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New Jersey – A defendant in the state’s largest corruption probe is alleging that the investigation and dramatically staged arrests were engineered by then-U.S. Attorney Chris Christie to boost his campaign for governor.
Former Assemblyman Louis Manzo, who ran unsuccessfully for Jersey City mayor, held a news conference to denounce the conduct of the U.S. attorney’s [...]

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 שר החוץ ספרד מיגל מורטינוס שר הביטחון אהוד ברק (צילום: אסף רביץ, משרד הביטחון)

While US demands Israel include core issues in indirect talks with Palestinians, defense minister stresses Netanyahu, Abbas should address all topics as part of negotiations, during visit in Spain

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Barak says peace talks should address all issues

New York City – There’s no shortage of cynics in Gotham, and one New Yorker, particularly disgruntled after a bad visit to the dentist, has created a place for them to flock.
Brett Birman launched AvoiditNYC.com primarily for negative reviews of businesses after his dentist delivered the news that he had nine cavities. (A second opinion [...]

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New York City – Negative Review Site Gives New Yorkers a Place to Kvetch

Engagement of Esti Hammer & Shimon Hershkowitz

Brooklyn, NY – An 83-year-old grump who faces seven years in prison for giving a 99-year-old an old-fashioned whipping turned down a no-jail plea deal Monday.
Gersh Gofman sniffed at a prosecutor’s offer of probation for allegedly using a steering wheel lock to pummel Steve Pulwers in a dispute over a Borough Park, Brooklyn, parking spot.
Gofman [...]

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Borough Park, NY – 83-Year-Old Turns Down No-Jail Plea in Alleged Assault Of 99-Year-Old

Today, Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the posek hador, Maran Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlit”a, is marking a milestone: his 100th birthday. Rav Elyashiv was joined last night by close family and talmidim for a small gathering at his home at Rechov Chanan 10 in Meah Shearim. Last night, following Rav Elyashiv’s daily shiur, delivered in the [...]

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Chaim Veshalom Yosifu Loch: Maran Rav Elyashiv Turns 100 Today

The Belzer Hassidic community marked the Bar Mitzvah of a grandson of the Grand Rabbi on Sunday. New music albums were produced for the occasion.

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Thousands at Belzer Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem

There were conflicting reports on Monday night, with the US State Department indicating Mideast envoy is expected to visit the region, but officials in Yerushalayim on Tuesday morning are indicating such a visit is not imminent.
Later in the morning, it appears the President’s Residence received official word, with the State Department announcing the envoy will [...]

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Mitchell Visit on Hold Due to ‘Illegal’ Building Plans

Engagement of Rivka Peymer & Avraham Sharaby

The following editorial appears in today’s Washington Post:
President Obama’s Middle East diplomacy failed in his first year in part because he chose to engage in an unnecessary and unwinnable public confrontation with Israel over Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Over the past six months Mr. Obama’s envoys gingerly retreated from that fight and [...]

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