Based on the Central Bureau of Statistics data released on Monday, 391,000 visitors arrived in Israel in October 2012, an increase of 13% on last year. Of these, 298,000 were
At Bellevue Hospital on Manhattan’s East Side, hundreds of patients had to evacuated when Sandy hit. The facility essentially shuttered after floodwaters in the basement disabled the hospital’s backup generators.
The rainfall that began on shabbos was badly needed and much appreciated, with Kinneret officials reporting on Tuesday morning 28 Cheshvan 5773 the level has increased 3 centimeters. The rainfall
Everyone who pays income tax — and some who don’t –will feel it. So will doctors who accept Medicare, people who get unemployment aid, defense contractors, air traffic controllers, national
Three teenagers were arrested over the weekend for allegedly destroying more than 60 gravestones at Jewish cemeteries in Connecticut, causing approximately $20,000 worth of damage. Hartford Police began investigating the
Iran unveiled new missile and artillery systems on Tuesday, Iranian media reported, on the second day of large-scale military exercises which officials said were aimed at sending a warning to
The news came late Monday night, that 6-year-old Binyamin Hirshfeld z”l of Beit Shemesh, who drowned in his bathtub two weeks ago, was R”L niftar. Binyamin drowned in the tub
A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children is expected to stand at an intersection with a sign warning
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation for alleged inappropriate communication with a woman at the center of the scandal involving former CIA Director David
According to a Ynet report, Deputy Minister of Health (Yahadut HaTorah) Yaakov Litzman opposes early cancer detection screening, responding when asked for his opinion, “I will say Tehillim instead”. The
Officials in Jerusalem City Hall allege that the Shas-controlled Ministry of Housing has created an unfavorable situation for secular and other non-chareidi Israelis seeking housing regarding a housing project in
President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include
Amid a global fright over Washington’s political brinkmanship, U.S. lawmakers return to the capital on Tuesday with a seven-week deadline to reach agreement on scheduled tax hikes and budget cuts
YWN-ISRAEL reported earlier that police and Internal Revenue Service officials raided the homes, on MOnday morning, of three individuals involved in an alleged fraud by which they funded a school
In the ongoing IDF/US armed forces largest-ever training event taking place over recent weeks, four Patriot missiles were fired from the air force’s Palmachim base on Monday, simulating incoming missiles
A rocket fired from Gaza on Monday afternoon slammed into a Netivot industrial area. There was significant damage but Baruch Hashem, no physical injuries or loss of life. Many people
An Arizona woman, in despair at the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama, ran down her husband with the family car in suburban Phoenix on Saturday because he failed to
According to a Ynet report filed by Akiva Novak, a vandalism attack against the vehicle of Nesher Deputy Mayor Shimon Zohar is connected to Shas in-fighting between the Deri and
Police assigned to the fraud division raided three apartments on Monday morning, accompanied by Internal Revenue Service agents. The apartments belong to three persons belonging to a non-profit organization that
In his welcoming remarks at the Second International HLS conference in Tel Aviv, Defense Minister Ehud Barak commented on the rocket fire from Gaza. “Following yesterday’s incident whereby an anti-tank
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