The Hadarim Caf� located in a chareidi area of Rishon L�tzion has begun to open its doors on shabbos and this has resulted in talmidim in the local yeshiva gedola to protest the chilul shabbos. Dozens of talmidim of the Yeshiva Gedola Rishon L�tzion last week protested outside the caf� on shabbos, hoping to persuade […]

Speaking on Israel Radio�s HaKol Diburim program on Thursday morning 21 Teves 5773, Aryeh Deri explained Shas� political leaning. It was pointed out that under Deri�s leadership, Shas was �moderate right-wing or even left-wing among the right-wing parties but under Eli Yishai, the party is right of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu while under Deri, it […]

The White House said on Friday it is vital for Congress to quickly resolve future tax and spending feuds, and raise the U.S. borrowing authority to avoid economic uncertainty. “It

Former Massachusetts U.S. Representative Barney Frank says he would like to fill in for Senator John Kerry, who has been nominated for secretary of state, as Congress battles over the

At last, the storm-racked Northeast is getting a House floor vote on billions in disaster relief aid for victims of October’s Superstorm Sandy, but only after a host of East

U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during tense fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington. The solid job growth wasn’t enough to push

A new study shows that 1 in 24 U.S. adults said they recently fell asleep while driving and health officials behind the study think the number is probably higher. In

Starbucks Corp. is rolling out a $1 reusable plastic cup at its cafes starting Thursday. The Seattle-based coffee chain already gives customers a dime discount each time they bring in

A fire broke out on Yosef Karo Street in the Beis Yisrael area of Yerushalayim early Thursday morning 21 Teves 5773. The report of the fire came in at about

Pro-Palestinian activists recently called on Dutch musician Yuri Honing to refrain from playing at Israel’s upcoming Red Sea Jazz Festival. In their letter, the anti-Israel group stressed such a move

During 2012, 1,750 new hotel rooms were approved for construction. 2012 statistics related to capital investment in the tourism industry show that the Tourism Ministry invested about 260 million NIS

Aryeh Deri told the media �I am very concerned� regarding ongoing and increasing IDF efforts to draft chareidim into the military. Deri explains that in the absence of a new Tal Law the IDF will step up efforts to draft chareidim, adding �I fear chas v�sholom this may lead to civil war.� The Shas Yom […]

Officials of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on Thursday, 21 Teves 5773 filed a complaint with police following another vandalism attack at the Kever of David HaMelech on Har Tzion in Yerushalayim. The damage is reported to be �extensive� and in some areas, �irreparable� according to IAA officials. Most of the ceramic work around the […]

A fourth suspect was taken into custody during the night, Wednesday to Thursday, 21 Teves 5773. A talmid of Ponevezh Yeshiva was taken into custody for his alleged involvement in the attack against HaPeles newspaper Editor-in-Chief Nati Grossman, who was attacked near his Bayit Vegan home. The suspect was remanded in the Jerusalem Magistrate�s Court […]

Palestinian networks and organizations recently called on European Union (EU) citizens to ask their governments to suspend the EU’s trade agreements with Israel, until the latter “complies with international law.”

The Knesset Law Committee has approved amending a law which now compels declaring over 12,000 NIS at a Gaza border crossing towards cutting the Hamas money pipeline. Until now, the