Authorities announce arrests in the recent vandalism attack against a Jewish cemetery in Auckland, New Zealand. Local police officials told the media they spared no effort in the apprehension of those believed responsible for the hate attack which left about 20 tombstones damaged in the Symonds Street Cemetery. The two “young suspects” in custody have […]
While political parties are campaigning for the upcoming general election set for 11 Shevat 5773, the Ashkenazi chareidim are facing a split due to infighting in Degel HaTorah. The dispute between the litvish Degel HaTorah factions known as the Yated Ne’eman and HaPeles factions appears to be widening and if they run as two parties, […]
Shas’ Aryeh Deri has spoken out against the “discriminatory policies” of the Ashkenazi girls schools, vowing to work to end it once and for all. In the Monday 6 Cheshvan 5773 edition of Hamodia (Israel), affiliated with Agudas Yisrael, the counter attack appears. The headline reads “Call of the Hour, Achdus and Not Dispute” as […]
A Moroccan man, one of the three suspects in custody in the murder of Lviv, Ukraine trauma surgeon Prof. Leon Friefeld may have been under the influence of drugs and/or
A group was assembled in front of the Shomrei Shabbos Shul in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The debate was heated and intriguing; at talk was the formation of a new third party. “School Choice Party” read the top of the petition a young man entreated me to sign. “Third parties in the United States are not […]
Five things to watch for when President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney debate foreign policy Monday night: 1. THE TIEBREAKER: Romney ran away with the first. Obama edged
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer talked about politics during his first public appearance in New York’s capital since a scandal forced him from office in 2008. Spitzer told a public radio
Egged officials announced that in keeping with its new policy established a number of months ago in the capital not to permit bus ads showing the faces of women, it
Alzheimer’s research has focused primarily on efforts to identify and treat the factors that contribute to familial (genetic) dementia, which is caused by known mutations. This new research sought to understand the mechanisms in the development of Alzheimer’s that are linked to molecular response to the metabolic distress that increases with age. * A link […]
Residents in southern Israel were awakened to the Red Alert sirens as terrorists in Gaza fired rockets into the region. Rockets landed close to 06:30, and B’chasdei Hashem there were no injuries. After five rockets pounded the area the air force retaliated against terrorists leading to additional mortar attack against an IDF patrol in the […]
Hamas terrorists in Gaza held a parade on Thursday, marking the first anniversary since the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal which resulting in Israel’s release of 1,027 terrorists. The organizers praised the deal and vowed in future prison exchange deals; those terrorists who were not released in the last deal due to Israel’s refusal would […]
3,374 residents of eastern Yerushalayim have received Israeli citizenship over the last decade, the daily Haaretz reports. This represents a sharp increase in the number of Arabs being granted Israeli
The funeral for Lebanon’s slain intelligence chief descended into chaos Sunday as soldiers fired tear gas at protesters who tried to storm the government palace, directing their rage at a
Shas leaders Eli Yishai and Aryeh Deri on Thursday 2 Cheshvan 5773 appeared on Channel 2 News together in a display of achdus, as they are now working to allay
R’ Meir Porush was in Kfar Chabad, attending an Asifa intended to inform the tzibur of the new chareidi city, Charish, which is now under construction. Porush, the force behind the project, addressed the tzibur, which included the mora d’asra, HaGaon HaRav Mordechai Ashkenazi Shlita as well as HaRav Yeruslavsky, the mora d’asra of the […]
The Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita (HaRav Yisroel Hager) has instructed talmidim and avreichim to begin reciting tachnun at mincha gedolah. The minhag in the past among Vishnitzer chassidim was not to
Republican Mitt Romney on Sunday refused to say if he would be open to one-on-one talks with Iran if elected president. The presidential candidate took time away from debate preparations
Not everyone is pleased with the new Shas party leadership arrangement, the “trio”, which includes Eli Yishai, Aryeh Deri and Ariel Atias at the helm. The decision by Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita included the elimination of the use of the title “head” of the party for Yishai. Thousands of flyers were dropped in […]
Opponents of the planned construction of 800 new housing units in the Gilo area of the southern capital accuse Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of taking advantage of the upcoming elections, using the controversial construction to win right-wing votes. The United States and European Union have continued to release statements opposing renewed construction in “occupied areas […]
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Israel on Sunday, 5 Cheshvan 5773 began it’s first-ever earthquake preparedness exercise involving many emergency agencies. According to the worrisome data released, as much as 70% of buildings nationwide may collapse in a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, and in the Gush Dan area, which is the heart of Greater Tel Aviv, an […]
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