After being closed to Jews for eight days, authorities on Wednesday reopened Har HaBayis to Jewish visitors, Srugim reports. The reason given for the closure was the end of Ramadan
The office of Assemblywoman Weinstein has been informed that, in order to reduce mosquito activity and the risk of West Nile virus, the NYC Department of Health will spray pesticide
A new poll shows that Mitt Romney’s selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as running mate failed to give him a boost in the polls, leaving the presumptive GOP nominee locked in a tight race with President Obama. A new Associated Press-GfK poll released Wednesday by shows Obama leading with the support of 47 percent […]
Some feel the new dati leumi version of a kosher phone is “more realistic” since it addresses today’s realities, people desire and at times need to have a phone that does more than deliver phone calls. While many prominent rabbonim including a number of gedolei yisrael have spoken out in no uncertain terms regarding the […]
As the military continues efforts to draft avreichim, the IDF continues to provide additional ammunition to those opposed to inducting them on the basis the IDF is simply not a suitable venue for avreichim. Visitors from abroad who plan to join the IDF under the Gadna program were hosted by the military’s education corps which […]
State Senate candidate Simcha Felder and Assemblyman Dov Hikind filed 6,795 signatures with the New York City Board of Elections to create the “Tax Cuts Now” line for the fall elections. “By voting for Assemblyman Hikind and I on the Tax Cuts Now line, voters will be able to send a message to Albany that […]
A 11-year-old chareidi boy was R”L struck and killed by a bus on Wednesday evening on Eidelson Street in the Ramot neighborhood of the capital. Ichud Hatzalah responders reported that
After reports that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was positioning fighter planes and tanks in the Sinai Peninsula there were reports in Israel that Jerusalem cited such a move was a
Vice President Biden is trading his claim that Republicans want to put people “back in chains” for some new imagery — this time likening GOP lawmakers to “squealing pigs.” The
Call it the incredible shrinking legroom, or call it an airline seating trend. Whatever you want to call it, tall travelers should take note. JetBlue and Canada’s WestJet are cutting
This machlokes begins with the heritage site located in the heart of Modi’in Illit dating back to Bayis Sheini. The area, which is referred to as Khirbet Bad-Issa, is being developed by the city and the national government. Mayor Yaakov Gutterman plans to keep the site frum, announcing to Yated Ne’eman that secular visitors are […]
There was a fire in the Vishnitz Shul in the Brechfeld area of Modi’in Illit on Tuesday 3 Elul 5772. The shul is located in a caravan structure. Passersby noticed the smoke and acted immediately to safe the Sifrei Torah. Firefighters were quick in bringing the blaze under control but there was damage from the […]
A physician at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The diagnosis was made as a result of a routine physical exam of the doctor who has been treating illegal aliens from African countries. Health Ministry officials have been notified and the doctor is receiving rigorous treatment towards preventing the illness from becoming […]
HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Halevy Wosner Shlita, the Baal Shevet Halevy has entered into his 100th year ???? ????. As such, the rav asked to be a sandek to mark his
Five of the six people killed in the Burgas Airport terror attack last month were Israelis HY”D. The sixth was a local man, a bus driver. Families of the victims are angry after learning they will not receive government funds to pay for attending the memorial ceremony and some explain they cannot afford the $700 […]
A spectacular explosion spewed chunks of concrete and bedrock as high as eight stories when an underground dynamite blast on the Second Ave. subway project went stunningly awry. The eruption
The state prosecutor on Tuesday announced his decision to close the political appointments case against the former prime minister, dating back to Mr. Olmert’s tenure as minister of industry & trade. The case against former Cabinet Minister Oved Yechezkel was also closed. After Olmert was found not guilty in two of the three major cases […]
A frum couple walking in Minnewska State Park in Ulster County were lost, Tuesday night, and rescue personnel were called to find them. Catskills Hatzolah arrived at the park around 9:00PM, and established a command post – along with the Ulster County Sheriff Department, Forest Rangers, and the DEC Police. Numerous Hatzolah members responded to assist in the […]
Police on Tuesday 3 Elul 5772 arrested Rav Reuven Martzbach of the Eida Chareidis during a protest in Beersheva at the Karaso building project in the city. Rav Martzbach, a
The New York City Police Department’s controversial program of spying on Muslim neighborhoods was not as successful as the department had hoped, according to newly unsealed court documents obtained by
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