FDA Warns Makers of Alcoholic Energy Drinks
The Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters Wednesday to four manufacturers of alcoholic energy drinks often consumed by college students, saying the caffeine...
Palin: I Could Beat Obama
Sarah Palin says she could defeat President Barack Obama if she seeks the White House in 2012. In an excerpt of an ABC News...
Is Fountain Soda Still Kosher?
By Rabbi Dovid Cohen
Baruch Hashem, we live in a time that wherever we travel in the United States, from Bangor to Burbank, we have...
Young Israel Rejects Petition to Change its Constitution
It has come down to this in the long-running battle between the leadership of the National Council of Young Israel and a group of...
Turkish PM Leads ‘Person of the Year’ Poll
Time Magazine has recently published a list of candidates for its Person of the Year award and has asked its readers to rate their...
Intermarriage Rates Among Diaspora Jews at All-Time High
A new study revealed by the Knesset Information and Research Center shows high rates of intermarriage among Jewish communities in the Diaspora. During the...
New Japan Vending Machine Recommends Drinks to Buyers
For you sir, a canned coffee. And for madam, perhaps a nice cold tea. A new Japanese canned drink vending machine uses facial recognition...
IDF Wipes Out Army of Islam Senior Operative
A joint IDF-ISA operation in the Northern Gaza Strip targeted a senior operative from the "Army of Islam" terror organization today. During the targeted...
Budget Cuts at Agudas Yisroel
Rabbi Avi Shafran, spokesman for Agudas Yisroel of America, recently released a statement regarding budget cuts at the organization.
It has been 12 years since...
Video, Photos: Rav Shlomo Hadarashan Brings the House Down at Satmar Sheva Brachos
This past Motzoei Shabbos, a large sheva brachos was held in honor of the marriage of a daughter of Rav Mordechai Bezalel Klein,...
Lebron Goes Kosher Under the Star-K
Kosher Sports, Florida (KS), a premier glatt kosher caterer at stadiums and arenas, will be serving their delicious kosher concession fare at basketball games...
Reports: Future of Mideast Peace Process in the Hands of Chacham Ovadiah Yosef
Reports by media agencies around the world are portraying the future of the Mideast peace process as resting in the hands of Chacham Ovadiah...
Hisachdus Threatens Hotel Boycott Over Kevorim Desecration
From the NY Daily News: A group called Save the Graves wants to bury real estate developer Aby Rosen in protests. After staging demonstrations...
Bloomberg: I Am Not Qualified to Run U.S. Treasury
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday he has no interest in becoming U.S. Treasury secretary. "I have no skills to be the...
Seven Mile Market Opens in Baltimore
By Isaac Draiman
"Beautiful, Amazing," is what everyone is saying at the new Seven Mile Market, which opened today at the previous site of Safeway on...
Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today
Both Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein, the Rosh Yeshiva in Slabokda and later in Chevron, and his brother in law and Chavrusa in Kollel, Rav...
Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein zt”L On His Yahrtzeit, Today
To relate the story of the Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein is to relate the story of the Slabodka Yeshiva of Lithuania, the forerunner of...
Business Halacha: When I Dispute the Bill
Q: I hired someone to paint four rooms. He gave me a bill for $1,200, but I remember the estimate as being $1,000. What...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 10 Kislev
Rav Moshe Mordechai Margulios, Rav and Av Beis Din Cracow, author of Chasdei Hashem (1616)
Rav Pinchas Menachem Elazar Justman (Yustman) of Piltz, the Sifsei...
Los Angeles Passes Strict Ban On Plastic Bags
Parts of Los Angeles County have joined other California communities in banning stores from using single-use plastic bags. County supervisors approved the measure 3-1...
