A crane that tilted and struck a 25-story building in Lower Manhattan is being taken apart. Crews righted the crane which fell over around 7 p.m. Saturday, striking the 23rd
We wish to reaffirm that the only laboratory authorized by the Rabbinate to check for shaatnez is the “KAJ Shaatnez Inspection Laboratory,” (K’hal Adath Jeshurun) led by Rabbi Kalman Strauss.
New York, NY – Jews might be dealing with an 11th plague this Pesach — the mumps. A special health advisory released cautions Hasidic Jews about spreading the disease over
Rav Chaim Ashkenazi, the rav of the Chabad community of Tel Aviv was niftar on motzei shabbos. He was also a maggid shiur and mashpia in the Chabad community in
Some 3,800 Big Apple motorists were nailed yesterday for using their cellphones while driving in an NYPD crackdown. The summonses were issued during the first part of a routine 24-hour
The news of the petira of HaRav HaGaon Nachum HaCohen Kook ZATZAL spread quickly after shabbos. Rav Kook was a prominent rav in Ramat Gan, a well-known askan who championed
At the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu distanced himself from anti-American remarks appearing in the Israeli media of late, stressing the ironclad relationship that exists
There can be no doubt that the current American administration is less sympathetic to Israeli intelligence reports that the republican administration that preceded it under the leadership of George W.
The recent increase in rocket attacks and fatal attacks along the Gaza border has resulted in many families canceling yomtov plans, including seder night and chol Hamoed trips. Residents of
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] The tzibur is requested to be mispalel for Binyamin Ze’ev ben Hadassah who sustained moderate-to-serious injuries in a motzei shabbos vehicular accident on Route 446, between Hashmonaim
Police officers searching a two-story house opposite an elementary school in Brooklyn on Friday night discovered scores of guns, bullet-making materials and an odd array of weapons more appropriate to
A disturbing spike in murders and other serious crimes is leading city officials to believe the NYPD’s famed “blue line” is growing way too thin. “It is worrisome,”Mayor Bloomberg said
As a result of a strike involving flight attendants on British Airways, two flights have been canceled. One flight, BA-165, was set to leave on Saturday from London to Tel
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Mordche Friedman Z”L after a long illness. Reb Mordche was a longtime Hatzolah member (known as KY-18 and B-318), who
An IDF officer and a soldier were killed on erev shabbos in an exchange of fire with terrorists who were planting explosives along the Gaza security fence near in southern
New York – The defense team for Sholom Rubashkin has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court the lower courts’ decision to deny bail for the Orthodox Hasidic Jewish businessman before
A state Supreme Court judge has ruled that the city can’t shut down 19 schools, according to published reports. Judge Joan Lobis’ ruling favored the teachers union and the NAACP
Jerusalem on erev shabbos paid its last respects to the woman who was affectionately known as “The Chicken Lady”, Mrs. Clara Hammer o”h, 99, who spent the last decades of
It appears that US President Barak Obama plans to continue asserting the full weight of the White House on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu towards bringing a total cessation to construction
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