The NY Post reports: Crossing the Hudson will soon take a bigger toll on commuters who are already struggling with skyrocketing gas prices. The round-trip peak charge for the Port
[PHOTO ALBUM BELOW] More than 50 chaplains from the tri-state area attended a dinner hosted by Misaskim last week. This was the first time that a group of orthodox law-enforcement chaplains has gathered together. The chaplains, who serve in over 45 law enforcement agencies, including military and penal institutions, welcomed the evening of collaboration. “It […]
As the August 31, 2011 deadline for participating in the Internal Revenue Service’s 2011 Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative (OVDI) approaches, the IRS announced on June 2 that they will grant
A hero NYPD cop was forced to relive the horror of his brush with death Monday under questioning by the psycho who stabbed him in the brain in a Brooklyn
Iran has sent submarines to the Red Sea in the first such deployment by the country’s navy in distant waters, a semi-official news agency reported on Tuesday. The deployment reflects
The following is from the Washington Post: The public opinion boost President Obama received after the killing of Osama bin Laden has dissipated, and Americans’ disapproval of how he is handling the nation’s economy and the deficit has reached new highs, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The survey portrays a broadly pessimistic […]
From the YWN archives: In one of his shiurim, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein explained that his father-in-law, Maran HaGaon Rav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita would on erev Shavuos visit the
Rabbi Yissachar Dov Krakowski is Rov of Kehilas Torah Ve’Chesed in Yerushalayim’s Nachlaot Neighborhood. Rabbi Krakowski also serves as a Rabbinical representative for OU Kashrus in Israel. Rabbi Krakowski has been mishamesh many Rabbanim and Poskim both In America and in Eretz-Yisroel. Rabbi Krakowski started his Yeshiva years in Beis Hamedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore. He […]
Early Shavous morning, The Zviller Rebbe ran out from his room and clutched his gabbi Rav Ellya Roth. “Did you hear that?” he asked. The Gabbai returned a puzzled look and shook his head no. The Rebbe said, “Let’s answer Na’aseh V’nishmah because a Bas Kol just called out asking, who wants to accept the […]
The second heat wave of 2011 will get cranking, with temperatures nearing 90 degrees and likely staying there for the rest of the week. It now looks like temperatures will
In response to the rising backlash against a proposed initiative that would have made circumcision for minors a criminal act, the main proponent of the measure announced her intention to withdraw the measure Monday. Jena Troutman said that it was never her intention to get into the “religious aspect” of the circumcision debate. Jewish groups […]
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, are calling for an investigation into Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) over the series of inappropriate conservations. “I am deeply disappointed and saddened about this situation; for Anthony’s wife, Huma, his family, his staff and his constituents,” Pelosi […]
With tears in his eyes, and a chocked up voice, Rep. Anthony Weiner told a press conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan, that he accepts full responsibility for his actions – but refuses to resign. He apologized to his wife and family, friends, constituents, and the media for being dishonest. For the past week, Weiner has […]
Andrew Breitbart took over the press conference in New York that was supposed to feature Rep. Anthony Weiner Monday, declaring that everything he’s posted on his conservative Web site BigGovernment.com has proven to be true. Weiner was supposed to come to the microphones at 4 p.m. but Breitbart took the podium instead, criticizing the media’s […]
Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old Indian University student, has been missing since 4:30 a.m. Friday. The Bloomington Police Department, family, friends and local residents continue to search for her. Spierer, who
[THE LARGEST PHOTO ALBUM ON THE INTERNET BELOW] Hundreds of thousands of people lined Fifth Avenue Sunday for the Celebrate Israel Parade in a strong showing of support for the
Despite enjoying a hearty welcome at the US Congress recently, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to meet with a delegation of representatives organized by J Street, the liberal Jewish
Bronx juries are to the New York police what third terms are to New York mayors: sources of bedevilment. There is nothing new in this, but lately it has acquired a fresh twist. The reason is a tendency of some officers — probably more than a few — to fix tickets as a, ahem, “professional […]
The Japanese government more than doubled its estimate Monday for the amount of radiation released from the Fukushima nuclear plant during the first week of the atomic crisis in March,
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert testified before the Jerusalem District Court at his trial Monday, this time discussing the funding of his trips abroad while in office. Regarding the “Rishontours”
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