The speculation surrounding a military strike against Iran remains a top news story. The big question is “Are we ready?” In recent years, the military has spent billions of NIS towards improving the military’s outstretched arm, the air force’s capabilities to strike distant targets. The experts feel that today, the IAF is at an unprecedented […]
Deputy Minister of Health Rav Yaakov Litzman is under attack by those who opposed his dental care reform plan explaining today it is clear to all the plan was intended
Fire trucks responded early shabbos morning to a report of a blaze on Techachmuni Street in the Makor Baruch area of Yerushalayim, indicating people may be trapped inside the burning apartment. Five trucks responded, fearing that there is a good likelihood of people being inside due to the early hour on shabbos morning. B’chasdei Hashem, […]
Eida Chareidis Ravaad HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita has released a letter in which he comes out against Asra Kadisha without mentioning the organization by name. This provides additional credibility
The 27th yahrzeit of the Kehillos Yaakov fell out on Shabbos Parshas Eikev, and therefore, mispallalim will visit the kever today, Sunday, 24 Menachem Av 5772 in Bnei Brak. On
The speculation in the media and among the so-called experts is mounting as the general consensus points to the likelihood of Israel ordering a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities sometime in the fall of 2012, in October. Military analysts are filling the news magazine programs with their analysis and predictions and newspapers are signaling […]
When mispallalim arrived at the “caravan shul” which was the minyan of the posek hador, HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv ZT”L on Thursday morning, they were shocked to see that someone had made off with the late Gadol’s shtender. According to R’ Shlomo Kook, family members are pained over hearing of the disappearance of the […]
The news spread quickly in the Spinka chassidus in Bnei Brak on motzei shabbos (USA time) after learning of the petira of the Alter Spinka Rebitzen A”H at the age of 94, the wife of Admor Rav Yaakov Yosef of Spinka ZT”L. During recent years, the rebitzen has been living with her son, the Spinka […]
Mitt Romney on Saturday announced U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate for the White House — a bold and risky move that energized both conservatives and
NYPD officers shot and killed a man with a large knife who they were chasing near Times Square Saturday afternoon. Police said the man, who they observed smoking marijuana, became
ABC News reports: In the hours since Mitt Romney announced he’d picked Paul Ryan to be his VP running mate, Romney aides have sent a barrage of statements from other
Democratic State Senator Malcolm Smith, who is floating his name as a potential Republican mayoral candidate in 2013, says he’s reaching out to all communities to gather support for his mayoral campaign. And in an interview with Y0ssi Gestetner, he explained why he might have some particular appeal in the Orthodox Jewish community. “I always […]
A tornado touched down on Long Island Friday afternoon, as a system of fast-moving, powerful storms lashed parts of the tri-state area. A tornado was confirmed near in Suffolk County
The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office is joining NYPD investigators at the site where Etan Patz is thought to have been killed more than 30 years ago. It’s not
A Swiss hospital announced Friday that it has lifted a moratorium on religiously-motivated circumcisions imposed in July in the wake of a court ruling in neighbouring Germany. From now on
City Comptroller John C. Liu today called on Mayor Bloomberg to reform NYPD policy to allow Sikh officers to serve without having to forsake their turbans and beards. In a letter, Comptroller Liu commended the Mayor for his words of comfort and support to the City’s Sikh community in the wake of the Wisconsin shootings, […]
[By Debbie Maimon] The Government Brief opposing Sholom Rubashkin’s petition to the Supreme Court to review his case (Writ of Certiorari), finally submitted last week after four extensions, was surprisingly
Forecasters are predicting more showers and intense thunderstorms across the tri-state area as tropical-like air hangs over the state. Storms packing powerful winds and heavy rain swept across parts of
The manhunt continues for a suspect wanted in the shooting of a New York City police sergeant working with an anti-gang unit in Queens on Wednesday night. Police recovered a
After days of silence on Harry Reid’s disputed claim that Mitt Romney hasn’t paid taxes for a decade, a top aide finally spilled details on the supposed source of the
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