Vice President Joe Biden said the nation could not wait any longer to respond to gun violence, telling mayors on Thursday that the White House would “take this fight to
Magen David Adom advanced EMT Tzvika Chen, 52, had just stepped off the podium after distributing certificates of completion to the graduates of the MDA first aid course. Mrs. Chana Egranti, who is not known to Chen, approached him to say hello, explaining “you don’t remember me but 16 years ago, you saved my daughter’s […]
Fatal cases of measles have fallen by nearly 75 percent globally since 2000, but big outbreaks in Asian and African states with low vaccination rates jeopardize progress towards eradication, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The highly-contagious disease is a leading cause of death among young children around the world, especially the poor, malnourished and unvaccinated, […]
Yaakov Teital, dubbed in Israel as the “Jewish terrorist” was convicted by the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday, 5 Shevat 5773 in the murders of two Arab men. The Shvut Rachel resident was also found guilty for attacks perpetrated of prominent left-wing Israelis and other acts of violence. The court rejected a temporary insanity plea […]
Senior U.N. nuclear inspectors and Iran ended two days of talks in Tehran on Thursday with no early sign of any breakthrough in unblocking their investigation into suspected atomic bomb
While Likud activists in Yehuda and Shomron are seeking a psak Halacha from leading dati leumi rabbonim to vote for the Likud/Beitenu list, the rabbonim do not appear interested in
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization — commended the President’s plan for new measures to reduce gun violence and increase school safety in the United States, in the wake of the tragic events last month in Newtown, CT. Among the proposals in the new […]
Baruch Hashem there is another simcha in the Abuchatzera Court in Beersheva as the youngest son of Baba Elazar ZT”L ZY”A is engaged just months after the late tzaddik’s daughter became a kallah. Meir Shalom Abuchatzera, 27, a talmid at Mir, held his erusin on Wednesday 5 Shevat 5773. He is engaged to Moriah Ben-Chaim […]
A missionary center in Arad that masqueraded as a chess club has shut down, following a long and difficult battle waged by Yad L’Achim and local residents against the center’s
Thousands of Gerrer Chassidim gathered in the presence of the Rebbe Shlita in the main Gur Beis Medrash in Yerushalayim. The Rebbe spoke about the importance of the upcoming general election, citing the “harsh gezeira” and the need for strong chareidi representation to avoid efforts to compel the chareidi tzibur to change its lifestyle. Rav […]
A Chicago businessman was sentenced to 14 years in prison Thursday for providing material support to overseas terrorism, including a Pakistani group whose 2008 attacks on Mumbai, India, left more
The latest Magar Mochot poll released Thursday, 7 Shevat 5773 places Likud/Beitenu at 37 seats, down a seat from last week’s poll. The newest poll appears in the Thursday edition of the daily Maariv. The poll was conducted on January 15 & 16, 2013. 1,980 adults representing a cross section of Israeli voters were asked, […]
Republicans in the House of Representatives may press for only a short term extension of U.S. borrowing authority to keep up pressure for significant spending cuts, House Budget Committee Chairman
In a meeting held on Wednesday evening the eve of 6 Shevat 5773, Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is quoted as telling a group of Yemenite rabbonim “It is most unfortunate that I have had so much bitul Torah. Rav Amnon Yitzchak won’t listen to me anyway.” The rabbonim visited the Gadol Hador after […]
Heads of mosdos and kollelim convened in an urgent session as they are concerned over this week’s Supreme Court session addressing a Hiddush organization petition to halt funding to yeshivos and kollelim. The court ordered the state to halt funding to mosdos and respond within 45 days as to why the national government funding of […]
A major kabolas ponim is planned in Eretz Yisrael to mark the arrival of the Satmar Rebbe Rav Zalman Leib Teitlebaum Shlita. The event is set for Sunday, 9 Shevat 5773 at 7:00PM. Thousands are expected to take part in the event which is also being billed as a protest against “the Zionist government” and […]
While thousands will be gathering in Binyanei Ha’uma on Thursday night the eve of 7 Shevat 5773 for the Yahadut Hatorah pre-election kinos, HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Auerbach Shlita is not expected to be present, due to health issues. The Gadol’s physicians have released a statement to the media explaining the rav cannot be present due […]
The giant Yahadut Hatorah election kinos in Yerushalayim is set for tonight, Thursday, the eve of 7 Shevat 5773. The event will be held in the presence of Gedolei Yisrael
FBI Director Robert Mueller visited Libya on Thursday, an FBI official said, as U.S. investigators continued their inquiry into the September attack in Benghazi in which U.S. Ambassador to Libya
After nearly six years of construction, the $50 million Lincoln Square Synagogue is finally ready to open its doors this weekend, making it the first new synagogue built in Manhattan
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