By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times As an introduction to this particular season of the Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av there are a number of questions that present themselves. Hopefully, asking them and searching for their answers will give us new insights into this time. Perhaps also these answers will direct […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) By: Shimmy Blum The Mill Basin area Jewish community has never had an event like this. Period. Hundreds of residents of the fast growing Jewish community bloc of Mill Basin, Bergen and Georgetown in Brooklyn gathered at Manhattan Beach Jewish Center Monday evening for a special “PUR” event commemorating the beginning […]
The Ministerial Law Committee on Sunday 15 Tammuz approved a bill that would compel public agencies to accept email, not just faxes. Some agencies, still today, receive faxes but will
Last week, the board of the Israel Innovation Authority convened to discuss a variety of projects developing technological solutions for populations with special needs, allocating 3 million NIS for the
A new package of economic sanctions on Russia and Iran unacceptably constrains the president’s authority, the White House said Monday as Democrats complained that the Trump administration was trying to
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Protestors were outside the home of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman explaining “instead of defending us, he imprisons out children”. In this case, the father explains that both the Magistrate and District courts released his son, but this was not good enough for Lieberman, who then had an administrative detention order issued. […]
One of the vans in the fleet of a popular Miami area Kosher bakery was stolen and used as a getaway vehicle by a bank robber. The driver of Zak
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) As part of Zaka’s ongoing work to ensure kovod hameis, Zaka chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav appealed to the Chairman of the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee MK David Amsalem and committee member MK Yaakov Asher to hold a discussion as soon as possible and establish clear procedures for evacuating dead bodies in road […]
(Written By Judi Franco – NJ 101.5 / Republished with permission) Yes Virginia, there are actually people besides Jews who commit welfare fraud! The reason I bring this up is not to defend the Lakewood Jews arrested for allegedly defrauding the system, but to show you how rampant this crime actually is — and how […]
This brief but nonetheless shocking video, explains how the PA (Palestinian Authority) has spent $1.1 billion despite the fact so many are starving and lack basic amenities in the PA.
High Court of Justice President Miriam Naor and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announced the next President of the High Court will be Esther Hayut. The appointment was made despite the ongoing dispute surrounding how the head of Israel’s highest court is appointment. Currently, the appointment is made on the basis of seniority. Shaked advocates changing […]
Voters in a poll released Monday said they were disgusted, angry and outraged by photos of Gov. Chris Christie sunning himself on a beach that was off-limits to the public
Police officers in full dress uniform are being joined by neighborhood residents at a New York City church for a wake honoring the life and memory of a police officer
Representatives of the Israel Electric Company on Monday, 16 Tammuz, signed an agreement with the PA (Palestinian Authority) to increase the supply of electricity to the Jenin and northern Shomron
At a gathering in Krakow, Poland, UNESCO, the UN agency tasked with designating world heritage sites, voted to list the Ma’aras HaMachpelah in Hebron as a World Heritage Site in Danger located in the “State of Palestine”. The Hebron Jewish community issued the following response to the latest delusional UNESCO decision. “Clearly, this was yet […]
Catskills Hatzolah has received a brand new ambulance, which has been added to their growing fleet of state-of-the-art emergency response vehicles. The newest ambulance called “Liberty 1” is stationed in
Bayit Yehudi leader Minister Naftali Bennet is credited with saving the Ohr Etzion military high school having fought a tenacious battle on the school’s behalf. Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon decided to close Ohr Etzion along with the military school in Haifa. Current Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced he was going to close Ohr Etzion, […]
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