The unseasonably cold wintry weather around Israel in the past week has been most costly for farmers, who report many crops were destroyed. The loss to crops occurred primarily in
Officials at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, mosque where the accused Boston Marathon bombers sometimes worshipped said on Tuesday that they had offered to send a mediator to help law enforcement negotiate
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Minister of Industry, Trade & Labor (Bayit Yehudi) Naftali Bennett explains his ministry is in the process of amending the operation of Israel’s Standards Institute, the ‘Taf Teken’. Bennett explains that in an effort to facilitate imports with a goal of lowering prices, he is compelling the acceptance of the standards […]
Senate Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday challenged the Obama administration to explicitly spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings amid growing concerns about unchecked powers of the
Reports of a deal between Bayit Yehudi and Yisrael Beitenu surrounding the race for chief rabbi have resulted in statements of denial from the dati leumi party. Maariv reports that Bayit Yehudi was entering into agreement with Yisrael Beitenu, a deal that included support for David Levy’s candidacy for president are being denied. Bayit Yehudi […]
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Rabbi Uri Maklev is pushing a bill that would compel the establishment of a ‘moked’ strike information center. He explains that when there is a strike, as the case this week involving Israeli airlines, residents are unable to receive timely reliable information as to what services are effected as so forth. In […]
A judge says New York City can test out letting people hail yellow cabs via their smartphones. A Manhattan judge dismissed a lawsuit over the “e-hail” program Tuesday and lifted
President Shimon Peres on Monday afternoon, 12 Iyar 5773, at his Jerusalem residence, held a diplomatic-security working meeting with US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. At the beginning of the
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police, had bought two large packages of fireworks in February from a store in Seabrook, New Hampshire, the
Thousands of rabbonim and talmidim are expected to visit the Har Menuchos kever of HaGaon HaRav Yechiel Michel Feinstein ZT”L on erev Shabbos 16 Iyar 5773, marking a decade since his petira. Rav Feinstein was a son-in-law of the Brisker Rov and Rosh Yeshivas Beis Yehuda. His kever is in the area of the prominent […]
In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the religiously apathetic young man toward a
Charges were dropped Tuesday against the Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, while authorities searched at another man’s home in connection with the
The Knesset Finance Committee on Monday 12 Iyar 5773 voted unanimously not to lower the price of cigarettes. The committee weighed a motion to remove an 18% tax levied on
A day after flight delays plagued much of the nation, air travel was smoother Tuesday, but the government warned passengers that the situation could change by the hour as thousands
Following a meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Bayit Yehudi leader Minister Naftali Bennett, the prime minister is willing to back the dati leumi party’s candidate for chief ashkenazi rabbi, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, Yisrael Hayom reports. The party is moving to push what is being dubbed the Rabbi Ariel bill, a bill that will […]
Amid a growing perception that corruption is a serious problem in New York, six politicians pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a federal case that alleges an audacious plot to buy a line on New York City’s mayoral ballot. Even one of the suspects said it, according to the indictment: When it comes to politicians taking […]
A kenos for women endorsed by HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita is scheduled to take place in Bnei Brak on Wednesday, Pesach Sheni 5773, to address the difficult situation for the Torah world in Eretz Yisrael as well as to address the painful reality of so many people stricken with illness R”L. The […]
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that her agency knew of alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s trip to Russia last year even though his name was misspelled on a travel document. A key lawmaker had said that the misspelling caused the FBI to miss the trip. Napolitano’s disclosure came as news to Sen. Lindsey […]
Once again the PA (Palestinian Authority) is seeking to exact a price from Israel, a prerequisite to the resumption of diplomatic talks. PA officials are demanding the release of 120 terrorists imprisoned by Israel, including some with “blood on their hands” from their acts of murder, terrorists serving life sentences. MK (Bayit Yehudi) Orit Struk […]
The National Council of Young Israel today called on Secretary of State John Kerry to clarify his recent comments, in which he likened the victims of last week’s deadly bombings
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