Incoming tourism to Israel continues to break records; 296,000 visitors arrived in Israel in July 2012, 8% more than July 2011. Two million visitors have arrived since the beginning of
As efforts continue to draft a new Tal Law alongside ‘share the burden’ protests in Israel, dozens of chareidim and non-chareidi shomer mitzvos young men will report to the Bakum
Thinking about rolling through that stop sign the next time nobody’s looking? Think again. On top of red-light cameras and speed cameras, some jurisdictions are starting to install stop-sign cameras
The U.S. Postal Service’s financial struggles continued into 2012, as the agency reported a $5.2 billion loss for the three months ended June 30 despite improved revenue from shipping and
A city police officer is recovering after being shot in both legs in Jamaica, Queens last night, and police say they are talking to a person of interest in the
As the international community continues debating the merit of economic sanctions against Israel, Saudi Arabia has passed a message to Israel via the United States that any IDF planes crossing
A 30-year-old male that entered the Kinneret to swim died in yet another fatal drowning incident in Israel. Ichud Hatzalah received a call and volunteers responded immediately, manning the Ichud
The largest collection of Torah scrolls is not somewhere in New York or Jerusalem. Instead, it’s in Baghdad. In a basement in Baghdad, there are 365 Torah scrolls, apparently taken
Tnuva has issued a recall for one liter cartons of milk after learning a cleaning agent became mixed into the product. The announcement was made on Wednesday, telling consumers the
Police are back at the site of the SoHo shop where Etan Patz was allegedly murdered in 1979. Now an eyeglass store, the former bodega is where 51-year-old suspect Pedro
The kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky sent shockwaves around the world. For Leiby’s family, the loss of their only son has been almost too much to bear. On
The 2012 presidential campaign has been a strange one so far. But things got a touch more surreal for Mitt Romney and the press corps covering him as they traveled
The Holocaust Memorial Park is the latest victim of anti-Semitic vandalism in Brooklyn. The anti-Jewish graffiti, which was placed on the memorial, was discovered this morning at the West End
The following is via the Politicker: Earlier this week, a reporter for WPIX asked Mayor Mike Bloomberg about a report that the city was selling spent shell casings to a
“The federal government administers nearly 80 different overlapping federal means-tested welfare programs,” the Senate Budget Committee notes. However, the committee states, the figures used in the chart do not include
After a brief speech at the opening of a campaign office here, Tim Pawlenty was asked if he would return to Michigan “when you’re vice president.” “We’ll know soon enough,”
The state prosecutor has handed down an indictment in the Beersheva District Court against a Jewish female who was romantically involved with an Arab male and allegedly gave him a
A suspected Nazi war criminal described how Jews ‘screamed like geese’ when they were shot, in a documentary set to be shown for the first time. Jonas Pukas, a 78-year-old
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announced a new partnership with Microsoft designed to bring the latest crime prevention and counterterrorism technology capabilities to New
The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6�F, 3.3�F above the 20th century average, marking the hottest July and the hottest month on record for the nation. The previous warmest July for the nation was July 1936 when the average U.S. temperature was 77.4�F. The warm July temperatures contributed to a record-warm […]
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