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Both President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu have declined a request from former US President Jimmy Carter to meet with them. They explained Carter’s long record of being
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday 2 Rosh Chodesh Iyar, ahead of the State of Israel’s 67th Independence Day, held a series of meetings with the IDF General Staff, Mossad,
Bloomberg Philanthropies has launched a $42 million program to help 100 mid-sized cities to better use data and evidence. The What Works Cities initiative is open to U.S. cities with
According to figures released by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, the divorce rate in Israel was down 2% in 2014. The Chief Rabbinate this week released a report that showed
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New York City subway ridership has reached its highest level in more than 65 years. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says more than 1.7 billion people rode the subway last year.
Betar Illit residents are complaining there has been a rash of break-ins in the city in recent days. One resident of Rav Shach Street is quoted telling Kikar Shabbos News
After over 13 coalition negotiating sessions and many unofficial meetings and discussions, Yahadut Hatorah on Monday 2 Iyar is expected to receive the first draft copy of the coalition agreement.
Jeb Bush is preparing to embark on an experiment in presidential politics: delegating many of the nuts-and-bolts tasks of seeking the White House to a separate political organization that can
As it is the shloshim for the Sassoon family, the loss of seven children in a fire that ravaged through their Brooklyn home, the father, R’ Gavriel Sasson spoke with
Earlier this week, police have declared the vehicular death of shalom Yochai Sherki HY”D an act of terror and the investigation continues. 20-year-old Shira bas Ada Klein remains hospitalized. She
Senator Simcha Felder (D, Brooklyn), together with Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz of Queens, is calling on Mayor de Blasio to prevent the release of unclaimed bodies without prior written authorization by
An IDF soldier was detained on the afternoon of Monday, 1 Iyar on Har Habayis for allegedly bowing a slight bow. According to the police, at the exit from Har
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] NEW YORK – April 21, 2015 – EL AL Israel Airlines’ is providing travelers with exceptional spring savings in honor of Israel’s 67th Independence Day. The special roundtrip
Poultry producers and scientists have been hoping warmer weather would knock down a virulent strain of bird flu that has hammered the Midwest, but the virus recently took its biggest
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