Jerusalem Councilman Yitzchak Pindrus, who holds the sanitation portfolio, remains committed to a better environment and announced that the city will take the lead in Israel and begin sorting trash

It is no secret that at times, parents are less than pleased if a child wishes to marry “outside of the community”, an Ashkenazi and Sephardi marriage. That being said,

A fire on Chassam Sofer Street in Betar Illit on Friday night damaged two homes. A 45-year-old woman sustained moderate injuries and 14 others were treated, all listed in light

Some 143,000 New York City voters will be reassigned to different polling sites for Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election in the wake of superstorm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday.

[UPDATE IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] An interesting situation is playing out in the race for the super-Jewish seat in Brooklyn. A flyer was circulated throughout Boro Park this weekend claiming that

Residents of the Haifa and surrounding Kraiyot area felt a minor earthquake on motzei shabbos learning 3.4 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the quake was reported to be

It was not a quiet shabbos for IDF forces in the Golan Heights area as three Syrian tanks entered a demilitarized zone in that area. This led to the IDF

The Jerusalem Foundation on Sunday dedicated a statue of British wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill as a tribute to his support of Israel. The new statue will be unveiled in

Shas officials were true to their word and Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita was on hand in Binyanei Ha’uma on motzei shabbos to deliver his weekly motzei shabbos shiur

With freezing temperatures forecast, tens of thousands of people hit by superstorm Sandy need temporary housing, New York officials said on Sunday, but it was not immediately clear where they

Police have obtained a gag order surrounding some of the details of the Friday night stabbing attack, which occurred on the eve of 18 Cheshvan 5773. A resident of Jerusalem’s

Recharge yourselves, recharge your children’s appetites, and recharge your cell phones! There are still thousands of Lakewood residents who do not have power at their houses. The basics we can

New York University’s Langone Medical Center plans to reopen its doctors’ offices and out-patient procedure and testing sites on Monday but its emergency department remains closed after the hospital lost

The following is via the Queens Chronicle: The Rockaways won’t have electricity back for seven weeks, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall claimed she has been told by LIPA. In an

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says officials expect the fuel shortage that has led to long lines and short tempers to continue for days. He said Sunday that authorities aren’t

Supporters of drafting chareidim into the military can boast a minor victory as MK (Yahadut HaTorah) Rav Moshe Gafne now admits there are members of the chareidi tzibur who may