Misaskims headquarters were abuzz on motzei yom tov. Less than an hour after the zman, volunteers were already inundated with calls for assistance, as hundreds of aveilim began to sit shivah as soon as yom tov was over. In addition to shivah chairs, the aveilim needed other basic supplies such as folding chairs, water coolers, […]
As recently as earlier this month, Arabs in Shomron, near the community of Eli, carjacked a vehicle from a Jewish female driver who was stuck in traffic. This time around,
The Jerusalem Municipality has instructed the Kotel Heritage Foundation to remove the wooden walk bridge to the Mughrabi Gate of Har HaBayis within 30 days, explaining its wooden design presents
Literally thousands of people continue making their way to Bnei Brak to make a shiva visit to Maran Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita. The Rav is sitting shiva for his wife Rebitzen Batsheva Esther Kanievsky obm, a daughter of Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita. Among the Rabbonim who arrived today, 27 Tishrei was […]
Turkeys decision to decline Israeli assistance following a powerful earthquake earlier in the week leaves many wondering regarding the wisdom of Ankaras move. The Turkish daily Zaman reports that Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc insists that the recent breakdown in diplomatic relations between the countries was not at the heart of his governments decision to […]
It appears while the chareidi tzibur is still the target of allegations of evading its national responsibility, namely IDF service, the IDF may be unable to accommodate the increasing numbers
The Shavei Machshava program that was aired on Israels Channel 1 hosted prominent attorney Rabbi Dov Halbertal, a familiar figure in the home of Posek HaDor Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita and veteran chareidi MK Yisrael Eichler, who also serves as editor of Machane HaChareidi. The program was held in the Ohel Moshe […]
The United States will say farewell to the countrys most powerful nuclear bomb on Tuesday, as a massive B53 bombs final parts are taken apart at a plant in Texas, the Associated Press reports. The 10,000 pound, minivan-sized weapon is considered 600 times more powerful than the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, the AP […]
In response to threats of resignation from PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman took advantage of the situation to encourage the PA leader to do just that, go home. Liberman stated that there simply is no one worse adding anyone would be better than he in advancing agreement with Israel. Lieberman […]
Honenu reported on Monday, 26 Tishrei, that investigators from the Military Police Criminal Investigation Division arrested an IDF soldier in regular service on suspicion of involvement in price tag incidents. The soldier, an approximately 20-year-old Shomron resident and father of two children, the youngest of whom is approximately two weeks old, serves in the Shomron […]
Eight current and former NYPD officers and one New Jersey corrections officer have been arrested on charges that they were running a gun-smuggling ring that dealt weapons in New York
A flagrant security flaw in the massively popular Skype video chat service may be putting Internet users worldwide at risk. The serious security breach in the Internet video chat program,
The body of ousted Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi was buried early Tuesday morning, a National Transitional Council spokesman told CNN. Gadhafi, his son Mutassim and his defense minister Abu Bakr
A car crash has R”L claimed the life of a young man in Los Angeles, Monday afternoon. Shimon (Shimmy) Yosef GramaZ”L, 22,was reportedly driving back from LAX, when he was involved in a serious crashon La Cienega Boulevard. Emergency personal extricated him from the vehicle, but he was Niftar a short while later from massive […]
US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford has left Damascus to head home, apparently taking a break until mid-November due to rising security concerns as Syria becomes increasingly unstable. Seeking to paint the reality in a more politically acceptable tone, the ambassadors return home is diplomatic visit which will last for a number of weeks. By […]
In a bizarre twist, it is being reported that senior IDF officers now feel Israel should release more terrorists, terrorists affiliated with Fatah, the party headed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). They feel that Abbas position was greatly compromised by Hamas success in negotiating the release of 1,027 terrorists for the return of […]
President Shimon Peres on Monday, 26 Tishrei, made a trip to Mitzpei Hila to the home of Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier who was released from Hamas captivity last week.
In the shadow of the Gilad Shalit prisoner release deal, Rabbi Yossi Elitzur, rav of Yishuv Yitzhar and co-author of Toras HaMelech, calls upon yishuv residents to shoot to kill
The matter of informing Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita of the petira of his daughter, Rebitzen Batsheva Esther Kanievsky obm seems to be preoccupying the minds of many. HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita has already informed those around him that they should not tell his father-in-law, Maran R Elyashiv, due to his […]
The Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal has prompted dozens of IDF soldiers to sign a statement instructing the state not to release any terrorists on their behalf in the event they are taken captive chas vsholom. The reserve duty personnel remain committed to their principles, and call on the state to never release terrorists with […]
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