Subway riders who commute between Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn were all adjusting to several new service changes Monday. The MTA discontinued the W and V subway lines over the weekend

7:10PM IL: Channel 2 correspondent Uri Revach reports that HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Yosef has suffered a cardiac incident and is admitted to Shaare Zedek Hospital since Sunday. The rav is

Hazy, hot and humid conditions continue in New York and New Jersey. Many parts of the region awoke to temperatures in the low 80s. The heat and humidity could combine

The Slonimer Rebbe Shlita spoke out on the Emanuel affair at a special tisch held in Yerushalayim on Sunday (June 27th), and the Rebbe spoke in Hebrew, not his usual

Tragically, the toeva community has managed to gain enough respectability to hold its annual parades in many cities and countries worldwide. One such event was held in the Big Apple, NYC on Sunday, June 27th. That itself is not newsworthy other than the fact that only one country continues to march under its national flag, […]

The Supreme Court reversed a ruling upholding Chicago’s ban today and extended the reach of the 2nd Amendment as a nationwide protection against laws that infringe the “right to keep

West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, the self-educated son of a coal miner who became the longest-serving member of Congress, died early Monday at age 92, the senator’s office said. Byrd,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is reportedly quite angry with ministers who are planning to join the nationwide 12-day Freedom March for Gilad Shalit, seeking to pressure the administration to close a deal that will result in Gilads release from Hamas captivity. Shas Party Ministers Eli Yishai and Yaakov Margi announced their plans on Sunday while […]

The CIA lost track of Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks ever took place, and still has no good idea of where he is, the nations spy chief admitted yesterday. In a rare assessment on the war on terror, CIA Director Leon Panetta conceded that the United States hasnt had good intelligence on bin […]

The international media is quoting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Toronto that his country has made the decision to close its airspace to Israeli aircraft, a move compelled by Israels May 31st Mavi Marama commando operation which left nine Turkish national dead. Yediot Achronot reported on Sunday that a flight carrying […]

On Monday night, parts of the New York state government could be shutting down if lawmakers in Albany can’t turn in a budget. It’s becoming a storm of eleventh-hour deals and last-minute threats. There’s still no budget deal, as the New York Legislature gaveled in a special session on Sunday night and then quickly […]

The daily Yisrael HaYom reports that officials in Jerusalem revealed over the weekend the 450 terrorists Israel agreed to release in a deal to bring Gilad Shalit home included 100

Monticello, NY – Catskills Hatzolah was dispatched to Krasna Camp on Anawana Lake Road for a child missing on Sunday afternoon. The missing child was reported to be a 3

President Shimon Peres held a meeting today with the Chairman of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator John Kerry. At the start of the meeting Senator Kerry told the President: President Obama, I know, is very much looking forward to the meeting with the Prime Minister. Let me begin by congratulating you. I […]

Police reported finding five containers that were filled with explosive material that had been thrown from an unidentified vehicle early Sunday morning, officials said. Lakewood police officers responding to a

4:35PM EST: Monsey Hatzolah is on the scene of a child struck by an auto on Remson Avenue & Hilda Court. Injuries are reportedly serious, and a chopper was initially

The way the story is being told, Aryeh Deri made great strides towards bridging the gap between the Ashkenazim and Sephardim in Emanuel, but at the end of the day, the deal was brokered by current Shas leader Eli Yishai, not Deri. It appears that Deris sincere efforts which included veteran negotiator, prominent attorney Ron […]

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer sounded the alarm about a wave of large and medium-sized banks planning an abrupt end to free checking accounts and urged the Federal Reserve

Freedom Through Anothers Eyes: Sweeping Pollard Under the Rug [By Ruth Lichtenstein - Hamodia: Publisher’s Note Column – June 23, 2010] When Judge Reade announced that she was sentencing Sholom Rubashkin to 25-plus years in prison, American Jews turned pale and began to tremble and sprang into (more) action. Good Yidden would not let a […]

The High Court of Justice on Sunday (June 27th) is hearing the case of a woman originally from the Czech Republic who converted in the Bnei Brak Beis Din of

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