Hundreds of police barricades that once blocked a struggling Manhattan eatery were removed on Wednesday, one day after a local restaurant owner said they had forced him to cut 25

Regarding the reports that the Israeli Embassy in Cairo will not be opening for a number of months, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israel Radio on Wednesday morning, 5 Cheshvan,

The generator at the Southmayd Home in Waterbury failed Monday night, sparking fear that the 25 elderly women who live there might have to relocate. The 110-year-old nonprofit organization, which

Mayor Bloomberg said today that Wall Street isn’t being occupied by protesters, it’s all of downtown Manhattan — and its bad for business. “You know I think increasingly you’re seeing that communities, businesses and residents in Lower Manhattan feel that they are the ones that are being occupied,” he said. “This isn’t an occupation of […]

Two boys riding on a bicycle were struck by a speeding vehicle, late Tuesday night. The accident happened on Avenue S and East 4th Street – in the heart of Brooklyn’ Sephardic Jewish Community. The vehicle reportedly struck them, and fled without stopping.  They were both transported by Flatbush Hatzolah Paramedics to the Lutheran Trauma […]

United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors have discovered another facility in Syria, in the northeast, a facility that is believed to have been used for nuclear enrichment in

Agents from the FBI and the U.S. Health and Human Services Administration arrested nearly a dozen people in Brooklyn and Queens early Wednesday in connection with a scheme to defraud the federal Medicare program of about $95 million. Federal indictments alleging the fraud were obtained by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources […]

On Tuesday, 4 Cheshvan, Israel announced it will expedite the construction of an additional 2,000 housing units in Maale Adumim, Gush Etzion and Yerushalayim. The announcement was a welcome one for many Israelis, but the decision to expedite construction in response to the PA’s acceptance into UNESCO was not viewed as a valid reason for […]

As the owner of one of the few businesses on Teaneck Road with electricity, Shia Schonfeld decided to share his good luck with his neighbors. Schonfeld, a partner at Teaneck

MKs Zevulun Orlev and Otniel Schneller have introduced a bill which seeks to simplify the process of obtaining a get, a divorce, aware of the horror stories surrounding the cases

The Ponevezh Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein Shlita has been transported to the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, 5 Cheshvan. It appears the Rosh

After being closed for three days due to the escalation in rocket fire into southern Israel, schools in Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheva and other southern region municipalities resumed normal activities today,

IDF officials confirm the IDF test fired a ballistic missile from the Palmachim Base. The missile fired is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. Many central region residents on Wednesday

In an unprecedented move, the Director-General of the Ministry of Education, Dr. Shimon Shoshani has announced he is cutting funding for the Doresh Yechudicha Yeshiva High School in Yitzhar, shutting

It appears that there are some residents of the Meah Shearim and Geula community that are unwilling to continue sitting back and accepting the presence of the sikrikim as a

Powerful assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has had enough of Occupy Wall Streeters going to the bathroom on the streets – and drumming all day. Silver, Rep. Jerald Nadler (D-Manhattan) and

A Republican senator is calling on President Obama to cancel the $12.8 million in bonuses that were approved for 10 executives at the government-seized mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that received a $170 billion taxpayer-funded bailout. “I am calling on the president of the United States to cancel those bonuses and explain to […]

HaGaon HaRav Yosef Aryeh Halperin zt”l, was niftar in Tel Hashomer Hospital on Monday, 4 Cheshvan, at the age of 58, after a difficult illness. The niftar was an owner of the Heichal Malchut and Be’er Miriam Halls in Bnei Brak, arranging to give the hall to the needy for free or significantly reduced prices. […]

Tokyo Electric Power Co. detected signs of possible nuclear fission at its crippled Fukushima atomic power plant in northern Japan, raising the risk of more radiation leaks. The company, known

Powerful New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says public support for a “millionaire tax” to avoid more spending cuts is growing and he thinks Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Senate’s Republican majority may yet support it. Silver has continued pushing the idea despite the Democratic governor and the Senate Republicans flatly rejecting his bill to […]

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