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UPDATED - Westchester: Frum Family Involved in Serious Accident

tehillim.jpg6:00PM EST: (UPDATE BELOW) A Frum family was just involved in a very serious accident on the Saw Mill River Parkway, YWN has learned. The accident involving an overturned vehicle occurred in ...

July 04    18:01   Read Full Story »



Brooklyn: Car Thief Steals Van Loaded With Explosives, Turns It Over To Police

nypd 6.jpgThe following are excerpts from an article in today's NY Post regarding a highly suspicious van found in Brooklyn yesterday. (YWN NOTE: Although still unconfirmed, a highly credible source tells YWN that there was C4 explosives possibly attached to a battery found inside the van.) At about ...

5 Comments | July 04    13:10

NEW FEATURE - YWN and 'Help-A-Yid' Launch Ride-Sharing

yw logo11.jpg NOTE: Due to the amazing success and positive feedback YWN has received regarding this new feature, we have once again moved this article back to the front page. With gas prices reaching record highs, the cost of travelling is taking a serious toll on people travelling to and from work. What once ...

18 Comments | July 04    13:05

Learn About Our National Anthem

wh fw.jpgThe following article appeared on the WCBSTV website today, and was written by Mark Rodriguez: Have you ever wondered why our national anthem ends with a question -- "Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" The truth is it ...

16 Comments | July 04    10:12

Upper West Side Woman Should be Vigilant: Robber Picks Out Woman

suspect1.jpgThe NYPD is searching for a suspect wanted in connection with a series of robberies in Manhattan. They have released a sketch of the suspect and say he is wanted for seven robberies within the past two months, most of them happening on the Upper West Side. All of the victims are women. In each case, the suspect punches ...

1 Comments | July 04    10:05

Terrorist's Parents Working to Prevent Home Demolition

0011.jpgThe family of the terrorist responsible for Wednesday’s bulldozer terror attack in Yerushalayim is working to prevent the demolition of their home. Seeking to minimize calls for the razing their home, the parents folded up their mourning tent, which was established following the attack that claimed three lives and left over 70 ...

5 Comments | July 04    09:55

Yesodey Hatorah Celebrates Achdus

IMG_1822.jpgThe remarkable legacy of achdus and Ahavas Yisroel that have permeated the Yesodey Hatorah schools since their establishment in North London over 60 years ago was celebrated at its inaugural Annual Dinner held this week. The school’s Banqueting Suite in Egerton Road, Stamford Hill was filled to capacity with prominent ...

July 04    09:49

Williamsburg: 90th Pct Sees Crime Spike

nypd.jpgIt has been a rough year for 90th Precinct, where crime is up 18 percent from its levels of June 2007.There have been 758 “major index” crimes this year – crimes taken into account when calculating a city’s crime rate – up from 644 at this time last year. The biggest culprits in the crime uptick have been grand larcenies, ...

2 Comments | July 04    09:44

Alert at Ben-Gurion International Airport

israir.jpgAn Israir flight departing from Tel Aviv on Friday morning alerted control tower officials it was losing hydraulic fluid, leading to the decision for the flight with 178 persons on board to turn back shortly after takeoff. MDA ambulances from the Ayalon area were dispatched to the scene and airport emergency responders took up ...

July 04    09:36

Rabbi Avi Shafran: How Jews Should Vote

editorial32.jpgYes, Varda, there is a Jewish way to vote – or at least a genuine Jewish perspective to bring to political races like the current one for the American presidency. Some Jews would assert that “voting Jewish” consists only of analyzing the respective candidates’ positions or pronouncements on the ...

1 Comments | July 04    09:10


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