The special committee appointed by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz to examine the matter of kol isha has ruled that all members of the IDF, including frum soldiers,

A standoff between police and demonstrators Thursday resulted in several arrests outside the N.Y. Stock Exchange. The Occupy Wall Street movement has called on members to shut down Wall Street.

Sholom Baruch Rust, who is identified as a senior player with the so-called sikrikim has fled the country, Kikar Shabbat reported on Wednesday, 19 Cheshvan. Rust caught a plane to

A pilot who accidentally locked himself in the bathroom of his La Guardia-bound plane caused a terror scare Wednesday night when a helpful passenger with an accent tried to come

How would you feel if the government told you that you couldnt smoke in your own car? Perhaps youd endorse the idea that public health officials were trying to make it harder for people to maintain a habit that increases their risk of developing lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease and a host of other problems. […]

Occupy Wall Street hoped to show there was life after Zuccotti Thursday by staging a series of marches and rallies – starting with a sneak attack on the Stock Exchange

A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned, as was expected, the corruption conviction of Joseph L. Bruno, the upstate Republican who was once one of the most powerful men in New York State government. But the three-judge court rejected Mr. Brunos effort to avoid a new trial on charges that he committed fraud by taking […]

A federal prosecutor says a former employee of Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff will plead guilty in New York to charges including conspiracy to commit securities fraud in connection with

Pop the champagne — the U.S. debt just surpassed $15 trillion.The inauspicious milestone comes as Congress tries anew to slash billions of dollars from the federal budget and at least slow the rise in the national debt.But the $15 trillion mark puts the congressional effort in perspective.While lawmakers on a bipartisan committee are stuck on […]

Police say a 29-year-old Occupy Wall Street demonstrator has been arrested on a charge of making a terrorist threat after he was caught on video threatening to attack Macy’s with a Molotov cocktail.Nkrumah Tinsley was arrested by police Wednesday at the encampment in lower Manhattan. Video posted online shows Tinsley saying he was going to […]

The occupation at Zuccotti Park may be over, but wary city officials are bracing for trouble tomorrow when a mob of that could number in the tens of thousands is expected to answer Occupy Wall Streets call to shut down the Financial District. Everything that we have seen and heard suggests that we may have […]

Less than a week after a horrific hate crime in Midwood, vandals have struck again, this time defacing the Avenue J subway sign by adding the letters EW, so the station name read Avenue JEW. Public officials were quick to condemn the act. Below are just two statements: David G. Greenfield (D – Brooklyn) released […]

A heartbroken Brooklyn man whose mother was murdered in front of her home is speaking out and pleading for help in catching her killer. Vadim Komsky struggled through the pain

New York City officials are bracing for tens of thousands of protesters who could converge at various locations around the city on Thursday. Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson said that officials

IDF officials earlier in the week delivered a number of boxes containing mezuzos to residents of Ein Tzurim, the home of many former residents of communities of Gush Katif. The

In the beginning of November, the Ministry of Education announced the closure of the Doresh Yechudecha Yeshiva in Yishuv Itamar, with senior ministry official Dr. Shimon Shoshani explaining he ordered

According to a report released by the daily Maariv, Israel Electric Company officials are planning to seek a one-time 30-40% increase in electric rates. The utilitys director, Eli Glickman, convened a board meeting in the Hadera power station to discuss the matter, explaining the sharp increase in the cost of fuel compels the move. He […]

Security officials on Wednesday, 19 Cheshvan, announced members of a terror cell operating in the Beit Lechem area are in custody. The cells members range in ages from 18-22. The cell is believed responsible for a shooting attack against border policemen a number of months ago, firebomb and shooting attacks against security vehicles, and members […]

Occupy Wall Street protesters plan to take their message to subways, disrupt the stock exchange and protest outside City Hall on a Day of Action on Thursday — two days

While the refusal of PA (Palestinian Authority) residents to get off a bus for inspection as ordered by IDF soldiers is making news, in actuality, no one should be surprised.

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