Drivers caught talking or texting on their cellphones in New Jersey may soon face increased fines and license suspensions under a measure approved by a Senate panel Monday. The Senate
Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita met with Rachel Atias, whose parents and siblings were killed in a vehicular accident in Tiveria. Rachel was brought to the rav�s home in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem by her uncle and other family members. See the moving video of the gadol hador giving his bracha to […]
Wisconsin is no stranger to the role of political battleground, but its intense year and a half in the national spotlight culminates Tuesday with voters heading to the polls either
Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger is planning to give an address in a mosque in Paris, the daily Yisrael HaYom reports. The chief rabbi has already met with a leading imam
You�re running late, about to drive to work, when you sadly realize that the keys are locked in your car. As the gas light on the dashboard glows, you desperately search for the closest gas station, but, don�t make it. The pothole you hit not only knocked you around in your seat, but also knocked […]
Abu Yahya al-Libi, the no. 2 man in al Qaeda and a longtime public face of the terror network, has been targeted by a drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region,
A group closely allied with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo received $2 million from gambling interests last December as he developed a proposal to expand casino gambling in New York. Mr. Cuomo�s support for expanded gambling, which he made a centerpiece of his State of the State address in January, had a profound impact. Within weeks, […]
The Promoting Equality of the Burden Committee continues meeting towards formulating the new guidelines that will become law, dictating the new standard for �sharing the burden�, namely compelling chareidim and Arab citizens to serve in the IDF or an approved national service framework. According to the daily Haaretz the IDF has already signaled a willingness […]
Syria on Tuesday declared a number of Western diplomats unwelcome, in response to a mass expulsion of its own diplomatic staff by Western countries in the wake of the Houla
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak David Mann ZT�L 68, Rosh Yeshivas Knesset Chizkiyahu in Rechasim was niftar after a most difficult illness. The levaya began this morning, 15 Sivan 5772 at 11:00am at the yeshiva and the kvura will be in Kfar Chassidim, where the elders of the rav�s family are buried. While a talmid in Ponevezh, […]
A tragedy hit the chareidi community of Stanford Hill in London on Monday, 14 Sivan 5772. Rav Chaim Breish z�l, 65, visited the beach for health reasons accompanied by a talmid, R� Yitzchak Beigel, in his 30s. A large wave hit and apparently toppled the rav and threw him against a rock, injuring him seriously. […]
When Sandra Tamari arrived at Israel’s international airport, she received an unusual request: A security agent pushed a computer screen in front of her, connected to Gmail and told her
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in favor of the Secret Service over its 2006 arrest of a man who heckled and allegedly shoved then-Vice President Dick Cheney. Steven Howards had heckled and touched � some witnesses said pushed � Cheney while he visited a Colorado shopping mall, and he was arrested for harassment. Although […]
Statement by Mayor Bloomberg: �Last year, Police Commissioner Kelly issued a policy order directing officers to issue violations, rather than misdemeanors, for small amounts of marijuana that come into open view during a search. The Governor�s proposal today is consistent with the Commissioner�s directive, and strikes the right balance by ensuring that the NYPD will […]
The prosecution plans to appeal to the High Court of Justice after Jerusalem District Court Justice Tzvi Segal sentenced Binyamin Yehuda Rabinowitz to four months imprisonment, six months probation, a
President Obama is expected to raise at least $3.6 million for his reelection effort Monday, according to a campaign official. The president is scheduled to attend three fundraisers in New
Leaders of Yad L’Achim met recently with the Admor of Seretz Vizhnitz in his home in Haifa and presented details of the latest missionary campaign in the north and what
American millionaires are becoming a rarer breed. Though there are more millionaire households in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world � 5.1 million � that number fell by 129,000 in 2011, according to a study put out last week by the Boston Consulting Group. Worldwide, millionaires were on the rise, the study found […]
According to Chabad spokesman Rav Menachem Brod, the situation regarding the Ramat Aviv Mall simply got out of hand. Rabbi Brod spoke with Kol Berama Radio host Mordechai Lavi. Following his interview is the mall�s spokesman, Roni Rahav. Regarding the mivtzo�im of Chabadnikim to get people to put on tefillin, R� Brod stated the Rebbe […]
A District Court handed down a stiff sentence on Sunday,�sending 18-year-old Moussa Abu Hadir to prison for 19 months imprisonment after being found guilty of throwing a rock at the Jerusalem light rail. Abu Hadir was shocked when his sentence was handed down in the rock attack that took place in August 2011, during the […]
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