In this case, the close to 50 NIS charge per beeper (pager) compelled Zaka directors to terminate the organization’s relationship with the Beeper Company after 23 years. Zaka has been testing the reliability of sending calls to volunteers as text messages to their mobile phones and after the trial period, has determined it is doable. […]
For chassidim in Toldos Aaron the takanos for bein hazmanim has been published, providing members of the tzibur with the guidelines for the upcoming vacation. Among the regulations is the
Baruch Hashem that rumors circulating in Yerushalayim are untrue, rumors that Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita has been hospitalized. The rumors over recent days traveled abroad as well and it appears members of the rav’s family received phone calls from concerned person inside and outside Eretz Yisrael to inquire into the gadol hador’s health. […]
American credit bureaus are about to come under closer scrutiny starting September 30 when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau adopts a rule Monday that will allow it to monitor the
There’s one phrase Gov. Cuomo never hears: “You’ve got mail!” Cuomo refuses to communicate with his staff by email, sources close to the governor revealed to the Daily News. If aides can’t talk in person or by phone, they are told to use the BlackBerry PIN-to-PIN messaging system — a function that leaves no lasting […]
The Zol U’Vegadol supermarket and Isracard (Mastercard in Israel) have given a large prominent Jerusalem billboard to Esther Pollard to advertise her husband’s plight. Mrs. Pollard approached the companies to inquire if they might be willing to assist her after she learned they rented the prominent billboard at the entrance to the capital. The companies […]
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, my friend. I am delighted once again to be here with you and to have this opportunity to discuss the issues that you have laid out in detail. I always benefit from your advice and counsel, and I have once again today. I am here in Jerusalem on such a […]
The large Eida Chareidis protest involving an expected 5,000 children is set to take place on Monday evening 26 Tammuz 5772 at 17:00. The event will take place at Jerusalem’s Kikar Shabbos. Eida rabbonim feel the children must send the clear message of protest and outrage over the government’s plan to compel tens of thousands […]
The police summoned for investigation ‘under warning’ the parents and grandmother of one of the “spies” and opened criminal files on them. This refers to events that occurred on Thursday, July 5, 2012. Last Shabbos Meir Ettinger, a youth residing in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem was detained on suspicion that he had violated […]
Prime Minister’s Office Director-General Harel Locker and Defense Ministry Director-General Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Udi Shani on Sunday 25 Tammuz 5772 toured the holding facilities that the Defense Ministry is building in
A heat wave is set to descend on the tri-state area Monday, the fourth of the summer so far. It will be hot and muggy Monday, with the temperature rising
Former congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned last year following a scandal, is reportedly considering running for mayor of New York City. Before the scandal hit, Weiner had been exploring a
It appears the Eida Chareidis is moving ahead with its planned rally against the induction gezeira with a Tinokos Shel Beis Raban rally set for Monday. Many members of the
Some 50 right-wingers led by MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Dr. Michael Ben-Ari and Eretz Yisrael Shelanu Party head Baruch Marzel arrived with Israeli flags in the Israeli Arab municipality of Nazareth demanding they enlist in national service. They explained that in line with the policy of the late MK, Rabbi Meir Kahane HY”D, they cannot expect […]
If this was the London Olympic Games we could be proud, but unfortunately, this ‘victory’ is not something that should bring a smile to any Jewish home. Perhaps the publishing of the report at this time has a hidden relevance as the secular and torah worlds in Israel are clashing over the issue of “sharing […]
In his motzei shabbos drasha Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita addressed the impending gezeira that will compel avreichim to abandon beis medrash to serve in the IDF. The gadol hador spoke of the lack of emunah among the leaders, “the kofrim” while “we baruch Hashem believe in HKBH”. R’ Yosef stressed just how those […]
Following a visit in Cairo with newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be arriving in Israel on Sunday night, for a two-day visit. The
Chief Sephardic Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlita met on Sunday morning with President Shimon Peres to discuss the “sharing the burden” issue, the ongoing effort to draft avreichim. As the rav was entering the meeting he told reporters “enough of the hate”, referring to the media campaign that depicts chareidim in a negative light and […]
Ten people were injured in a fire that erupted on HaRif Street in Elad on shabbos afternoon. Emergency services were summoned as neighbors feared persons may be trapped in the
Following the impasse reached by Vice Premier Moshe Ya’alon and Kadima’s MK Yochanan Plesner, Ya’alon announced that while he and the Likud party are working to see how many chareidim they can bring into the military, Plesner seems more concerned with how many he can fine and imprison. Since that occurrence before shabbos, Kadima has […]
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