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Thursday March 18, 2010 9:51 PM
A Czech doctors organization has apologized to Jewish doctors for the persecution they endured in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia before the Nazis invaded, an official said today. Before the war broke out, (more…)
Thursday March 18, 2010 8:18 PM
Republicans have lost an effort to force House Democrats to hold a direct vote on the health overhaul bill. Democrats want to use a special procedure that would let the House automatically approve the (more…)
Thursday March 18, 2010 6:33 PM
[Letter below.] In light of the recent tumult regarding insect infestation in fish, Rav Shlomo Miller, rosh kollel of Kollel Avreichim of Toronto, head of the Bais Horaah of Lakewood, and one of the gedolei (more…)
Thursday March 18, 2010 6:07 PM
[Letter link below.] More than 120 million U.S. census forms began arriving this week in mailboxes around the country, in the government’s once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up (more…)
Thursday March 18, 2010 5:46 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter today called U.S. plans to mediate the dispute between the Israelis and Palestinians by shuttling back and forth between the two parties a “feeble effort” toward bringing lasting (more…)
Thursday March 18, 2010 5:28 PM
Yidden across the globe are asked to daven for Rav Yisroel Elya Weintraub, renowned mashpiah and mekubal from Bnei Brak, who is in need of rachamei Shomayim. The name for Tehillim is Rav Refoel Yisroel (more…)
Thursday March 18, 2010 5:10 PM
A bill calling for prison time and fines for those who perform circumcision on any male under the age of 18 was rejected by the Judiciary Committee of the Massachusetts state legislature. The text of the (more…)
Thursday March 18, 2010 4:21 PM
[Video below.] Earlier this afternoon, Rav Yisroel Pinchos Bodner delivered a fascinating shiur on shiurim, measurements, for the Leil HaSeder of Pesach. The shiur took place in Lakewood, NJ, at Bais (more…)
Thursday March 18, 2010 3:42 PM
By S. Friedman, Matzav.com
I recently came across a news tidbit involving a famous football player generously sponsoring scholarships for 9 graduating high school students. (more…)
Thursday March 18, 2010 3:04 PM
[Photos below.] Earlier this week, thousands of Vizhnitzer Chassidim gathered in Yerushalayim to mark 70 years of chinuch under the guidance of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rav Moshe Yehoshua (more…)