Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman involved in the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai, India, was put to death by hanging according to India officials. The terror attack claimed the lives of 166 people, among them Shluchim Rabbi Gabi and Rivkie Holtzberg who ran a Chabad House in the city.
A massive blast occured at around noon Wednesday on bus line 142 on Shaul Hamelech Street – at the heart of Tel Aviv, near the Kirya military compound. Rescue forces reported of a mass casualty event. It is suspected there may be a second device.
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Michael Applebaum was officially sworn in as Montreal’s 42nd mayor on Nov 19, 2012 in front of a packed crowd at Montreal city hall that included proud family members, friends, city council members and opposition leaders.
Young people from all over the world who served in the Israeli army and have since returned to their home countries have contacted the Israel Defense Forces asking if they can return to Israel to join in the fight against Gaza terrorists.
A Rabbi once said, if only G-d had put Himself before our eyes and hid the world in a book, life would have been easy. Instead He is in the book and the world is before our eyes… Do you relate to the Rabbi’s lament?
Two rockets launched from the Gaza Strip today landed in Rishon Letzion, some 7 miles south of Tel Aviv. No causalties were reported in those rocket attacks, by far the farthest strikes by Hamas in two days of fighting. Rishon Letzion is considered a sister city to Tel Aviv.
Update: Residents of Kfar Chabad are reporting that warning sirens have gone off in town. Kfar Chabad is located roughly two miles from Rishon Letzion. It is less than a mile away from Ben Gurion airport.
This gives new meaning to the concept of charity. A Borough Park lumber store is collecting used Muni-Meter receipts from customers in a cardboard box above its checkout counter in a new scam to help scofflaws trick the cash-strapped city.
At the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, NJ, thousands of Jews gathered for the first day of KosherFest – a two-day annual Kosher food convention.
Prominent Hasidic and Lithuanian Ultra-Orthodox rabbis are demanding that public institutions avoid installing self-locking door handles, which make it impossible to open rooms’ doors from the outside.
On Sunday, representatives of Neturei Karta participated in the annual memorial service in Ramallah marking the day of the passing of PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat. They stood out in the crowd in their black clothes, each wearing identification tags over a background of a Palestinian flag.
The new Jewish Museum inaugurated today in Moscow, was honored by the presence of the President of Israel Mr. Shimon Peres and additional dignitaries. Millions of dollars have been invested in the museum, promising to be the first of its kind.
In the Israeli town of Sderot, just 7 km from the Gaza Strip, children cannot play outside due to missiles raining down from across the security fence. Tonight, November 7, Osem and the JNF dedicated a missile-proof indoor playground for the local children to play.
A Minnesota filmmaker sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the Iowa Film Office scandal was denied an appeal of her sentence Wednesday by the Iowa Court of Appeals.
Iran appears to have nearly finished installing centrifuges at its underground nuclear plant, Western diplomats say, potentially boosting its capacity to make weapons-grade uranium if it chose to do so, without fear of potential Israeli airstrikes.
A newly-adopted NY City Health Code amendment that subjects bris milah to government regulation has galvanized New York’s religious community to take the extraordinary step of challenging the law’s constitutionality in federal court.
Five young girls were seriously injured Monday afternoon, when a van jumped a curb in a Rockland County community and slammed right into them.
Sheldon Adelson emerged this year as the Republican billionaire who kept Newt Gingrich’s flailing presidential campaign afloat and then vowed to spend “whatever it takes” to oust President Barack Obama.
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