Responding to mounting ‘share the burden efforts’, efforts to pass legislation to compel chareidim to serve in the IDF, MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Yaakov Asher, a former mayor of Bnei Brak, had harsh words for supports of share the burden legislation. Asher feels little regarding the chareidi tzibur is really known and understood. He reflects on […]
President Barack Obama will join New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday for a tour of the Jersey Shore damaged by Superstorm Sandy, replaying a scene from last year that
The increase of value added tax in Israel from 17 to 18% has been pushed off to prevent chilul Shabbos. The changeover will take place on motzei Shabbos, basically Sunday,
Chinese hackers have stolen the blueprints of a new multi-million-dollar Australian spy headquarters as part of a growing wave of cyber attacks against business and military targets in the close
Arson has become a regular weapon in the Arab struggle against Israel. Jerusalem firefighters this year report a sharp increase in the number of blazes attributed to Arab arson attacks.
News Corp said on Monday it is still reviewing whether it has any record of a notification from the United States government involving a subpoena for a Fox News reporter’s
Three Arab males attacked four border policemen in the capital. The attack occurred near the Lion’s Gate of the Old City. As the border policemen attempted to arrest the three Arabs in the area began hurling rocks and chairs at the force. They were successful in arresting the attackers however. One of the soldiers was […]
Designs for more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, the Washington Post reported on Monday. Citing a report prepared for the Defense Department
In light of the fallen deal between Shas and Bayit Yehudi for the chief rabbis, Dayan Rabbi Eliezer Igra on Monday 18 Sivan 5773 announced he is back in the
MK (Kadima) Shaul Mofaz on Monday, 18 Sivan 5773 had harsh words for Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. Ya’alon is opposed to personal sanctions against bnei yeshivos who fail to comply with new draft laws. Ya’alon feels that one cannot change a situation that existed for 65 years in the stroke of a moment and drastic […]
The daily Yated Ne’eman reports the state-run giyur program has begun advertising, seeking to attract anyone interested in becoming Jewish. The ads speak of a “personally tailored program, a “friendly and personal approach” with “individual guidance”, boasting programs suited for citizens and soldiers alike. Yated reports that the new program “tramples” Jewish values and Halacha, […]
After it became apparent that the Amar/Ariel deal for chief rabbi was no longer viable, senior Shas officials began formulating another deal in an effort to protect its interests in
The ministers from Likud, Bayit Yehudi and Yesh Atid voted to prevent the Peri Share the Burden Committee from extending the IDF service of hesder bnei yeshiva to two years
In the months leading up to the killing of Osama bin Laden, veteran intelligence analyst Robert Cardillo was given the nickname “Debbie Downer.” With each new tidbit of information that tracked bin Laden to a high-walled compound in northern Pakistan — phone records, satellite imaging, clues from other suspects — Cardillo cast doubt that the […]
The annual assembly of deputy mayors got underway in Jerusalem’s Plaza Hotel on Sunday, 17 Sivan 5773. In addition to the deputy mayors, cabinet ministers and MKs were in attendance. Education Minister (Yesh Atid) Shai Piron addressed the forum, explaining he is unwilling to accept a situation in which a child born in one community […]
New security plans for the Statue of Liberty could leave visitors vulnerable when the island reopens July Fourth, New York officials said Monday. Sen. Charles Schumer and New York Police
This is the most significant election in a lifetime, and the Jewish vote is critical. No, we are not talking about the NYC mayoral race or the presidential race. The
With the new law to draft bnei yeshivos in Eretz Yisrael moving forward, the chareidi community in the United States is planning a major protest against the State of Israel.
Heavy fighting raged around the strategic Syrian border town of Qusair and the capital Damascus on Monday and further reports surfaced of chemical weapons attacks by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces
According to a Reuters report quoting Lebanese sources, a rocket was fired into northern Israel on Sunday night the eve of 18 Sivan 5773 close to midnight. The Hizbullah run
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