A bill drafted by Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D- Far Rockaway) has passed the NYS State legislature. This vital amendment to the state’s Public Health Law, ensuring that patients in the end stages of life will be informed of all their options, including their right to ongoing medical treatments as well as palliative care. “I am […]
The Obama campaign has named Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to play Republican Mitt Romney during three mock presidential debate rehearsals later this year, campaign officials confirm to The Hill. Kerry — the 2004 Democratic nominee — is well-versed on the former Massachusetts governor’s political career and rhetoric and can help provide insight during the fall […]
Scores of first responders at JFK Airport are not qualified to handle emergencies, forcing the Port Authority to make the few who can do the job work overtime just to
It’s a good time to make sure you’ve stocked up on bug spray. A combination of a mild winter coupled with very warm and humid weather coming later this week
IDF Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Rafi Peretz defends IDF conversions to yiddishkheit, explaining the historic p’sak halacha by Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita gives the backbone to the military giyur. The rav’s ruling legitimized the conversions of over 5,000 people who are now recognized as Jewish as a result of the IDF giyur. Peretz explains […]
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America — the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization — filed formal comments with the United States Department of Health and Human Services with regard to pending regulations which will mandate employers to provide certain women’s health services (including contraceptives and sterilization) within their employer-sponsored health plans. […]
Western governments, including the United States, appear to be stepping up efforts to censor Internet search results and YouTube videos, according to a “transparency report” released by Google. “It’s alarming
Israel’s cellular reform continues moving ahead as promised following the introduction of the Golan and Hot Mobile companies a number of weeks ago. The Knesset approved the elimination of an import tax for cellular telephones, which should bring prices down from 30-200 NIS a phone. The market for cellular telephones in Israel is 5.5 billion […]
Embattled city Comptroller John Liu has delivered a $16.56 million contract to the former vice president’s environmentally friendly investment firm, Generation Investment Management, to help manage hundreds of millions of dollars in city pension funds, The Post has learned. The Comptroller’s Office had previously awarded Gore’s firm $12.8 million in pension-fund business under Liu’s predecessor, […]
MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Yaakov Katz has moved his Knesset office to the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El as the government prepares to evict 30 families from a number of apartment buildings in that neighborhood. When asked why he decided on the move, Katz explained “I am a public figure and I am therefore compelled to […]
On Sunday, Senator Charles Schumer raised new privacy concerns after two internet giants announce plans to use ultra-powerful mapping technology. Both Google and Apple say they will use military-grade spy
Taking part in a panel discussion hosted by Haifa University on Sunday, former IDF Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Avichai Ronsky explained that he feels it will be very difficult for chareidim and secular soldiers to live side-by-side in a military environment. Ronsky cited two examples, kol isha at military ceremonies as well as the reality of meeting […]
Chief Rabbi Yonah Yechiel Metzger on Sunday, met with Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita. According to the Kikar Shabbat report, the meeting in the gadol hador’s home lasted about a half hour, and the chief rabbi consulted with the rav on a number of issues, including the recent ruling in which the state […]
An Arkia Airline flight from Sdei Dov Airport in the Tel Aviv region to Eilat was forced to make an emergency landing as the right engine caught fire. The flight
An Israeli motorist traveling on Highway 443, the Jerusalem-Modi’in Highway was carjacked by Arabs on Sunday night, near Beit Horon. The attackers assaulted the driver and succeeded in making off with his Toyota Corolla. The number of carjackings by PA (Palestinian Authority) residents has been on the rise, reach alarming proportions. In the incident which occurred […]
Most of the 14 soldiers who sustained smoke inhalation in the IDF base Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus on Sunday, were listed in light condition, with the exception of one who sustained moderate injuries. It appears that teenagers threw burning fireworks into the base and that touched off a sizable brush fire due to the hot and […]
The Cabinet on Sunday, unanimously approved expanding the free dental care provided to children up to age 12. Until now free care was only up to age 10. Expanding the
Defense Minister Ehud Barak spoke Monday, about the attack in the south during a meeting with his Polish counterpart, Tomasz Siemoniak, in Tel Aviv: “We are still in the midst of a terrorist attack in the south. The attack was directed against a construction site for the border fence. There are injuries on our side, and […]
A lawsuit filed in May alleges that Hebrew National, the famous manufacturer of hot dogs and other products throughout the United States, is not living up to its self-proclaimed standard of kosher “as defined by the most stringent Jews who follow Orthodox Jewish Law.” Hebrew National products are certified kosher by Triangle K, and a […]
President Obama is emulating former President George W. Bush’s reelection argument to voters from 2004: Be patient and give me more time. Bush prevailed by using this argument against Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) when the subject was the Iraq War. Obama is asking for patience on the economy — turf less likely to foster stoicism […]
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