City school bus companies and union leaders are to meet Monday in an effort to resolve the strike. Last week, Mayor Bloomberg said the meeting will be held at Gracie
As it becomes increasingly likely that the Syrian regime is falling, the Israeli intelligence community grows increasingly concerned regarding the giant weapons arsenal. In the face of Iranian threats against
When there’s trouble on the tracks, transit workers turn to police, firefighters, paramedics — and The Rabbi. There’s no need for his full name. Anyone who has operated a train, welded rails or directed traffic from a radio tower in the last three decades probably knows Rabbi Harry Berkowitz. The 65-year-old has been a subway […]
According to Ra’anan Gissin, a former close advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the former prime minister is showing some signs of improvement based on his last functional MRI. Close to seven years after slipping into a coma, Gissin reports doctors see some signs of improvement. During a Channel 10 interview, Gissin explained that the […]
According to the Times of London report quoting “Tel Aviv sources”, reports last week of an explosion that “rocked an Iranian nuclear” facility are true. The explosion took place in a nuclear enrichment plant in Fordo. Regarding reports that an Israeli aircraft was seen in the explosion area shortly before the blast occurred, the Israeli […]
Members of the Degel Hatorah faction of Yahadut Hatorah have been visiting Gedolei Yisrael Shlita in preparation for upcoming coalition negotiations. A first faction meeting scheduled for Sunday afternoon 16 Shevat 5773 was pushed off due to the levaya of the director of the Vaad Yeshivos, Rav Asher Tannenbaum ZT”L, who also served as the […]
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has agreed on a framework for immigration reform that would provide a “path to citizenship” for those in the United States illegally but only
Iran has successfully launched a live monkey into space, the Fars news agency reported on Monday, lauding it as an advance in a missile and space programme that has alarmed
Meeting for the first time since the general election, the Shas faction in the 19th Knesset convened in the party’s campaign headquarters in the Har Chotzvim area of the capital. Aryeh Deri told his colleagues that while they managed to remain at 11 seats, the votes that were wasted, the votes that went to Koach […]
A law that was passed in Knesset a number of years ago intended to oust Rabbi Meir Kahane HY”D from Knesset now compels new MKs to forfeit their foreign citizenship. Aware of the fact the late Kach Party leader traveled to the United States to speak and raise funds, they hoped that by passing a […]
The price of a liter of 95 octane self-service gasoline will be increasing in Israel this week on 21 Shevat 5773 (Thursday night to Friday morning) by 10-15 agorot to
If Yesh Atid remains true to its statements, the incoming cabinet will be composed of no more than 18 ministers, or alternatively, it will remain close to 30 as is
It appears that in the eye of all members of the incoming Knesset, with the exception of some chareidim, what existed prior to the disqualification of the Tal Law in
President Barack Obama said he has been wrestling with the question whether a U.S. military intervention in Syria’s 22-month-old civil war would help resolve the bloody conflict or make things
MK-elect (The Movement) Amram Mitzne last week visited the Seret-Vishnitz Rebbe Shlita, seeking a bracha. The two spoke for 20 minutes in the presence of the rov of the Seret-Vishnitz
What kind of academic degree do the young aspire to in Gaza, political science, pre-med or perhaps in the arts? Well in the land of Hamastine life is about one thing, educating the next generation to hate Israel and to be willing to sacrifice one’s life to strike out against Israel. The proud Gaza community […]
With general elections behind us and coalition building efforts underway, Rabbi David Stav and his Tzohar Rabbonim organization are busy launching their public awareness campaign ahead of elections for the
As things appear, President Shimon Peres on Wednesday, 19 Shevat 5773 will meet with Central Election Committee Chairman Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, at which time he will receive the official outcome
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the start of Sunday’s weekly cabinet meeting 16 Shevat 5773, made the following remarks: “Today, we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. I welcome Yad Vashem Council Chairman Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau and the Chairman of the Yad Vashem Board of Directors, Avner Shalev. This day was established at the initiative, […]
New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says handguns are the main problem on New York City streets when it comes to gun violence. In an interview Sunday on CBS’
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