For the first time in 20 years in which there was no standard hotel rating system in Israel, the Knesset’s Economic Committee is expected to approve today the Criteria for Tourism Services (Hotels) 2012 – as submitted by the Ministry of Tourism to serve as the sole indicator of hotel ratings in Israel. With the […]
General Motors is recalling at least 38,000 Chevrolet Impala police vehicles in North America because the lower front control arms could break, creating a possible crash risk. A Reuters report
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway) recently sent a letter to Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Carter Strickland, urging him to move forward on the property damage claims submitted to the New York City Comptroller’s office last summer as a result of damages sustained by Hurricane Irene. These damages affected 396 […]
A panel of Israeli national security experts now rates President Obama as better than Mitt Romney for Israel, according to a new survey. The latest Israel Factor survey, a self described “Israeli outlook on American policy and politics” and ranking of “the players of the American political battlefield from an Israeli viewpoint,” puts Obama ahead of […]
An attorney for the Village of Woodridge has written to Rabbi David Cohen, CEO of the Hatzolah Ambulance, putting an end to the controversy over traffic tickets issued to two Hatzolah EMTs who responded to an emergency call with red lights on. “On behalf of the Mayor, the Village of Woodridge both recognizes and acknowledges the rights […]
The following is a press release from a group calling themselves “Community First”: ‘Community First’ a group of active voters in the district would like to take the opportunity in congratulating State Senator David Storobin for getting certified as the Republican Senatorial candidate for the 17th Senate District after a fierce and biting battle. The […]
Amid growing concerns of an IAF aerial assault against Iran, the cabinet on Sunday voted to expand the authority of the prime minister. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu now has unprecedented
The following is a WCBSTV report: A powerful New York lawmaker could be placing his bets on a Coney Island casino. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is reportedly considering the
On the first anniversary of his kidnapping, the wife of a 71-year-old Maryland man abducted in Pakistan and held by al Qaeda is pleading for his release, saying he is
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of R’ Zev Wolfson Z”L, a resident of Lawrence, NY, at the age of 84. He was one of the most prominent
Some experts are responsible for running the various scenarios, just what will be the case in the event of an Iranian attack against Israel chas v’sholom, which according to intelligence officials will lead to warfare on the Hizbullah and Gaza fronts as well. This means missile attacks from Israel’s southern and northern borders. According to […]
According to a state comptroller’s report released in December 2011, hundreds of thousands of Israelis are without private bomb shelters and municipalities lack sufficient public bomb shelters. The report, which concurs with Homefront Command and other authorities, cites the nation lacks public shelters for the disabled and infirmed. In Ofakim for example 38 public shelters […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday, to greet the olim arriving on the Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah flight. The flight is a “jumbo aliyah flight” with more olim than on regular aliyah flights. Due to the attendance of the prime minister, security will be heavier and the security process will […]
The Hebrew Haaretz and financial The Marker will be firing dozens of employees, Globes financial reports. The newspaper is going to release 32 employees the report states, but it does
GOP vice presidential pick Paul Ryan will make his solo campaign debut in Iowa on Monday, competing with President Obama, who’s beginning a three-day trip to the key battleground state. Obama is bringing his wife, popular first lady Michelle Obama, along with him — a sign the campaign is concerned about holding on to Iowa’s […]
You can actually attend a live video stream Daf Yomi shiur and have your questions answered immediately by the maggid shiur via LiveChat. This new video online shiur recently kicked
A man whose jet ski failed him in New York’s Jamaica Bay swam to John F. Kennedy airport, where he was easily able to penetrate the airport $100 million, state-of-the
A woman who has been an agunah for eight for eight years received a get from the Beersheva Rabbinical Court last week. According to the Yisrael HaYom report, the woman,
A female passenger on an El Al flight, not a resident of Israel, has filed a 50,000 NIS lawsuit against El Al after a cabin crew official gave an avreich
Police and the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) feel the recent fires in northern Israel were not the result of the hot and dry Mideast summer, but due to Arab arson attacks – an alternative form of terrorism. Israel Police has created a task force to investigate the fires, head by Deputy Commissioner […]
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