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Thursday May 23, 2013 11:16 AM
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Vekol ha’am ro’im es hakolos. When the Torah was given to man on Har Sinai, we are told, the Jewish people gathered around the mountain and (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 10:16 AM
If you’re already feeling like a lazy couch potato: stop reading.
An 80-year-old Japanese climber reached the summit of Mount Everest Thursday, becoming the oldest man in history to achieve the feat. (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 9:17 AM
By Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
Rabbi Dov Lipman of the Yesh Atid party has expressed concerns about the Chareidi community’s challenge of generating enough income to (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 8:10 AM
Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole is poised to lose a knife fight.
A new bill introduced yesterday on Capitol Hill by Sen. Chuck Schumer and three other senators would permanently block Pistole’s plan to permit (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 7:22 AM
Residents of Gush Etzion, located in Judea and Samaria near Yerushalayim, were shocked recently to see that, according to Google, they live in (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 6:39 AM
In a show of force, the United States Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging an uncompromising US stance against Iranian (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 5:41 AM
Your dead battery will be gone in 60 seconds.
A new device can fit inside a cell phone’s battery and recharge it fully in less than half a minute. Is it the latest from Duracell or Energizer? The (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 4:19 AM
A cub scout leader and mother-of-two has been hailed a hero after she fearlessly confronted one of the men accused of hacking a man to death in London yesterday. (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 3:31 AM
The first formal acknowledgement that the U.S. ordered the killing of an American in a drone strike was made Wednesday, just one day before (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 2:31 AM
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld won’t say whether he supports same gender marriage. (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 1:16 AM
The president will visit to Moore, Oklahoma, on Sunday to survey the damage of the tornado that leveled the town earlier this week, the White House has announced. (more…)
Thursday May 23, 2013 12:09 AM
Rav Chaim of Volozhin (1749-1821). The most prominent student of the Vilna Gaon, Rav Chaim established the Volozhin yeshiva in 1803, which was to become the classic model of Lithuanian yeshiva.
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Wednesday May 22, 2013 9:53 PM
New Jersey - With controversy continuing to swirl around its list of proposed college construction grants, Christie administration officials are (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 7:32 PM
[Graphic video below.] In what the BBC is calling a “terror attack,” a man was killed in broad daylight in Woolwich, London, on Wednesday afternoon. Two apparent (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 6:40 PM
Everyone knows the first step in your presidential campaign is to write a book. Enter Paul Ryan.
The former GOP vice presidential candidate is working on a new tome set to release next year. Ryan, who is so far writing the book himself, is (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 5:53 PM
The first victim from the Oklahoma tornado-out of 24-was identified last night as 9-year-old Ja’Nae Hornsby, a third-grader at Plaza Towers (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 4:10 PM
Israel’s air force chief warned today that tensions with Syria could escalate into a “surprise war” and that Israel needs to be ready. (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 3:47 PM
You’re going to have to do better than that, Lois.
The IRS official at the center of the scandal over the agency’s scrutiny of conservative groups pleaded the Fifth during Wednesday’s hearing. Lois (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 3:13 PM
The FBI has confirmed that an FBI agent shot and killed a man connected to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev last night. (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 2:51 PM
The frantic search for survivors in Moore, Oklahoma, may be coming to a futile end. No new survivors or bodies have been discovered (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 2:36 PM
Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds of more centrifuges at its Natanz plant, a UN nuclear agency report said (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 1:43 PM
The Washington Post reports: Jewish leaders in the media are in large part responsible for American acceptance of same-gender marriage, Vice (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 12:41 PM
If Iran is not stopped from developing the capability to build a nuclear bomb, the Islamic Republic could become a “nuclear superpower” that (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 11:31 AM
Secretary of State John Kerry met with the father of one of the men killed during the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in Washington last week (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 10:33 AM
By T. Felik
In light of all the press recently about MK Dov Lipman and his views against daas Torah and the yeshiva system, I am saddened to see (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 9:14 AM
By Rafael Gebrili
Recently, a booklet on tznius was mailed out in one of our frum communities. I personally thought that the booklet was a mistake from beginning (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 8:27 AM
Brooklyn, NY - The measles outbreak in Brooklyn is continuing to grow. To date, there have been 34 confirmed cases, including 27 in Borough (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 8:00 AM
Catskill Regional Medical Center (Harris Hospital) issued a warning Tuesday that some patients might have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis by the shared use of insulin injection pens. (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 7:50 AM

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Wednesday May 22, 2013 7:18 AM
The United Nations’ Relief and Works Agency is again facing accusations of supporting anti-Israel sentiment. In the latest incident, the UNRWA (more…)