It what may be a frightening new standard, security personnel at Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Center prohibited a chareidi male from entering, fearing he will begin approaching males to ask them to put on tefilin. The male stopped at a mall entrance explained to the guards “I never in my life asked someone to put on […]
U.S. intelligence has concluded “with some degree of varying confidence,” that the Syrian government has used sarin gas as a weapon in its 2-year-old civil war, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
Sixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings went silent: he’d just been read his constitutional rights. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev immediately stopped talking after
Border police on Wednesday, 14 Iyar 5773 operating in the Issawiya area of the capital were attacked by violent Arab residents. At one point, when they were in life-threatening danger,
Of three ricin-laced letters mailed this month to public officials, only one made it into the hands of an intended target, 80-year-old Mississippi judge Sadie Holland. Investigators are working to
Deputy Finance Minister (Yesh Atid) Mickey Levy’s faux pas, referring to chareidim as parasites during a Kol Berama Radio interview with Mordechai Lavi on Wednesday 14 Iyar 5773, has provided a wealth of content for the media, both chareidi and secular alike. The Israeli press is having a field day with the interview and the […]
The Jerusalem District Court on Thursday, 16 Iyar 5773 ruled that Women of the Wall (WoW) are not in violation of the law when wearing taleisim or tefilin at the
All the living American presidents past and present are gathering in Dallas, a rare reunion to salute one of their own at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Profound ideological differences and a bitter history of blaming each other for the nation’s woes will give way — if just for a day […]
[UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] 16:20 IL: According to preliminary reports, the Israeli Air Force responded to an aerial infiltration in the area of the Haifa coast a short time ago. An unidentified aircraft was detected in Israeli air space. Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled in a standard response. It was determined to be an unauthorized pilotless […]
Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush’s presidential library, former first lady Barbara Bush is brushing aside talk of a Jeb Bush run for the White House. Appearing in an interview Thursday on NBC’s “Today” show, Mrs. Bush was asked how she felt about Jeb, the former governor of Florida, seeking […]
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Boston bombing proved his tough line on insurgents in the North Caucasus was justified and that Russia and the United States must step
The father of the two Boston bombing suspects says he is leaving Russia soon for the United States. Anzor Tsarnaev told journalists in the southern Russian province of Dagestan on
IDF Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Rafi Peretz has given the order, to take the new mezuzah sefer out of circulation. The rabbi was responding to criticism from secular elements along with
President Obama on Wednesday at a Democratic fundraiser in Dallas applauded former President George W. Bush on the eve of the opening of his presidential library. “I’m really looking forward to attending the Bush library opening tomorrow,” Obama said, according to a White House pool report. “One of the things I will insist upon is […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that 30 additional subway stations now have wireless voice and data communication capability allowing New York City subway riders to make and receive cell
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks but did so before he was advised of his constitutional rights to keep
The two bombs that went off at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding 264, were detonated with the kind of remote device used to control a toy car,
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday the U.S. effort to determine whether Syria has used chemical weapons is a “serious business” that cannot be decided in a rush just
Education Minister (Yesh Atid) Rabbi Shai Piron plans to make many changes in his ministry, and he is beginning with matriculation exams. Piron’s staff is taking steps to block cellular telephones in halls hosting matriculation exams to eliminate the possibility of using a mobile phone to cheat on an exam. It should be pointed out […]
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Uri Maklev understands that drivers opting to use Highway 6 are willing to pay toll because they know they will reach their destination faster by using the
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