Battling leaders of New York’s Senate who met with Gov. David Paterson say there is no power-sharing agreement to end a standoff over control of the chamber. After today’s one-hour, closed door meeting the Senate remains gridlocked after a June 8 coup by a Republican-dominated coalition over the Democratic conference. The Senate is now evenly split after one of the dissidents defected back to the Democratic conference. Action on critical bills has been stymied for weeks.
The Brooklyn Paper reports: In what may have been humanity’s most humbling day since scientists taught a monkey to communicate by sign language, a trio of elephants from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus defeated three legendary human athletes in a hot dog bun-eating contest in Coney Island this afternoon. The final tally was as humiliating as it was shocking:
Elephants: 505 hot dogs buns in six minutes. (more…)
Yerushalayim police have deployed in great numbers across the city, ahead of what authorities say will be another Shabbos of unrest in light of planned protest rallies against the opening of the Karta parking lot. Mayor Nir Barkat received threats to his life this week according to reports over the controversial decision to keep the parking lot open. Protests are planned for tomorrow afternoon. (more…)
The New York City Health Department has identified 11 cases of measles in Brooklyn over the last two months, leading to an alert yesterday urging doctors to report all suspected cases of the disease. Officials said measles is not common in the Big Apple, but is highly contagious. Nearly all the known cases were in children who were not vaccinated.
[Audio below.] Each week, Rav Chaim Mintz, Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of Staten Island and founder and head of Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, offers, via telephone, an insightful and inspiring message on the weekly parsha to hundreds of Oorah’s volunteers. Oorah and Matzav.com are proud to share this week’s message with the broader community. Click below to listen. (more…)
By Rabbi Avi Shafran The unaffiliated Jewish woman attended three of the rabbi’s shiurim in the 1950s, visibly intrigued by the ideas he put forth, about the historicity of Klal Yisroel’s mesorah. Then she abruptly stopped coming. Another woman who had also attended the lecture series tracked her down and asked why she was no longer showing up. The first woman answered straightforwardly: “He was convincing me. If I continue to listen to this man, I will have to change my life.” What a remarkably honest person. (I like to imagine that she came, (more…)
ShidduchVision was created to facilitate dates between people who may be in a different city, to save the cost, time and need to travel. They can meet from different cities or even countries for the first few times; if it’s on (more…)
By John R. Bolton Whatever the outcome of Iran’s presidential election tomorrow, negotiations will not soon — if ever — put an end to its nuclear threat. And given Iran’s determination to achieve deliverable nuclear weapons, speculation about a possible Israeli attack on its nuclear program will not only persist but grow. So what would such an attack look like? Obviously, Israel would need to consider many factors — such as its timing and scope, Iran’s increasing air defenses, the dispersion and hardening of its nuclear facilities, the (more…)
[Video below.]Last night, among the many parades, fireworks, picnics, concerts and other patriotic events in New Jersey to celebrate Independence Day was a fireworks display in Lakewood at Lake Carasaljo. The Lakewood Municipal Band and Chorus, conducted by Wilbur Wittemann, started the early Independence Day celebration at 8 p.m. at the Amphitheater near Lake Carasaljo. A fireworks display followed at about 9:30 p.m. The fireworks could be viewed from North or South Lake Drive and even further away. Residents all the way up Forest Avenue and down River Avenue stopped what they were (more…)
[Video below.] Earlier this week, the untold story of 2008’s terrorist attack on the Indian city of Mumbai was aired in a documentary in Britain. The story is told in the words of its victims and the gunmen. “Terror in Mumbai” tells the story of what happened when 10 gunmen held one of the world’s busiest cities hostage, killing and wounding hundreds of people while holding India’s crack security forces at bay. Dispatches reveals what happened, hour by hour, from the perspective of the security forces, the terrorists, their masterminds and the victims, including the chilling instruction to kill everyone at the (more…)
[Audio below.]The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of Madison. The shiur, on Parshas Chukas, was delivered this week to Rav Reisman’s alumni over the telephone. Rav Reisman makes a strong effort to keep in touch with all his talmidim even after they have left the yeshiva. His weekly teleconference is one that many of his talmidim look forward to each week. Matzav.com is fortunate to present this shiur to our (more…)
Empire Kosher Poultry yestertoday announced plans to significantly increase its Kosher chicken capacity in time for the Yomim Noraim peak demand period. Empire Kosher’s addition of a new, high-speed evisceration line will more than double its capacity. Empire’s regularly scheduled non-holiday production capacity is approximately 225,000 chickens per week, with a peak holiday production capacity of approximately 350,000 chickens per week. (more…)
Battling leaders of New York’s Senate who met with Gov. David Paterson say there is no power-sharing agreement to end a standoff over control of the chamber. After today’s one-hour, closed door meeting the Senate remains gridlocked after a June 8 coup by a Republican-dominated coalition over the Democratic conference. The Senate is now evenly split after one of the dissidents defected back to the Democratic conference. Action on critical bills has been stymied for weeks.
The Brooklyn Paper reports: In what may have been humanity’s most humbling day since scientists taught a monkey to communicate by sign language, a trio of elephants from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus defeated three legendary human athletes in a hot dog bun-eating contest in Coney Island this afternoon. The final tally was as humiliating as it was shocking:
Yerushalayim police have deployed in great numbers across the city, ahead of what authorities say will be another Shabbos of unrest in light of planned protest rallies against the opening of the Karta parking lot. Mayor Nir Barkat received threats to his life this week according to reports over the controversial decision to keep the parking lot open. Protests are planned for tomorrow afternoon. 
The New York City Health Department has identified 11 cases of measles in Brooklyn over the last two months, leading to an alert yesterday urging doctors to report all suspected cases of the disease. Officials said measles is not common in the Big Apple, but is highly contagious. Nearly all the known cases were in children who were not vaccinated.
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Empire Kosher Poultry yestertoday announced plans to significantly increase its Kosher chicken capacity in time for the Yomim Noraim peak demand period. Empire Kosher’s addition of a new, high-speed evisceration line will more than double its capacity. Empire’s regularly scheduled non-holiday production capacity is approximately 225,000 chickens per week, with a peak holiday production capacity of approximately 350,000 chickens per week. 
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