U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday not to block the financially strapped Postal Service from moving ahead with plans to end Saturday first-class mail delivery. Last week,
The wait is finally over: the biggest and best Shmorg from Oorah is just about to be released! New this year is not one, not two, but THREE incredible parts to Shmorg 5 – and you won’t want to miss a single one of them. Get a taste of Shmorg5 – Watch the Shmorg Tube Trailer Now. […]
They are reports that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s negotiating strategy includes splitting Yesh Atid and Bayit HaYehudi in the hope of bringing the dati leumi party into the coalition without Yesh Atid. According to the party leaders, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, the prime minister will not succeed since they remain a unit regarding entering […]
Rabbonim and dayanim are angered and concerned following the “unprecedented” interference of the High Court of Justice in a divorce case being adjudicated by a beis din, the daily Yated Ne’eman reports. The case was reported by YWN-ISRAEL on January 30, 2013, stating the nation’s highest secular court overruled the psak of the Supreme Rabbinical […]
As part of its Safe Homes, Safe Schools, Safe Shuls initiative, the Orthodox Union once again reminds the community to be safe on Purim. “In past years, our community unfortunately has heard of countless stories of teenagers and young adults involved in car accidents on Purim due to drunk driving. It is time for parents […]
As President Barack Obama laid out his second-term agenda to Congress on Tuesday, Senate Democrats and Republicans made another attempt to show they were willing to set aside partisan differences
The Cuomo Administration is asking banks to speed up the release of at least $200 million intended for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Thousands of insurance checks are being held up, in part by red tape, including a requirement that they first be endorsed by the bank. Many homeowners can’t begin rebuilding until the funds are released. […]
Anti-obesity advocates who want to curb Americans’ sugar habit on Wednesday asked the government to set a safe level for added sugars in soda and other beverages. The Center for
A Hudson Valley organization has been given authorization from New York state to properly dispose of Jewish books and other sacred objects damaged by Superstorm Sandy. State Assemblyman Dov Hikind
The search for the missing Meah Shearim family continues, as authorities tried earlier in the week to locate the mom, fearing a child may be ill and require medical attention.
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Meir Porush in an address before representatives of the Presidents Conference of Major Jewish Organizations in Yerushalayim spoke about the share the burden issue. He told the officials “One who does not sit and learn must enter the IDF.” He added with a smile on his face “When I stopped learning, I […]
Senators are weighing one of President Barack Obama’s second-term priorities at the first Senate hearing on a comprehensive immigration overhaul. Many stubborn fault lines are sure to emerge. Wednesday’s Senate
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] An Israeli court on Wednesday morning 3 Adar 5773 lifted the gag order on the case of a prisoner in a high security Israeli prison who took his own life, as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL. The Australian nation, who held Israeli citizenship too was held in prison for “months” under a […]
Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid spoke out on Tuesday 2 Adar 5773 against permitting the Chief Rabbinate of Israel to maintain control over marriage in Eretz Yisrael. “I will do anything to bring a civil marriage alternative to the state. The rabbinate’s control on marriage and divorce is an offense to every free person […]
Chareidi women, like women from other sectors, are called to Jerusalem City Hall annually to spend a day, a continuing education type of event. In this case, the frum women
In a kenos that took place of the Ne’emanei Torah V’Avodah (????? ???? ??????), a dati leumi organization, the matter of religion and state was high on the agenda. Most present agreed that the current political climate presents an ideal situation towards burying the old religious status quo that exists in the state. The three-day […]
Jerusalem District Court Justice Nava Ben-Ohr has turned down an appeal seeking to halt plans for a road that runs through the Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa. The planned roadway extension will improve the city’s Begin Highway but neighborhood residents insist it cuts their community in half. Attorneys representing the community filed the appeal, […]
The following official statement was released by Israel’s Foreign Ministry. Israel strongly condemns North Korea’s nuclear test, and joins the international community in expressing the grave danger that this act poses to regional stability and international peace and security. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea nuclear test, together with its ballistic missile launch in December […]
The to-do list that awaits Jacob Lew, President Barack Obama’s choice to be Treasury secretary, is daunting. Bridge disputes in Congress on taxes and spending. Shrink budget deficits. Manage tense
Newly-elected MK (Likud/Beitenu) Yair Shamir told a media event that while Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and others have expressed support for the two-state solution, he does not advocate the plan and feels it is not a realistic possibility. He added the prime minister’s Bar Ilan Address in which he expressed acceptance for the establishment of […]
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