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PHOTOS: NYC Comptroller Visits Charedim Matzoh Bakery With Joe Lazar [YWN PHOTO LINK BELOW] Brooklyn - New York City Comptroller John C. Liu along with Joe Lazar visited the Charedim Matzoh Bakery in Boro Park on Thursday morning. Besides the two, a group of Lazar's supporters were on hand as well.
The Comptroller was given a tour of the bakery, and explained how hand matzoh is made. He was given a fresh box of Matzos
Joe Lazar was endorsed last week by John Liu in the Special Election for Brooklyn’s 44th Councilman District.
Click on the ...March 18 16:28 Read Full Story » R' Landau Shlita Checking into Possible Pesach Water Troubles Gavaad Bnei Brak HaGaon HaRav Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau Shlita will be traveling to the Palmachim water facility along with shluchim from Gedolei Yisrael Shlita, including Maran Rav Wosner, Maran Rav Shteinman, and Maran Rav Kanievsky, following reports there may be problems regarding water in Bnei Brak.
The Gavaad ...
March 18 16:11
Lebanon Arrests Another Accused Mossad Spy According to a report appearing on Wednesday in the Hizbullah-affiliated al-Akhbar newspaper, a man by the name Maher was taken into custody accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad Intelligence Agency in southern Lebanon.
The report states the suspect admitted cooperating with the Mossad since 2007 in addition to ...
March 18 15:56
Another Dubai? IAF Planes Detected Over Hungary; Syrian National Assassinated According to local media reports from Hungary, two IAF spy planes were detected over Hungary’s international airport. It appears the planes were laden with state-of-the-art surveillance equipment, and the mission was connected to the assassination of a Syrian citizen in Hungary on Wednesday.
A state official told the ...
4 Comments | March 18 14:04
FM Lieberman: The World Took Advantage to Jump at Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced during a press conference on Thursday that the timing of the release of the Ramat Shlomo construction was indeed poor, resulting in the diplomatic row with the United States. The senior minister explained that government leaders realized the error, and therefore apologized and ...
1 Comments | March 18 13:50
Rioting Taking Place at Batei Warsaw - Yerushalayim [UPDATED 7:00PM IL] [UPDATES BELOW] Rioting is taking place at this time in the Batei Warsaw in Yerushalayim. The violence began early Thursday afternoon. The loudspeakers called on people to come and take part and within a short time, several hundred people were on hand, some taking ...
9 Comments | March 18 13:35
Deputy Minister Porush Sends Harsh Letter Regarding Chilul Shabbos Deputy Minister (Yahadut HaTorah) R’ Meir Porush sent a harshly worded letter to Foreign Minister (Yisrael Beitenu) Avigdor Lieberman regarding the chilul shabbos last week by Israeli Ambassador to Washington, Dr. Michael Oren.
Ambassador Oren gave a press briefing on shabbos due to the tensions surrounding the ...
5 Comments | March 18 13:10
Crisis With USA Saved Embarrassment Surrounding Civil Marriage Law Some feel that every cloud has a silver lining, explaining the fact that the diplomatic row is still going on between Jerusalem and Washington resulted in little media coverage over the passage this week of the Civil Marriage Law, which in essence changed the status quo regarding the Rabbanut’s total control over ...
3 Comments | March 18 13:02
NYC Comptroller Calls For Website To Track City Spending New York City Comptroller John C. Liu today launched "My Money NYC", a website that will be updated daily to give New Yorkers unparalleled access to the City’s finances, encourage community-government collaboration on fiscal matters and provide user-friendly performance measures.
"Everyday New Yorkers ...
1 Comments | March 18 12:34
Self Esteem & Its Ripple Affects-Part III Step Three – Understand What You Think of Yourself:
Once you follow through with step two you must reconsider whether or not you’re a good person. All of your previous opinions should be discarded and you must start over. To do this right, you’ll need a working definition of what is a good person. Before I ...
1 Comments | March 18 12:02
Maran R' Chaim Kanievsky: 'It's Reached Epidemic Proportions - A Fast Should be Declared' Registration for yeshivos gedolos is well underway and a number of roshei yeshiva have conferred with HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita regarding acceptance of talmidim for the coming year.
Rav Chaim Shlita used the opportunity to discuss the trend with young chasanim requesting an apartment before wedding ...
48 Comments | March 18 10:01
A Letter From Dov Vizel, Director Of Yad Eliezer Dear Friend,
I’ve written so many drafts of this letter and then scrapped them, because each of them fails to convey the heartache that Yad Eliezer sees each day.
First I tried with statistics. Nearly 1 in 3 children in Eretz Yisrael are living below the poverty line. This is an unbelievably high number but it ...
March 18 10:00
Is America Seeking to Topple Current Israeli Coalition? By now many are questioning just why the White House and Department of State have pushed the Ramat Shlomo incident to its current escalated reality, aware that while the political faux pas resulted in an embarrassment to the American vice president, the incident was a far cry from a major event justifying the ...
6 Comments | March 18 09:56
US President Obama: There is No Crisis US President Barak Obama has commented on the diplomatic row with Israel surrounding the construction in Ramat Shlomo, pointing a finger of blame at Shas leader Interior Minister Eli Yishai. The president stressed that there is no “crisis” between Washington and Jerusalem, acknowledging that at times, ...
18 Comments | March 18 09:53
YWN EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Message From Father Of Motty Borger Z"L [AUDIO LINK BELOW] Please click on the link below to listen to a second heartrending message from Shmuel Borger, father of Motty Borger Z"L, the Chosson who tragically was Niftar just 2 days after his wedding.
In the message Shmuel Borger tells those who created false ...
16 Comments | March 18 09:31
PCS: How to Choose a Career (Part 2) As discussed in the last installment, there are several avenues a career seeker might explore to obtain information about a specific field or industry. One of the most effective is the informational interview.
The premise behind the informational interview is that most people love to discuss their work -- particularly ...
1 Comments | March 18 09:01
1.2 Million Graco High Chairs Recalled Graco Children's Products announced Thursday that it's recalling 1.2 million Harmony highchairs because of stability issues.
The company said that its Harmony highchairs can be "unstable" and "tip over unexpectedly."
Graco said that 24 injuries had been reported for the highchair model, which was produced from 2003 to ...
4 Comments | March 18 08:53
[UPDATED] Kassam Rocket Attack Leaves 1 Dead 11:43AM IL: A Kassam rocket has slammed down in the community of Netiv HaAsarah. According to preliminary reports, one person is seriously injured. Additional information will be reported as the situation unfolds.
11:48AM IL: ...
13 Comments | March 18 07:01
MTA To Postpone Vote On Student MetroCards New York City - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided to postpone a vote on whether to eliminate free and discounted MetroCards for city students.
MTA Chairman Jay Walder made the announcement Wednesday night while meeting with dozens of students at the agency's headquarters in ...
1 Comments | March 18 06:58
Two Ex-Madoff Computer Programmers Are Indicted by Grand Jury Ney York, NY - Two former computer programmers for convicted money manager Bernard Madoff were indicted by a federal grand jury in Manhattan.
Jerome O’Hara, 47, and George Perez, 44, previously had been charged in the case. They are accused of developing and maintaining the computer programs used in Madoff’s ...
3 Comments | March 18 06:03
PHOTOS: Fundraiser For NYS Senator Eric Adamas Held In Boro Park [PHOTO LINK BELOW] On Sunday, March 14, 2010, New York State Senator Eric Adams joined other elected officials and leaders of the Boro Park Hasidic community at a dinner organized to support the re-election of Senator Adams. New York State Senator John Sampson and New ...
March 18 05:42
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