The following is an Op-Ed on the NY Times website: President Obama’s stylistic strategy during Wednesday night’s debate seemed to be to try to stay right above the rancor, to appear dignified, presidential. The problem with that approach is that the line between dignified and presidential and anodyne and weak is the width of a […]
According to a Channel 10 News report, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is weighing the possibility of heading a new centrist-left-wing political party that would also include Tzipi Livni, who
A group of 50 Syrians, some armed, were detected close to the border to Israel in the Golan Heights on Wednesday afternoon 17 Tishrei 5773. It was apparent they were
Today, Simcha Felder announced that Kalman Yeger has joined his campaign team as Senior Advisor. Yeger joins a team led by E. O’Brien Murray, an architect of Congressman Bob Turner’s surprise victory last year. “I’m proud that Kalman Yeger has joined my campaign team,” said Felder. “I’ve known Kalman for over a decade, we’ve worked […]
Speaking with officers and soldiers in the Kirya (Defense Ministry) sukka on Wednesday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz spoke of the threats in the region, the situation regarding Iran, Hizbullah in Lebanon and the slaughter of civilians in Syria by that country’s leader, Bashar el-Assad. Ganz explained that ultimately, Syria will become a […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Two-thirds of people who watched the first presidential debate think that Republican nominee Mitt Romney won the showdown, according to a nationwide poll conducted Wednesday night.
As we enjoy the marvelous yomtov of Sukkos, we may view photos in magazines and online, photos of different Yidden around the world celebrating the special days accompanied by unique
What was first referred to as a “hit and run” incident near N’vei Daniel in Gush Etzion but authorities admit it is looking more and more like a terror attack. The driver who fled the scene was apprehended and as the investigation proceeds, Shai District police are beginning to believe the hit and run was […]
An engineer working with the Israeli security establishment attending a conference abroad reported to security officials that he believed he was being followed, the daily Yisrael HaYom newspaper reports. According to officials confirming the story, security officials “acted appropriately”, stating they moved the person to another hotel and implemented other unspecified measures. Officials would not […]
B’chasdei Hashem the terror did not result in injuries or worse as over 2,000 mispallalim visited Kever Yosef in PA (Palestinian Authority) occupied Shechem on Wednesday night the eve of 18 Tishrei 5773. Soldiers were pelted with rocks and at least one homemade hang grenade was hurled at them by PA residents, Israel’s peace partners […]
Meeting with a small number of chareidi Likud activists in Bnei Brak on Wednesday night the eve of 18 Tishrei 5773, Deputy Prime Minister (Likud) Silvan Shalom had some interesting remarks pertaining to Israel’s relationship with the White House and Nachal Chareidi. He began by stressing no one wants early elections, well-aware of the chareidi […]
Councilman David G. Greenfield has sent a letter to major utility companies and city agencies asking that they consider the calendar of Jewish holidays when making house visits for routine
Dear Yeshiva Administrators, This letter has been long in coming. I have a daughter in one of your schools and I pay full tuition. Paying full tuition doesn’t make me better than parents who may not be able to afford your tuition, but the way I earn the money to pay you may be different. […]
Turkey renewed cross-border attacks in Syria on Thursday, even as a government official said the country has “no interest in war with Syria.” The attacks began Wednesday when Turkey fired
The FBI arrested up to a dozen individuals, including medical professionals, in connection with an investigation into a multi-million fraud of the Medicare/Medicaid system, NBC 4 New York has learned. The FBI’s Healthcare Fraud Task Force took the defendants into custody early Thursday. Task force investigators also executed federal search warrants at several locations in […]
Health officials are expecting to find more cases of a rare and deadly form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five states. Four have died.
Mitt Romney dominated the critical first presidential debate Wednesday night, landing punch after punch on a noticeably subdued President Obama. The GOP nominee came into the evening needing to shake
Avreich Rav Chaim Zilberberg z”l, 23, was niftar on Thursday 18 Tishrei 5773, the third day chol hamoed Sukkos. The tragic petira occurred during Camp ‘????? ??????’ for children with illnesses or special needs. The niftar was a volunteer in the camp. The niftar was the son of R’ Avrohom Binyomin of Haifa and son-in-law […]
Bewildered and lost without his teleprompter, President Obama flailed all around the debate stage last night. He was stuttering, nervous and petulant. It was like he had been called in
As a sign to differentiate between kovod shabbos and yomtov, Belzer chassidim wear white socks on yomtov. Many chassidic courts wear white socks on shabbos, but Belze maintains its tradition
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