Beit Shemesh Mayoral Candidate Cohen Targets Chareidi Vote
The favorite of the non-chareidi tzibur in the Beit Shemesh elections, Eli Cohen, hired Akiva Weingarten as his chareidi affairs advisor,. This signals the Cohen election campaign feels not all eligible chareidi voters in Beit Shemesh wish to automatically support the reelection of Mayor Moshe Abutbul and Cohen is making a bid for those votes. […]
What’s Ahead For Drug Kingpin Joaquin Guzman?
The Mexican government has extradited suspected drug kingpins to the U.S. in the past, but none with a higher profile than Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who was arrested Saturday in the Mexican port city of Mazatlan. The Sinaloa cartel leader faces charges in at least seven U.S. federal judicial districts � Brooklyn, N.Y.; Concord, N.H.; […]
IDF’s Chief of Personnel Branch Wants More Women in the IDF
In an address in Kiryat Ono College, IDF Chief of Personnel Branch Major-General Orna Barvibai told her audience that �we are busy discussing [IDF] service for men, both secular and chareidi, but there is almost no discussion regarding the fact women are not inducted�. According to Barvibai, 42% of draft eligible females in Israel do […]
Bill Clinton Takes 2014 Surrogate Role, Helps Dems
Bill Clinton, popular in territory unfriendly to President Barack Obama, is reprising his role as a super-surrogate for Democrats battling to keep their Senate majority and win other races. In the long run, Clinton could pick up political chits for his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, should she run for president in 2016. The political terrain […]
Yesha Council Sponsors Front Page Ad Against Settlement Freeze Signed by 20 MKs
The Yesha Council of Jewish communities in Judea & Samaria has launched a new ad campaign to highlight their political strength within the Israeli Knesset against any future “Settlement Freeze”. For the second day in a row, the council has placed front page advertisements in the left-leaning Haaretz newspaper, showing a petition signed by no […]
Obama to Act on Keystone in ‘A Couple of Months’
Governors are quoting President Barack Obama as saying he expects to decide on the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline in the next couple of months. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, a Republican who supports the pipeline, said Obama was asked about Keystone Monday at a White House meeting with about 40 governors. Heineman and Oklahoma Gov. […]
VIDEO: Avreichim Willing to Leave Their Homes in ‘Occupied Areas’
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Many chareidim feel that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the right-wing (Bayit Yehudi) have betrayed the natural alliance that existed in the past with the chareidim, particularly the dati leumi community. Today, the chareidi tzibur views Bayit Yehudi as playing a pivotal role in the �gezeiros shmad�, the ongoing effort to […]
PHOTO ESSAY: Historic Meeting Of Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael of Degel Hatorah, Shas and Agudas Yisrael
Official: NJ Hasn’t Gotten Enough In Sandy Aid
The state’s community affairs commissioner says New Jersey has not received enough federal funding to help with rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy. Richard Constable appeared Monday before a state Senate committee to defend New Jersey’s efforts to rebuild after the storm. He noted that the state had an estimated $37 billion in damage from the October […]
IDF Chief of Staff: If Hamas Decides to Act, They Will Regret it
IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benjamin �Benny� Gantz toured the Golan Heights on Sunday, 23 Adar I 5774, where he discussed Iran�s involvement in creating tension in the region, and the steps the IDF has taken to ensure stability. �Iran is handing out torches to the pyromaniacs by giving them weapons, missiles and […]
Obama to Propose 1 Percent Federal Worker Pay Hike
The White House says President Barack Obama will propose a 1 percent pay raise next year for federal workers. The increase would mark the second year in a row that civilian federal workers would get a 1 percent hike after three straight years of pay freezes. Pay went up in January. The Pentagon said military […]
FM Lieberman: The Meaning of Israel as the State of the Jewish People
The following was released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the name of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. “Eretz Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and gave to the world […]
Hagel Proposes Big Cuts In Army In 2015 Budget
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday proposed shrinking the Army to its smallest size in 74 years, closing military bases and making other military-wide savings as part of a broad reshaping after more than a decade of war. Hagel outlined his vision in a speech at the Pentagon, a week before President Barack Obama is […]
HaGaon HaRav Lichtenstein Shlita to Receive the Israel Prize
HaGaon HaRav Dr. Aaron Lichtenstein Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Har Etzion and senior posek in the dati leumi community, will become a recipient of the prestigious Israel Prize for Torah Literature based on his seforim, which encompass philosophy and Talmud. In the official announcement made by Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron he stated �the rabbi�s works […]
Knesset Interior Committee Discuss Beit Shemesh Election
Chareidi lawmakers were angered by the Knesset Interior Committee, which MK Rav Yaakov Asher labeled �a defamatory mechanism against the chareidim�. On Monday 24 Adar I Chairwoman MK Miri Regev convened a special session of the committee to address the upcoming elections in Beit Shemesh. Chareidi MKs Asher (Yahadut Hatorah) and Yitzchak Cohen (Shas) turned […]
HISTORIC MEETING OF GEDOLIM: Standing Firm in the Face of Threatened Chareidi Draft
The historic meeting of the Gedolei Hador Shlita, the Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael of Degel Hatorah, Shas and Agudas Yisrael met in Bnei Brak on Monday night, the eve of 25 Adar I 5774. There was much speculation if HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Auerbach Shlita would attend. He was present with the other gedolim. The rabbonim decided […]
NYC Mayor de Blasio Finally Responds To #SpeedGate
The following is a transcript from a press conference in Staten Island, held on Monday afternoon: Question: From a national perspective, you seem to be getting hammered in the press. Everything from perceived favoritism, to how you’re driving, to handling the snowstorms and schools closings. Do you think that some of the criticism is fair, […]
Rishon L’Tzion: A Chief Rabbi of a City May Not Have a Non Kosher Cell Phone
Rishon L�Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita feels that a rav who serves as the chief rabbi of a city should not have a non-kosher cellular telephone. The rav was addressing a kenos of dayanim and he requested that the participants should not bring non-kosher phones to the forum. The rav added that a dayan and […]
Governors Erupt In Partisan Dispute At White House
The nation’s governor’s emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama Monday claiming harmony, only to immediately break into an on-camera partisan feud in front of the West Wing. Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal lashed out first, saying if Obama were serious about growing the economy he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and […]
Who is a Chareidi? Ask Minister ‘Rabbi’ Shai Piron
One of the matters still on the Shaked Committee agenda is how and who will determine which talmidim are chareidim, referring to graduates of yeshivos ketanos. According to a report filed by Yair Ettinger in Haaretz, a determination will have to be made regarding graduates of yeshivos ketanos as to who will be classified as […]
MTA Real-Time Bus Tracking Arriving in Brooklyn and Queens in March
Brooklyn and Queens bus riders have another reason to covet their electronic devices. MTA Bus Time�, has expanded and will cover all Brooklyn and Queens� bus routes starting March 9. �Customers can get the locations of Brooklyn and Queens� buses in real time via smart phone, web and text message. The MTA has fulfilled its […]
President Peres: I Wouldn’t Go With Criminal Sanctions Against Chareidim
President Shimon Peres on Monday morning, 24 Adar I 5774 commented on the Shaked Committee�s decision to go with criminal sanctions against chareidim failing to comply with the draft law. The president was meeting with students from Bar Ilan University, opting to address the matter of the inclusion of criminal sanctions in the new draft […]
German Chancellor Merkel Arrives in Israel Along with a Delegation of 16 Ministers
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel on Monday evening 24 Adar I 5774, along with a delegation of 16 German government ministers, for the fifth meeting between the Israeli and German governments, which will mark 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two governments. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet with […]
Video of Interest: Megillas Lester Official Trailer
Chareidi MKs Instructed to Leave Parliamentary Aides Home
Preparations are underway for the historical meeting on Monday night, 24 Adar I 5774 of the Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael of Shas, Agudas Yisrael and Degel Hatorah. For a first time ever, the three councils will sit in a joint meeting to address the government�s tenacious efforts to pull avreichim into the military. In a letter […]
Parnassah Expo Launches �The Accelerator� to Help Innovative Businesses
As the dates of March 25th and 26th are fast approaching, the 2014 Parnassah Expo, to be held at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, �is adding exciting new features to its already loaded array of promising business tools for those in every industry. Much of the latest buzz surrounds �The Accelerator,� which offers […]
Video Of Interest: Hundreds Protest Demanding Pollard’s Release In Front Of American Embassy In Tel Aviv
Ukraine Shul Targeted in a Firebomb Attack
There are growing fears that the civil unrests in Kiev will result in increased anti-Semitism. On Monday morning 24 Adar I, four masked men targeted a shul in Zbarazh in a firebomb attack. The four managed to flee the scene before a watchman could apprehend any of them. JDN reports that Chabad shaliach in the […]
Video Of Interest: Satmar Rebbe Of Kiryas Yoel ‘We Survived The Inquisition & Auschwitz, We Will Survive IDF Draft Law’
Dingell, Longest-Serving Congressman, to Retire
U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history who mastered legislative deal-making and was fiercely protective of Detroit’s auto industry, will announce his retirement on Monday, a person familiar with his plans said. The person was not authorized to speak publicly ahead of Dingell’s announcement. The 87-year-old Michigan Democrat has served […]
Video Of Interest: US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Speaks (English)
Video Of Interest: MK Feiglin Once Again Permitted To Visit Har Habayis (Hebrew)
Video Of Interest: IDF Soldiers Train for Urban Warfare
Video Of Interest: Hundreds Spend Shabbos in Lizhensk for the yahrzeit of Noam Elimelech ZY”A
Monday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
� A rocket attack was reported in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council during the night. B�chasdei Hashem no fatalities, injuries or property damage. � Workers sanctions prevent ships from docking and unloading in the Port of Haifa. � IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 12 suspects during the night. […]