HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein Shlita has told rabbonim and marbitzei Torah that there must be chizuk in limud Torah and tefilos in light of efforts to induct bnei yeshivos into
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Accompanied by his Jewish liaison Morty Avigdor, Mr. Weiner took time off his regular campaign schedule, Thursday afternoon, to meet with the Munkatcher Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe
With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting
The top U.S. intelligence official denounced the disclosure of highly secret documents Thursday and sought to set the record straight about how the government collects intelligence about people’s telephone and
A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government’s surveillance of Americans’ phone records — hundreds of millions of calls — in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating terrorism under powers granted by Congress after the 9/11 attacks. At issue is a court order, first […]
Chabad Shaliach Rabbi Mendel Gurewitz, 39, was attacked by youths in the German city of Offenbach, German media reports. According to the rabbi, he was assaulted by six to eight “Mediterranean looking” attackers. The attack, which occurred in a shopping center, was reported to local police, who are reportedly investigating. Mark Dainow, a local Jewish […]
America as a whole has regained all the household wealth it lost to the Great Recession and then some, thanks to higher stock and home prices. The average household still
A JetBlue flight headed to Florida had to turn around after it struck a bird shortly after takeoff from an airport in New York City’s suburbs. The airline says a
The New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Thursday issued a Hazardous Travel Advisory for late Thursday evening through early Saturday morning. According to the National Weather Service, a
White House veto threats against legislation that implements spending cuts in the austere GOP budget plan are “reckless” and would lead to a government shutdown, House Speaker John Boehner said
In what appears to many as being an absurd over-response, the Justice Ministry is formulating a new law containing hundreds of paragraphs, a law that will eliminate the outdated 1945 Emergency Laws to replace them with laws that in many ways mimic America’s actions following 9/11. What appears absurd if that even at the height […]
The government knows who you’re calling. Every day. Every call. Here’s what you need to know about the secret program and how it works: ___ Q: What happened and why
According to the Hashavua weekly chareidi newspaper, former Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupoliansky has decided to enter the Jerusalem mayoral race. The article quotes MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Yaakov Litzman stating “I know for sure that he plans to vote and I will back him. He is simply waiting for a final response from the state attorney”, […]
An Internal Revenue Service official whose division staged a lavish $4.1 million training conference and who starred as Mr. Spock in a “Star Trek” parody shown at the 2010 California
The Tourism Ministry launched last month a campaign to promote incoming tourism to Israel in the New York region, aimed at the culture, history and religion market. The campaign, with
Former employees of the National Security Agency say the publishing of a court order asking Verizon to hand over all its phone calling records for a three-month period opens a
The first named storm of the Atlantic season hammered Florida with rain, heavy winds, and tornadoes Thursday as it moved toward the coast of Georgia and the Carolinas, promising sloppy
Together with a group of South Florida’s Jewish day schools and Jewish organizations representing more than 5,000 students, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU) and the Jewish Leadership Coalition for School Choice (JLCSC) announce the creation of a new partnership that will consolidate community resources, conserve money and expand a sophisticated advocacy […]
MK (Likud) Moshe Feiglin in a Facebook post explains his vision to encourage Arab emigration to other countries. “Most of the Arabs in Yehuda and Shomron would like to immigrate to a different country. Many countries would be interested in absorbing skilled workers, who already have employment experience in Israel. Today, Israel spends 10% of […]
A Jerusalem yeshiva student is in custody Thursday night, 28 Sivan 5773 after sending in a question to a rav affiliated with the dati leumi Kippa website. The yeshiva student
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