[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED BELOW] Hospitals, nursing homes and senior facilities in low-lying areas in New York City evacuated thousands of patients Friday after Mayor Michael Bloomberg mandated the move in preparation for Hurricane Irene. Facilities including Brooklyn’s Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm and the Palm Beach Home for Adults, Queens’s Oceanview Nursing [...]

  Just after NASA released video of Hurricane Irene from space, another one has surfaced. This time, however, it includes commentary from the stunned astronauts as they communicate with misson control in Houston. “That is one scary big storm,” one astronaut from the International Space Station told ground control. “Wow, um, we’re…is there any word on the expectations for [...]

[PHOTO & VIDEO LINKS POSTED BELOW] Today (Sunday) is the 32nd Yartzheit of the Satmar Rebbe ZATZAL – the Divrei Yoel. Tens of thousands will be making their way to the Kever in Kiryas Yoel. Below are parts of an article on the life of the Satmar Rebbe Zechuso Yagen Aleinu. For rare photos of the Satmar Rov, [...]

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] This video was taken by Shimon Gifter in the minutes after the earthquake was felt in NYC. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city received numerous calls for buildings shaking but that there are no reports of major structural damage or injuries. He also said crews have completed visual inspections of the city’s bridges and [...]

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A group of chareidim including rabbonim, adults, teens and younger boys went onto Har HaBayis to daven for the well-being of Am Yisrael, an end to bloodshed in Eretz HaKodesh, and an end to the rocket attacks – a move that was met with much criticism among the chareidi tzibur. The visit was [...]

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] An Egyptian protester Sunday clambered up to Israel’s embassy in a Cairo highrise, took down its flag and replaced it with an Egyptian one as more than 1,000 people protested over the border deaths of their policemen. The red, white and black Egyptian flag fluttered from the embassy as demonstrators cheered and [...]

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] An Egyptian protester Sunday clambered up to Israel’s embassy in a Cairo highrise, took down its flag and replaced it with an Egyptian one as more than 1,000 people protested over the border deaths of their policemen. The red, white and black Egyptian flag fluttered from the embassy as demonstrators cheered and [...]

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The driver of a New York City Department of Sanitation truck is in stable condition following a frightening accident at a Queens depot. The vehicle, a salt spreader, crashed through the wall and windows of the second floor of the depot shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday and dangled precariously above a group [...]

[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Alex Davidson’s interest in photography almost got him killed. Two years ago the teen climbed a telephone pole in search of the perfect angle for a photo. He slipped, falling 35 feet to the ground. On the way, his left arm touched a live wire, sending a jolt of [...]

Hundreds of people converge at Ohel Wosk on Moshav Matityahu every year on Tisha B’Av to hear HaRav Zev Leff Shlita, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Matisyahu speak between the kinnos. This year’s theme is “The Various Manifestations of Ahava & Sina as Causes for Galus & Geula” – which was tied in to the [...]