President Obama in NY/NJ Area Today
President Obama is in the New York/New Jersey area today. He's addressing the NAACP convention, and he's hoping his popularity rubs off on some...
Struggle for Prayer
By Aliza Feder
I can't daven. I've tried. I mean really tried. Not just the shutting my eyes tightly and swayed type of tried. I've...
Yahrtzeit Today of Rav Yaakov Yosef zt”l, New York’s Only Chief Rabbi
Thousands will participate today in visiting and davening at the kever of Rav Yaakov Yosef in the Union Field Cemetery, located at 82-11 Cypress...
Yerushalmi Boy at Center of Controversy Recovering; What Really Happened Remains Unclear
The three-and-a-half-year-old Yerushalmi boy whose mother has been accused of neglecting and starving him until he weighed only 7 kilos - the weight of...
Postville Hopes Purchase of Agri By Hershey Friedman & Co. Will Reverse Its Fortunes;...
Life in Postville wasn't easy before federal agents raided the area's largest employer and detained 389 people on immigration charges. The May 2008 raid...
Leon Kahn Appointed New President of the Cantorial Council of America
Leon Kahn of Washington Heights, NY, a member of the Kashrus Division of the Orthodox Union, was recently appointed President of the Cantorial Council...
90 Exhibitors at Lakewood Business & Industry Expo Today
Ninety exhibitors will be on hand at Lakewood Township's first Business and Industry Expo, Home Show, and Job Fair today at Lake Terrace Hall,...
YU Study Finds Few Day Schools Plan Properly
The Jewish Star reports: Fewer than a quarter of Jewish day schools have a long-range financial plan. That's the finding of an anonymous survey...
Defense Official: Israel Readying For Attack On Iran
Israel's recent deployment of warships across the Red Sea should be seen as serious preparation for an attack on Iran, an Israeli defense official...
Today’s History & Yahrtzeits – 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...
Man Charged $23,148,855,308,184,500 For One Pack Of Cigarettes
A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over...
Rav Chaim Stein to Address Yeshiva Birchas Chaim Reception Tonight
Tonight, Yeshiva Birchas Chaim of Lakewood will hold its 10th Anniversary Reception at the home of R' Mordechai Schron, located at 1430 Ardenwood Avenue....
Abducted Girl Found, Car Had ‘HASHEM1’ License Plates
Police have found 1 1/2-year-old Naomi Hilel, who was in a minivan that was stolen this morning at a Virginia Beach 7-Eleven. They said...
Rav Yisroel Belsky to Visit Camp Rayim Tonight
Rav Yisroel Belsky, rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and one of the senior poskim in the United States, will be visiting Camp Rayim...
Hesder Rabbi: Blind Men May Touch Their Dates
In a ruling that is being strongly criticized by many, Rabbi Yuval Sherlo, head of the Petach Tikva Hesder Yeshiva, has declared it permissible...
A Reader Writes: Shidduchim – Complain or Do Something
Dear Editor,
As a parent of children who are not yet in the parsha of shidduchim, I would like to make a suggestion as...
Barkat Closes Yerushalayim Welfare Offices After Protests for Mentally Unstable Woman Who Is Suspected...
After protests ceased and quiet returned to the streets of Yerushalayim this evening, YerushalayimMayor Nir Barkat, in a rare move, ordered all city welfare...
Prison Coach: Madoff Was Not Afraid Ahead of Term
A prison coach who helped Bernard Madoff get ready for his 150-year sentence says the disgraced financier was not afraid before starting his term...
OU’s Steve Savitsky Takes President Obama To Task
Several Jewish officials said yesterday that President Barack Obama's efforts to reassure them on US policy towards Israel had not assuaged their concerns. Though...
Israeli Tourism Posters Banned By Watchdog Over Controversial Map
A tourism campaign depicting the areas of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights as part of Israel has been banned by the...
