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This story will be updated small breaking news items of interest in regard to Hurricane Sandy. The newer stories will be on the top, with the older items pushed down.

Israel has remained hopeful that once Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi settles into office, steps would be taken to thaw relations between Cairo and Jerusalem but it appears this is not going to occur any time soon. The daily Maariv quotes �a foreign diplomat involved in relations between the two countries� as saying �the relations are […]

A backup generator failed at a New York City hospital Monday night, forcing it to move out more than 200 patients, including 20 babies from neonatal intensive care. Dozens of

President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in New York City and Long Island, which bore the brunt of the sea surge from the deadly superstorm that lashed the East Coast�on Monday and left millions in the dark. The declaration makes federal funding available to people in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island […]

A huge fire that erupted as Sandy ripped through New York City with near-hurricane force winds on Monday night destroyed dozens of homes in one of the city�s most remote neighborhoods, officials said. The neighborhood, Breezy Point in the borough of Queens, had been extensively flooded by Sandy�s record storm surge, and firefighters were hampered […]

The Movement for Quality Government on Sunday 12 Cheshvan 5773 filed a petition with the High Court of justice against the state attorney general and state prosecutor demanding a decision

Part of a nuclear power plant was shut down late Monday while another plant � the nation’s oldest � was put on alert after waters from superstorm Sandy rose 6 feet above sea level. One of the units at Indian Point, a plant about 45 miles north of New York City, was shut down around […]

The cabinet has voted to close down Tel Aviv�s Sdei Dov Airport no later than 2018. The airport currently sits on 1,300 dunam (325 acres) of land, upon which 12,000 housing units are planned for the future. Most of the land, 800 dunam (200 acres) is owned by the IDF. The steering committee in charge […]

A chareidi couple with three children was divorced at the behest of the wife, who was unwilling to continue living as a family after her husband left the chareidi fold

IDF Givati Brigade Captain Ziv [ben Margalit] Shilon�s condition is improving doctors at Soroka Medical Center report. The company commander was seriously injured in a bomb attack along the Gaza border last week which resulted in the loss of his left hand. Surgeons are still battling to keep his right hand viable but it is […]

Betar Illit Mayor Rav Meir Rubinstein has returned home from a successful fundraising trip in London where he sought support for a number of projects in the chareidi city. The

A significant agreement was signed between Israel and the European Parliament by which the latter recognizes the approval of the Israeli Standards Institute on pharmaceuticals. This significant step, the ACAA

Ponevezh Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein Shlita addressed Hurricane Sandy, which continues pounding areas of the United States. Speaking with talmidim at the yeshiva the rosh yeshiva stated �Chazal tell us ?? ??? ??????? ??? ????? ??? ????? ?????,� telling them to take heed of the ongoing storm and its destruction. The rav added […]

Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city’s historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to hundreds

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Martin Dempsey arrived in Eretz Yisrael on Sunday, 12 Cheshvan 5773 to get a firsthand look at ongoing military exercises between Israel and the

Mrs. Georgette Edri, 75, remains hospitalized following her potentially fatal ordeal. The senior citizen last week traveled to the Nahariya shopping center for a dental appointment but failed to return

For some areas of Eretz Yisrael, winter began on shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha. Some northern areas experienced strong wind gusts and isolated thundershowers that resulted in local flooding. In Haifa, meteorologists measured 80mm (3.1 inches) of rainfall. Most other areas reported less, including; Nahariya (83mm/3.2�), Akko (45mm/1.7�), Tzfas (20mm/0.7�), Tiveria (17mm/0.6�), Afula (11mm/0.4�), Netanya (9mm/0.3�), […]