The Holocaust — the systematic, state-sponsored murder, persecution and abuse of millions — was far more shocking and horrific than even experts thought a few months ago. New research shows that about 42,500 Nazi camps and ghettos stretched from Nazi-controlled France to Russia between 1933 and 1945, Hitler’s vicious reign of terror and darkness. The […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Islamist movement’s most active branch, has released an English-language magazine advising would-be militants on how to torch parked cars and cause traffic
GOP strategist Karl Rove said Saturday that rebuilding the Republican brand in California will be a tough task that will require them to diversify and create a strategy to spread
Police are looking for two men and two women who impersonated police officers to commit two separate robberies. Two men posed as police officers to get into a home on
Just across the East River from midtown Manhattan’s shimmering skyscrapers sits one of the nation’s most polluted neighborhoods, fouled by generations of industrial waste, overflow from the city’s sewage system and an underground oil leak bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill. It’s easy to see — and smell — the filth in and around Newtown […]
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Spring may not have come yet to Washington, DC, but on Wednesday, February 27, the unique relationship between the United States and Israel was in full bloom. Several hundred Jewish leaders from across the U.S. journeyed to our nation’s capital to offer their gratitude to members of the United […]
New U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, whom Republican critics have sought to portray as anti-Israel, will meet Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the Pentagon on Tuesday for his first
Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman emerged from four days in North Korea on Friday, calling the leader of the reclusive country “an awesome kid”. Rodman, known for his tattoos,
The nation’s largest employer, the U.S. government, has begun notifying its vast and varied workforce to prepare for reduced hours and slashed paychecks over the next seven months as big
Two New Jersey men have been indicted in a series of firebomb attacks on synagogues. Prosecutors in northern New Jersey’s Bergen County say a grand jury has voted to indict 20-year-old Aakash Dalal of New Brunswick and Anthony M. Graziano of Lodi. The 30-count indictment includes attempted murder, bias intimidation and arson charges, among others. […]
A combative President Barack Obama blamed Republican lawmakers Friday for failing to stop automatic spending cuts that were to begin kicking in later in the day, calling the cuts “dumb,
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner ruled out tax increases as a way to address the nation’s deficit after talks with President Barack Obama on budget cuts set to
Channel 10 News chareidi affairs correspondent Avishai Ben-Chaim used his Facebook page to challenge the IDF’s seemingly encouraging statements regarding plans to draft chareidim into the military. He explains the army is not going to permit any chareidim to enter the elite ‘sayeret’ units. “Some negligent intelligence personnel in the Ground Forces Command announced the […]
A rocket built by Space Exploration Technologies blasted off on Friday carrying a capsule filled with food, supplies and science experiments for the International Space Station. The 157-foot tall Falcon
The following release was sent by Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber and the directorate of the ITIM organization. This month ITIM returned to Israel’s Supreme Court (twice!) petitioning the state and religious authorities. In the first case, we sued the Chief Rabbi of Rishon Lezion, Rabbi Yehuda Wolpe, who illegally refers persons registering to marry to […]
Twenty years after the first terrorist attack on Manhattan’s World Trade Center, ringleader Ramzi Yousef is still waiting to hear if a federal judge in Denver will lift restrictions that
New Yorkers are eating up Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to ban plastic foam food containers. But they’re not so keen on another of his better-living initiatives: limiting the size of sugary drinks. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found 69 percent of city voters support the plastic foam proposal. Twenty-six percent oppose it. But they’re […]
HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Halevy Wosner Shlita and the Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita were among the rabbonim on hand for the dedication of a new unit in Bnei Brak’s Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital. Also present was HaGaon HaRav Nissim Karelitz Shlita. The Gedolei Hador were hosted by the hospital’s founder and president, Rabbi Dr. Moshe Rothschild and other […]
What is a Will? A Will is a legal document that provides specific instructions as to how a person’s assets should be distributed upon his or her death. This article will touch on a few reasons why it is important for everyone, young or old, wealthy or not, to write a Will. Protect […]
U.S. consumer spending rose in January as Americans spent more on utilities, with savings providing a cushion after income recorded its biggest drop in 20 years. The Commerce Department said
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