Judea and Samaria Division Commander Brigadier-General Nitzan Alon, who has recently been under attack from right wing elements, met with Maran Hagon Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv Shlita. Alon sought a

Israeli investigators have blamed overhaul work performed in Singapore for the May 23 “severe structural failure” of the main landing gear on a Boeing 777 operated by El Al, en route to NY. A June 20 statement from Israeli accident investigators said they were focusing on the MRO work as the likely cause of the […]

At 6:00PM Wednesday evening, the smell of kosher hot dogs, cut grass and the sounds of cheering crowds will be heard in the world famous Coney Island MCU Park – as the NYPD PBBS Division will “play ball” against Flatbush Hatzolah in a charity softball game. The game was organized by the NYPD PBBS, and […]

Brooklyn’s top prosecutor vowed Tuesday that he would pursue swift justice for slain Leiby Kletzky and dismissed suggestions that the boy’s killer was insane. “Sometimes I wonder about what goes through defense lawyers’ minds,” District Attorney Charles Hynes said after paying a shiva call to Kletzky’s parents in Borough Park. Hynes said he assured Kletzky’s […]

As the Jewish world tries to make sense of the horrific murder of Leiby Kletzky, a’h, Chai Lifeline continues to offer comfort and solace through Project CHAI, its renowned crisis intervention program. In the past few evenings, over 100,000 people participated in symposia, crowding into Yeled v’Yalda in Boro Park, the Young Israel of Flatbush, […]

REPOSTED FROM FRIDAY: It is with a broken heart and spirit that Misaskim, together with all of Klal Yisroel, mourns the tragic loss of little Yehudah a”h ben Nachman. Misaskim volunteers worked tirelessly, offering support throughout this harrowing nightmare. Misaskim pooled all its resources, and much more, in an effort to provide technical and logistical […]

The phone hacking scandal that has claimed the jobs of Britain’s two most high-profile police officers, caused the closure of one of the country’s most famous newspapers, prompted 10 arrests

The Tri-State may be in for one of the hottest weeks of the summer. Since the mercury has topped 90 degrees for three straight days, the area is officially in its first heat wave of the season — and it won’t be cooling off any time soon. The punishing humidity is expected to smother the […]

The following is from the NY Times: Patients who come to Assuta Hospital in Tel Aviv every day are united by a single hope: that medical science will bring them

His lawyers think the accused butcher of Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky is “abnormal” and say he can’t stop hearing sinister voices in his head. Levi Aron, 35, had trouble making

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly visited the Kletzky home, Monday afternoon. The Mayor arrived at approximately 7:00PM with the Commissioner, and proceeded directly upstairs to the apartment.

[LIVE WEBCAST IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As we all suffer from the terrible tragedy that occurred with Leiby Kletzky, A”H, Chai Lifeline is offering four symposia (three are tonight) open to

Mayor Bloomberg today unveiled a new, state-of-the-art traffic management system that gives city engineers the ability to manage Midtown Manhattan gridlock from a control room in Queens. The first-of-it’s-kind anti-traffic system — dubbed “Midtown in Motion” — utilizes more than 100 motion detectors, dozens of cameras and even anonymous location data gleaned from drivers’ EZ-Passes […]