The arrest by police of the head of Asra Kadisha, HaRav Dovid Smeidal is not going away for the time being. Notices decrying the actions of the “Zionist police” in
A chareidi male in his 20s was assaulted by three Arabs, 16 and 17-year-olds, as he made his way to the Kosel on Wednesday night the eve of 29 Kislev
The head of NATO said on Thursday he thought the government of President Bashar al-Assad was nearing collapse, and condemned the use by Assad’s forces of Scud missiles to attack
Spanish police have found 28 million euros ($36.5 million) in assets owned by ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and people close to him, including Marbella beach properties and luxury cars,
Former Democrat Joe Lieberman used his last speech on the U.S. Senate floor on Wednesday to call for bipartisanship and get in a last dig over the controversial result of
A garment salesman accused of systematically shooting three shopkeepers – two of the Jewish – to death in their Brooklyn clothing stores will undergo a mental exam. The judge ordered
Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who came tantalizingly close to winning the Democratic presidential nomination four years ago, played down the notion she would run again for the
Senate Democrats have quickly cobbled together a $60.4 billion disaster aid package for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. Working from the
Today, the Orthodox Union commended the German Parliament for approving a bill, which explicitly permits infant Bris Milah. The bill passed with an overwhelming majority — 434 to 100 —
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he is “more than a little” overweight — but fit enough to be in the White House. The Republican governor was asked about his
While Yad L’Achim continues tenacious anti-missionary efforts in Israel, government officials and agencies seem to prefer a blind eye as their activities are growing around the country. YWN-ISRAEL recently reported
The U.S. military judge overseeing the Guantanamo prosecution of five alleged conspirators in the Sept. 11 attacks has issued an order maintaining secrecy over the defendants’ experiences in clandestine CIA
Bar Ilan University has come under fire after an undergraduate student posted a complaint on the university’s Facebook page, explaining a colleague of his was removed from a class for
The Obama administration is drawing no “red line” for North Korea after a successful long-range rocket test, tempering the public condemnation to avoid raising tensions or possibly rewarding the reclusive
Speaking with Channel 1 News anchor Geula Even, Shas co-leader Aryeh Deri what asked “What is it like to be in the number two spot?” Deri, in a smiling tone,
Brooklyn – Councilman David G. Greenfield today sent a letter to actor Sean Penn thanking him for his involvement in the ongoing plight of Greenfield’s constituent, Jacob Ostreicher, who has
The statistics released by the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) for 2011 have left Minister of Education Gideon
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed news of a 6% drop in reported hate crimes in 2011 in the US, as the FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics Act Report found the
The New Jersey man who confessed to the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz – one of the first missing children to appear on a milk carton – pleaded not
Speaking to Channel 1 TV Evening News, Shas election campaign leader Aryeh Deri stated “no one can say Shas is not true to its commitment” to assist low income families.
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