As the Pesach cleaning season shifts into frenetic gear, thousands of women across town rely heavily on cleaning help to tackle the monumental task of readying their home for the
Maariv has learned that the catering service selected for the presidential banquette in the President’s Residence last week, honoring visiting US President Barak Obama did not have a permit from the Ministry of Health. This marks the second major faux pas in the Presidential Residence. On last Independence Day, in a more serious incident, the […]
Customs officials remind Yomtov travelers that those leaving the country for Pesach and returning after April 1, 2013 should be reminded that they will only be permitted to bring one
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested “normalization” of ties with Israel would take time, hinting that Turkey wanted to ensure the victims of a flotilla raid were compensated and Israel remained committed to the easing of restrictions of goods to Gaza before restoring relations. Erdogan’s comments on Sunday came days after Israeli Prime Minister […]
When the two met during the US presidential visit in Jerusalem last week, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein showed Secretary of State John Kerry a letter containing his signature dating back
The two hostages abducted by Bedouins in Sinai on Friday 11 Nissan 5773 are being held as negotiating pawns to pressure Egyptian authorities to release a number of prisoners. One
A federal judge has invalidated a New York City transit system rule that allowed police officers to demand identification documents from anyone riding the subway. The ruling came in a
US Secretary of State John Kerry is being credited with brokering the events leading to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu apologizing to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to reports,
No one had come forward by midday Sunday to say they were the buyer of the winning ticket in Saturday night’s drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials
Finance Minister Yair Lapid announced his office will have to order “significant and painful budgetary cuts” towards extricating the nation from the fiscal deficit. In a newsletter to supporters, the newly-appointed minister writes “The picture is far worse than I was led to believe at first. Forget words like ‘deficit’ and ‘fiscal crisis’. I will […]
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg predicted on Sunday that pressure from the American public would eventually force the Congress to expand background checks for gun buyers, even though the measure
The pictures are broadcast to us from our Holy land, 6,000 miles away. Political protocol is strictly followed as the most powerful man in the world pays his first state visit to Israel. The leaders of both countries conduct urgent meetings on how to deal with threats that loom most ominously from Israel’s hostile “neighbors,” […]
[By Reva Kaiser] A Legend of Greatness: The Life and Times of Hacham Haim Yosef David Azoulay, is the first comprehensive, English-language, full-length biography focused exclusively on this Torah giant,
A legal battle has been taking place over recent years regarding a matzah bakery in Bnei Brak that is not operating legally. Last week, a shmura matzah oven exploded, bringing
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Meir Porush feels that he and his Agudas Yisrael colleagues represent the “Four major chassidic courts” and “there is no reason that the smaller chassidus’ should not find a seat around the municipal council tables in the upcoming municipal elections.” Porush is quoted by Kikar Shabbat saying “There is no reason that […]
After running a high fever for a number of consecutive days, HaGaon HaRav Nissim Karelitz Shlita was admitted to Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak last Shabbos, Kikar Shabbat reports.
09:34 IL: Syrian gunfire struck an IDF jeep in the S. Golan Heights a short time ago. IDF forces identified the source of the fire and returned fire, reporting a direct hit. Officials in the IDF’s Northern Command feel the gunfire was not intentionally directed at the IDF vehicle but nevertheless felt the need to […]
A fire on Friday night completely destroyed a Whispering Pines home which was home to a Shul, officials tell TLS. The fire started about 10 PM, according to neighbors, and
East Coast residents were buzzing on social media sites and elsewhere Friday night after a brief but bright flash of light streaked across the early-evening sky —in what experts say was almost certainly a meteor coming down. Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environmental Office said the flash appears to be “a single meteor event.” He […]
Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead in southeast England. He was 67. In recent years, the one-time Kremlin powerbroker-turned-thorn in Putin’s side fended off attacks on his character and on his fortune – sometimes successfully, sometimes not – […]
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