US President Barak Obama postpones Oval Office meeting with the prime minister, presses for IDF flotilla-raid details, expresses "deep regret at loss of life."

New York – Decades ago modern medicine all but stamped out the nervous breakdown, hitting it with a combination of new diagnoses, new psychiatric drugs and a strong dose of professional scorn. The phrase was overused and near meaningless, a self-serving term from an era unwilling to talk about mental distress openly. But like a stubborn [...]

The Jewish community in Turkey announced they received with regret the Israeli attack against Mavi Marmara and said they back the protests in Turkey. The Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community in Turkey made a statement, saying they have received with sadness the military intervention against the Mavi Marmara vessel. The statement said “We share the reaction [...]

Turkey – The Jewish community in Turkey announced they received with regret the Israeli attack against Mavi Marmara and said they back the protests in Turkey. The Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community in Turkey made a statement, saying tehy have received with sadness the military intervention against the Mavi Marmara vessel. The statement said “We share [...]

Jerusalem – In preparation for World No Tobacco Day, a new report commissioned by the deputy health minister indicates the number of Israelis who smoke cigarettes has decreased slightly since last year. According to the report, 22.8 percent of Israel’s adult population smokes, compared to 24.2 percent last year. The study found 31.3 percent of men [...]

Activists decry Gaza flotilla 'massacre' at demonstration in Tel Aviv.

Peres, former US Secretary of State delay talks due to flotilla raid.

New York, NY – Historic aircraft escorted a B-17 bomber as it dropped flowers over the Statue of Liberty in a public Memorial Day tribute to seven CIA employees killed in Afghanistan. Several aircraft from the American Airpower Museum on Long Island accompanied the bomber to a site in New York Harbor near where the World [...]

Lieberman: 'flotilla unacceptable attack on Israel's sovereignty'.

Seventy one students of the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights learned Tanya Ba?al Peh as part of a program begun by Rabbi Mordechai and Mrs. Shterney Kanelsky of the Bris Avrohom Center in Hillside, New Jersey. The Bas Sheva Mitzvah Campaign to Greet Moshiach was launched in loving memory of their beloved daughter, Bat Sheva ob?m, who passed away seven years ago. The fact that there were seventy one students who participated in the program this year at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva is significant because this is the 71st anniversary of the institution in America.