The number of Americans receiving food stamps topped 40 million for the first time in March as the jobless rate hovered near a 26-year high. Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
A lawsuit has been ignited over the graphic anti-smoking ads that now appear in stores across the city. Some of the nation’s biggest cigarette companies complain the city regulation forcing
Nesanel’s only “crime” was being mistaken by missionaries for a Yad L’Achim activist. His punishment was a brutal beating at the hands of two cult members. Nesanel, who asked that
The Times Herald Record reports: Sullivan County Judge Frank LaBuda plans to sentence on Sept. 8 – Rosh Hashanah – the five teens accused of ransacking two Jewish bungalow colonies
Dear Mr. Schein, We thank you for your letter to YWN, and we at YWN would like to respond to your remarks in the spirit of open communication, honesty, and integrity.Quite candidly, your attack on the representative of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel who responded to your 2007 activities in Uruguay was, in our view, […]
You may have forgotten about the virus formerly known as swine flu, but it hasn’t gone away, according to the World Health Organization. The agency is continuing its pandemic alert
The BP oil slick could hit the east coast in weeks and will likely soon spread across thousands of miles of Atlantic shoreline, government scientists reported Thursday. The National Center
A housekeeper accused of swiping $20,000 worth of jewelry from a Monsey family got caught at John F. Kennedy International Airport, trying to leave the country, Ramapo police said today.
As a sign of respect for the Jewish community of Irkutsk, the city authorities have prohibited drivers from parking automobiles near the central synagogue in Irkutsk on Shabbat. The new
PETA’s Not-So-Hidden AgendaAn open letter from PETA Senior Researcher (and undercover investigator) Philip Schein to YWN readers: In response to PETA’s original 2007 investigation of “shackle and hoist” kosher slaughter
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki warned if Western nations move ahead with stiffer sanctions, it will eliminate any and all chances of reaching an agreement with Tehran. Commenting during a
New York – The state comptrollers office has nearly $10 billion in unclaimed funds and is looking for the rightful owners. The comptrollers Office of Unclaimed Funds is holding several events around the state this month to help people check to see if theyre owed any money from an unclaimed tax refund, forgotten bank account, […]
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) has written to local yeshiva administrators asking them to review their current school bus safety procedures, particularly as it pertains to children standing on moving school
In footage captured on the Gaza flotilla, a passenger describes how he has attempted in previous convoys to become a martyr and that “with god’s luck” he will succeed on
The Brooklyn Bridge just marked its 127th birthday, and as the Vice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, it only needs a paint job and a little other sprucing up to
The identities of the nations elite military units such as the Shayetet 13 naval commandos must remain hidden, as is evident from recent photos of the Gaza flotilla, in which their faces are blurred out. Nonetheless, that does not prohibit releasing the Hebrew name of one of them in need of tefilos. Daniel Lazar ben […]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a clear warning to Israel, that if Jerusalem does not lift the embargo on Hamas-controlled Gaza, it will cut off ties with Israel, adding Israel will lose its best friend in the region. Erdogan added that relations between the two countries cannot return to what they were previously, […]
A Givati soldier was killed during a shooting training exercise in the Har Keren base in southern Israel. One of the soldiers fired his weapon, striking and killing the Givati
Israel has rejected a United Nations Security Council demand to permit an international investigation into the naval commando operation against the Gaza flotilla earlier in the week. An official in the Prime Ministers Office explained there has been no case in recent history in which a democratic country was subjected to an international probe after […]
The city clerk’s office in New York will begin conducting domestic partnership ceremonies for same-gender couples starting Thursday. For more than a decade, the office has handed out certificates for
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