Far from being discouraged by the Supreme Court decision upholding the federal health care overhaul, Republican governors are cranking up opposition to the law’s implementation — refusing to carry out
Macy’s is gearing up for its 36th annual Fourth of July Fireworks show. “Every year there’s something new,” executive produce Amy Kule said. The night sky over the Hudson River will be aglow with 40,000 fireworks, featuring 15 colors and 30 shapes, on Wednesday. One of the expected highlights this year is called the “octopus.” […]
Iranian leaders are not the type of people associated with apologetic messages or in-depth explanations seeking to earn international approval and the long-range missile tests conducted by Tehran are no
Outspoken New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in a CNBC appearance Tuesday, opened the door to a vice presidential run should Republican candidate Mitt Romney choose him. While many of those
An indictment was handed down in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday morning, 13 Tammuz 5772 against Elchanan Ostrowitz, the main suspect in the Yad Vashem graffiti vandalism attack. The 31-year-old Jerusalem resident is reportedly affiliated with Neturei Karta the leaders of that faction do not appear to be in any hurry to confirm his […]
President Barack Obama’s big win at the Supreme Court hasn’t translated into a significant polling bump — at least according to early returns. Four surveys conducted since Thursday’s 5-4 ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate show a slight uptick in favorability for his health care reforms. Pollsters, though, attribute that as much to […]
According to officials in the IDF’s Personnel Branch, every second person evades the draft and by 2020, 60% of eligible Israelis will avoid serving in the IDF. YWN-ISRAEL reported there are different numbers being released by different government agencies, and according to the experts, or those whom we believe should and do know, there are […]
Representative Charles B. Rangel, for decades the unchallenged political titan of northern Manhattan, is suddenly besieged. A week ago, he was celebrating his victory in a five-way Democratic primary in which he sought the nomination for a 22nd term in Congress. But now that victory — particularly significant because it came after Mr. Rangel was […]
Health officials say the West Nile virus has been found on Long Island for the first time this season. Authorities tell Newsday that a mosquito sample taken from Gardiner County
In his column, Rabbi Yitzchak Blumenthal comes after the daily HaMevaser, blasting the chareidi newspaper for beginning to send electronic versions of the newspaper via email. According to Blumenthal, this is unacceptable and he feels that the move simply ousted HaMevaser from the union, those newspapers who call themselves chareidi – or as he put […]
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke with Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) on Tuesday morning. He explained that his Yisrael Beitenu party was a leader in the matter of inducting all citizens into the IDF. Speaking to Razi Barkai, Lieberman explained “there cannot be citizenship without loyalty”, rejecting any attempt to explain away why chareidim cannot be […]
To live in Eretz Yisrael. To walk its stone pathways. To breathe its air of Torah and Kedusha. To be able to approach the Makom Hamikdash and Kivrei Tzadikim on
While Gilada Diamant, daughter of the late Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir was attending her father’s levaya, burglars were breaking into her home. Ms. Diamant spoke of her father as “belonging to a different generations of leaders”, those whose values and ideals were loftier than seen today in her eulogy. When she returned home to her […]
Attorney General Eric Holder is charging that he’s become a “proxy” for Republican attacks against President Barack Obama in an election year. Holder tells The Washington Post that Republican congressional
By referring to HaRosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita as “Maran” in the Tuesday, 13 Tammuz 5772 edition, according to the chareidi media in Eretz Yisrael Israel’s Yated Ne’eman Hebrew edition has accepted the current reality despite the anger and courtroom proceedings that surrounded the leadership battle. The title “Maran” is included […]
The following is from WPIX 11: Rabbis in the city’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities are resisting a possible change to the city and state health code, which would require parents to sign a consent form, before their infant boys undergo a controversial type of circumcision. The ritual is known as metzizah b’peh. The New York State […]
The daily Maariv reports that last week, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent his personal emissary Yitzchak Molcho to Cairo to meet with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi after his election success.
Deputy Prime Minister/Interior Minister Eli Yishai who heads the Shas party spoke with Israel Radio’s Reshet Bet on Tuesday morning, 13 Tammuz 5772. Yishai explained his personal involvement in the formation of Netzach Yehuda (Nachal Chareidi), adding he personally completed three years of military service and has grown tired of hearing how “the chareidim don’t […]
The number of people shot in the city last week jumped nearly 50 percent compared with the same period last year — and a deadly mix of hotter temperatures and fewer stop-and-frisks is to blame, cops said yesterday. Sixty people were shot in the five boroughs last week — a 46 percent increase over last […]
After speaking with Kadima leader Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has reached the decision that the Plesner Committee will not achieve its goal of hammering out the new draft law to replace the Tal Law and as such, he has dismissed the committee. The prime minister reached his decision after the resignation […]
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