New Jersey property owners late on their taxes could soon say goodbye to their state income tax refunds. A bill up for consideration today in a state Senate committee would
Uri Brodsky, an alleged Mossad agent under arrest in Poland, on Monday appealed a Polish court’s decision to extradite him to Germany. Brodsky is wanted in Germany for allegedly spying
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Every Thursday, Jeremy and Chana Staiman load their car with fresh challahs and piping hot kugel. This food will be gone by the time they return home later that evening. No, they don’t work as the grocery delivery staff. They are delivering spiritual delicacies to their uninvolved Jewish brothers and sisters at the local mall. […]
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Tisha BeAv. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and
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President Obama will call on Congress to extend benefits for jobless Americans during an appearance in the Rose Garden on Monday morning, a White House official said. The president is
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The Shin Bet has arrested a Hamas cell believed to be behind the shooting attack in which Yehoshua Sofer was killed in June, it was cleared for publication on Monday.
Sarah Palin came out against the controversial proposed mosque near Ground Zero yesterday, tweeting that the “Twin Towers site is too raw.” “Peace-seeking Muslim, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is
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Ruth Madoff, wife of fallen financier Bernie Madoff, has been hiding out in Palm Beach County, Florida, where she has begun volunteering, a published report said today. Ruth is filling
The Obama administration is bracing for the first in a series of Washington Post articles said to focus in unprecedented detail on the government’s spending on intelligence contractors. The intelligence
Democrats going up the chain all the way to Vice President Biden tried feverishly on Sunday to reverse Robert Gibbs’ prediction that Republicans could seize the House in November, as
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An EMT worker who made headlines last year for allegedly refusing to help a dying, pregnant woman was killed Sunday morning in a shooting in Manhattan. Police say Jason Green,
Shay Golan, an Israeli businessman who was residing in Mexico, has been missing since Friday, Ynet reported Sunday. The report says Golan, who went missing in Cancun, was most likely
Although some stores’ owners near borders with New York are seeing increased cigarette sales due to recent tobacco taxes, not all those bordering Chautauqua County are being kept busy by smokers. Dana Franklin of the West Addison General Store in Vermont says sales have gone up since July 1, when New York increased its cigarette […]
Shas Chairman Eli Yishai says that “the absence of a conversion law is the greatest spiritual danger for the people of Israel at this time.” On the backdrop of Prime
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