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Fire on Jerusalem’s Shmuel HaNavi Street Early Thursday Morning – 7 Children Hospitalized [VIDEO...
A fire broke out in an apartment in a five-story apartment building on Shmuel HaNavi Street in Jerusalem early Thursday morning.
When firefighters arrived, they...
Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Patrick Announces Dem Presidential Bid
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Thursday he is running for president, making a late entry into the Democratic race less than three months...
Rav Lau to Residents Of South: “We’re Protected by the Iron Dome of the...
Rav Dovid Lau, the Chief Rabbi of Israel, traveled to Israel's south on Wednesday to be mechazek the residents residing there.
Rav Lau told the...
Say Yes to Shira!
Dear Friends,When Shira came into the office for a food voucher, she was sure that the answer was NO. Shira has a long relationship...
Felder To Mayor deBlasio: “NYC Is Not Above The Law”
Special needs children, families and educators from across NYC converged on City Hall this morning to demand that Mayor de Blasio force DOE into...
NY Law Raising Age To Buy Tobacco, E-Cigs Goes Into Effect
New York has now raised the minimum age to buy tobacco and electronic cigarettes to 21 years old, from 18.
The law goes into effect...
CEASEFIRE ENDS: Explosions Heard in Southern Israel as Terrorist Resume Rocket Fire
10:55AM IL: Explosions were heard a few minutes ago as Gaza-based terrorists resumed rocket fire into Gaza border communities, Negev and Netivot areas. A...
Unofficial Reports of a Ceasefire Beginning 5:30AM Thursday Morning
There are unofficial reports that a ceasefire is in effect since 5:30AM but Homefront Command officials are stressing that the citizens are urged in...
Fed’s Powell Sees Steady Growth, Signals Pause In Rate Cuts
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated Wednesday that the Fed is likely to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate unchanged in the coming months,...
ANTI-SEMITE ARRESTED: NYPD Take Boro Park “Egging” Suspect Into Custody
A suspect wanted in the recent string of egging attacks against Hasidic Jews in Boro Park has been arrested.
The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force...
Ukrainian Capital Names Streets After Nazi Collaborators
The Ukrainian Jewish Committee’s director has harshly criticized a decision by the Ukrainian capital’s legislature to name streets after Nazi collaborators.
Eduard Dolinsky said the...
Russian Accused Of $20M Credit Card Fraud Extradited From Israel To US
A Russian accused of running a website that helped people commit more than $20 million in credit-card fraud has been extradited to Virginia to...
US Superbug Infections Rising, But Deaths Are Falling
Drug-resistant “superbug” infections have been called a developing nightmare that could set medicine back a century, making conquered germs once again untreatable.
So there’s some...
Do You Need A Yeshua In Some Area In Your Life? Harav Aryeh Yudelevitz...
Yerushalayim, the holy city, the heart of Am Yisroel, is known for its legendary Tzadikim.
Namely, the many hidden Tzadikim who inhabit its walls, who...
NEARLY 400 ROCKETS FIRED AT ISRAEL: As Rockets Rain Down, Israel Intensifies Its Strikes...
Israeli aircraft struck Islamic Jihad targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Wednesday while the terrorist group rained scores of rockets into Israel for a...
309,000 Students To Stay Home Tomorrow As School Canceled In Israel’s South Due To...
The Education Ministry announced on Wednesday that all schools, daycares, and kindergartens within a 40 km (25 miles) radius of the Gaza border will...
US And Turkey Have Friendly Talks But Differences Persist
President Donald Trump says he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are “very good friends,” but their meeting Wednesday at the White House failed...
US Consumer Prices Up 0.4% In October; Gasoline Prices Surge
Surging gasoline prices caused U.S. consumer prices to rise last month at the fastest pace since March.
The Labor Department said Wednesday that its consumer...
Chinese, Other Students Flee Hong Kong As Violence Worsens
University students from mainland China and Taiwan are fleeing Hong Kong, while those from three Scandinavian countries have been moved or urged to leave...
Venice ‘On Its Knees’ After Second-Worst Flood Ever Recorded
The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as...
VIDEO: Rabbi Shafier Of The Shmuz On Torah Life In Rochester
See what Rabbi Shafier from The Shmuz has to say about living “out of town” vs “in town” and about Rochester in particular.
See our...
California Regulators Order Inquiry Into Power Outages
California regulators opened a formal investigation Wednesday into preemptive power outages that blacked out large parts of the state in October, drawing strong rebukes...
Petira of The Kretchnif Kiryat Gat Rebbe ZATZAL
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Kretchnif Kiryat Gat Rebbe, HaRav Yisroel Nissan Rosenbaum ZATZAL. He was 70.
The Rebbe had...
WRAPPED IN TALLIS AND TEFILLIN: Bennett’s First Day As Defense Minister Amid Constant Attacks
A bit more than 24 hours have passed since Naftali Bennett was sworn in as the new Defense Minister of Israel. His first day...
DOUBLE TRAGEDY: Two Chareidi Brothers Killed in Motorcycle Accident Near Elad
Two Chareidi men in their thirties were R"L killed in a motor vehicle accident on Wednesday afternoon on Highway 444 near the city of...
LIARS EXPOSED: Amnesty International Says Israeli Missile Struck Building – When It Was Misfired...
Amnesty International blatantly lied on Tuesday when it accused Israel of violating international law for bombing the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights building...
Clashes Rock Bolivia As New Interim Leader Challenged
Renewed clashes rocked Bolivia’s capital on Wednesday as the woman who claimed the presidency, a second-tier lawmaker thrust into the post because of a...
Where is Hamas In The Current Escalation?
What is the role of Hamas - the ruling terror group in the Gaza Strip - in the current flare-up between Israel and Palestinian...
Rishon Lezion Hagaon HaRav Yitzhak Yosef Meets Hagaon HaRav Elya Brudny in Be’er Hagolah...
The Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rishon Lezion Hagaon Harav Yitzhak Yosef visited Yeshivas Be’er Hagolah together with the head of the vaad hachinuch...
WATCH LIVE: Trump Impeachment Hearing Underway
The U.S. House launched the first public hearing Wednesday of Donald Trump’s impeachment investigation, the extraordinary process to determine whether the 45th president of...
King’s Retirement Sets Up House Battle In NYC Suburbs
The race to fill a retiring Republican’s seat in Congress has begun as Democrats see opportunity in the shifting political dynamics of New York’s...
