Officials have confirmed that the Continental Airlines flight that turned around following takeoff from Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday, November 9th, was indeed flight 085 from Tel Aviv to Newark,
The city has reportedly wasted millions of dollars on global positioning systems for its fire and sanitation trucks, according to two new audits by City Comptroller John Liu. Liu says
For many, Jerusalem offers an attractive real estate investment which also doubles as a wonderful yomtov apartment and vacation getaway. While a growing number of North Americans and Europeans have
After Minister of Religious Services Yaakov Margi announced this week that rabbonim affiliated with the dati leumi Tzohar organization will no longer be permitted to conduct a chupah, Tzohar officials
The chief rabbis of Tzfas and the chareidi community have published a kol korei decrying the chilul Shabbos in the city by Bar Ilan University and the State of Israel.
It took less than 48 hours following the petira of Mir Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZT”L before the matter of Mir’s staggering debt surfaced. There are conflicting reports, citing the debt somewhere between $10 – 20 million, but even if one opts to adopt the lesser number, the sum is reason for […]
The Jerusalem District Court today, Thursday, November 10, 2011, approved the extradition of Yitzchak Shochet to the United States, where he is wanted for an attack that occurred in 2008,
Last May, the Obama administration submitted to Congress its vision for addressing one of the biggest challenges to our homeland, national and economic security: safeguarding the cybernetworks and systems we
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Thursday morning, 13 Cheshvan, sentenced former President Moshe Katsav to seven years imprisonment, rejecting his appeal of a district court ruling. The case addresses the president’s convictions on assault and attacks, which his legal team was confident would be fully or partially overturned by the High Court, which was […]
Jerusalem police on Tuesday, 11 Cheshvan, apprehended a 21-year-old male from the Jerusalem area who they say admitted to a number of so-called ‘price tag’ attacks against left-wing and Arab targets. According to Israel Radio reports, the suspect admitted to spray painting “death to Arabs” and “price tag” in a number of stances, including a […]
While the international community is discussing the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran’s nuclear program released today, it is becoming increasingly obvious that Iran will not be halted by sanctions. In recent statements made during recent days, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Israel Radio he was not optimistic regarding stiffer sanctions […]
The Republican and Democratic parties have each received nearly $18 million in taxpayer money for next year’s political conventions and could receive another infusion of cash by early next year.
Google has announced that it is ending support for its Gmail app for BlackBerry devices and will pull its native app from the BlackBerry operating system on November 22. In
Angry Bronx police union delegates stormed out of a meeting today after demanding the ouster of their leader over his handling of the NYPD ticket-fixing scandal, sources told The Post.
During the first ten months of the year, 2.8 million visitors arrived in Israel, a 3% decrease as compared to the same period last year. Of those visitors, 2.4 million were tourists who stayed in Israel for more than one night (with an average of eight nights); 427,000 entries were day visitors – 19% less […]
One week after Mayor Bloomberg said the Occupy Wall Street camp downtown was hurting businesses and families, the billionaire now says the protesters are law-abiding folks having little effect outside
U.S. stocks fell, driving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its biggest slump since August, on concern that European leaders may be unable to keep the euro zone intact as Italian yields surged to a record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 389.24 points, to 11780.94, the biggest one-day slide since Sept. 22. The […]
New Yorkers aren’t known for their patience. And instructing them to “please be patient” when they’re trapped in a stalled subway underground – even for 30 seconds – often serves more as a frustrating reminder of their plight than a friendly message of encouragement. Now, it appears, the MTA has figured this out. The transit […]
Among chareidi elected officials, the recent announcement by Minister of Religious Service Yaakov Margi banning Tzohar rabbonim from performing weddings has not elicited a reaction. Among secular and dati leumi
At 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, television programs and radio shows were interrupted with a familiar message: “This is a test. This is only a test.” It was the first time the Federal Emergency Management Agency has attempted to alert the entire nation at once with its Emergency Alert System. While the program hopes to reach […]
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