[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Over a thousand people gathered by Kikar Shabbos in Jerusalem to participate in a pre-dawn prayer rally following a decision by the Israeli government
U.S. gasoline prices have dropped by nearly 15 cents a gallon since early June as crude oil continues to fall on global economic fears, the latest Lundberg Survey reported Sunday.
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] It is now official and world leaders, including the White House and Israel, have released statements of support for the democratically elected president of Egypt following
After the tires of the vehicle of veteran settlement builder Ze’ev Chever (Zambish) were slashed in an apparent price tag attack, Settlement Council leader Danny Dayan released a statement condemning the violence. It should be added that while Dayan did not fall over himself condemning every attack attributed to price tag extremists as government officials […]
A fire erupted in Yeshivas Ohr David in Bnei Brak during the night, located on Maccabim Street. The report indicated talmidim on the upper floor were trapped due to the
To the surprise of some the turnout for the Monday morning, 5 Tammuz 5772 tefilla rally at 04:45 was quite impressive, with a few thousand people attending. The event was
The Department of Education is investigating after a group of students trashed the September 11th Memorial during a field trip. Officials say some students from Junior High School 292 in
The Plesner Committee announces it is simply carrying out its duty based on the decision of the High Court of Justice that invalidated the current Tal Law. A new law
Staten Island residents could be on their way to a major toll break. State lawmakers and Port Authority officials have a deal in place to lower the E-ZPass toll to
Republicans and Democrats are girding for a politically explosive week as the Supreme Court prepares to rule as early as Monday on the federal health care overhaul. The ruling, as
“Every yeshiva student learning torah protects Eretz Yisrael as the torah protests and saves — and we may not compromise on a single talmid and therefore, we must act with the utmost determination against the terrible gezeira that has been decreed against the olam hatorah”, HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita is quoted as saying. […]
Money manager Ezra Merkin has agreed to pay $410 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general that accused Merkin of steering client money to Ponzi
The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx this morning: “Good morning. Here we are at St Barnabas Medical Center in the Bronx with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Chief of Patrol James Hall, Chief of Internal Affairs Charles Campisi, Chief of Bronx Detectives Robert Boyce and […]
Congressman Bob Turner (NY-09) released the following statement in light of recent unrest in Bolivia calling on the State Department to take action to save the life of American businessman Jacob Ostreicher who has been held in a Bolivian jail for over a year without formal charges against him. “The deteriorating conditions in Bolivia have […]
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi has officially won Egypt’s presidential election and will be the country’s next president, the electoral commission has announced. Morsi picked up 13.2 million votes out
An influential Jewish group, the Sephardic Community Federation (SCF), sponsored full page ads in several Jewish publications this weekend explaining that anti-Semite Charles Barron is surging in his race for
64-year-old HaRav HaChossid Alter Dovid Reizel z”l arrived at the Ezra Street branch of the Maccabi HMO on Sunday, 4 Tammuz 5772 for a routine physical and collapsed into cardiac arrest. CPR was implemented and EMS units arrived in a timely fashion but the advanced life support resuscitation efforts were not successful. Rav Reizel was […]
Preparations are underway around the world for the upcoming siyum hashas. The main English siyum in Yerushalayim’s will be held in Binyanei Ha’uma, also known as the Jerusalem Convention center. The guest speaker will be HaRav HaGaon Aharon Feldman Shlita. The event will take place on Sunday, 17 Av 5772. Doors will open at 16:30 […]
With the elections for Israel’s chief rabbis about ten months away the electioneering surrounding the positions is in full swing. Readers should realize that while there are political parties and rabbonim endorsing candidates for Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis, the voting base consists of the 120 members of Knesset, Jews and non-Jews alike. So Ahmed […]
The Monday morning sunrise protest against drafting chareidim into the IDF organized by the Eida Chareidis calls on women and children to participate as well, to arrive at Avodas Yisrael
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