Skverer Rebbe Donates to Rubashkin
The Skverer Rebbe, Rav Duvid Twersky, has donated towards the rather substantial legal bills of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin as his attorneys appeal an unusually...
Activists: Obama, Send Pollard Home
Ahead of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's planned meeting today with President Barack Obama, activists are calling Obama and asking him to release Jonathan Pollard,...
Doctor: Never Underestimate Dangers Of Heat
Along with the heat wave come some real health risks. But experts say symptoms of heat-related illness are not always easy to recognize. CBS...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 24 Tammuz
Rav Yitzchak Grodzinski of Vilna
Rav Yitzchak Kolitz (1922-2003). Born in Elita, Lithuania, to Rav Eliyahu Dovid Nachman Kolitz, Rav of the town and a...
Is NYC A Blackout Waiting To Happen?
The message when it comes to blackouts in the midst of this summer sizzler: The worst is yet to come. That's the bad news....
CNN Editor Eulogizes Hezbollah Leader as “Hezbollah Giant”
Lebanese-born CNN senior editor Octavia Nasr eulogized on her personal blog the spiritual leader of Hezbollah, who died last week, according to the media...
The Satmar Rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Pesel Leah Teitelbaum a”h
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of the Satmar Rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Pesel Leah Teitelbaum a"h. Yidden all over the globe...
Shomrim in Kiryas Tosh Hit By Suspicious Car
Shomrim volunteers in Kiryas Tosh received a call at around 11 p.m. last night regarding a car whose occupants were throwing unknown objects at...
Rav Malkiel Kotler Criticizes Orthodox Newspaper for Tribute Publication
Rav Malkiel Kotler, the rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoah of Lakewood, issued strong words regarding a Jewish publication that recently published a tribute...
Rav Ovadiah Yosef: Conservative Jews Don’t Practice Real Judaism
Those who study in religious schools affiliated with Conservative Judaism do not practice Judaism, Chacham Ovadia Yosef, head of the Shas party's Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, has...
BMG Holds Mesibas Preidah for Rav Yehudah Jacobs
Last night, Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood, NJ, held a mesibas preidah for Rav Yehudah Jacobs, who after decades of harbotzas haTorah and infusing...
The Latest ‘Chatchka’ Craze
Nextrendz Imports, Inc. is strategically aligning with Launch Consulting, LLC to present the first Jewish-themed bandz to the market. Kids, parents and grandparents are scouring...
Rav Lau: I am Willing to Trade Places with Gilad
Some 15,000 people arrived at Tel Aviv's Kikar Rabin today morning to attend a rally for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Ealier, thousands of marchers...
Obama to Extend Homebuyer Tax-Credit Deadline
President Barack Obama plans to extend a deadline for first-time homebuyers to complete purchases and qualify for an $8,000 tax credit, a White House...
Eruv Sabotage in South Yerushalayim Ratcheted Up
Hundreds of thousands of south Jerusalem residents were left without a proper eruv following the latest act of sabotage in an ongoing series of...
Queen Elizabeth to Make First Visit to Ground Zero and First Speech to UN...
Queen Elizabeth II will visit Ground Zero for the first time and make her first address to the U.N. General Assembly in over half...
Steele Taking Heat For Comments On Afghanistan War
Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham spoke from the war zone Sunday to condemn GOP chairman Michael Steele's comment that Afghanistan was a "war...
NYC Offers Water at Outdoor Public Spaces
New York City is looking to make the hot days of summer a little more comfortable. Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday announced a new...
Teaneck Picks First Muslim Mayor With Help of Jewish Community
Mohammed Hameeduddin became the first Muslim mayor in Bergen County history Thursday, as a divided Township Council elected him after a fierce, weeks-long debate...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 23 Tammuz
Rav Moshe Cordovero (Remak) (1522-1570). The Remak was the son of Rav Yaakov, one of the exiles from Cardova, Spain. He studied under the...
