Yeshiva World News

For the firefighters at Guyasuta Volunteer Fire Department in O’Hara, having a rabbi as their first chaplain is not a religious issue. “It’s interesting because few of our members are Jewish, but that did not enter the discussion when we discussed having a chaplain,” said 11-year member Dr. Steven Reise, of O’Hara. (more…)

Snow began falling in the Yerushalayim area on Thursday morning, after a heavy snow blanketed the Chermon area overnight. Schools in the northern Golan Heights area were closed. Classes in Yerushalayim, were in session as usual. Public transportation in Yerushalaym, was not affected by the snow.

An extraordinary collaboration between the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, the Lakewood Police Department and the Orthodox Jewish Community of Lakewood, New Jersey took place at Lake Terrace in Lakewood, New Jersey on Tuesday, March 13, 2007.

The day long event entitled Bagels, Lox and Cops: Getting to Know the Orthodox Jewish Community provided an opportunity for representatives of the Orthodox Jewish Community to share cultural concerns with law enforcement personnel from throughout Ocean County. Every agency in the county was represented by its chief or designated officer. Additional law enforcement agency representation included: (more…)

A little late….but the Yeshiva World Purim Album is up for your viewing pleasure!! Click HERE to view. Much thanks to Photography Plaza in the USA, and Yehuda Boltshauser and everyone else for submitting their beautiful photos. (You can still have your photos added to the album by emailing them to yweditor2@gmail.com)

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the three Israeli soldiers being held captive by Hamas and Hezbollah. (more…)

(Click on image to ENLARGE it) Today Wednesday, March 14, the Five Towns/ Far Rockaway community is having a Kinos Hisorrerus in light of the many tragedies that have struck our community over the past year. (more…)

The wonderful organization of Bonei Olam recently had a brunch in Detroit at the home of Rabbi Bunny Friedman. Here are some photos.

The New North Miami Beach Mikvah Taharah is finally open!! No appointments necessary. [Shabbos and Yom Tov require advance notice.] The Mikvah is located at 1054 Miami Gardens Drive and is open from 20 minutes after Shkiyah until 11PM. (more…)

An offer of $500,000 for the former East Scranton Intermediate School is reason enough for Lackawanna County Court to deny its proposed sale (as reported HERE & HERE on YW) to a New York City rabbi for $400,000, the rival bidder argues in court papers. (more…)

A group of Taiwanese university students has set up a Nazi political movement advocating national unity, strength and curbing immigration, the group’s co-founder said Wednesday. The National Socialism Association currently has 20 paid-up members, with another 800 who have used the group’s Web site to indicate an interest in joining, co-founder Chao Lahn, 24, said. (more…)

A Polish woman who helped save the lives of 2,500 Jewish children during World War II is due to be honoured by Poland’s parliament. Irena Sendlerowa, a former social worker who is now 97, organised the rescue from the Warsaw ghetto with the help of the Polish underground army. (more…)

As Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama compete for Jewish donors and voters, Mrs. Clinton is following a tried-and-true rule of hers from New York – support Israel to the last – while Mr. Obama is trying a more delicate strategy that hit some bumps this week. (more…)

Incidents of vandalism or harassment aimed at Jews in Connecticut increased 35 percent last year, according to Anti-Defamation League’s annual report on anti-Semitic incidents. (more…)

A lawsuit, filed in federal district in New York, pits the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America against Valdoliva International Inc., a producer and importer of olive oil from the south of Italy. (more…)

A YW reader who was touched by the recent tragedies which have befallen us, has written a beautiful poem which they would like to share with you: (It is a MUST read!) (more…)

Thirty-six percent of Israelis would ‘not mind at all’ if one of their children were to marry a non-Jewish immigrant. It is enough that they are now Israeli, they said. (Read rest of article and be shocked!) (more…)

Unidentified vandals smashed over 20 Kevarim in a Jewish cemetery in Voronezh, Russia. Local prosecutors have tied the case together with an earlier incident in the same cemetery. That incident took place earlier this year when vandals painted swastikas on Kevarim.

When Chaim Mendelsohn swears his oath to the Queen and receives his commission as a military officer this morning, he will become the first rabbi to serve with the Canadian Forces since the guns of the Second World War felt silent. (more…)

Several men from the Meah Shearim neighborhood threw rocks at the car belonging to Deputy Mayor Yehoshua Pollak. No injuries were reported, but his vehicle sustained damages. (It’s interesting to note, that less than a month ago YW reported [HERE] of an incident where Mayor Uri Lupolianski was assaulted while attending the Bris of a son of Yehoshua Pollak.)