21:40 IL: Volunteers from Ichud Hatzalah and other organizations are taking part in a search in the Betar Illit Forest near the Gush Etzion community. According to the Ichud Hatzalah
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] “Thank you. Toda raba. Thank you very much. Thank you, Richard. Your introductions are wonderful. I come here every year to listen to them. But you’re wonderful, and I appreciate deeply the sentiment and the thought that accompanies your words. It’s good to see my old friend Mort Zuckerman, with the […]
Nearly $208 million in insurance payments in 6,600 checks haven’t been released from banks to victims of Superstorm Sandy, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He says his administration is working
In what may be a growing trend in the dati leumi community, Jerusalem’s prominent Chorev Yeshiva has announced a ban on students coming to school with smartphones. The ban is not on owning one, but simply against bringing it to school. According to a Kippa report, students were not thrilled to hear of the policy […]
For those seeking to pull bnei yeshiva away from limud Torah, you cannot accuse them of discrimination against one stream or another, for their goal appears to close the Gemaras in both the chareidi and dati leumi yeshivos alike. Speaking to an assembly of Torah V’Avoda followers, MK (The Movement) Elazar Stern expressed his sorrow […]
There are rumors and a considerable amount of speculation, but state officials are not responding to queries posed by Arab MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi and others. During a Knesset plenum session, Tibi questioned the suicide of an Australian national imprisoned in Israel. In a response, Justice Minister Prof. Yaakov Ne’eman stated that such matters do […]
There is no confirmation from other sources at this time but Lebanese media is reporting that Israel Air Force planes operated in Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon 2 Adar 5773 between
Matzeivos in Western Tunisia were targeted in attacks in recent weeks, the daily HaMevaser reports. This includes 10 matzeivos in Kef a number of days ago, as well as 68
While there are no details being released at this time, Jerusalem police appear to have stepped down from the high alert declared late Tuesday afternoon, 2 Adar 5773. Information released
“The kavona of the haters of Israel by trying to draft bnei yeshivos is to destroy the major foundation of Torah, to destroy the yeshiva world, and to uproot everything R”L. In such a case we will be compelled to leave the country as was done during the time of the gezeira against limud Torah […]
President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address that 34,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan within a year, two people familiar with his remarks
Responding to the address delivered before the Knesset plenum by Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, Yahadut Hatorah’s Menachem Eliezer Moses stated, “If we are so compelled, we will all accompany the bnei yeshivos to prison.” Moses opened his remarks with words of bracha to Lapid, then going on to describe the torch of his lineage, […]
North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, drawing condemnation from around the world, including from its only major ally, China, which summoned
Senior Bayit HaYehudi official MK Uri Ariel, who leads the party’s coalition negotiating team on Monday night the eve of 2 Adar 5773, announced he is backing down from his earlier request to be appointed as the chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee. Ariel, number two on his party’s list, will become a cabinet minister […]
In his first-ever address before the Knesset as a MK, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid stated “there will be no civil war. 10% of the population is not able to threaten civil war.” “We cannot ignore the fact that the discussion of sharing the burden has raised these threatening voices again. It negates the entire […]
Aryeh Deri is likely to be appointed party leader once again if Shas manages to cut a deal that will include the Sephardi chareidi party in the coalition. According to a Yisrael Hayom report, “senior officials” in Rav Ovadia’s home have signaled it is clear the three-way leadership arrangement by which Deri, Eli Yishai and […]
The NYPD says three Sifrei Torah valued at $90,000 have been stolen from a Bronx Shul. They were discovered missing on Sunday from the Young Israel of Mosholu Parkway Synagogue
North Korea told the U.N. disarmament forum on Tuesday that it would never bow to resolutions on its nuclear program and that prospects for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula
Coalition talks continued on Monday 1 Adar 5773 between Likud/Beitenu and potential coalition partners Yesh Atid and Bayit HaYehudi. Likud/Beitenu has formulated its own plan, one that was presented during
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, speaking hours after a fatal shooting at a courthouse in his home state of Delaware, said on Monday there was an unprecedented sense of urgency
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