This morning, State Sen. David Storobin (R-Brooklyn) reached out to his Democratic challenger, Simcha Felder, with a simple request: let’s put politics aside, and work together to preserve the Jewish law of metzitzah b’peh. “There is a time for politics and a time to fight for the community,” said Storobin. “Early in our race, I […]
The ironies associated with events in Eretz Yisrael created by the secular government seem to become increasingly apparent with time. One such case according to some is the outcry against
B’chasdei Hashem Eliyahu Dayan, 20, the son of a prominent Breslov chossid, landed in Eretz Yisrael on Thursday morning during the predawn hours. Eliyahu, the son of Rav Daniel Dayan who heads the Breslov World Center, was taken into custody last year by local police, who reported he was in possession of dangerous substances. The […]
In an interview in this week’s Ami Magazine, Rav Yisrael Belsky, rosh yeshivah of Torah Vodaas had sharp words for the opponents of metzitzah b’peh, including Dr. Tom Frieden, formerly health commissioner of New York City and now head of the Centers for Disease Control. ““Where do these people come in and tell mohalim what […]
IDF soldier Sergeant Yonatan Ben-Yishai z”l was niftar in Rambam Medical Center in Haifa on Thursday 12 Elul 5772. Yonatan was critically injured in a training mishap in the Golan Heights when a tank struck him in his upper torso. The levaya is scheduled to begin at 17:30 in the Ashdod Military Cemetery. ??? ???? […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Text of Paul Ryan’s speech to the convention: Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity – and I […]
The following is via the Wall Street Journal: Two groups filed a formal complaint Wednesday asking New York state’s ethics enforcement agency to investigate state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s handling
The High Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled in favor of accepting Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein’s position, to evict the families of Migron from their homes and to raze the homes, which the court maintains were built illegally [by the government] on privately owned Arab land. The court’s ruling stated the residents must be out […]
When Rav Eliezer Berlind signed the deal with a travel agency on Wednesday night, it set the stage for the distribution of thousands of tickets for Uman ahead of Rosh
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Thursday 12 Elul 5772 ordered the release of Asra Kadisha official Chizki Kalmanowitz. Kalmanowitz was released with restrictions, a five-day house arrest and a 50,000 NIS bail. Kalmanowitz, a resident of Beit Shemesh, was arrested in connection with the theft of bones from an archeological site in Beit Shemesh. YWN-ISRAEL […]
Police are investigating the events surrounding the tragic death of a 4-year-old child in Modi’in Illit on Thursday 12 Elul 5772. The child was left inside a closed vehicle and by the time emergency medical service EMTs and paramedics arrived; there was nothing to be done. A Magen David Adom physician pronounced the child dead […]
For UN Secretary-General Bank Ki-Moon the venue must have been a comfortable one, seated among his fellow anti-Semites as Iranian supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke, emphasizing Iran’s nuclear program is for nuclear energy and nothing more. Also attending the conference was Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who received a royal welcome, red carpet with […]
A book written by a Navy SEAL who took part in the Osama bin Laden raid said the al Qaeda leader was unarmed and already shot when the SEALs entered his bedroom, contradicting the Obama administration’s account that he had reached for a gun when he was shot. In the book, No Easy Day, the […]
HaRav Binyomin Finkel Shlita, who heads the “Internet Gemach” visited HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita on Monday, 9 Elul 5772 where he received chizuk for his ongoing efforts to get people to disconnect. According to a Yated Ne’eman report, the gadol hador stated one mustn’t rely on oneself but one must disconnect for the […]
[By Debbie Maimon – Yated] Columbia Presbyterian medical records for a baby who suffered brain damage after being infected with herpes (HSV-1) tell a shocking story of parents being threatened
While the new school year has begun, for 200 students in the third grade in Bayit Vegan’s Beis Yaakov, summer vacation has not ended because they do not have classrooms. The community blames Jerusalem City Hall for failing to prepare for the school year. Mishpacha reports that parents knew when vacation started they were short […]
Yahoo News’ Washington bureau chief was fired Wednesday after he was caught on a hot mic joking that Republicans are “happy to have a party” while black people drown. The comment was made by David Chalian during live coverage of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, and was an apparent reference to the convention getting underway […]
As Rosh Hashanah nears honey production in Eretz Yisrael is in full swing, Honey Council head Herzl Avidor confirms. This year, 3,200 tons of quality honey will be produced in
With tens of thousands of Israelis heading to Uman for Rosh Hashanah, a special unit in the Prime Minister’s Office is concerned with providing security for mispallalim there and elsewhere around the world. As is commonly the case, the PM’s Office calls on Israel Police to ‘borrow’ officers from special units such as Gidonim, Yassam […]
Last erev shabbos, for the second time in as many weeks, readers of the Eida Chareidis weekly “The Eida” realized the publication did not hit the stands. According to rumors circulating in the Geula Meah Shearim area, the weekly edition will not be published this week either. It appears that infighting is the cause of […]
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