Brooklyn Bridge to Receive Federal Stimulus Funding
New paint for the Brooklyn Bridge is on the list of projects that will get federal stimulus money.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York's senators...
Video: Shloshim of Habochur Yehoshua Finkelstein z”l
Yesterday, a crowd of family and friends gathered at Khal Ateres Yeshaya in Lakewood, NJ, for the shloshim of habochur Yehoshua Finkelstein z"l,...
IDF Ends Gaza Probe, Says Misconduct Claims Are ‘Rumors’
Military Advocate General Brig. Gen. Avichai Mendelblit today instructed the Military Police Investigation unit to close the inquiry into soldiers' accounts of alleged misconduct...
A Reader Writes: Shaimos On the Screen
Dear Editor,
Yesterday you had an image of a mezuzah next to the article about the stolen mezuzos in Bnei Brak. There are big poskim...
Obama: Auto Industry Must Be Able to Stand on Its Own
President Barack Obama has refused further long-term federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler, saying more concessions were needed from unions, creditors and others...
May Women Recite Birchas Hachamma?
There is a mitzvah to recite the bracha of Birchas Hachama once every twenty-eight years, when the sun and moon return to the exact...
Rav Yitzchak Yosef: No Special Hechsher On Sweets
According to News24, Rav Yitzchak Yosef, one of Rav Ovadia Yosef's sons, said in a recent shiur that while for meat and chicken the...
Picture of Rav Nachman of Breslov?
It is well-known that no picture of Rav Nachman of Breslov exists. What we see today is only his chair at the main Breslover...
NYC’s Queensboro Bridge Celebrates 100 years
The Queensboro Bridge has turned 100.
Today is the 100th anniversary of first day that cars crossed the 3,724-foot bridge between Queens and Manhattan.
The steel...
$8 Million for Jewish Schools in NYS Budget
Despite concerns that yeshivos and other nonpublic schools in New York State would be shut out of funding this coming year under the state's...
Israel Railways Fires Arab Workers
Some 100 Hashmira company workers, who are currently employed in an Israel Railways project, received letters Sunday informing them that their contracts would be...
NY Budget Plan Jammed Packed With Higher Taxes
New Yorkers, both rich and not so rich, will soon be digging deeper into their pockets to close the huge state budget gap. The...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 5 Nissan
-Rav Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt, the Ohev Yisrael (1755-1825). He learned under Rav Elimelech of Lizhensk and Rav Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. In...
Coney Island Shul, Residents Protest Boro Prez’s Concert Arena
A showdown is looming over Borough President Marty Markowitz's pet project to build a huge $64 million concert arena in a quiet Coney Island...
3 Youths Arrested for Stealing 60 Mezuzos in Bnei Brak
Three youths from Bnei Brak have been arrested on suspicion of stealing a plastic bag containing 60 mezuzos from a storeroom in the central...
Religious IDF Troops Walk Out of Event Featuring Woman Singer
About 100 religious soldiers left a Paratroop Brigade assembly earlier this month to avoid being present at the performance of a female singer, the...
More Restaurants in Israel to Remain Chometzdik this Pesach
The recession and the high cost involved in the process of making a kitchen kosher for Pesach are expected to lead to a drop...
Vast Cyber-Spying Ring Hits 103 Countries
A cyber spy network based mainly in China has tapped into classified documents from government and private organizations in 103 countries, including the computers...
Video: Shimmy Miller Sings, Rabbi Halpern Gives Chizuk at Chinuch Atzmai Kumzitz Melava Malka
Last night, a Melava Malka was held at the home of Dr. Moshe Rothkopf in Lakewood, NJ, to benefit Chinuch Atzmai and primarily...
Video: Hannan Rips “Devalued British Prime Minister”
In a sharp and biting speech on Thursday at the European Parliament, Daniel Hannan, a Conservative MEP for the South East of England...
