Things are looking good for the join Likud/Yisrael Beitenu list, especially in the Russian speaking community where 70% are voting for the joint list. The poll refers to persons who made aliyah from the former Soviet Union after 1989. This week’s poll is up from a similar poll two weeks ago that showed support at […]
Republican House Speaker John Boehner is offering to let taxes rise on wealthy Americans’ investment income and dividends as part of a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff,” officials said
Foreign media sources report a large explosion took place in southern Lebanon near the border to Israel, hitting a Hizbullah weapons cache. The blast took place on Monday morning. Members
It wasn’t exactly a break-up moment between Iran and ally Bashar Assad. But Tehran’s whiplash diplomacy over the weekend suggested its embrace of the Syrian president could be cooling. Just
Responding to statements from Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett that he wants to take the housing portfolio from Shas, for he feels Shas is sectarian, only concerned with its constituents.
The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) wishes to publically praise and thank Governor Bill Richardson for his extraordinary efforts to secure the release of Alan Gross, who is being
Shas is feeling the pressure and the polls are not encouraging. Campaign strategists have decided to change direction and for now, posters for the election will show Aryeh Deri alone,
Rav Yisrael Havlin, mashgiach in Yeshivas Kiryas Melech, sustained moderate injuries after being struck by a bus on Rabbi Akiva Street in Bnei Brak on Sunday, 3 Teves 5773. It
The naval chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims Iranian forces had captured at least two other U.S. drones before unveiling a purportedly downed ScanEagle craft earlier this month. Monday’s report
According to a recent report by the Jerusalem Post, convicted Israeli secret agent Jonathan Pollard’s life sentence was handed down as a direct result of the Israeli newspaper’s own interview with him. A newly declassified CIA assessment of the Pollard case indicates that his interview with Wolf Blitzer (then a Jerusalem Post correspondent) prior to […]
The White House says curbing gun violence is a complex problem that will require a “comprehensive solution” including addressing gun control measures. Still, spokesman Jay Carney says gun control is
Most passengers using the public buses agree that the new rav kav smart card has simply complicated life and has slowed the boarding process for passengers riding buses, especially commuters
A Nazareth District Court has rejected a request to have a discrimination case viewed as a class action, challenging security inspection for Israeli Arab citizens at Ben-Gurion International Airport. The court stated that for one thing, if one wishes to challenge the Shin Bet’s directive, one must present the guidelines as set forth for these […]
The Knesset’s Committee for the Welfare of the Child reported that there are currently 1,071 teenage girls who are considered “missing voluntarily”. After being wined and dined by ‘older’ men, many of these Jewish teenage girls from 11 -18 have been whisked off to villages and trapped into a lifetime of abuse. The report states, “Since these young […]
After submitting his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday morning 3 Teves 5773 at 10:30am, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told the media his is taking a leave of absence to address the charges being filed against him – confident he would be returning in the not-too-distant future. On Monday afternoon, 4 […]
When Chabad Online photographer Mendy Hechtman arrived in Hebron on erev shabbos to take photos of the areas, he did not think the day would play out as it did.
A White House official says President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are meeting at the White House to discuss the pending fiscal cliff and deficit reduction. The meeting
Sunday’s meeting in Bnei Brak between HaRosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita and HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Auerbach did not result in any major announcement as many hoped would be the case. Kikar Shabbat quotes members of the Yerushalmi branch as clinging onto hope that achdus will follow and the split will be […]
A California man was arrested and nine guns were seized after threats were posted on Facebook against Los Angeles elementary schools, police said Monday. Kyle Bangayan, 24, of Pomona was
Leaders of Yahadut Hatorah on Sunday, 3 Teves 5773 met in the party’s Ohr Yehuda campaign headquarters to officially launch their election campaign and to discuss election issues. Rav Yisrael Eichler explained that if they do not manage to get seven seats in the election they will not be asked to join the coalition and […]
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