Degel Hatorah officials’ are angered by the deal signed before Shavuos between the Shas and Bayit Yehudi parties surrounding the upcoming election for the nation’s new chief rabbis. For Degel leaders, they feel a sense of betrayal by Shas for not standing firmly with the Ashkenazi chareidi parties, but opting to move ahead with a […]
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Tens of thousands of people participated in a massive rally near the IDF’s Rashi Street recruitment center. The protest against the planned induction of
According to an IDF Homefront Command report obtained by Ynet, in the event of a chemical attack against Israel there would be no advanced warning and the nation at present
When Jerusalem police announces it is closing “Har Habayis to visitors” it translates to any non-Muslim visitor. Muslims continue to visit and pray on Har Habayis with full police support. Police officials on Thursday morning 7 Sivan 5773 announced that due to recent violence on the Temple Mount and the sensitive nature of the Holy […]
After a long night of intensive discussions in the cabinet, in a joint effort with the Tourism Minister Dr. Uzi Landau, the Tourism Ministry Director-General Amir HaLevi, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Finance Ministry, the decision was taken not to impose VAT on tourism services. During the last two weeks, there has been a […]
The Ministry of Education in conjunction with the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) is embarking on a new program, a program intending to rehabilitate Hilltop Youths. The program being called “The Jewish Shepherd” hopes to persuade these misguided youths to abandon price tag attacks and rejoin society. The program has received the approval […]
HaRav Dayan Eliezer Igra Shlita, a member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Supreme Court, has announced he is dropping out of the race as a contender to become the
Lawmakers pounded U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday with questions about the Justice Department’s secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records, and grew frustrated when he said he had limited answers. Holder noted to the House Judiciary Committee that he had recused himself from the leak investigation that prompted the phone records seizure, so […]
Two New Jersey lawmakers proposed Thursday to raise their state’s minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21, reaching across the Hudson River to borrow an idea from New York City
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says an assemblyman accused of harassment should resign or be removed by the Assembly. But Cuomo wouldn’t comment on whether Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver should be stripped
The London-based Arabic al-Hayat newspaper reports the Iran has given Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah the go-ahead to launch a new front in the conflict with Israel, the Golan Heights. Israel Radio quotes Tehran as calling on “all Arabs and Muslims” to step forward in the fight against Israel. The latest report is in line […]
Fifteen men of Palestinian origin have been arrested on charges of running a multi-million-dollar cigarette smuggling ring in New York, and New York authorities who announced the arrests on Thursday
President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law on Thursday in a symbolic move aimed as much at healing internal Republican rifts as
Senior White House officials responsible for navigating the administration through a trio of scandals met on Thursday with outside Democratic strategists for advice on how to get past the controversies
Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly
Four Egyptian army officers and three policemen traveling in a taxi on vacation were abducted by Jihadist gunmen in Sinai, along the border to Israel. They said the gunmen were
Tonight, Thursday 7 Sivan 5773 will be a stormy one in Yerushalayim as the Eida Chareidis plans a major rally outside the IDF’s Rashi Street induction center. The Eida is protesting against government gezeiros to draft bnei Torah into the military or a government approved national service. Announced speakers include Eida Gavaad HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok […]
Israel’s enemies did not rest on Yomtov, Shavuos 5773, firing rockets into the Golan Heights in the north and the Eshkol Regional Council area in the south. On Shavuos morning, sirens sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council as a rocket fire from Gaza was detected. Baruch Hashem the rocket impacted in an open area. There […]
Months after suffering a stroke, Rav Yisroel Meir Katz z”l, 66, was niftar on Shavuos. The niftar was among the first “??????? “ and a son of former MK Rav Yaakov Katz z”l. The levaya takes place today, isru chag Shavuos 5773, beginning at the Seret Vishnitz Beis Medrash in Haifa at noon. The family […]
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