The U.S. government said on Monday it had ordered the suspension of some housing foreclosures in areas hit by megastorm Sandy and would help find hotels and motels to temporarily
On the Sunday afternoon Kol Chai program hosted by Menachem Tucker the stations phone lines crashed. The show got underway at 14:00 as scheduled and there was nothing extraordinary until Tucker announced that callers who phone in and say ???? ??? ?? ???? ??? will receive 100 NIS. Within moments, hundreds of callers tried getting […]
Rabbi “F” of Rechasim has been released from jail and sent to house arrest as he remains a major subject in last weeks reported kidnapping and beating of a Jerusalem avreich. The Rishon LTzion Magistrates Court on Monday 20 Cheshvan 5773 released the rabbi from jail and remanded him to ten days house arrest. F’ […]
President Peres and President Putin will hold a working meeting at the Kremlin and will discuss strengthening strategic relations between the two countries. President Shimon Peres will, on Tuesday, 21
The comments made by Rabbi Noson Leiter that sought to link the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy to our states embrace of marriage equality are as offensive as they are ignorant, Governor Andrew Cuomo said today. This catastrophic storm claimed the lives of more than forty New Yorkers, he continued. This kind of hateful rhetoric […]
Israel Police is taking another step in the direction of getting dangerous drivers off the road, equipping 50 motorcycle traffic patrol policemen with helmets that have a camera attached capable
Chai Lifeline, the international childrens health support network and an acknowledged expert in the field of crisis intervention, and Achiezer, the Rockaways/Five Towns community resource center, have joined forces to help area families, schools, and institutions cope with mental health crises and emotional discomfort resulting from Hurricane Sandy. Help is available now at 1-855-3CRISIS. The […]
The cabinet on Sunday, unanimously approved economic benefits for Sderot and communities adjacent to Gaza for 2013. The aid package includes: Economic benefits for area residents: * 20% tax exemption
To the last minute, Florida is proving to be an expensive and frustrating state for President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney alike, seemingly resistant to arguments that play well
Natural disasters can bring out the best in people, and also the worst. Following disasters like superstorm Sandy, opportunists and scam artists prey on victims as well as those who
The HaPeles newspaper last week carried an interview with HaRav Tzvi Friedman Shlita, a member of the newspapers Vaad Ruchniyus and a Torah authority who gave the green light for the launching of the Netzach Party. The rav addressed the actions of Maran Rav Shach ZTL as we marked the gadol hadors yahrzeit, emphasizing the […]
U.N. delegations sharply criticized the United Nations’ management on Monday for an almost “total breakdown in communications” with the world body’s 193 member states after superstorm Sandy slammed into the
One of the U.S. government’s largest mortgage aid programs will suspend foreclosures for 90 days in areas affected by megastorm Sandy, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said
I am 23 years old, and while I may have lost no financial assets in the hurricane, it is still easy to relay the message of the damage that has
Former IDF Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General (retired) Rabbi Avichai Ronsky is quoted in Makor Rishon stating that he warned the ISA (Israel Security Agency Shin Bet) prior to the 1995 assassination of Yitzchak Rabin, explaining to the security agency that the writing is on the wall. According to the report, Ronsky met with Yuval Diskin, […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] No words can properly describe the destruction in Sea Gate caused by Hurricane Sandy. No home was spared. Everyone suffered some type of damage, with many homes totally destroyed. Mordechai Ben David (MBD), who is known as the undisputed king of Jewish music, is a long-time resident of Sea Gate. In […]
More than a dozen angry residents confronted Mayor Michael Bloomberg as he visited a school in hard-hit Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Mud from the storm is still piled like small snow
Ichud Hatzalah (United Hatzalah) officials explain that in response to an increase in the number of calls involving water rescue the organization sent its first group of EMS responders to
An 18-month-old child sustained serious facial/head injuries on Monday when a large water bottle fell off a mineral water delivery truck near the Skverer Beis Medrash on Giora Street in
A fifth Iron Dome battery is going to be operating in the near future as defense officials are working to upgrade the system. The upgrade will enable the rocket defense
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