URGENT TEHILLIM NEEDED for Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef

Last Updated on Monday, 30 January 2012 12:30 Written by Arutz 7 Monday, 30 January 2012 12:10

Jerusalem - Doctors treating Rabbi Ya’akov Yosef, son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, stressed that the prayers of the public were needed at this time.

Doctors told family members that the rabbi was facing serious medical issues, and that prayers could only help at this time. Family members said that they believed that Rabbi Yosef would recuperate, but that the help of Heaven was definitely needed.

Rabbi Yosef is continuing his daily routine at this time, presenting Torah lectures and receiving visitors.

Toll Hike Starts Today for 5 Hudson River Bridges

Last Updated on Monday, 30 January 2012 13:06 Written by AP Monday, 30 January 2012 12:54

New York - Motorists who travel over the five Hudson River bridges operated by the New York State Bridge Authority will have to fork over more money for tolls starting on Monday.

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Huge Israeli Drone That Can Reach Iran Crashes

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 January 2012 15:11 Written by AP Sunday, 29 January 2012 14:56

Israeli soldiers nearby the wing of a crashed Eitan-type drone (background R), or UAV, in an orange grove near Moshav Yesodat, Israel, 29 January 2012. The drone, reportedly Israel's largest with a price tag of five million US dollars, crashed after taking off from the Tel Nof Air Force Base in central Israel. The cause was not known, but reports state that the wing fell off and the drone's body crashed some distance away and then self-destructed. Israel media reports state that the unmanned aircraft could have been exceeding its flight restrictions due to a human error.  EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

Jerusalem - The Israeli military says a drone that can fly as far as Iran has crashed in central Israel on a routine experimental flight.

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Gingrich Reiterates Palestinians 'Invented' People

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:48 Written by David Espo / AP Friday, 27 January 2012 12:42

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the Republican presidential candidates debate at the University of South Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. (Matt Rourke, Associated Press)

Jacksonville, FL - Newt Gingrich is defending himself after a questioner at the GOP presidential debate criticized him for calling Palestinians an invented people.

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Is President Obama Creating A Nation Of Dependents?

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 13:03 Written by John Merline / Investor's Business Daily Friday, 27 January 2012 12:50

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If the Republican primaries are any indication, one big debate in the upcoming election will be whether President Obama is pushing the country toward a European-style welfare culture.

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Kazimierz Smolen, Auschwitz Survivor, Dies In Same Town On Liberation Anniversary

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:38 Written by Vanessa Gera / AP Friday, 27 January 2012 12:30

In this Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, visitors from around the world pass under the infamous Arbeit Macht Frei "Work Sets You Free" sign over the main gate at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, in Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski,File)

WARSAW, Poland — Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor – who after World War II became director of the memorial site – died Friday on the 67th anniversary of the camp's liberation.

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Jewish Man, 53, dies after getting hit by 2 vehicles Both drivers flee scene in Midwood, Brooklyn

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:28 Written by Kerry Burke and Sarah Armaghan/ New York Daily News Friday, 27 January 2012 12:22

The scene at Coney Island Ave. and Avenue K in Brooklyn where a pedestrian was fatally injured after being hit by two vehicles Thursday night. Marc A. Hermann for New York Daily News

A 53-year-old man was left to die on a Brooklyn street after two motorists plowed into him in a grisly hit-and-run Thursday night, police sources and witnesses said.

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Police Bust Suspect Snatching iPhone's from Jewish Teens in Brooklyn

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:20 Written by John Doyle and Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News Friday, 27 January 2012 12:11

iPhones such as this one were sought by Emanuel Simon who allegedly sold them to pay for his tattoos. Chris Goodney/Bloomberg

Brooklyn, NY - Cops have nabbed a Brooklyn iPhone bandit who stole the pricey Apple devices to support his tattoo habit.

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Chanukah Gift Lottery Wins $1M a Year for Life

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 09:01 Written by AP Friday, 27 January 2012 08:54

New York State Lottery winner Yuliya Lankri, left, won the $1 Million A Year for Life game (Courtesy of New York State Lottery)

Valley Stream, NY - There are quite a few lottery winners on Long Island today.

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Bo 5772 - Covenant & Conversation - Thoughts from the Chief Rabbi

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 10:31 Written by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Friday, 27 January 2012 10:24

It is no accident that parshat Bo, the section that deals with the culminating plagues and the exodus, should turn three times to the subject of children and the duty of parents to educate them. As Jews we believe that to defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.

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Apple Passes Exxon As Most Valuable Company

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:47 Written by AP Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:40

File photo / AP, 2011Customers wait outside the Apple store in Munich before the start of sales of the iPad2 in this photo from March 25, 2011. On Wednesday, Apple again surpassed Exxon as the most valuable U.S. company after a huge fiscal first quarter.

New York - Apple has again surpassed Exxon as the most valuable U.S. company after a huge fiscal first quarter.

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