Israel Police last week arrested Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto as they move ahead with an investigating alleging surrounding bribery and money laundering charges. Pinto has also been the target of FBI

Sunday night, the eve of 29 Tishrei 5773 begins the yahrzeit of the Tanah Cohen Gadol Shimon HaTzaddik ZY”A. A yahrzeit seuda will be held at the tziyun in the

In an apparent response to photos appearing on the internet of Rav Amnon Yitzchak with an iPhone, the rav’s Shofar website is carrying an explanation to what appears to be

Social Security recipients shouldn’t expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. Preliminary figures show the annual benefit boost will be between 1 percent and 2 percent, which would

Organizers were hoping to see a few hundred Yerushalmi avreichim at the motzei shabbos kenos of the Yerushalmi litvish community but they report that 5,000-7,000 avreichim attended the Heichal Malchus

A grad katyusha rocket impacted in the yard of a home in the southern city of Netivot on erev shabbos resulting in significant property damage to the home and an

At every turn of Endeavour’s stop-and-go commute through urban streets, a constellation of spectators trailed along as the space shuttle ploddingly nosed past stores, schools, churches and front yards. Having

A new poll finds that 47 percent of New Yorkers say they are worse off financially than they were four years ago, compared to 37 percent who say their finances

Hundreds of candidates this fall are running in 213 state legislative districts carefully redrawn to protect Senate and Assembly majorities and reduce the influence of voters despite written promises to

The U.S. and regional allies are closely monitoring Syria’s chemical weapons — caught in the midst of a raging civil war — but options for securing the toxic agents stuffed

Medicaid costs continue to rise in New York state. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the health care program for the poor and disabled spent $41.4 billion for the state fiscal

An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has been recalled. Last month, after illnesses

With the outcome of next month’s presidential election increasingly hazy, here’s a shred of clarity that investors can cling to: The tax rates they pay on investment income like stock

Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan went back to school on Saturday to rally college students in all corners of all-important Ohio and hammer at President Barack Obama for going

A man was stabbed to death in Brooklyn late Friday night and police are looking for his killer. Sources say it happened after a verbal dispute around 11:30 p.m. Friday

A fiery tirade against Jews by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s leader highlights one of the foremost diplomatic challenges facing the country’s new Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as he balances popular

Israel’s military says its aircraft fired at terrorists belonging to an al-Qaida-inspired group in Gaza a day after rockets hit a house in Israel. A military statement said aircraft “targeted

Every night, while an Egyptian Islamic preacher awaits trial on terrorism charges, jailers confiscate items he carries with him during the day that they consider to be weapons– his prosthetic