Ultra-Orthodox public slams deputy health minister over his decision to back cabinet’s anti-smoking plan. ‘It’s about saving lives,’ Litzman insists Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman is being criticized from within his own public, after the government approved a national plan to help reduce smoking in Israel. In recent days, the deputy minister’s office received many […]
Greek authorities have arrested the captain of a boat that was to be part of a Gaza-bound flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory, officials said Saturday.
A report published over the weekend by Germany’s Interior Ministry and General Security Services reveals the new “fashion trends” of neo-Nazis and warns that a growing number of extreme right-wing activists opt to abandon their traditional look in favor of a more inconspicuous style – making it harder for authorities to identify them. “The fact […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has set special elections for former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s congressional seat and six vacant seats in the state Assembly for Sept. 13, coinciding with statewide primaries. The
A poster showing a Jewish figure shot by an arrow is spurring outrage in Geneva. The ad for a Swiss national day party planned for Aug. 1 by the extremist
Dear readers, I would like to inform those that vacation in the Catskills of the “Summer 2011 appeal”. This is not an appeal for a family, a specific person, or organization but rather a cause. That cause is Kiddush Hashem. Many people do not realize that for 10 months a year the Catskill Mountains is […]
[VIDEOS & LARGE PHOTO GALLERY IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Tens of thousands of Bnei Torah gathered in Cleveland, Lakewood, and Yerushalayim, for the Levaya of the senior Rosh Yeshiva of the
Exactly one year ago, Solomon Obstfeld, z’l, benefactor of Chai Lifeline and great friend to its families, passed away suddenly. On the eve of his yahrzeit (28 Sivan), as his family, friends and colleagues prepared for commemorate the end of a year without him, hundreds of Chai Lifeline children and their families celebrated the kindness, […]
President Barack Obama will be taking a break for the Independence Day holiday weekend. He’ll travel to Camp David in western Maryland Friday afternoon, following some morning meetings. Daughter Malia
The chairman of the House committee that oversees the Transportation Security Administration is calling for an investigation into reports a man stowed away on a flight from New York to
The cheaper rides on the New Jersey Turnpike are over Friday for drivers whose E-ZPass transmitters were issued by other states. Through Thursday, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority gave all
Gov. Cuomo is expected to approve “hydrofracturing” to drill for natural gas upstate after yesterday receiving a long-awaited report stating that the controversial process can be used safely outside the
A woman risked her life to enter a blazing building and rescue a two-year-old boy. CCTV footage shows the unidentified woman rushing into a blazing house in Tottenham to save
What started as a regular summer Thursday night at the Sloatsburg Rest Area, has turned into chaos, with hundreds of people trying to get into the Mincha Area at once.
The city weighed in for the first time Thursday on a local ballot measure that would ban the circumcision of male children, arguing that the proposed law would be unconstitutional if it applies to Jewish mohels but not pediatricians and other doctors. The city attorney’s office made the argument in response to a lawsuit by […]
[VIDEO & LARGE PHOTO ALBUM BELOW] Dozens of pilot cadets graduated at a ceremony at Hatzerim Air Force base in Southern Israel. As the new pilots marched in perfect formation,
Most of us “like” things on Facebook without a thought, giving our “thumbs up” right and left rather inconsequentially. But imagine if “liking” something on Facebook could mean winning something
A Nigerian national boarded a Virgin America flight from New York to Los Angeles last week without a passport and with an expired boarding pass that did not belong to
The following is a Ynet article: After the storm that broke out when Rabbi Dov Lior was detained for questioning, police are using kid gloves in their handling of Rabbi
A vote by the Dutch Parliament’s lower house to make it compulsory for animals to be stunned before slaughter has been condemned by Jewish leaders, with the Chief Rabbi saying the decision represents “a dark day in the country’s history”. The vote moves the country a step nearer to effectively outlawing Jewish and Muslim religious […]
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