The Chief Rabbinate of Israel Kashrus Division revoked its hashgacha from a Petach Tikvah pita bakery on motzei Pesach. When the mashgiach arrived at the bakery not too long after motzei yomtov, the owner was not able to adequately explain how he got pitot ready in the short time period since yomtov ended.
When it became clear the owner was incapable of explaining events, the decision was made to revoke the store’s kashrus. The mashgiach understood that baking began before the end of yomtov.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz commented on threats from PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to dismantle the PA (Palestinian Authority) and return control of the autonomous areas to Israel.
“Now, the moment of truth it is apparent that Abu Mazen is confused”” Katz wrote earlier in the day. “Not willing to make concessions, addressing the United Nations and ran to hug ...
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A violent clash between Arab clans ended in an attack against police in the A-Tor area of the capital. The attack against police involved rocks and bottles. A police vehicle was damaged as well.
A number of Arabs were injured, one stabbed. They were transported to Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus. B”H police escaped without injuries. Two people were arrested for assaulting ...
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Police arrested three suspects near the Druse community of Majdal Shams in northern Israel in connection with a large counterfeit operation producing passports and identity cards. The arrests were made on Wednesday, 23 Nissan 5774. They report the suspects earned over a million shekels in the counterfeit operation.
In some cases the suspects used forged identity cards and submitted ...
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Minister of Homefront Affairs Gilad Erdan has submitted his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, effective December 31, 2014. Colleagues of Erdan praised his decision, which they call atypical for a politician, willingly giving up a cabinet post to stand on principle. Erdan suggests that the prime minister shuts the ministry, which he reports is not functioning as ...
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he's proposing tax legislation to help homeowners whose property was damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
De Blasio's legislation would provide property tax relief to New York City residents who rebuilt or repaired their homes as a result of the hurricane.
The Democrat says Wednesday that homeowners who put money into their homes because of storm ...
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In response to recent confrontation involving residents of Yishuv Yitzhar, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has instructed police to raze illegal structures in confrontational communities, Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) reports.
According to the report, IDF Central District Commander Major-General Nitzan Alon briefed leaders of yishuvim of the policy decision before Pesach. The policy was ...
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The City Council unveiled its budget recommendations on Wednesday, asking for 1,000 new police officers, free school lunches, more money to fight homelessness and a commission designed to overhaul the city's property tax system.
Democratic Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, who unveiled the plan at City Hall, said the new programs would cost approximately $257 million, a tiny fraction of ...
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Police were called to investigate hate graffiti found in Yishuv Bat Ayin on Wednesday morning, 23 Nissan. Graffiti included “death to Arabs” and “Police prohibited from entering”.
Similar occurrences have taken place in the community in the past and while most residents have spoken out clearly opposing such actions, authorities view the community as one of an extremist ...
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A suspicious Arab male stopped for inspection near Tapuach Junction in Shomron on the first day of Pesach admitted he planned to stab a soldier.
After the man was checked he was found to be concealing a knife, which he admitted he planned to use to stab a soldier stationed at the area checkpoint. B’chasdei Hashem he was stopped in time and there were no injuries to security ...
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Amidst increasing tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over stalled peace negotiations, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met on Sunday with Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of the New York based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU.) In the meeting, Rabbi Schneier urged the PA President to be more vocal in his support for expanding global relations ...
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To put it in social media terms, the New York Police Department got trolled.
The nation's largest police force learned the hard way that there are legions online devoted to short-circuiting even the best-intentioned public relations campaign — in this case, the NYPD's Twitter invitation to people to post feel-good photos of themselves posing with New York's Finest.
What #myNYPD ...
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Speaking with Kol Berama Radio, Jerusalem Councilman Aryeh King confirmed that he sent municipal inspectors to enforce the law prohibiting public display of chametz during yomtov. King explained they he received emails as well as residents posting photos of violations on the city’s Facebook page. He explains this included the tens of wagons and stands manned by Arabs at the entrances ...
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If the Heartbleed security threat teaches us anything, it's that passwords don't offer total protection.
Browsers are supposed to keep passwords and other sensitive data safe, but a technical flaw in a widely used padlock security technology allows hackers to grab the information anyway. Even without this latest discovery, there have been countless disclosures of hackers breaking in ...
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A bus carrying Israeli tourists in Argentina flipped over resulting in ten injured passengers, one reported in serious condition. The injured were transported to a local hospital.
All of the passengers on board the bus were Israelis. Most sustained only bruises and soft tissue injuries.
Passengers interviewed following the accident reported the driver was speeding and many of them ...
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In a bizarre and disgraceful event, two residents of Beit El were taken into custody after allegedly attacking firemen responding to an emergency call in the community on motzei yomtov. According to a Kikar Shabbos report, the truck was responding to a blaze involving garbage that when up in flames. Two youths allegedly attacked firemen with metallic rods.
When police arrived on ...
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Elad residents on isru chag Pesach were shocked to see anti-Sephardi graffiti on the walls of the Maor David Shul in Elad. Elad police have been notified and an investigation has been launched.
The Sephardi shul is located on HaMeiri Street in the chareidi community. Rabbi Eliyahu Fadidah is the mora d’asra. Mispallalim revealed the graffiti when they arrived for minyan. The rav ...
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Head of Shas’ Council of Torah Sages HaGaon Harav Shalom Cohen Shlita met with President Shimon Peres. During the motzei yomtov Maimouna event in the Har Nof home of Aryeh Deri, Rav Cohen expressed words of praise for Peres, questioning why he decided to step down at the end of his term in July 2014.
Also present at the event were Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef ...
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The lawyer for a U.S. man jailed for nearly five years in Cuba says he is determined to go home in the next year, be it alive or dead.
Scott Gilbert is the attorney for Alan Gross. He says Gross is suffering a number of ailments. On May 2, Gross will turn 65 years old.
Gilbert says Gross is hopeful his case can be resolved by his 66th birthday, but if not, “he will come home ...
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The following was released to YWN by the DA:
Kings County District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson today announced the indictment of five defendants for their participation in the brutal gang assault of Taj Patterson, a 23-year-old Fort Greene resident. The defendants, who are associated with the Williamsburg Safety Patrol Unit, a civilian neighborhood watch group, face multiple charges ...
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Israeli security officials passed intelligence information to local authorities, preventing an attack against Israelis in Bangkok.
According to the report appearing in the Bangkok Post, the Hizbullah terrorists were apprehended last week. Two Lebanese nationals with French and Filipino passports were taken into custody. They were planning to strike a central entertainment location ...
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For all the tens of billions of dollars that the nation has spent on screening passengers and their bags, few airports made a comparable investment to secure the airplanes themselves.
As the case of the San Jose stowaway shows, it did not take a sophisticated plan for a 15-year-old boy to spend about seven hours in what is supposed to be a secure area of Silicon Valley's main airport ...
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Westchester County Executive and Republican gubernatorial candidate, Rob Astorino came under fire last week for removing a Democratic County employee from his job moments before the Jewish holiday of Passover came in. According to
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Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita recently stated that many of the wines sold in Eretz Yisrael are not suited for making kiddush and these wines have a bracha of “Shehakol” and not “Borei Pri HaGafen”.
Responding is noted kashrus expert Rabbi Yosef Zaritzky Shlita, who asks rhetorically which wineries the Rishon L’Tzion visited to make such a comment. Rav ...
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After the announcement that Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered negotiators not to attend a meeting planned for Wednesday night, 23 Nissan 5774.
The prime minister stated that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has made his position crystal clear, that he prefers to sign an agreement with Hamas than Israel. Foreign Minister Avigdor ...
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As the 156th body was pulled from waters where the ferry Sewol sank a week ago, relatives of the nearly 150 still missing pressed the government Wednesday to finish the grim task of recovery soon. But the work was reaching a new, more complicated phase, with an official saying divers must now rip through cabin walls to retrieve more victims.
Looming in the background is a sensitive ...
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YWN has just learned that the NYPD has arrested 4 individuals from Williamsburg's Chasidic community, who are connected to the beating of a black man last December. Our sources confirm that additional arrests are expected. They were arrested by the NYPD's Hate Crimes Unit.
As
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20:10 IL: The IAF earlier in the evening attacked a terrorist in Gaza in a targeted assault. The IDF Spokesman’s Office explains the terrorist was targeted for he was responsible for firing rockets into southern Israel on the last day of yomtov. The spokesman added they cannot confirm if the targeted strike was successful.
Terrorists took advantage of the IAF strike and launched ...
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Israel has rejected the three conditions announced by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) towards the PA (Palestinian Authority) agreeing to extend diplomatic talks for nine months. While officials in the Prime Minister’s Office did not respond officially, negotiators taking part in joint talks informed their PA counterparts the demands are being rejected.
Yisrael Hayom quotes ...
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As was reported, five individuals were arrested this morning in connection to the assault on Taj Patterson in Williamsburg on December 1, 2013. The bedrock of the Williamsburg ... Full Story » 
It has been close to two weeks since a company of border policemen moved into a Yishuv Yitzhar yeshiva building, searching for suspects in a vandalism attack against an IDF outpost adjacent to the community.
On erev the ... Full Story » 
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