Professor Leon Friefeld HY”D was murdered during the early morning hours (Sunday) near his home in Lviv, Ukraine. The murderers appear to be three Islamic students who were ousted from
A 97-year-old man was struck as he was crossing the street after leaving shul on shabbos near the Great Jerusalem Synagogue. A passing vehicle struck and injured the man seriously.
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While Israeli officials are signaling ‘business as usual’ one cannot help but wonder why davka this year Israel and the United States are taking part in a military exercise labeled
The following is a NY Post exclusive report: The iconic River Caf� on the Brooklyn waterfront in DUMBO — famous for its floating-barge dining room that offers sweeping views of lower Manhattan — discriminates against Jews dressed in religious garb by requiring them to pay a minimum of $25 per person to sit at the […]
One day out from their last debate, Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are cramming foreign policy and taking a rare break from swing-state campaigning. Monday’s face-off in Boca
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to continue building in east Jerusalem, over the objection of Palestinians who claim the territory as capital of their hoped-for state. Netanyahu spoke Sunday
To the astonishment of the owners of the veteran chareidi Hebrew news website Ladaat.net, when visitors to the site clicked on the URL late Wednesday night it directed them to
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A survey of about 1,100 Americans finds that more than 4-in-10 respondents admit they don’t have more than $500 in readily accessible savings. The survey is a kind of departure
Obama For America took out a $15 million loan from Bank of America last month, according to the campaign’s October monthly FEC report. The loan was incurred on September 4
Innocente Marcolini, 60, an Italian businessman, fell ill after using a handset at work for up to six hours every day for 12 years. Now Italy’s Supreme Court in Rome
On the anniversary of the capture and killing of Moammar Gadhafi, Libya is still grappling with the legacy of his four decades of rule as the interim government and the
The White House is denying a report that the United States and Iran have agreed to one-on-one negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program. The report — from The New York Times
NYPD recruits receive heavy training on conducting stop-and-frisks on the street and in apartment buildings — and are possibly even overtrained — testified the former head of the Police Academy
United Nations-affiliated election monitors from Europe and central Asia will be at polling places around the U.S. looking for voter suppression activities by conservative groups, a concern raised by civil
New York City police massed on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to try and deter nearly 2,000 skateboarders from defying a court order banning them from racing down Broadway. The annual
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