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 […]
Iran’s navy said Monday it test-fired a range of weapons during ongoing maneuvers near the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world’s oil supply. IRNA quoted Adm.
U.S. health regulators have approved a new Johnson & Johnson drug for patients with tuberculosis who do not respond to other treatments, the company said. The drug is the first
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he has issued an executive order directing state agencies to increase energy efficiency in state buildings by 20 percent in seven years. The administration says it
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was sent to the hospital on Sunday with a blood clot stemming from a concussion she suffered earlier this month and was being assessed
U.S. lawmakers pushed the country to the edge of the “fiscal cliff” on Sunday as they struggled to reach a last-minute deal that could protect the world’s largest economy from
New York City’s murder rate is expected to hit a record low this year, and shootings are at their lowest point in at least 18 years. Mayor Bloomberg and Police
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Simcha filled the air at the Kanievsky Home on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Vayechi, as a Sefer Torah was completed leilui nishmas Rebbitzen Kanievsky A”H. The kesiva of the final letters took place at the home of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, who looked on as family friends together with the Rosh […]
Speaking with Galei Yisrael Radio on erev shabbos, Aryeh Deri used the forum for apologize for his “white people and Russians” statement which has drawn harsh criticism. Deri stated “I want to sincerely apologize. I was way out of line. This is not who I am and it is not the way I speak and […]
Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen has offered to pay tens of thousands of dollars to anyone who kills the U.S. ambassador in Sanaa or an American soldier in the country. An audio produced by the group’s media arm, the al-Malahem Foundation, and posted on militant websites Saturday said it offered three kilograms of gold worth $160,000 […]
President Barack Obama is pledging to focus in his second term on immigration reform, boosting economic growth through infrastructure repair and energy policies that nod to environmental protection. The president
Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is calling on upon avreichim to begin going house to house towards persuading friends to vote Shas. Chacham Ovadia stated that if Shas gets
The United States has some “very good leads” about who carried out the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador in September, President Barack Obama
Investors fearing a stock market plunge – if the United States tumbles off the “fiscal cliff” this week – may want to relax. But they should be scared if a
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama’s remake of the health insurance market. After the Democratic president won re-election,
The Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita during seudas shlishis once again spoke of the situation vis-ŕ-vis efforts to draft avreichim. He told the tzibur “nothing has changed”, instructing them to ignore orders to report to an induction center. The rebbe spoke of the responsibility of the tzibur at large to work to ensure an election victory for […]
The office of Rabbi Menachem Carmel of the Yerushalmi/Netzach faction of Degel Hatorah was broken into on shabbos morning at about 06:30. Video surveillance shows masked men inside. They made off with documents pertaining to his work in the party’s Vaad Diyor, the housing committee addressing housing issues for the party’s tzibur. The main office […]
It appears tensions between Shas and Likud/Beitenu are continuing to increase as Rav Yaakov Chai Yosef released a statement that if one votes Likud in the general elections, one has transgressed an “isur D’oraissa”. During a weekly shiur, the rav had harsh words for frum and traditional voters planning to cast their ballot for Likud, […]
Popular Posts
