The call for a “man who fell down stairs” came in at 18:40 on Wednesday 27 Menachem Av 5772. Ichud Hatzalah EMTs responded as usual, heading to the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem. EMT Dvir Adani, a member of Ichud’s ‘motorcycle medics’ unit arrived on the scene, entering the apartment building and immediately seeing an open […]
HaGaon HaRav Akiva Ehrenfeld ZT”L was niftar on Thursday 28 Menachem Av 5772 in Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center. He served as the president of Kiryas Shmuel, Mosdos Beis Shmuel and Ma’ane Simcha. He was 89 at the time of petira. The niftar was born in Germany to HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Ehrenfeld, Gavaad Mattersdorf. He […]
Residents of Beit Shemesh thought the Siyum HaShas held on Wednesday, 28 Menachem Av 5772 would be a respectable Torah event but it appears that according to many participants, the event was “political and commercial”, leaving participants with a feeling of disappointment and anger. The industrial area was utilized to accommodate the expected large crowd, […]
Ministry of Agriculture officials announced a wave of price increases are necessary in light of the extreme weather conditions that have resulted in the destruction of many crops in the
The rabbonim of the Eida Chareidis shlita have called for 24 hours of uninterrupted tefilos, which began on Thursday 28 Menachem Av at 13:00 and will end IY”H on erev shabbos at 13:00 in the large Meah Shearim shteibel. Those taking part in the tefilos will change shifts every two hours. Each shift will recite […]
HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita and HaGaon HaRav Nissim Karelitz Shlita have called for an atzeres tefilla in light of the abolition of the Tal Law. The event is scheduled
Based on reports from residents to police, the two powerful explosions heard in the southern resort city of Eilat at about 22:00 on Wednesday night, the eve of 29 Menachem
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is still polling ahead of her likely Democratic rivals for mayor. The latest Quinnipiac poll gives Quinn– who would be New York City’s first female
Ann Romney said in an interview set to air Thursday that “there’s nothing we’re hiding” in regards to her and husband Mitt Romney’s personal finances, and insisted again the campaign had no plans to release additional tax return details. “We have been very transparent to what’s legally required of us,” Romney said in an interview […]
A resident of the Arab community of Kafr Kassam is in custody and suspected of being the man who made off with dozens of computers from a Bnei Brak seminary.
IDF Homefront Commander Major-General Eyal Eisenberg visited Elad to meet with Mayor Yitzchak Edan. The senior commander was accompanied by Colonel Yoram Lerdo, who is the Homefront Command’s district commander for the area including Elad. The mayor cited the severe budgetary issues that do not permit the city to achieve a proper level of emergency […]
A Democratic committee chairman overrode his own subpoena three years ago in an investigation of former subprime mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. to exclude records showing that he, other House
The Knesset’s Economic Committee on Tuesday, approved the new criteria for ranking hotels in Israel as submitted by the Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov, with some minor changes. The new criteria will become effective within 8 months of the date of their publication. The Ministry of Tourism is investing 4 million NIS in the new […]
Whether boiled, scrambled or sunny-side up, cholesterol-rich egg yolks can stiffen your arteries almost as much as smoking, a new study suggests. “People at risk of vascular disease should not
Intense thunderstorms pummeled the tri-state area Wednesday afternoon, bringing flooding downpours that caused mass transit, airport and road delays and made roads look more like rivers. The threat of storms
As an Israel Air Force (IAF) assault on Iran appears to be a real possibility in the coming months, the Israeli left-wing is circulating a petition calling upon pilots to
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is organizing thousands of synagogues into action on behalf of Jacob Ostreicher, a Brooklyn resident who has been held without formal charges in a Bolivian prison
The Tel Aviv District Court ruled that Ramat Gan City Hall may not include a shabbos closure demand on a branch of AM:PM which applied for an operating license in
There was a significant police presence on Monday night, the eve of 26 Menachem Av 5772 at the Har Sinai Shul, which was to be torn down during the predawn
The following is a Politico report: The race for the White House has grown so toxic that it’s become a top topic among reporters and analysts covering the contest — and some are even calling on President Barack Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney to call a truce. “You thought last week was bad? […]
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