A United commuter jet veered off the runway at Newark Airport Sunday night. ExpressJet Flight 4480 – carrying 13 people including crew — landed at 8:24pm. The plane traveling from
After harsh attacks against the Bayit HaYehudi Party by Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita, the party’s number six hopeful, Uri Orbach responds. Orbach, who was a radio show host on Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) prior to entering the Knesset, made references to the “Three bandits” who run Shas, i.e., Minister Eli Yishai, Want-to-be-Minister Aryeh […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Jeremy Gimpel, who holds the 14th slot on the Bayit HaYehudi list, is the latest target in cross-party efforts to disqualify one another. Gimpel, today 33,
President Shimon Peres on motzei Shabbos 8 Shevat 5773 at his Jerusalem residence, held a working meeting with a US Senate delegation led by the Republican presidential candidate in 2008,
The trial of former Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron got underway in the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday, 9 Shevat 5773. The rav was indicted for signing off on alleged off on fictitious semicha certificates to over 1,000 men affiliated with Israel Police and the IDF. The former chief rabbi’s attorney called to begin the […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Appearing on Channel 2’s Meet the Press on motzei Shabbos 8 Shevat 5773, Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett made a public call to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, stating “I am making an appeal to Netanyahu, Mr. Prime Minister, you are signed on the disparaging campaign against the dati leumi tzibur which […]
Rabbi Sholom Dov Wolpe, who heads the Rabbanei Eretz Yisrael organization, released the organization’s opinion regarding the upcoming election. In the previous general election, Rav Wolpe, a Chabad rav, was on the same list with Baruch Marzel, but Marzel broke away and today holds the third slot on the Otzma Yisrael list. Rav Wolpe bases […]
Based on the calculations involving the number of eligible voters, the number of votes that are disqualified on the average and other factors, it appears the ‘minimum threshold’ for entering the 19th Knesset will be about 70,000 votes. That means if any of the smaller parties vying for seats in Knesset do not earn 70,000 […]
This time they got it right. President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts, who flubbed the oath of office in a public inauguration ceremony four years ago, made it
Dozens of Arabs gathered along the northern Gaza border in the Beit Lahiya area. They were in an area that is forbidden to congregate due to the proximity to the
Ponevezh Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein in a “schmooze” explained one’s obligation to vote on Election Day, adding anyone not voting does not have a share in Olam Haba. Rav Edelstein is quoted as saying it is simple, and we are compelled to adhere to the words of the Gadol Hador for he understands […]
Lakewood, NJ – Two children are in serious condition, Sunday afternoon, after being struck by a vehicle. The accident happened at Cushman Street and Route 9, just before 2:00PM. The
Addressing the upcoming general elections, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Ratzabi, a posek for the Yemenite community explained that since there are differences of opinion regarding which party to vote for, he is not getting involved and each person should vote his conscience. The rav stated “Gimmel is good for the Yeshiva world, Shas for Sephardim and […]
A White House adviser on Sunday said he was optimistic Congress will approve at least part of President Barack Obama’s proposals to reduce gun violence in the wake of December’s
A motorist apprehended on Kvish 6 traveling 204 KPH (126 MPH) on erev Shabbos 7 Shevat 5773 explained to traffic police he simply wanted to get home in time for
The New York City school bus driver strike could come to an end as early as next Tuesday. The National Labor Relations Board is expected to rule on a formal
A senior U.S. lawmaker said on Sunday that he and fellow Senate Democrats, for the first time more than in three years, intend to meet Republican demands to finally pass
There are no words for the actions as some seforim of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita and his son HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, Bal Yalkut Yosef were burned by
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Jerusalem police on Sunday 9 Shevat 5773 arrested six Arab males suspected in taking part in attacks against Jews about ten days earlier — during the
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita addressed Bayit HaYehudi, referring to the party “A Bayit of Goyim who wish to uproot Am Yisrael”. The rav spoke of the party supporting intermarriage and buses on Shabbos. The Gadol Hador’s remarks follow the statement released last week by Bayit HaYehudi Knesset hopeful Ayelet […]
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