Authorities say severe thunderstorms left thousands of people without power in New Jersey. Jersey Central Power & Light says more than 20,000 customers lost power in Ocean County on Friday
The shadow of the Rupert Murdoch hacking scandal has crossed the pond to the New York Post. Staffers at the tabloid were ordered yesterday to “preserve and maintain documents” related
Some 4,000 Charedi men and women this week attended a first-of-its kind employment fair held by the Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. The public’s
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemned the United States and Israel for “hatching plots to exercise a compromise plan in the Middle East,” the Fares news agency reported Saturday. The Iranian
AT&T, the largest U.S. phone company, will curb browsing speeds for its heaviest users on unlimited wireless data plans to cope with surging data traffic. Starting Oct. 1, customers on
The ceremony at the World Trade Center site marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks will be a solemn but stately event that will include former President George W.
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As was reported earlier, tens of thousands of people attended the Levaya in Yerushalayim of Rav Elazar Abuchatzeira, who was fatally stabbed on Thursday
The following is from the National Post: Toronto – In a case that could have wide-ranging implications for scores of religious institutions, an Ontario labour board will decide whether inspectors at a kosher inspection company are “normal employees” or are answering a higher calling by fulfilling a sacred duty. The Kashruth Council of Canada, a […]
Tens of thousands of people on Friday attended the Levaya of Rav Elazar Abuchatzeira , who was stabbed to death Thursday night by a man seeking a Bracha at his Yeshiva in Beersheba. Many Gedolim – including Chacham Ovadia Yosef – and Admorim, Rabbonim, as well as Israel’s chief rabbis and Charedi ministers and Knesset members, […]
The Indian American community is taking an organized approach in seeking relief from the very severe penalties that could be imposed by joining the IRS’s voluntary disclosure program relating to offshore bank accounts. Earlier this year, I gave a seminar to over 100 people from the Indian American community at the Diamond Dealers Club, which […]
Governor Chris Christie appeared in good spirits and good health when he left a Somerville hospital Thursday night. With his health no longer an immediate concern, reporters at a news
Police say they nabbed a 44-year-old housekeeper who stole a $25,000 diamond from a home she was cleaning by plucking the family heirloom from an engagement ring and replacing it
[By: Rabbi Dovid Hoffman author of Torah Tavlin series and Heroes of Spirit] A little more than three years ago, the Telsher Rosh HaYeshivah, Rav Chaim Stein ZT”L, visited Los Angeles, and spent an extended weekend there, from Thursday till Monday morning. All throughout his trip, Rav Chaim continuously gave shiurim in numerous shuls, Batei […]
Here’s something to keep in mind as you follow this evening’s congressional debate over the debt ceiling. According to the latest daily statement from the U.S. Treasury, the government had
The New York City Police Department is testing a new counter-terror technology to help law enforcement prevent a “dirty bomb” attack. Officials say 2,000 officers will carry radiation detectors around
It’s the end of the month, which means it’s time for the NYPD to get cracking on filling those ticket quotas which have been lying around all month. A reader wrote to Gothamist.com that cops have been pulling over cars on the Williamsburg Bridge for the past two days to give tickets to people with […]
The manufacturer of Tylenol announced new, lower dosing instructions for the painkiller on Thursday in an effort to reduce accidental overdose from acetaminophen, the product’s active ingredient. McNeil Consumer Healthcare,
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday, following meetings with US administration officials, that Israel must reach a compromise with Turkey – even if this meant the Jewish state would have to apologize for the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last year. “I’m not talking about an apology for the blockade or an apology for […]
The crew piloting a doomed Air France jet over the Atlantic did not appear to know that the plane was in a stall, despite repeated warning signals, and never informed
5:58PM EST: [UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] YWN has confirmed that Rav Elazar Abuchatzeira of Be’er Sheva was just Niftar after being stabbed multiple times. United Hatzalah was first on the scene and tell YWN that they found him to be in traumatic arrest, he was pronounced dead a few minutes later. According to initial reports, someone […]
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