The winter snowstorm last week unfortunately led to increased chilul Shabbos and an estimated 40,000 plus Israelis traveled north on Shabbos to enjoy the snow. Heavy traffic was reported on many northern roadways on motzei Shabbos including Route 65, the Nachal I’ron area (Wadi Ara) along with Routes 85, 90 and 77. According to police, […]

About 120 Arabs populated the E1 outpost set up on erev Shabbos Parshas Vaeirah 5773, naming it Bab el-Shams. Included among the founding members of the outpost were 25 PA

For many, the right-wing platform of Otzma Yisrael, the party headed by Prof. Aryeh Eldad seems a viable option as they wish to have a Knesset opposing any and all

After suffering a minor stroke on Shabbos, Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is B”H reported in good condition and has been reported earlier, has since been released from Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. A person close to Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita quoted anonymously in the media speaks of Rav Akiva Eiger who was […]

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called on the nation’s largest gun retailers to participate in a temporary moratorium on selling assault-style rifles until Congress has considered legislation to reduce gun violence. Since the Sandy Hook massacre, sales of assault-style rifles have skyrocketed, and are poised to grow even further during an upcoming “Gun Appreciation […]

A union bus strike that would leave 150,000 students without rides to school may be set to go into effect on Wednesday, according to published reports and Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who has been hospitalized in Houston since November, may be released from the facility in the coming days, a family spokesman said on Sunday.

The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says his own Republican Party is having “an identity problem.” The former Joints Chief of Staff chairman who twice endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for

Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef’s Shlita weekly motzei Shabbos shiur was delivered by one of his sons, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, known as the Bal Yalkut Yosef. Following the shiur, together with the entire Shas lineup, tefilos were recited on the Gadol Hador’s behalf, for a rapid and total refuah shleima. The tzibur is urged […]

If one does not yet understand the significance of the area between Yerushalayim and Maale Adumim, the area known as E1, the following report should assist in driving the point

Guilty of online piracy? Verizon may slow your high-speed Internet service to a crawl. The company is considering punishing subscribers who illegally share movies or songs on the Internet by

Missed flu-shot day at the office last fall? And all those “get vaccinated” ads? A scramble for shots is under way as late-comers seek protection from a miserable flu strain

Hopes for overhauling the federal tax system are fading in Washington, but in some state capitals, tax reform experiments – some far-reaching – are fast taking shape. Across the U.S.

A Cairo court on Sunday granted Hosni Mubarak’s appeal of his life sentence, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president convicted of failing to prevent the killing of hundreds

11:20 IL: Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita has been released from Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Yerushalayim a short time ago. The Gadol Hador suffered “a very mild stroke” on Shabbos and he was rushed to the medical center on Shabbos morning. Following his arrival he underwent a barrage of tests to determine the […]

Lockheed Martin Corp’s ‘s new F-35 fighter jet has completed over a third of its planned flight tests, but it is still facing problems with the helmet needed to fly

So much for the $1 trillion platinum coin idea. The U.S. Treasury Department said on Saturday it will not produce platinum coins as a way of generating $1 trillion in

Californians are bundling up with sweaters and gloves and stocking up on firewood as they endure the latest winter storm that has brought very unseasonable freezing temperatures. The National Weather

Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won’t