Shas� solution to the party�s leadership crisis, the forum of three, has earned an envious spot in the weekly chareidi newspapers and magazines in Eretz Yisrael. Shas� own Yom L�Yom does not play modest, allocating significant real estate to tell the story and share the success, including the array of rabbonim whose photo appears alongside […]

The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg�s remarks as delivered this evening at the Office of Emergency Management in Downtown Brooklyn: �Let me first thank Pamela Mitchell for signing today. We try to do this when we have an emergency situation and want to make sure that everybody gets all of the information. �We did […]

In light of ongoing escalation in rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday 8 Cheshvan 5773 announced he has approved additional funding to expand

Sandy barreled north from the Caribbean on Saturday, expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the southern New Jersey coast before it hits two winter weather systems as it moves

Baruch Rofeh Cholim � When Givati Brigade Captain Ziv [ben Margalit] Shilon opened his eyes in Beersheva�s Soroka Medical Center on Wednesday, 8 Cheshvan 5773, his first question was �how am I going to play soccer?� He then asked for a bottle of Cola. Since the attack, which occurred early Tuesday morning, Ziv was operated […]

Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don’t get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a

Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas early Friday, churning relentlessly on a course that could see it blend with a winter storm and reach the tri-state area early next week

The U.S. Navy on Friday ordered all ships in the Norfolk, Virginia, area – including the nuclear-powered USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier – out to sea beyond the reach

Virginia declared a state of emergency on Friday, neighboring states readied utility crews and New York City said it may shut down mass transit as authorities along the U.S. East

Nitzan Darshan-Leitner, an Israeli attorney, has done what none of her colleagues dared to take on � taking terrorists to court. She singlehandedly has taken on terrorism, compelling them to enter an unfamiliar battleground, the judicial system of the United States and European nations. In her latest offensive, the founder of �Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center� […]

Tnuva and Strauss announced they are raising prices of dairy products, Tnuva up to 4.8% and Strauss up to 5%. Strauss is raising everything, including cottage cheese, which became the

The Iron Dome defense system is lauded a success by all, and in Wednesday�s 8 Cheshvan 5773 day of rocket fire, the system downed eight katyusha rockets heading to major population centers. There are presently six Iron Dome systems manufactured in Israel, four of which are operational. The two remaining are in final stages of […]

Both Israel and the United States have shifted gears, preoccupied with elections. While Iran is still a media item, it has been shifted into the context of an election issue

Chemi Sal, who produced the annual Yitzchak Rabin memorial event for the past 16 years announced he is pulling out and will not oversee the motzei shabbos event planned in

Federal forecasters say when Hurricane Sandy turns in to what some call “Frankenstorm,” it will smack the East Coast harder and wider than last year’s damaging Irene. The National Oceanic

Councilman David G. Greenfield and Deputy Comptroller Simcha Felder are demanding an apology from Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his insulting reference to Orthodox Jews during a recent interview with Atlantic

The following is a press release from Senator David Storobin: “The people of my district and the entire Jewish community are deeply offended and appalled by the comment Mayor Bloomberg