The Israel Defense Forces has sentenced a soldier to 21 days in jail for yawning during a recent memorial service for assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. more@haAretz.com
photo: Palestinians walk past a drawing of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in the West Bank city of Ramallah”Israel goes to the polls on Feb. 10 to elect a new Prime Minister and parliament; voters in Iran will choose a new President on June 12; and Iraq will hold provincial elections next January, followed by a national election late in 2009. Afghanistan is slated […]
“Philip Falcone, Kenneth Griffin, John Paulson, James Simons and George Soros on Thursday are expected go before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. They will have several minutes each to make opening remarks, then will field questions from lawmakers, according to a committee spokeswoman.” “Mr. Baker and others say hedge funds aren’t responsible […]
The Bank of Israel opposes such a move by Bank Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank.Galei Zahal (IDF Army) radio reports that disagreements have emerged between the Bank of Israel and Bank Hapoalim and Discount Bank over the provision of banking services to the Gaza Strip. Bank Hapoalim said yesterday, that after considering the issue over the past few […]
“The struggle between Children’s National Medical Center and the parents of a 12-year-old boy with brain cancer yesterday drew national attention and once again brought to the forefront the emotional debate over the meaning of life and death. In court papers, the hospital says treating him is “offensive to good medical ethics” because, unlike the highly publicized cases […]
The Baal HaTurim says that “Lech Licha” is Gematria 100 (Lech = 50 Licha - 50), hinting that if Avrohom goes to Eretz Yisroel he will be zocheh to have Yitzchok at age 100. However we know that Avrohom had Yishmael at 86 years old, why is this omitted?Rav Moshe Singer says that in the […]
A Gordon slaughterhouse run by Agriprocessors has closed because of the financial problems the kosher meat company is having. The phone number for the Local Pride LLC plant that Agriprocessors ran was disconnected Wednesday. And Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of the Orthodox Union, said the Local Pride plant in Gordon closed several days ago when Agriprocessors […]
Bear Stearns figures prominently for the New York Fed. The firm, heavily involved in fixed-income securities, sustained a rapid-fire implosion last March. It was the first major casualty of the credit crisis.The prospect of the bank’s collapse was so worrisome it forced a radical intervention by the Fed to forestall an outright failure, the first […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa has filed for bankruptcy protection, blaming a May immigration raid for financial difficulties. Agriprocessors’ move to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday comes a day before the meatpacker was to meet in court with its biggest lender, First Bank of St. Louis. The bank […]
New York…An estimated 11.5 million Americans buy $12.5 billion of kosher foods, a new survey byLUBICOM Marketing Consulting shows. Some studies, like the 2005 report by the Mintel Research Organization, put the figure at $14.5 billion. The numbers reflect sales to year-round Jewish kosher consumers, occasional Jewish customers (i.e. holiday shoppers), members of other religious faiths, and […]
“The city turned a six-block stretch of Kent Avenue in South Williamsburg into a no parking zone last Saturday morning — then immediately ticketed drivers in the heavily Hasidic neighborhood who didn’t move their cars on the Jewish holy day.Workers started replacing the alternate-side parking signs with “No parking” and “No standing” signs between Broadway […]
A devotee was escorted out from the grave of Joseph as the nighttime pilgrimage drew to a close.A devotee was escorted out from the grave of Joseph as the nighttime pilgrimage drew to a close.Photo: Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times
