The United Nations peacekeeping force in South Lebanon, Unifil, said on Wednesday it had concluded that Israeli forces were cutting trees that lay within their own territory before a lethal exchange of fire with Lebanese Army troops on Tuesday, largely vindicating Israel’s account of how the fighting started. A Lebanese Army spokesman had said on […]
Jewish leaders in the US filed a complaint with Fox News over popular host Glenn Beck’s harsh rhetoric, which includes colorful references to the Nazi era. Beck, who maintains pro-Israel views, has slammed social justice organization and claimed they are dangerously reminiscent of communism, socialism, and fascism. He has been a vocal critic of president […]
We regret to announce the petirah of Reb Yonoson (“Jonas”) Neiman z”l, who was a long-time resident of Brooklyn, where he was known as a highly respected and conscientious mashgiach in the kosher food industry. After he retired, he moved to Yerushalayim, where he lived out his years. The kevurah took place on Tuesday, August […]
One day soon, some livery cabs in the City may not only give you a ride, but internet access as well. According to the Wall Street Journal, there was a
Earth is bracing for a cosmic tsunami Tuesday night as tons of plasma from a massive solar flare head directly toward the planet. The Sun’s surface erupted early Sunday morning,
Bloomberg news agency released a comprehensive article on Sunday with regards to the Chareidi population in Israel, Kikar reports. This came following recent statements being made by Israeli government officials,
Stamford, CT – A 50-year-old Orthodox Jewish resident of Stamford, was among the nine people killed during a shooting rampage at a Manchester beer distributor Tuesday morning. Louis Felder H”YD, a Pepper Ridge Road resident and member of the city’s Orthodox Jewish community, worked at Hartford Distributors. He was killed when a 34-year-old driver went on a […]
A tractor-trailer truck carrying thousands of live chickens rolled over on Route 17 near exit 105 early Tuesday morning resulting in a couple of thousand of the birds being killed, said Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Patrol Art Hawker. The accident occurred around 1 a.m. when the truck, from Murray’s Chicken in South Fallsburg, […]
A detective from the Police Commissioner’s office looking to ease tension between Harlem cops and local residents after an alleged brutality incident was denied entry to a notorious mosque simply because he was carrying his gun and shield, The Post has learned. The embarrassing flap occurred Friday night, when Det. Martin Brown, who is assigned […]
NYS lawmakers approved one of the latest budgets in New York State history on Tuesday night, passing legislation that will raise roughly $1 billion – in part by increasing taxes on the sale of clothing and on a variety of businesses, while sparing hedge fund employees from a proposed new tax. The state will increase its […]
A Bnei Brak family enjoying the day at Yam Hamelach (Dead Sea) turned into tragedy, after they were swept out in the salty waters. According to reports, the family arrived at the Ein Bokek Beach on Tuesday to spent some relaxing time there together. As it became close to sunset, the lifeguards on duty began announcing on […]
The following is from the Times Herald Record: Morningside Park Manager Henry Lesczynski has worked there for 20 years — and for all those years he’s feared somebody would get hit by lightning on the lake. He never kept his worry a secret. His workers kidded him about it, called him paranoid because it had […]
Rank apparently has its privileges. Less than a week after the NYPD began using a new computer system to eliminate ticket “fixing,” the department’s top doctor boasted to colleagues that he had found a special cure for the parking summons and towing bill he’d just received—a higher-up pal who fixed his ticket—a well-placed police source […]
New York Knicks Basketball athlete, Amare Stoudemire, just spent one week visiting Israel to explore his Jewish heritage. Stoudemire told The Associated Press on Friday that he believes he has “Hebrew roots” through his mother, Carrie. The 6-foot-10 forward signed a five-year, $100 million contract with the Knicks three weeks ago. He spent his first […]
The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) fired at an IDF position in the Israeli side of the border along the Lebanese border in northern Israel on Tuesday afternoon, as reported earlier
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has denied a request to grant ‘landmark status’ to 45-47 Park Place in Lower Manhattan. Plans to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque at the building will likely proceed. Opponents of the center include many family members of 9/11 victims who say the mosque is too close […]
Google Inc., AT&T Inc., and Verizon Communications Inc. executives met behind closed doors over the weekend with Federal Communications Commission officials in efforts to resolve a dispute over U.S. Internet
The NYS DOT has canceled plans to study the potential widening of Route 17 in Orange and Sullivan counties because of budgetary constraints, according to a department spokeswoman. The agency had expected to hire a consultant to explore widening the highway from two lanes to three in each direction between Harriman and Monticello – a […]
Lakewood, NJ – A group of 40 New Jersey professionals will bicycle 135 miles over the next two days to raise money for children who are battling serious illnesses. The
For the first time since returning from the hospital, after being hospitalized in Intensive Care, Maran Hagon Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita left his home. The Gadol Hador went to visit the kever of his father, Hagon Harav Yaakov Yisroel Kanivsky ZATZAL, known as the Steipler, on the occasion of his Yahrtzerit. Rav Chaim was accompanied by Harav […]
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