100 new bus stops have been erected to serve express bus stops in Yerushalayim as stage one of a master plan to improve public transportation. The daily HaMevaser quotes City
State Senator David Storobin (R-Brooklyn) is calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to end his attempts to regulate the Orthodox Jewish tradition of metzitzah b’peh. In July, the Mayor called the traditional practice potentially dangerous to newborns, and subjected it to review by the Department of Health. In metzitzah b’peh, the mohel performing a bris removes […]
With Ami Magazine’s Person of the Year edition rapidly approaching, speculation is mounting as to who the choice will be. Ami is soliciting nominations for this honor from the public. Last year, Ami honored Reb Moshe Yosef Reichenberg, z”l, a Monsey resident who lost his life trying to save a neighbor’s child from electrocution by […]
Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau Shlita spoke to Kol Berama, addressing the recent storm over bris milah in Germany. The rav called Germany’s sudden concern for “the cries of an infant” as “astonishing”. “I didn’t see this during my childhood. Jewish blood was abandoned”. He explains that he spends as little time in […]
Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita recently met in his Har Nof home with National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror, briefed on the situation regarding Iran’s nuclear program and a possible Israeli assault, YWN-ISRAEL reported. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is seeking the support of chareidi ministers and MKs for an assault against Iran, the reason for […]
Parents of children with special needs have been protesting this week for they feel the Ministry of Education is not providing the special classrooms for the children, who require smaller
In response to mounting Iranian threats to wipe out Israel, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz warned that anyone testing Israel’s abilities will be met with “devastating force”, boasting the IDF has the “world’s best soldiers and officers”. Iran has turned up the volume of its propaganda machine however while some may simply chalk […]
Several dozen people on Wednesday night, the eve of 5 Elul 5772 held a protest in Yerushalayim to decry the arrest of Neturei Karta rav Rabbi Reuven Martzbach. The demonstrators
Facing criminal charges and a lawsuit, Rabbi David Goldberg, a mohel in Germany remains committed to performing this mitzvah. In the background, askanim are working to pressure elected officials to
Rabbi Yoel Wertenshlang, the chief rabbi of Leon, France, received a vicious anti-Semitic letter containing a photo of inmates in a concentration camp. The letter contained a death threat against
Meir Margi z”l, the 11-year-old struck by a bus in Ramot on Wednesday evening, the eve of 5 Elul 5772, was laid to rest on Wednesday night. The boy was standing in the street near the curb with his sister on Avraham Eidelson Street when he lost his balance, fell down into the roadway and […]
Deputy Prime Minister Rav Eli Yishai arrived at the Bnei Brak home of HaRosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita on Thursday 5 Elul 5772 for a meeting.
Ichud Hatzalah EMTs responded to a call in Bnei Brak on Thursday morning. They found a 5-year-old girl with burns over her body from hot oil. The child was transported
The Shomrei Emunim Rebbe, Rav Avrohom Chaim Rotter ZT”L ZY”A was niftar during the night, at about 23:55. The rebbe went into cardiac arrest on isru chag Shavuos, and was admitted to Jerusalem’s Bikur Cholim Hospital after successful resuscitation. When the rebbe’s condition improved, he was moved to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in […]
The following is an EJP article: The Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) has mobilized Europeans to support a rabbi in Germany who has become the first person to face criminal charges after performing a circumcision. Rabbi David Goldberg from Hof Saale in Bavaria was sued by a German doctor on Tuesday, for inflicting “physical harm” […]
In an “historic first” the highest ranking federal Head Start official-the Director herself- came to visit Boro Park to meet, observe, and witness firsthand how the Head Start programs enhance the quality of life for thousands of children and their families. Prior to the formal program at Yeled V’Yalda, Director Yvette Sanchez Fuentes was graciously […]
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America strongly criticized Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his statement yesterday denying the Jewish people’s history and connection to the holy city
Councilman David G. Greenfield introduced legislation during today’s Stated City Council meeting that would increase parking and reduce the number of tickets drivers receive by requiring the city to clearly delineate where each bus stop specifically begins and ends. The proposed law was motivated by the stark need for additional parking spaces, especially in Greenfield’s […]
President Barack Obama will be back in the city today right in the middle of the evening rush. The president will be in town for two campaign events on Manhattan’s
This year’s West Nile virus outbreak is on track to be the biggest ever since the virus first appeared in the United States in 1999, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday.
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