The plan to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero may have hit a snag, due to an over 20-year pending landmark status. The American Society for Muslim Advancement
More than 30,000 angry New Jersey residents including union employees and community activists, marched to the state capitol Saturday, delivering a blistering message to the governor in an effort to
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New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo formally announced Saturday that he’s running for governor. “My campaign is this simple: I represent the people of the great state of New
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Hooligans in Meah Shearim on Thursday night targeted a vehicle belonging to the Shomrim patrol, which protects homes N’vei Yaakov and other Jerusalem border communities, often called upon to assist
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Rebitzen Leah Aurbach A”H was niftar in Yerushalayim on Friday morning. She was the rebitzen of HaGaon HaRav Azriel Aurbach and the daughter of Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv
Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Major-General Benny Gantz feels in the coming decade, the government must work towards implementing a system in which everyone is compelled to take part in
When the Churva Shul in Jerusalem’s Old City was being rededicated in March of this year, there was a bit of a political storm from the PA (Palestinian Authority), accusing
Manchester, England – YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira on the first day of Shavuos of one of the last remaining Talmidim of the Chofetz Chaim ZATZAL, Rav
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Jerusalem Councilman Yosef Deutsch is addressing reports that repeated calls from residents of Adonaiyhu HaCohen Street, reporting garbage receptacles on fire were ignored for at least 20 minutes, adding the
The Wall Street Journal reports: Al Pacino, preparing for the role of Shylock in the Public Theater’s upcoming production of “The Merchant of Venice,” took his research into Brooklyn this
The Senate passed late Thursday night the most sweeping regulatory overhaul of the financial system since the New Deal. The bill, which passed 59-39, imposes more oversight and stronger capital
Gov. David A. Paterson is considering a new strategy in his effort to pass a soda tax, hoping to win over reluctant lawmakers and the beverage industry by pairing the
In a symbol of the growing anti-Washington sentiment across the country, Rep. Joe Sestak defeated five-term senator Arlen Specterin the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary and in Kentucky, Tea Party-backed candidate
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