The Ministry of Transport is taking steps to reduce the involvement of bus drivers in accepting money and giving change to passengers, Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) reported. The changes will come in stages, beginning with the regulation in March 2018 that one will have to fill one’s smartcard online or at one of the machines […]
Berlin’s city museums authority says it has returned 11 works that were part of prominent art owner Margarete Oppenheim’s collection and were auctioned off under Nazi rule in 1936. The
During a dedication of a new sefer, “???? ????” , written by Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, guest speaker HaRav Bentzion Mutzafi lashed out at Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who has announced he is banning Rav Yosef from all IDF bases and participation in military events. The reason for the ban is Rav Yosef’s criticism […]
President Donald Trump signed a bill reopening the government late Monday, ending a 69-hour display of partisan dysfunction after Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations. They relented
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday defended President Donald Trump over his recent comments disparaging immigration from Africa and Haiti, telling The Associated Press that the president’s “heart” is
The creators of a reality show say they were shooting an episode about a vacuum device used to compress luggage when the gadget prompted a fake bomb alert at a
(VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Monday, 22 January 2018), at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, at a dinner for US Vice President
A Jewish woman who was one of the few Italian children to survive deportation to a Nazi death camp has been made a senator-for-life in Italy. President Sergio Mattarella’s office
Apple CEO Tim Cook warned against “overuse” of technology, and said he didn’t want young members of his own family to use social media. Cook’s comments, reported by The Guardian, were at Harlow college in England as part of a tour of Europe to support Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ training curriculum. “I’m not a person that says we’ve achieved […]
(VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) A new Jerusalem home was destroyed in a fire that fire marshals determined was caused by improper use of a heater. Firefighters on Sunday, 5 Shevat, responded to a blaze in the Armon HaNatziv neighborhood, on the fourth floor of an apartment building. B’chasdei Hashem there were no injuries […]
Agudath Israel of America has filed an “amicus curiae” (friend of the court) brief in a case before the Supreme Court of Montana, urging the court to uphold a state program that gives tax credits to taxpayers for contributions to scholarship programs that benefit needy students, including those attending religious schools. The case, Espinoza v. […]
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Marking the official visit to Israel by US Vice President Mike Pence, The Friends of the Zion Museum in Israel, located in the heart of Jerusalem, has launched a campaign under the banner ‘Vice President Pence! You are a True Friend of Zion!’ The campaign includes 110 billboards throughout the city, […]
Shakil Afridi has languished in jail for years — since 2011, when the Pakistani doctor used a vaccination scam in an attempt to identify Osama bin Laden’s home, aiding U.S. Navy Seals who tracked and killed the al-Qaida leader. Americans might wonder how Pakistan could imprison a man who helped track down the mastermind of […]
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) The attached video was taken from a dash-cam from a car in Boro Park on Monday afternoon. The viewer can clearly see that a school bus
The Knesset Committee on Monday, 6 Shevat, voted to prohibit the use of BDS funding to permit sending MKs abroad. This refers to accepting funds from any of the companies
The founder of the World Economic Forum says he hopes President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Davos this week will “provide him even better with a global perspective,” and says
As Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has banned Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef and other rabbonim from IDF bases and participation in military events, dozens of soldiers arrived to daven shachris with Rav Yosef on Monday morning, 6 Shevat. Lieberman announced the ban against Rav Yosef as well as Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and Rabbi Shlomo HaKohen […]
At the urging of New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn), women will now receive additional swim time at the Metropolitan Pool Recreation Center in Williamsburg. Hikind thanked Mayor de
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