Military officials on Sunday night the eve of 29 Tishrei 5773 increased the operational alert status for forces operating along the Gaza and Egyptian borders in light of heavy air
Brooklyn – Councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the NYPD to fire and criminally investigate the two officers caught on surveillance video severely beating an unarmed Crown Heights man inside the Alternative Learning Institute for Young Adults Center on East New York Avenue last week. The man, Ehud H. Halevi, had permission to sleep […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Felix Baumgartner stood poised in the open hatch of a capsule suspended above Earth, wondering if he would make it back alive. Twenty four miles (38
Rav Aryeh Deri, who recently announced his decision to run for a slot in the next Knesset, is anxious to receive a ruling from Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita
Just a day ago, the scenario was an entirely different one, one offering hope and even the likelihood that elections would finally be held for elect chief rabbis of Yerushalayim
An El Al flight scheduled to take off from Kiev on Sunday night the eve of 29 Tishrei 5773 at 22:30 was delayed for seven hours. The passengers explain they
Today, the Kings County Conservative Committee announced its endorsement of Simcha Felder for the open State Senate seat from Brooklyn’s 17th district. Calling Felder “a true conservative,” the Conservative Party leadership pledged its full support for Felder’s campaign. “The Conservative Party of Kings County is proud to endorse Simcha Felder for State Senate,” said Chairman […]
In the coming days, a ‘first draft notice’ will be mailed out to 15,000 young chareidi males 17-19-years-old to begin their induction process into the IDF, Haaretz reports. The report goes on to explain that this does not signal they will be inducted, but the start of the process which will take a year or […]
After serving ten months of his 7-year prison term, former president Moshe Katsav’s attorneys have filed a petition with the Ministry of Justice seeking a presidential pardon. The petition will be passed to President Shimon Peres, who will have to decide to honor or decline the request. Katsav is the first president in the nation’s […]
The every-four-years ritual of a national “town hall” style debate began as a nerve-racking experiment in live television. Moderator Carole Simpson was so nervous about turning over the microphone to
1. JUDGE MIGHT NOT ALLOW TORTURE TESTIMONY IN GUANTANAMO HEARINGS The order affects the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, as pretrial hearings
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has raised $1.4 million in campaign cash for the latest quarter as she starts spending heavily on her re-election bid. Gillibrand is reporting to federal elections
Several tens of students from Rishon L’Tzion’s Shuvu Junior High School traveled to Bnei Brak and merited a meeting with gedolei yisrael including HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita and the Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita. The two gedolim studied daily halacha with the students. The visit was part of a nationwide effort to introduce daily halacha […]
A U.S. military judge is considering broad security rules for the war crimes tribunal of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, including measures to prevent the accused
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is set to outline its latest fare hike proposals on its rails, bridges and subways. The proposals include increasing the base subway and bus fare and
For the people who want to shut down a nuclear plant in the New York City suburbs, where 17 million people live within 50 miles, this day has been a
There is an audible silence among the champions of democracy and liberalism in Israel regarding Aryeh Deri’s recent decision and announcement to run in the upcoming elections for a slot in Knesset. While Deri was convicted of while collar crimes which carried a moral turpitude conviction, he served his time and the mandatory seven-year period […]
Combined results from two studies of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug suggest it might modestly slow mental decline, especially in patients with mild disease. Taken separately, the studies on the drug — Eli Lilly & Co.’s solanezumab — missed their main goals of significantly slowing the mind-robbing disease or improving activities of daily living. But pooled […]
The families of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks have been invited to military installations in four states to watch pretrial hearings in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for five men
It has been about 13 years since Shas leader Eli Yishai and his predecessor Aryeh Deri shook hands, and party officials were not about to let such an event pass
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