As Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, prepared to meet with senior New York Senator Chuck Schumer in mid-January, the White House stepped in and ensured
Israel Air Force Commander Major-General Amir Eshel has spoken out, expressing concern over the size of Syria’s arsenal. Eshel released a statement “The IAF is ready to act almost immediately, without restrictions. Syria has a vast weapons arsenal, some of which being state- of-the-art.” Addressing an event marking the 10th anniversary of the Space Shuttle […]
Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday cast doubt on speculation she might run for the White House in 2016. In an interview taped for National Public Radio,
While elections are over and efforts to form a coalition are underway, all is not quiet for Rav Amnon Yitzchak. After releasing his video message to the tzibur following his
Six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-related violence, the issue reaches the U.S. Congress on Wednesday amid questions about
The Itim Organization, which assists many candidates for giyur and other processes, has filed against the chief rabbi of Rishon L’tzion in the High Court of Justice. According to Itim, Rabbi Yehuda Wolpe must be held accountable for his actions after referring candidates to wed to a private investigator, a violation of the law. Itim […]
Rabbi David Stav, the Tzohar Rabbi’s candidate for the next Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel is not pleased with ads that appeared in the nation’s newspapers this week supporting his bid. The ads, which displayed a large photo of the rav, carried slogans including “Everybody’s Rabbi.” The ads were signed by a group calling itself […]
The eight Indian crew members on board the MV Amina had no inkling they were trapped on the frontline of the West’s economic war against Iran. All experienced seamen, they
Authorities have arrested a 60-year-old Petach Tikvah man, a manpower agency employee working in the lost and found at Ben-Gurion International Airport. According to police investigators, the man has been
BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department’s criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a federal judge agreed to
Microsoft Corp launched new Office software for home users on Tuesday, featuring constantly updated, online access to documents from all kinds of devices as the world’s largest software company attempts
The flu isn’t the only illness adults should be immunized against, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, as a new study found current adult vaccination rates in the country “unacceptably
Once again right-wing activists Itamar Ben-Givir, Noam Federman and Baruch Marzel emerged from court with a victory in hand. This latest case addresses an arrest involving them along with three other activists in 2008. After the murderous attack in Jerusalem’s Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva, Marzel and his colleagues learned from the media that the family of […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users on Tuesday to disable a common networking technology feature, after researchers warned that hackers could exploit flaws to gain access to
According to data released by the rabbinical courts in Eretz Yisrael, there was an increase of 5% in divorces in 2012. A total of 10,694 couples were divorced by the
An increase in Social Security taxes is leaving Americans with less take-home pay — and a more negative outlook for the U.S. economy. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its index of consumer confidence plunged 8.1 points in January from December to 58.6. That’s the lowest reading in 14 months and the third straight decline. […]
The agreement between Argentina and Iran is received in Israel with astonishment and provoked deep disappointment. The Argentinean ambassador in Israel will be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Devon Lawrence neatly stacked bricks on the gas burner of his kitchen stove and turned up the blue flame, creating a sort of radiator that warmed the ice-cold room. His
Six residents of the Arab village of Bet Fajar in the Gush Etzion area were taken into custody in November and December 2011, security officials announced on Monday, 17 Shevat
Rabbi Dr. Ofir Cohen of the Tenufa Agency announced the state has amended an earlier ruling pertaining to 165 caravan home families in Nitzan, families who were expelled from Gush Katif in 2005. The state served the families with eviction orders and announced those remaining will have to pay rent. He now amended the state’s […]
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