Kadima MK Yochanan Plesner, who headed the failed Plesner Committee that draft a new chareidi conscription bill rejected by the prime minister told Kikar Shabbat that his opponents have now
IDF Spokesman Brigadier-General Yoav Mordechai on Monday, confirmed Israel’s concerns vis-à-vis Syria’s chemical weaponry telling Channel 2 News that it appears we are witnessing the final days of the Bashar al-Assad regime and despite last week’s attack eliminating a number of senior officials loyal to him, the Syrian army appears to remain loyal at this […]
In his comments from the Knesset podium, MK (Yahadut HaTorah) R’ Uri Maklev explained that Kadima should have realized that anyone seeking to deliver a blow to limud torah in Eretz Yisrael will be compelled to pay the price and such a party will “crumble and split apart”. Maklev added that making things worse, Kadima’s […]
[By Meir Scheiner] Hardly a day goes by without someone mentioning something about the upcoming Siyum HaShas. The massive amount of preparation underway for the “local” siyum in MetLife Stadium belies an even more massive accomplishment by tens of thousands of Daf Yomi learners, who have been preparing each day for the past seven and […]
Seeking to get to know chareidim up front and in person, a delegation of senior IDF officers traveled to Bnei Brak get a look at Ponevezh from the inside and
HaRav Shlomo Elyashiv, a son of Maran Rav Elyashiv ZT”L was released from Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim on Monday, and returned to his home in a senior citizens complex. The rav was treated for pneumonia and is now back home in the Shomrei Chomos Home in Sanhedria. His overall health is described as […]
The Free Syrian Army rebel force reports that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has moved stockpiles of chemical weapons towards borders and airports, apparently to facilitate accessing them in the event
The Democratic leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday that the White House appears to be responsible for some leaks of classified information. “I think the White House has
New Yorkers will finally get a chance to weigh in on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to ban super sized sugary drinks. Emotions are likely to run high as those both for and against the big drink ban face off for the first time Tuesday at a public hearing in Queens. The mayor’s proposal would put […]
For the first time in a number of years, 50 mispallalim traveled to Petra, Jordan for the yahrzeit of Aaron HaCohen on Rosh Chodesh Av, the daily HaMevaser reports. The
In Jerusalem’s Maalot Daphne neighborhood, workers are operating around-the-clock to set the stage of the upcoming 12th Siyum HaShas that will take place IY”H on Tuesday, 12 Menachem Av 5772 in the presence of gedolei yisrael shlita. Engineers and many construction workers are involved in the project to prepare for the anticipated large crowd. Over […]
Two mortar shells fired from Syria on Monday afternoon landed in the demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel in the northern Golan Heights. The mortar shells were fired east of the Druse village of Masaada. Many area residents called in reporting they hear “loud explosions”. It appears that the shells were fired by the Syrian […]
After Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita called for including Avinu Malkeinu in tefilos due to the gezeira hanging over Klal Yisrael, referring to efforts to compel tens of thousands
Political analysts in Israel have already been maspid Kadima leader MK Shaul Mofaz, explaining that his entry into the coalition to spearhead a new Tal Law, the subsequent failure and finally his exit from the coalition marked the end of the party and Mofaz’s political career. Most analysts feel Kadima will not be on the […]
Mayor Bloomberg suggested Monday that cops should go on strike to spur the nation’s leaders to get serious about cracking down on guns. “I don’t understand why the police officers across his country don’t stand up collectively and say, ‘We’re going to go on strike. We’re not going to protect you unless you, the public, […]
The news that Mehadrin Poultry in Birdsboro PA closed its doors earlier this month is creating some uncertainty about the supply of kosher birds for this coming Rosh Hashanah. While
Arlene Holmes, the mother of Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes, has suggested that ABC News mischaracterized her when it reported that her initial statement to the reporter, “you have
I wanted to take this opportunity to support Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s tough stance in the wake of the Colorado shootings, holding both Presidential candidates’ feet to the fire on gun control. Bravo to the Mayor. He said what needed to be said. Now it is up to both President Obama and Mitt Romney to act […]
U.S. military doctors will continue performing circumcisions on male infants when parents request it, officials say, despite a controversial German court decision that banned the procedure as inhumane. The June
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] With a week left until the start of the Siyum HaShas events in Yerushalayim, construction of the event space at Givat Hatachmoshet / Ammunition
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