Joined by hundreds of supporters from the local community, Councilman Lew Fidler (D-Brooklyn) today, announced his candidacy for the recently vacated 27th State Senate District. Accepting the designations of both
On October 3, 2011, YWN-ISRAEL reported that price tag activists targeted a Galilee area mosque, in the village of Tuba el-Zangaria. Since that attack, which was harshly condemned across the
What do the chief rabbis of Hadera have in common you might ask? Both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis have cut ties with Minister of Religious Services (Shas) Yaakov
A TGI survey seeking to evaluate the market penetration of chareidi radio stations in Israel polled listeners regarding Kol Chai Radio and Kol Berama Radio. The results are somewhat surprising.
West Haverstraw, NY – A home on Zarriello Lane exploded following a gas leak, MonseyScoop.com is reporting. According to initial reports, Firefighters were at the door of the townhouse when
[AUDIO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] In his latest YWN Radio show: * Jake interviews Rabbi Yisrael Friedman, Lakewood shadchan from Gateways Connections, and part of the “Yated Shidduch Forum”. Insights and
One would be hard-pressed to find a Jerusalem commuter who has a kind word to share regarding the new ‘rav kav’ the payment system on Jerusalem buses and light rail,
Call it a political explosion, a normal day in parliament in Israel, or Mofaz’s bid for Kadima party leadership slot. Whatever your take on the events in the Knesset Foreign
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman formally dropped out of the presidential race on Monday. “Today I am suspending my campaign for the presidency,” Huntsman said during a press conference in
When I first heard about the firebomb attack early Wednesday morning on Congregation Beth El in Rutherford, NJ, it sent shock waves through me and produced deep and heartfelt emotions.
Bikur Cholim of Baltimore and Sinai Hospital celebrated the opening of its newly-constructed Bikur Cholim Kosher Hospitality Room with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this past week. Located just off the Blaustein
A family in the Midwood section of Brooklyn received a threatening, anti-Semitic phone call late Sunday, according to Assemblyman Dov Hikind who spoke with Good Day New York on Monday.
Confessed killer Maksim Gelman says he planned to redeem himself — by committing one more murder New Yorkers would have hailed him for. The butcher of Brighton Beach, who admitted
The rescue operation on the cruise liner shipwrecked off the Italian coast was temporarily suspended Monday after the ship began to slip, as fears grew for the 16 people —
On Friday, YWN reported the arrest of a Lebanese national affiliated with Hizbullah of planning an attack in Thailand. This news came amid travel warnings issued by Israel’s National Security
The word on the street in Meah Shearim is that the arrest of some of the prominent members of the Eida establishment is simply a revenge move by Jerusalem Police
Officially, the Israeli media is reporting that a major joint military exercise between Israel and the United States was canceled due to budgetary considerations. The exercise, which would have involved
Terror alerts pertaining to Thailand have resulted in stepped-up security for the Chabad house in Bangkok and for the shaliach, Rabbi Nechemia Wilhelm. Following the terror alert released by Israel’s
The rosh yeshiva of the Elon Moreh Hesder Yeshiva, HaRav Elyakim Levanon Shlita has announced he is stepping down in protest over the military’s trampling of Halacha. Rav Levanon is
Some of the ‘Eida 6′ defendants were remanded by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, as was reported on Sunday night by YWN-ISRAEL. The court did however release R’ Amram Shapira, Eida
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