The New York State 2016 legislative session has barely begun, yet the Senate has already passed a bill of major importance for the nonpublic school community: the Education Investment Incentives

12:26: Fire and EMS units are responding to a reported balcony collapse near the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem early Tuesday afternoon 2 Shevat. The accident occurred on HaMa’aravim Street,

10:29: Gunfire was directed at IDF soldiers manning the Kiosk Checkpoint in the Beit Lechem area of the Gush Etzion district. The gunfire came from a moving vehicle, which succeeded

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