Oil terminals in the New York Harbor are expected to operate through a dock workers strike scheduled for later this week, traders and sources close to port operations said on
New York City faces an $811 million budget shortfall in fiscal year 2014 and lowered revenue projections in part because of Superstorm Sandy, the city’s Independent Budget Office said on
Itamar Ben-Givir, the veteran right-wing activist who is number five on the Otzma Yisrael ticket and also the partys representative to the Central Election Committee, blames the committees decision on Shas. On Tuesday 12 Teves 5773 the committee heard an appeal from Otzma Yisrael after disqualifying the partys election campaign for being racist in an […]
Americans blame Republicans in Congress more than congressional Democrats or President Barack Obama for the current “fiscal cliff” crisis, as the deadline approaches for action to avert big tax increases
Former President George H.W. Bush’s family sought privacy and provided no new details Thursday about his medical condition, a day after his spokesman said he’s in intensive care after being
More than 475,000 people have signed petitions asking the White House to crack down on Westboro Baptist Church after the group, known for holding hateful demonstrations at funerals, threatened to
Once a less worrisome border, the demarcation between Israel and Egypt today has become an area of concern for military and intelligence communities. The IDF has responded by establishing the
Beginning back in 1988, the Women of the Wall (???? ?????) organizations members and supporters have been arriving at the Kosel every rosh chodesh, wrapping themselves in taleisim, some wearing tefilin, trying to hold a minyan and reading from a Sefer Torah. The monthly event results in arrests, yet they continue in the hope of […]
Following up on the meeting held on 2 Iyar 5772, the Chief Rabbinate Religious Council has given its approval to Operation Menucha BKovod, which is being implemented under the supervision of Zaka Tel Aviv in cooperation with various chevra kadisha organizations in that city. The operation addresses the kvura of thousands of body samples and […]
Prominent Mekubal HaRav Nissim Moiel has come out with a stern warning against anyone who compromises the kovod of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita. According to a Kikar Shabbat report, the elderly Mekubal is pained and fearful over the events surrounding the general elections vis--vis the quid pro quo between Shas and other parties, […]
Its one of those only in Israel deals but with general elections about a month off, there are those seasoned chareidi and secular politicians who are looking a bit ahead, to the elections for the 20th Knesset. They feel that as the political map appears to be taking shape, the incoming government coalition is likely […]
U.S. regulators have given the green light to the manager of the Empire State Building to ask investors to vote on a plan to fold the iconic building into a
A woman sought in the death of a man who was shoved in front of a subway train was picked up by police on Saturday after a passer-by noticed her
A Bnei Brak couple, residents of Nechemia Street died during the night, Wednesday to Thursday, 14 Teves 5773, a number of hours apart from one another. Their levayas will be held Thursday. Rav Kalman Rosner and his wife zl died during the night a number of hours apart. The rav was 100 and his rebitzen […]
If one wishes to evaluate the level of intolerance and disdain for one another in Israel, one simply has to monitor the daily events surrounding the general elections set for 11 Shevat 5773. The usual level of intolerance is dwarfed by an unprecedented level of seeking to stifle the opponents voice. The desire to succeed […]
A fund which invests money on behalf of the New Zealand government recently announced it will divest from Africa Israel due to the latter’s construction of homes in Yehuda and
Blogger Christopher Fountain retaliated against a New York newspaper, which recently published the addresses of local gun owners, by publishing the addresses and phone numbers of the newspaper’s staff. The
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian strongman ousted last year after 30 years in power, was moved to an army hospital from a prison hospital on Thursday following a fall that raised
Leading Askonim from both Kensington and beyond are joining forces to help 7 families, members of the frum community, who were displaced by a fast moving fire last Motzei Shabbos
When one reaches a 101st birthday, amid the mazel tov wishes are inquiries seeking to learn the secret to longevity. Rachel Mizrachi, a fifth generation Tiveria resident who just underwent an emergency cardiac catheterization in Poriah Hospital has some advice for us. Dr. Yochanan Chassin, who heads the hospitals cardiac vascular unit, says Mrs. Mizrachi […]
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