New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is dropping a proposal to ban all modified stretch limousines, an idea prompted by last fall’s crash that killed 20 people. The Times Union of Albany reports Monday that the provision was stricken from Cuomo’s state budget proposal. Cuomo is still seeking several other changes to enhance regulations of limos, […]
Jared Kushner’s comments about his planned Mideast peace initiative are receiving a cool reception from Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Kushner told Sky News on Monday that his plan would address
President Donald Trump’s company said on Monday that it donated nearly $200,000 to the U.S. Treasury to make good on its promise two years ago to hand over profits from foreign governments using its properties. The Trump Organization said a check for $191,538 sent to Treasury represents profits from embassy parties, hotel stays and other […]
Steven C. Lowe says he has always thought that a 40-foot-tall (12-meter-tall) concrete cross that stands on a large, grassy highway median near his home was odd. For years, he says, he didn’t know that the cross in Bladensburg, Maryland, is a war memorial. A plaque on the cross’ base lists the names of 49 […]
The owner of a shoe store in Tiveria reported on Monday that his showcase window had been damaged during the night, smashed by vandals, though nothing was stolen. The owner
Following a late-night meeting at Beit Shemesh City Hall with Mayor Aliza Bloch, a document was signed by which illegal shuls occupying caravans in the Cheftziba neighborhood, on areas designated
A German court says it’s unlikely the trial of a former Nazi concentration camp guard that collapsed in December over concerns about the defendant’s health will resume, after a doctor found the 95-year-old still unfit to face the court. The Muenster state court said Monday that judges still need to make a final decision and […]
MK Moshe Gafne, chairman of the Degel Hatorah party, told the media that he feels Eli Yishai and his Yachad party are going to cause significant damage to the chareidim
A Florida woman says she “about had a near death experience” when she opened her dryer and saw a snake curled up in her laundry. Tampa’s Fox 13 News reports Amanda Wise was almost finished unloading the dryer in her garage on Sunday when she saw what appeared to be a corn snake. She described […]
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that despite intensely criticizing George W. Bush in the past, he now wishes for the former President “every day”. The Nevada Democrat said current President Donald Trump is so bad that he makes Bush look like “Babe Ruth.” “I just have trouble accepting him as a person, so […]
19-year-old Ori Ansbacher HY”D was brutally slain by an Arab terrorist a few weeks ago in the Ein Yael Forest in the outskirts of Yerushalayim. Fifty of the trees that
A committee which operates in tandem with the State Comptroller’s Office has instructed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to repay NIS 1 million given to him by a cousin, Nathan Milikowsky,
Relief swept across world financial markets Monday after President Donald Trump pushed back a March 2 deadline in a trade dispute with China. But the respite might not last. The world’s two biggest economies have squared off over Beijing’s aggressive campaign to turn Chinese companies into world leaders in advanced industries such as robotics and […]
Syrian President Bashar Assad has made an unannounced trip to Iran, where he met with the supreme leader and other top officials to discuss the planned U.S. troop withdrawal and
Ner Mordechai Congregation in Kew Gardens held three different simulations of scenarios that they believe they could encounter. A number of the congregants were trained on Sunday. [Every Shul Should Have An Armed Person – A Halachic Analysis]
A plea bargain agreement was signed on Monday between the military prosecutor and the attorney for one of the five Nachal Chareidi soldiers charged with assaulting abusing Palestinians in their
Elections for the 21st Knesset are scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, 2019, and while most who follow the Israeli political scene are familiar with the major parties competing in Knesset,
Today, Monday, 20 Adar I, February 25, marks the anniversary of Agudath Israel’s 11th Siyum Hashas of the Daf Yomi which took place in 2005. Because of the then unprecedented sold-out attendance, Klal Yisroel celebrated the 11th Siyum in two locations: Madison Square Garden in Manhattan and the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey. The […]
(By Velvel Kohn) When the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne became aware that a good friend of the yeshiva was ill and in serious condition. They responded by providing
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