Yesh Atid held out on its demands to cut the size of the government and despite giving in near the end on its maximum number of 18 ministers, the streamlined
Four days after the terror attack that left 3-year-old Adele in critical condition, the young child continues fighting for her life in Schneider Childrens Hospital. Adele was injured along with her mom and sisters as their vehicle veered out of control, smashing into the rear of a parked truck. Arabs hurled rocks at passing vehicles, […]
A recent finding by Israels National Insurance Institute shows thatover 14% of working families have fallen below the poverty line. The National Insurance report classified a new social sector called theworking poor that is included in an astonishing statistic that nearly 25% of all Israelis have been defined as poor. Yad EzraVShulamit, an organization helping […]
A worker in a matzah factory in the northern Jerusalem industrial area in Atarot got a hand stuck in a dough rolling machine. Ichud Hatzalah reports that responders were compelled to place a tourniquet on the mangled extremity while measures were taken to protect the avulsed portion of the victims hand in the hope of […]
In a move that did not appear to earn sympathy points among fellow lawmakers, but nonetheless displayed their disapproval with the current reality, chareidi MKs in Knesset picked themselves up
There may be another billionaire interested in New York City’s top job. Jack Dorsey, co-founder of the popular social media service Twitter and the mobile payments startup Square, reportedly says
NBC New York reports the following: Mayor Bloomberg wants stores to hide cigarettes behind counters, curtains or cabinets as part of his next anti-smoking effort. The billionaire former smoker has
Police on Sunday, 6 Nissan 5772 summoned a Jerusalem resident for questioning in the Russian Compound stationhouse. The man called for questioning is a Breslov chossid, and to his surprise, when he arrived he realized the interviewers were no police but agents of the ISA (Israel Security Agency Shin Bet). According to the Kikar […]
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A fire broke out in the Ateres Tzvi shul on Chelkas Yoav Street in Betar Illit on Sunday, 6 Nissan 5773. According to the Ichud Hatzalah
After two rounds of coalition negotiations lasting 42 days, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu managed to close a deal with a number of parties giving him a coalition and a cabinet.
A short time before heading to Knesset for the swearing in of the 33rd Government of Israel, incoming Finance Minister Yair Lapid made a public announcement to the chareidi parties. He said The door remains open to them. Those who say we are trying to exclude them are wrong and misleading. Lapid calls on the […]
The son of New York Citys fire commissioner has apologized for posting offensive messages on Twitter. The 23-year-old Joseph Cassano works as a fire department EMT. The New York Post says he tweeted a slew of derogatory statements about Jews, blacks and the poor. Cassano issued a statement early Monday saying he regretted posting some […]
Both the Bayit HaYehudi and Yesh Atid parties are euphoric over their negotiating victory, now members of the new cabinet, both turning to voters with a feeling of accomplishment. Both party leaders, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid told voters we made good on campaign promises and they hope to implement many changes during their tenure […]
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] 10:54 IL: A man in his 60s was lightly wounded by terrorist gunfire in Shomron, near the entrance to Kedumim. It appears terrorist gunfire
In what was a major election promise to dati leumi voters, the Bayit Yehudi Party has secured a budget of 100 million NIS to lower tuition costs to parents in
In his motzei Shabbos shiur, Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita sent a message to bnei yeshiva, talmidim who are now facing a new reality, the share the burden draft
MK (The Movement) Elazar Stern is preparing a bill that will amend the election process of Israels chief rabbis. Stern feels that the change must be immediate, before the upcoming June 2013 elections for the chief rabbis for an additional ten year term. He feels that since the term served is so long, it warrants […]
The opposition will congregate in dark corners. They will whisper with their mouths, while their eyes will scan the room for spies wearing strange spectacles. The spies will likely be
Now with coalition agreements signed it is time to look at the logistical implementation of the new realities created by those agreements. This includes the drafting of most draft eligible
For Modiins Rabbi Chaim Navon, the outcome was less horrific than the Biton family after his vehicle was attacked by Arabs hurling rocks. In his description of the incident, Rabbi Navon writes on his Facebook page that he was traveling on Highway 443, the Jerusalem-Modiin Highway on motzei Shabbos when the rocks began flying. He […]
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