An unidentified group broke into the Great Synagogue on Chovevei Zion Street in Petach Tikva on Monday night, throwing Seforim and Taleisim on to the floor. The Great Synagogue was
Andrew M. Cuomo will not be sworn in as governor of New York for seven weeks, but his jockeying with the Legislature has already begun. In his first public appearance
Verizon Wireless, through a selectively distributed discount, is allowing some of its smartphone customers to use an unlimited plan that is similarly priced to Sprint Nextel Corp.‘s marquee offer. Verizon Wireless is offering a $20 credit to certain customers who are already signed up for a $59.99 plan that includes unlimited text messages, mobile-to-mobile calls, […]
Novartis AG plans to seek regulatory approval within 18 months for a pioneering tablet containing an embedded microchip, bringing the concept of “smart-pill” technology a step closer. The initial program
YWN has just been informed that Hagon Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg Shlita, the Rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Ohr in Yerushalayim, has Boruch Hashem been released from Mount Sinai Hospital
Harlem’s most famous tenant has renewed his lease at a savings to the U.S. taxpayer. Former President Bill Clinton, who caught some by surprise when he chose the 14-story building
Mayor Bloomberg weighed in today on his daughter’s terrifying fall from a horse Friday that left her with a concussion and possibly a fractured spine. “She is, I think, fine,”
Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the nation’s biggest egg seller and distributor based in Jackson, Miss., is recalling 288,000 eggs the company purchased from supplier Ohio Fresh Eggs LLC after a test showed the presence of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) at the Ohio farm, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Nov. 5. Cal-Maine purchased approximately 24,000 […]
ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Sarah Palin isn’t the only former governor/former mayor who’s mulling a run for president in 2012. On ABC’s “Top Line” today, former Gov. George Pataki, R-N.Y., told us that – as Palin has said – he’ll run for president if he determines the other Republican candidates don’t offer the right […]
[MULTIPLE VIDEOS & HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS POSTED BELOW] A warehouse at Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Pier 12 erupted in dance Sunday night as approximately 4,500 people got on their feet, locked arms, and circled around the giant room to the rhythmic chords of traditional Chasidic melodies. Coming just after the traditional roll call portion of the gala […]
“Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship explosive devices on board aircraft bound for the U.S., the Administration took a number of immediate steps to increase
The mini-spike in murders that has pushed the homicide rate up 15 percent so far this year continued with three more killings this morning, following four on Saturday night and
New York City’s safest neighborhood is in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. The company NeighborhoodScout revealed its rankings of U.S. neighborhoods, based on FBI data, on Monday. The group said the Bedford Avenue area was safer than 90-percent of all neighborhoods in the nation, with a crime rate of only two per 1,000 and with […]
In November 2008 our hearts were shattered by the atrocities committed against our Jewish brethren in Mumbai, India. We watched helplessly as the horror unfolded, hoping against hope while praying
Holidays are supposed to be happy times, but for large Orthodox Jewish families, they can be a handful. “Most of the families here have on average eight, nine, maybe 10
The following is a Ynet article: A few months after the publication of a rabbis’ petition calling to avoid renting apartments in Tel Aviv to African immigrants, rabbis in Bnei Brak issue a similar halachic ruling Monday, prohibiting residents to rent out apartments in the religious city and its surroundings to African refugees and illegal […]
A top Republican refused on Sunday to rule out the possibility of a government shutdown next year over growing federal deficits but said if there were one, President Barack Obama
The Daily News reports: The NYPD says there’s no such thing as a ticket quota, but memos posted at a Brooklyn stationhouse say otherwise. Two notices obtained by the Daily News clearly spell out how many moving-violation summonses cops should be handing out. The memos were posted in a roll call room for the stationhouse of […]
David Headley , the Mumbai terror plotter, was sent to Pakistan by US authorities to work for them as an informant after 9/11 despite a warning that he sympathises with
The clock is ticking down to a Monday deadline for thousands of cops, firefighters and construction workers. They’re suing over exposure to toxic World Trade Center dust and must decide
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