The Big Apple is a bigger-than-ever tourist draw, welcoming a record 52 million visitors this year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday. The estimate, up more than 1 million from last
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] From a neglected Jewish baby, to those ravaged by Hurricane Sandy – everyone counts at OHEL. And this year, many of OHEL’s residences themselves were badly damaged by the flood waters. “Help us get back home” Says Eytan, an 18 year-old with developmental disabilities. But Eli cannot go home – the […]
According to a poll commissioned by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs headed by former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dr. Dore Gold, most Israelis don’t believe a retreat to the pre-’67 lines will bring peace. The poll conducted by Dr. Mina Tzemach who heads the Dahaf Agency shows 83% of respondents do not believe […]
A $100 million claim filed against the state of Connecticut in the wake of a school shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead two weeks ago is misguided,
The Cabinet on Sunday, 17 Teves 5773 unanimously approved an approximately 300 million NIS expansion of the health basket, pursuant to the proposal of Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman. The
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The lobby of the Holiday Inn in East Windsor had been transformed from a hotel into a feast of colors and sweets. Pinks, blues, greens and purples greeted the families as they stepped out of the cold and into Chai Lifeline’s annual haven from the stress and sadness of cancer and […]
The State Department made a “grievous mistake” in keeping the U.S. mission in Benghazi open despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat assessments in the weeks before a deadly attack
The contours of a deal to avert the ‘fiscal cliff’ emerged Monday, with Democrats and Republicans agreeing to raise tax rates on couples making over $450,000 a year, increase the
The High Court of Justice on Sunday overturned last week’s ruling of the Central Election Committee, which ruled MK Hanin Zoabi may not take part in the upcoming general elections. Zoabi, an Arab MK who took part in the Mavi Marmara terrorist flotilla which sought to defy the Israeli marine embargo on Gaza. The Central […]
Shas appears to have decided to place a heavy emphasis on the ethnicity election campaign, pushing discrimination against Sephardim as a major campaign issue. Deri attacks Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu,
HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita spoke on Sunday night the eve of 18 Teves 5773 at the Yahadut Hatorah asifa that was held in Ohr Yehuda. The Gadol Hador explained “we know that we are all responsible for one another, and this responsibility pertains to the individual and even more so when we are […]
The main suspect in the assault against HaPeles newspaper editor Nati Grossman has been remanded for a third time. The suspect was brought before a Jerusalem court again on Sunday, 17 Teves 5773. The court rejected the defense counsel’s argument that it is unreasonable to hold his client without bail for so long. The court […]
Working against a midnight deadline, negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans in Congress narrowed their differences Monday on legislation to avert across-the-board tax increases. Congressional officials familiar with
The father of the gunman who killed 26 people in a Connecticut elementary school, including 20 first-graders, has claimed his son’s body, a spokesman for the family said Monday. The
In a small orderly protest on Sunday night, the eve of 18 Teves 5773, about one hundred chareidim marched along HaNevi’im Street in Yerushalayim protesting against efforts to draft avreichim. The protestors did not attempt to block traffic or get into a scuffle with police. They simply wished to have their message heard, that they […]
The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in October, a move
A large number of security troops arrived during the early morning hours Sunday, 17 Teves 5773, to remove the Ohz Tzion outpost in the Binyamin Regional Council district. The first
A yahrzeit event will be held for Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev and Talya Kahane HY”D marking 12 years since their murders in a terror attack near Ofra. The event will take place on Monday, 18 Teves 5773 on Amtziya (?????) Street near Jerusalem’s German Colony neighborhood at 7:00PM. The Kahanes were traveling on the road near […]
State Senator Eric Adams and Assemblyman David Weprin announced a bill Sunday that would increase the punishment for gun owners who allow their firearms to be used in a crime.
The U.S. Congress comes back on Monday without a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” and only a few hours of actual legislative time scheduled in which to act if an agreement materializes. Negotiations involving Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to offer the last hope for avoiding the across-the-board […]
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