Obama To Tour Jersey Shore With Gov. Christie (1 opinions)
President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
The White House says the president will tour the coastline with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday and speak about the need to expand economic opportunities for middle-class families hit by the storm. He plans to meet with business ... Alert From NYC Health Dept: 27 Measels Cases In Boro Park; 7 In Williamsburg
The Health Department announced today that it has identified 34 cases of measles in Brooklyn – 27 in Borough Park and 7 in Williamsburg – and is urging families to make sure all persons in the household, including young children, are ... Full Story » Official: 6,000 Looted Nazi Goods Returned
An official for the city of Vienna says the Austrian capital has handed over nearly 6,000 valuable objects looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners or their heirs since it started taking inventory of them 14 years ago.
Andreas ... Full Story » Obama Defends Drone Strikes But Says No Cure-All
President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and ... Full Story » Father Of Chechen Shot By FBI Says He Thinks Son Was Tortured (1 opinions)
The father of a Chechen immigrant killed during questioning over his links with one of the Boston Marathon bombings suspects said on Thursday he plans to travel to the United States where he thinks his son was tortured and killed.
Ibragim ... Full Story » IRS Official At Center Of Scandal Takes Administrative Leave (1 opinions)
Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official who this week asserted her right not to answer questions about the controversy over extra scrutiny for conservative groups, took administrative leave on Thursday, a congressional ... Full Story » Weiner Mess-Up: Pittsburgh On The Hudson? Wrong City In NY City Campaign Logo
For New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, the road to City Hall leads through Pittsburgh.
Weiner, the candidate who infamously resigned from the U.S. Congress two years ago in a scandal, unveiled a video announcing ... Full Story » Oklahoma Legislature Applauds Jewish Tornado Assistance
Showing its gratitude for the immediate and ongoing support and assistance offered by Jewish groups and individuals from around the country, the Oklahoma House of Representatives gave a standing ovation Thursday to Rabbi Ovadia ... Full Story » Israeli Hospital Treating Many PA Residents & Training Arab Doctors
The official PA daily reported on a visit by the PA Minister of Health, Hani Abdeen, to Israel's Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. The daily noted that 30% of the child patients in Hadassah are Palestinians and that the Israeli hospital is ... Full Story » Alert From Rockland County Health Dept: Measels Patient Was At Hatzlacha Grocery Store
The Rockland County Department of Health has identified a case of measles in Rockland County.
During the Health Department’s investigation, it was discovered that the individual with measles was at the Hatzlacha Grocery Store, located ... Full Story » New York Had Contact With FBI During Ramapo Audit
New York State officials auditing the town of Ramapo, New York, which is now the subject of a federal investigation, had contact with federal law enforcement during a state audit in 2011, according to a state official with knowledge of the ... Full Story » Police Reopen 1986 Murder Case Of Chaim Weiss; Student In Long Beach Yeshiva (3 opinions)
More than 25 years after the pajama-clad body of a 15-year-old Yeshiva student was found in his dorm room at Mesivta of Long Beach, Nassau County police said they are reopening the long-cold case - even raising the Crime Stoppers ... Full Story » Muslim Hardliners ID London Terror Suspect (1 opinions)
Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.
The identification came ... Full Story » Cuomo: Weiner NYC Mayoral Win Would Be A 'shame' (6 opinions)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it would be a “shame” if Anthony Weiner was elected mayor of New York City.
Speaking to editors at the Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper Thursday, the governor, who also leads the state ... Full Story » Five Towns Prepares for an Unprecedented Evening of Community Achdus
It’s been said that all it takes to bring together a Satmar Chassid and a YU graduate is a flat tire on a Friday afternoon.
It has been proven that all it takes to bring a diverse community, like ours, together are acts of ... Full Story » Frum Soldiers Files Police Complaint Against HaPeles Newspaper (12 opinions)
A frum IDF soldier in a unique move filed a police complaint alleging incitement against the HaPeles newspaper, affiliated with the Yerushalmi faction of Degel.
According to the report, the complaint was filed with police in ... Full Story » Cuomo, Cabinet Pushing His Tax-Free NY Proposal (1 opinions)
High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for 10 years under a proposal by Gov. Andrew ... Full Story » Israeli News
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MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Menachem Eliezer Moses in Knesset on Wednesday, 13 Sivan 5773 ... Full Story » (2 opinions) Husband Who Kept Wife Agunah Lose...
The Chief Rabbinate Supreme Court on Tuesday, 12 Sivan 5773 upheld the ruling of a lower court, denying ... Full Story » (13 opinions) Air Force Chief: War With Syria C...
Israel Air Force Chief Major-General Amir Eshel warned that war with Syria could come ... Full Story » LEAKED DOCUMENT: Crackdown Ordere...
In a document leaked to the media, YWN-ISRAEL has learned that the compliance ... Full Story » (16 opinions) U.S. & World News
YWN Confirms: Chaim Israel Is Seeki...
YWN has confirmed that Chaim Israel is running for City Council in ... Full Story » Muslim Hardliners ID London Terror ...
Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing ... Full Story » (1 opinions) NYS Assemblyman Goldfedder Repays A...
Six months after Oklahomans sent supplies to help New York residents battered by ... Full Story » (4 opinions) Q&A: What Is Known About London Att...
A look at the key known facts about the Wednesday attack in south London, when two men ... Full Story » (1 opinions) 
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