Verizon sued three Long Island towns on behalf of observant Jews. The villages prohibit the phone company from posting “lechis” on utility poles – little strips that create an “eruv,” or zone where Orthodox Jews can carry objects or push baby carriages or wheelchairs to synagogue on the Sabbath and on Yom Kippur. Verizon New […]
Over three hundred people filled the hall during day 2 of the eleventh Annual Agudath Israel Winter Yarchei Kallah as they heard divrei chizuk from gedolei hador, among them them
The NJ State Police says more than 10,000 police officers attended the funeral of Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz on Thursday, who was brutally shot and killed last Friday. The large contingency of police officers was joined by thousands upon thousands of Frum residents of the Lakewood community, led by the Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva Shlita. Hundreds […]
Agudath Israel of New Jersey is happy to announce that the New Jersey State Senate Budget Committee has passed the Opportunity Scholarship Act by an 8-5 vote. Josh Pruzansky, Executive
Brooklyn – Councilman David G. Greenfield hosted New York City Schools Chancellor Cathie Black at his office in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn yesterday. The Councilman and the Chancellor met for over an hour to discuss critical education issues impacting the Councilman’s district, which encompasses Boro Park, Bensonhurst and Midwood. “I am grateful to […]
Snow could slow the commute across the Tri-State area Friday morning. A winter weather advisory has been issued from 9 p.m. Thursday through 8 a.m. Friday for northeastern New Jersey,
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is considering reducing the state workforce by up to 15,000 workers in his budget, the largest cut to the government payroll in recent years, two people
A Baltimore prosecutor has dismissed a felony assault charge against a member of a Jewish neighborhood watch group who was accused of striking a black teenager in November. After appearing at a preliminary hearing Thursday morning in district court, Eliyahu Eliezer Werdesheim, 23, still faces misdemeanor charges. But the state’s attorney’s office did not pursue […]
Two Miami-Dade Police officers have lost their lives while serving a warrant on a suspect wanted for murder, who would also die as a result of the shootout, according to
Hours before the police officer he is suspected of killing was to be buried, a teenager was charged Thursday with a different murder. Jahmell Crockam, 19, of Lakewood already faces murder charges in the shooting death Friday of Lakewood Patrolman Christopher Matlosz. Thursday morning, as mourners were gathering in the church for the officer’s funeral, […]
A plan for the East Ramapo school district to incorporate a private special-education school serving Yiddish- and Hebrew-speaking students is drawing harsh criticism from public-school advocates who feel the plan
Tens of thousands of people from all across the country took part in a special prayer session Tuesday evening for the release of Jonathan Pollard, who was sentenced by a
Gov. Cuomo faced a breakfast revolt from three liberal Assembly Democrats yesterday as they challenged his plan to allow the multibillion-dollar “millionaire’s tax” expire at the end of the year.
A Palestinian terrorist was killed by Israeli soldiers on Thursday at an army post near the settlement of Mevo Dotan in the northern West Bank. The man was shot and
NBC reports the following: The FBI calls it the biggest mafia round-up in New York history. More than 100 suspected mobsters are being arrested this morning in connection with numerous
A new report on the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl reveals that U.S. officials used a forensic technique called vein analysis to corroborate the confession of the
Hopes that at least two troublesome access points to Har Hazeisim would be permanently closed to local Arab traffic were dashed as a result of changes in the police brass
The newfound civility didn’t last long. Political rhetoric in Congress doesn’t get much nastier than the words of one House Democrat during the debate on repealing the health care law. In an extraordinary outburst on the House floor, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) invoked the Holocaust and the Nazis’ “big lie” strategy last night during a […]
House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday, taking their first major step toward rolling back the massive overhaul that has dominated the American political landscape for almost two years. The vote was 245 to 189, and unanimous GOP opposition gave the vote the same partisan feel of the […]
Fox 5 News is reporting that New York City had six meningitis cases since late December and three of the cases were fatal. The victims ranged in age from 4
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