A Staten Island man has come down with the city’s first human case of West Nile Virus this year. The Health Department says the unidentified man was recently hospitalized with
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Following weather reports of the potential for serious storms to hit Sullivan and Ulster Counties, Catskills Hatzolah Coordinators held a meeting with the members who are
Deputy Minister of Education (Yahadut HaTorah) Rav Menachem Eliezer Moses traveled to Poland in an official capacity where he will take part in the ceremony marking 70 years since the
Gov. Cuomo brokered a agreement between striking Con Edison workers and the utility, ending the nearly monthlong labor dispute that locked out 8,000 workers. The deal came just hours after
The New York State Thruway Authority today announced that 1,400 tickets were issued by New York State Police Troop T to motorists for speeding violations during “Operation Work Brake,” a
In the coming school year, 5773 there will be 57,310 talmidim registered in mosdos chinuch in Bnei Brak BA”H. This marks an increase from this year’s 56,500, representing the largest
Today, the Rabbinical Council of America, representing more than 1,000 member rabbis, and the Orthodox Union, the largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization in the United States, issued the following statement:
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] On Tuesday July 24, 2012 Shema Kolainu-Hear Our Voices, a school and center for Children with Autism hosted their 10th Annual Legislative Breakfast at
On his Facebook page, Chaggai Amir, who was recently released from prison, explains that the plot to assassinate Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin began two years prior to the act. He
The Knesset Economic Affairs Committee headed by MK (Likud) Carmel Shama HaCohen rejected a bill authored by MK (Labor) Amir Peretz seeking to amend state consumer protection laws to permit
Two hundred new recruits will be entering into Nachal Chareidi in the August draft, representing a 33% increase from the last induction. On Thursday, 7 Menachem Av 5772, just a
The Torah Cultural department of Jerusalem City Hall is abuzz with preparations for the many Siyumei HaShas scheduled to take place this week in the capital. There will be two
Iranian UN Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee brazenly told participants of a UN Security Council session that it is Israel that is behind the fatal suicide bombing attack in the Burgas Airport
The ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) reports that since the beginning of the Gregorian year, there has been a significant increase in Arab terror in the capital in
In his address to the Knesset plenum in the final winter session on Wednesday, 6 Menachem Av 5772, MK (Yahadut HaTorah) Rav Uri Maklev spoke of the late posek hador,
According to a Channel 10 report, thousands of chareidim who have declared studying torah fulltime are in essence working illegally. The report states that the chareidim who study fulltime maintain
In his remarks on Wednesday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak stated that while there are many risks and dangers associated with a military assault against Iran, they are all outweighed by
The New York Times Company reported a second-quarter loss on Thursday because of a write-down in the value of About.com and continuing declines in print and digital advertising revenue. The
President Obama’s campaign scrambled to combat Republican efforts to highlight his “you didn’t build that” remark — a sign there are concerns the story could have legs far into the
Al-Jazeera earlier today, Thursday, reported an increased presence of IDF troops along the Golan Heights border. Later reports spoke of D9 bulldozers operating in the border area to “prepare the
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