A U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities could have unintended consequences that would lead to all-out war, according to a new report endorsed by more than 30 national-security experts. The report, which is being released Thursday, says that a U.S. airstrike on Iran’s nuclear facility would set back Iran’s program up to four years, but […]
Traveling with lights and sirens to an emergency medical call is standard procedure, but MDA in Israel may be stretching its authority a bit to the limit. Realizing the need to maintain a higher public relations profile, the EMS organization has established its “on scene photography” unit called ????? ?????. The establishment of the unit […]
Avreich Yisroel Wallis is a free man after four years imprisonment. Wallis was imprisoned for six years in 2008, but a third was taken off his sentence in response to
The Orthodox Jewish community is outraged by today’s decision of the NYC Board of Health to regulate a sacred, foundational religious practice that has been observed for over 3,000 years.
Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court Judge Dov Pollack fined the owners of the Sinai minimarket in Givat Shaul for price gouging, for exceeding the permitted price limit on state-governed items. The store will have to pay 7,500 NIS for the greedy pricing after the Ministry of Industry & Trade filled charges against the owners. Inspectors explained to […]
Israel’s Counterterrorism Bureau has issued an alert calling upon Israelis around the world be exhibit vigilance as terrorists are continuing efforts to strike out, especially with Rosh Hashanah and the Tishrei yomim tovim approaching. The alert explains that Iran and Hizbullah are not abandoning efforts to perpetrate attacks against Israelis, as was seen during the […]
The advanced age that we are living in demands a level of new awareness from our rabbonim, those responsible for ensuring the products that we use are kosher, and that
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz in his statements Wednesday, ahead of Rosh Hashanah stated the threats facing Israel today are complicated, demanding an unprecedented level of preparedness. Speaking
The IDF has stepped up efforts to apprehend avreichim listed as AWOL from military service. Askanim addressing the situation accuse the IDF of hounding the talmidim who have not reported
In a last-ditch effort to win, Theresa Ciccotto is using posters in her Bay Ridge neighborhood urging a vote for “one of us” that some of our column’s readers view as anti-Semitic. This apparent appeal to Theresa’s neighbors to not vote for a Jewish candidate has, of course, not appeared in any Jewish neighborhoods only […]
This story refers to a recent chasunah held in the Ganei HaDekel Hall in Bnei Brak, a chupah that was conducted very close to shekiyah. It appears the rabbonim of
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday blasted an anti-Muslim movie trailer — which is believed to have sparked violent protests at U.S. embassies in Egypt and Yemen — as “disgusting and reprehensible.” Clinton, in remarks aimed at tamping down anger in the Muslim world, stressed the United States government had “absolutely nothing to do” […]
According to prominent Sephardi posek HaRav Bentzion Mutsafi Shlita, who was interviewed on the inyan of tens of thousands of mispallalim traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashanah, this represents yeridas hadoros (????? ??????). The rav explained the trend “must be stopped immediately”, explaining he feels “people are seeking an attraction in place of remaining in […]
The city Board of Health today has approved Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to ban large sugary drinks. The panel voted 8-0 with one abstention this morning in favor of the
MK Talab el-Sana was with protestors outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv on Thursday with protestors angered over the film released in the United States. El-Sana called for United Nations intervention, warning that if the international body does not act, “the situation will turn into Gog U’Magog”. Seeking to inflame the protestors, who carried […]
The following appeared in Thursday’s NY Daily News: Every grade school student knows that the First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees our freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Yet if all goes as planned Thursday, the city’s Board of Health will adopt regulations that violate both of those freedoms. What is at issue is […]
Zaka and Ichud Hatzalah (IH) volunteers are already in position in Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah as thousands of mispallalim will be arriving each day ahead of Rosh Hashanah. Tens of thousands are expected to be in Uman over Rosh Hashanah. Thousands are already there and visiting the tziyun of R’ Nachman, a situation demanding […]
As the current US administration attempts to cozy up to Islamic nations, the Mideast remains the Mideast and the powder keg has been ignited once again, this time because a
The murder of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans irrupted into the presidential election campaign yesterday, with the candidates sharply criticizing each other’s response to the incident. The fatal attack by a mob in Benghazi, which might have been a coordinated terrorist assault, played directly into an existing undercurrent of the battle […]
Middle-class families continued to suffer in the aftermath of the Great Recession, and the poverty rate fell slightly, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Wednesday. Median household income fell
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