A federal appeals court in Boston has decided the fate of the nation’s oldest synagogue, overturning a lower court’s decision that put control of the building and a set of
Ex-New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver can ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case rather than go straight to a retrial. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Attorney Yoram Sheftal, who is representing Elor Azariya, has announced he plans to appeal the case to the High Court of Justice. Azariya was found guilty of manslaughter by a
President Donald Trump will reach for an emotional and political boost at a campaign rally late Thursday in West Virginia. Trump has been holding campaign-style events on friendly turf to
Councilman David G. Greenfield is thrilled to announce an ambitious summer street repaving schedule throughout Borough Park, Midwood and Bensonhurst. Greenfield secured $200,000 in additional funds in both last years and this years city budget for these crucial road work projects. Repaving is one of the most popular improvements to the district and consistently ranks […]
On Thursday, Israeli security forces released information of a joint investigation of the Shin Bet in cooperation with the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Police which recently exposed a
New York City police have released a sketch of a person of interest in connection with an exploding package that killed a landlord. Police released the sketch Wednesday of a
On Wednesday 10 Av, police partially lifted a gag order on the case of the murder of Yishav Adam resident, 29-year-old Michal Halimi HYD. She was reported to be a missing person at the end of May and the investigation began on that premise. Police soon learned that she left her home on her own […]
The Chesed Fund has been working relentlessly since the launch of their ambitious commission-free crowd funding site, to create a platform that makes fundraising simple and user-friendly. The Chesed Fund
It is entirely possible that you have pasul tzitzis; A class action lawsuit for a huge sum was filed against the world’s largest tzitzis factory on the grounds of misleading
The U.S. military in Afghanistan says that four American troops were wounded in the same suicide bombing near the city of Kandahar the previous day that killed two U.S. service
On Wednesday August 2, 2017, at about 2:20 PM, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Patrol received a report of a security officer being assaulted in the parking lot of Walmart in
Donald Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations. “What’s the point?” he asked. But now the president is getting ready to join the annual August exodus from this town he calls “the swamp.” Trump is due to set out Friday on his first extended vacation from Washington since the inauguration a 17-day getaway […]
(COMMUNICATED CONTENT) Avromi Russel was enjoying an important nights sleep before his wedding when he received a phone call that would change his life. I was woken from my sleep by a call from the Chicago Chesed Fund informing me I had won the grand prize of their annual fundraising raffle! he says. Adding to […]
The extremists among chareidim continue to cross red lines in their battle against chareidim serving in the IDF. The latest campaign is called Yehudim, the City is Burning, which includes a pamphlet and pashkavilim and an astonishing comparison between concentration camps and induction into the IDF. A handout was circulated in some shuls and mailboxes, […]
Yesterday, the members of the latest class of the Center for Kehillah Development (CKD) received smichah from Rav Moshe Bransdorfer, one of the leading rabbonim of the Badatz Eidah HaChreidis
It appears that troubles for the Shas party are not disappearing amid reports of growing internal strife. In the latest episode, Rabbi Yaakov Cohen, a son of HaGaon HaRav Shalom
For Michael Rizzo, answering the phone is too often a waste of time. His Sports City Pizza Pub in Buffalo, New York, depends on customers calling to order wings, pizza
Israel’s National Library launched an online database on Wednesday aggregating tens of thousands of digitized Jewish manuscripts belonging to collections from across the globe. Scholars and laypersons can access almost
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