Members of the Amish community in eastern Ohio are the subject of a federal investigation following a wave of Amish-on-Amish incidents, FBI spokeswoman Vicki Anderson confirmed to CNN Wednesday. Five
While PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) continues lobbying efforts towards inclusion in UNESCO, it is becoming increasingly clear the PA lacks a majority in the Security Council. Hence, many
Despite the good diplomatic relations between Berlin and Jerusalem, when it comes to Israel building new homes in its capital, Germany stands firmly opposed, along with most of the international
Chabad spokesman Rabbi Menachem Brod, editor of the weekly ‘Sichat HaShavua’ has spoken out against the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal. R’ Brod states that it was expected, that after
In the only interview Ruth Madoff has given about her husband’s crimes, she tells Morley Safer she and Bernard were so distraught over the burden of those crimes that they
A delegation of senior American police commanders from the Northeast United States is visiting Israel this week as part of a counter-terrorism training seminar sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League. The
The White House first official response to its “We the People” initiative addresses the petition that the government should force lenders to forgive and/or help people pay off student loans.
An Egged number 170 bus traveling on Route 60 near Migron was targeted in a drive-by rock-throwing attack on Tuesday, 27 Tishrei. A large stone struck the window next to
The former New York office for ACORN, the disbanded community activist group, is playing a key role in the self-proclaimed “leaderless” Occupy Wall Street movement, organizing “guerrilla” protest events and
Two Gush Dan area teenagers are in custody, apparently for making off with Bnei Brak area street signs. The youths are not sign collectors, but they take them for their
Following the stormy televised debate between MK R’ Yisrael Eichler and attorney Rabbi Dov Halbertal a number of days ago, Kikar Shabbat has interviewed the latter again, seeking clarification on
Rajat K. Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs director who surrendered to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday morning, was charged with insider trading, the latest development in the government’s
According to Israel’s Reshet Bet Radio, the victim in the Wednesday morning chareidi lynching attack in Geula told people around him that rumors have it that the Gur Chassidim were
Rav Nachman Kletzky, the father of Leiby A”H, made a shiva visit to Maran HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita. Upon hearing of the petira of the rebitzen, Batsheva Esther Kanievsky
Republican Josh Wander is running for the Pittsburgh city council, but on Tuesday, he dabbled on some carpentry while trying to use plywood to cover his windows. Wander said at
The Orthodox Jewish-run Brooklyn bus company that stuck women in the back seats is putting an end to the controversial practice after a reprimand from the city. The Private Transportation
It appears that a ‘clarification’ appearing in the Wednesday, 28 Tishrei edition of Yated Ne’eman only serves to dig a larger hole for the newspaper following its Sukkos ‘interview’ with
A Toldos Aaron avreich was arrested on Tuesday, 27 Tishrei, in Meah Shearim in connection to an assault against a photographer. A HOT News TV crew arrived in the community
Israel’s response to yesterday’s (27 Tishrei) request for aid from Turkey was immediate, and efforts have been ongoing since Tuesday afternoon to prepare a 747 cargo plane to bring the
Speaking on the Kol Berama Radio program hosted by Ami Maimon, Mekubal HaRav Yaakov Addis decided to address the bochrim from Yeshivat Be’er HaTorah, who at the beginning of the
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