Support for charter schools and private school voucher programs has gone up over the past year, with Republicans accounting for much of the increase, according to a survey published Tuesday. The findings by Education Next, a journal published by Harvards Kennedy School and Stanford University, come as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos promotes alternatives to traditional […]
A symbolic circumcision (hatafas dam bris) was held last week for Jewish children who were recently rescued from hostile Arab villages by Yad L’Achim. Before the moving ceremony, the children
Minister of Regional Cooperation (Likud) Tzachi Hanegbi on Tuesday morning said that the prime minister’s promise in 2009 that he would collapse the Hamas government was meaningless. His statement surprised
New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) announced that tuna processed in the United States will now meet the communitys koshrous standards. Since January, Hikind has been working with the heads of the State Education and Child Nutrition programs to assure that yeshivas will not lose funding for lunch programs. Hikind was initially contacted by […]
The IDF Judge Advocate General, Major-General Sharon Apek, on Tuesday, 10 Elul, announced the launching of investigations into two incidents in which Gazans rioting along the border fence to southern
(VIDEO INEXTENDED ARTICLE) Israel Police at Ben-Gurion International Airport thwarted the smuggling of dozens of parrots. Animals smuggled from abroad without proper authorization may carry diseases that endanger public health.
This week Monday, August 20th through Thursday, August 23rd, Met Council will be giving away nearly 5,000 FREE kosher lunches in Boro Park and Williamsburg. Grab a free box lunch catered by Lou G. Siegel and under the hashgacha of the Tartikov Beis Din courtesy of Met Council. Met Council is proud to have the […]
A border police spokesman on Tuesday morning, 10 Elul, reported the arrest of a suspect and the apprehension of cash belonging to Hamas in Gaza. Intelligence information led border police
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) In what is likely to be shocking news to most Beit Shemesh residents in addition to the candidates, a poll shows that Dr. Aliza Bloch beats Beit Shemesh Mayor Rabbi Moshe Abutbul if elections were held today; by one percent – 46% to 45%. Bloch is a member of the citys […]
Now that it appears the recent leptospirosis crisis is under control, Israels healthcare community is addressing West Nile virus, with an 18-year-old male reportedly in very serious condition, in an intensive care unit in Beershevas Soroka Medical Center. He is on a respirator and in a medically-induced coma. Five others are hospitalized nationwide in less […]
The parents of children in Talmid Torah Emunas Tzion in Yerushalayim are angry with Mayor Nir Barkat as the school year is upon us and they do not have a
Continuing his trip to Israel, John Bolton, President Donald Trumps National Security Adviser visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum on Tuesday, where he took part in a memorial ceremony remembering the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust. In memory of the greatest tragedy which the spirit and resilience of the Jewish […]
President Trump exhorted West Virginia voters to back Republican Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey in November’s midterm elections Tuesday night, but most of the rallyfollowed a familiar pattern of Trump rattling off a list of accomplishments and urging voters to keep the Senate in GOP hands this November. One of the last thing Trump mentioned was […]
A Reform synagogue in Raleigh, North Carolina says several members have received threatening letters. Temple Beth Or Executive Director Robert Gleiberman tells The News & Observer that nine board members and one member of the clergy received copies of the same letter containing threatening language at their homes Saturday. Gleiberman says the letters had no […]
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, the former Gaza Prime Minister, is reported pleased with ongoing efforts to reach agreement for a one-year ceasefire with Israel. Speaking on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, Ismail on Tuesday said We are on the way of ending the blockade on Gaza. This is the result of your position and […]
A German court has ruled that public broadcaster ZDF can’t be forced to post a specifically worded apology demanded by a Polish court for erroneously calling two World War II
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Shas chairman, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Tuesday, 10 Elul, took part in the official opening of party headquarters in Jerusalem ahead of municipal elections. Deri optimistically commented, Bezras Hashem, we will be the largest faction. “Our goal is to be the largest faction in the city,” Deri declared at the […]
President Donald Trump is accusing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio of ripping off his rhetoric. Trump tweeted Tuesday that de Blasio “just stole my campaign slogan: PROMISES MADE
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit rejected the request of Rishon LTzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, who asked him to demand from the High Court an extension of the implementation of the kashrus reform plan pertaining to mashgichim, which he says could cause financial harm to thousands of mashgichim. In the State’s response to the High Court […]
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