NYC Deputy Mayor: Half-Day UPK Will Continue

In response to concerns that New York City's much heralded Universal Pre-Kindergarten program (UPK) will no longer be available for half-day programming, the City...

OU Disappointed With Defeat of Tuition Tax Credit Proposal in South Carolina

The Orthodox Union (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America) has expressed its disappointment that a proposal to allow tuition tax credits to families...

Raul Castro Celebrates Chanukah With Cuban Jews

The Associated Press reports:  Cuban President Raul Castro celebrated Hanukkah on Sunday with the island's tiny Jewish community, a heavily symbolic act at a...

Rafael and Elazar Ohana, Two Young Brothers, Killed In Netanya Fire

Elazar Ohana, 3, and Rafael Ohana, 5, were identified as the children who perished in a fire in Netanya on Friday. An electrical shortage in...

Court Overturns Nonpublic School Bus Ruling: Agudath Israel Supports Blooming Grove Appeal to Highest...

Last week, in a ruling that could have major ramifications for yeshiva students across New York State, an appellate court overruled a lower court...

ZAKA Ambulance Takes Kallah To Wedding Hall Near Kiryat Vizhnitz

When your wedding hall is situated next to Kiryat Vizhnitz in Bnei Brak on the day that thousands blocked the street to pay their...

Jewish Family: German Officer Spat On Our Passports

The Sitbon family will not forget their most recent flight to Israel for quite some time. Paris residents Michael and Dvora Sitbon flew with...

Chareidi Women Making Great Strides In High-Tech Sector

Chareidi, women, and high-tech: three words you never expected to exist harmoniously in the same sentence. And yet, in the Jewish state, these three...

Commotion In Shas Party Over New Recording

In recordings of Shas chairman Aryeh Deri, captured without his knowledge by Yaakov Cohen and broadcast on Channel 2 on Monday, Deri was heard...

Disappointed At EITC’s Exclusion From Budget, Hikind Vows To Fight On

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) expressed his dismay at the exclusion of the Education Investment Tax Credits Act (EITC) from Albany's budget. "My colleagues and...

Last Chance: Oorah Auction Early Bird Deadline!

Z’rizim Makdimim! You’ve been pressing snooze for long enough, the early bird Oorah Auction deadline is here! Enter before the early bird deadline January 20,...

Launch of New Site for Vaddim from Rav Gershon Ribner Shlita, on Yomim Noraim

-Communicated- Now available online for the first time! Selected Vaadim on Yomim Norayim given by Rav Gershon Ribner, Shlita. They are unique in giving a...

Do You Own 3 Apartments in Israel? You Might Have to Pay

Moshe Kachlon, the Minister of Finance, ran for office with a promise to look out for the weaker sectors of society. That promise is...

Photos: Annual Gathering of Hospital Liaisons And Representatives Hosted By Achiezer

On Wednesday evening, September 2nd, the annual gathering of hospital liaisons and representatives took place at the Achiezer offices in Long Island. More...

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