Council Member Lew Fidler along with Assembly Members Alan Maisel and Helene Weinstein expressed outrage and shock over the recent escalation of anti-Semitic vandalism and assaults in their Brooklyn communities.

Councilman David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) played an instrumental role in restoring funding for many important programs and services in the Fiscal Year 2013 New York City budget. Last night, Greenfield

Gilad Kariv, who stands at the head of Israel’s Reform Movement, spoke with Israel Radio on Tuesday morning, to express the position of Israel’s Reform Movement regarding a Asifa organized

Magen David Adom Director-General Eli Bin told Israel Radio today, 6 Tammuz 5772, that the organization has formed a vaad rabbonim to address halachic issues that arise. Bin explained the

GOP senators are putting the pressure on Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether the White House is responsible for national security leaks. “The numerous

Albany has long been known for it is dysfunction and inability to produce. Thanks to the efforts of freshman State Senator David Storobin that seems to be quickly changing. In

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The fire that was burning out of control in the Motza area of the Jerusalem corridor has been declared “under control” by firefighting commanders Baruch Hashem.

Candidates running for the House of Representatives, and three Republicans competing for a chance to run for the U.S Senate, will find out Tuesday what kind of support they have

A court has ruled that parents can’t have their sons circumcised on religious grounds in a move which has angered Muslim and Jewish groups in the country. The court in

A student at New York City’s prestigious Stuyvesant High School has been forced out over allegations of helping more than 50 other students cheat on a citywide exam last week,

A break-in and burglary at Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s campaign office over the weekend has the NYPD investigating, police confirmed late Monday night. Police said that the office at

Brooklyn Councilman Steve Levin, whose coveted official parking placard was pulled by the Bloomberg administration in April after he racked up $630 in unpaid summonses, is in a fine mess again. Levin, a prot�g� of embattled Brooklyn Democratic boss Vito Lopez, has piled up 10 new tickets totaling $595 in fines and late fees since […]

Police investigators working with Ministry of Transportation officials have reenacted the fatal ride taken by the Atias family z”l in Tiveria in May 2012, in which all but one member

Speaking at the state banquet in his honor, visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin told participants that his country wants to maintain good relations with Jerusalem as well as explaining his

The following is the official statement released by the Defense Ministry on Tuesday morning, as the Ulpana eviction began. “The families living in the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El started

Authorities on Tuesday morning announced the arrests of three suspects allegedly responsible for last month’s vandalism attack at Yad Vashem as well as at least two other ‘price tag’ attacks.

This summer, New York subway riders might be able to actually get some work done on the train (rather than just beating their high scores in Temple Run). Beginning Monday,

A last tefilas shachris was held for many Ulpana residents as the government eviction begins today, Tuesday, 6 Tammuz 5772. Among the mispallalim was the community’s rosh yeshiva, Rav Zalman

Due to a deterioration in the Shomrei Emunim Rebbe’s Shlita condition, the rebbe will be undergoing a medical procedure today, 6 Tammuz 5772. The rebbe collapsed after Shavuos at home