media that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has frozen construction throughout Yehuda, Shomron and eastern Yerushalayim. Ariel told Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) host Micha Friedman on Tuesday morning, 10 Tammuz 5773, “there is no marketing [of homes] in Yerushalayim at all with the exception of the Schneller […]
The mayors of Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are joining New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy
HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Amar Shlita arrived at the home of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita on Tuesday afternoon, 10 Tammuz 5773. The two met following days of tensions surrounding
An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups’ tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according
Police are investigating what appears to be another price tag attack, this time in the Israeli Arab municipality of Abu Gosh. Police were summoned to Abu Gosh, located off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway near Telshe Stone on Tuesday morning, 10 Tammuz 5773. Officials report the tires of 28 vehicles were slashed and graffiti “racism or […]
Nearly 3 million New Yorkers’ homes are now in evacuation zones that cover more than a third of the city’s population, under new maps released Tuesday. In the wake of
Health Minister (Yesh Atid) Yael German is creating new organ donor realities in Israel, her way of addressing the critical shortage of donor organs. After consulting with national organ donation officials German is working to change the default for Israelis to automatically being an organ donor. That means, when one renews one’s drivers license, if […]
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