A group of Yeshiva boys from Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel were on a baseball outing to a local Flatbush park when they came upon large swastikas. The boys were with their
The ongoing controversy regarding the Halachic Shaila of “worms in fish” continues. Two weeks ago, YWN posted an article by RabbiMordechai Kuber explaining why it is Mutar to eat the fish with worms. Yesterday, YWN posted an article by Rabbi Chaim Scher, an expert in the field who refuted Rabbi Kuber’s article. Today we present […]
Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi HaGaon HaRav Yisrael Meir Lau made an appearance in Bnei Brak on Monday to affix a mezuzah to the new Prog Center. He addressed the recent alarming anti-chareidi sentiment evident in the media, questioning those who say the chareidim do not join the workforce, and as a result, are compelled to […]
Germanys kosher consumers can now enjoy a full line of locally produced boutique cheeses and milk that come from a small dairy farm near the major Northern city of Hamburg. Until now, explains Rabbi Shlomo Bistritzky, Chabad representative to Hamburg, Id go to the dairy farm myself, and supervise the kashrut of a small quantity […]
As promised, protests in Jaffa against ongoing excavations did take place with hundreds of chareidim on hand, confronting and defying police, who warned if they do not disperse, additional arrests would occur. About 120 protesters were detained and arrested in Mondays protests. Following the arrest of an admor and a prominent rav on Monday, police […]
Democratic gov hopeful Andrew Cuomo expects to get thousands of people to sign his campaign pledge to clean up Albany. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver won’t be one of them. “I
In his testimony on Monday Rishon LTzion Rabbi Bakshi Doron Shlita told the court that he did nothing wrong, pointing a finger of blame at Rishon LTzion Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Shlita, the daily Yediot reports. The state alleges rabbonim were involved in permitting 2,000 people to receive rabbinical ordination without completing the mandatory 5-year program, […]
Police investigators allege the heads of Israels four largest bakeries teamed up to create a cartel, arresting a number of senior officials as the case develops. Questioned in the case are senior officials of the four bakeries, Angels, Bermans, Duduvitch and Merchavit. The four firms are accused of illegal practices in their effort to control […]
Mounted policeman David Edri was sentenced to three months of community service on Tuesday by Jerusalem District Court Justice Rivka Friedman-Feldman for his unacceptable and life-threatening actions during the eviction of Jews in Amona. One of the Edris victims was veteran Shomron resident Yehuda Etzion, who was quoted by Arutz-7 Hebrew news as saying he […]
Israel Police investigators have recommended to the State Attorney Generals office that a criminal indictment be handed down against Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and former Israeli Ambassador to Belarus Zeev Ben-Aryeh. The case pertains to a period when Lieberman served as an MK, in 2008, with police alleging that during a trip to Belarus, Ben-Aryeh […]
A woman fell in front of an oncoming subway train on Monday night and survived. Emergency crews carried the woman out of the station on a stretcher and into a
New York City bus drivers took an average of two months paid days off last year after being spat upon by upset riders. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday that
Opponents of a mosque planned near Ground Zero may be getting some unexpected help from the City. The building at 45 Park Place was constructed in 1857 in the Italian
Oil company BP is expected to brief reporters Tuesday morning about its next attempt to contain the gushing oil in the Gulf of Mexico — a maneuver called a “top
A man convicted of killing a Brooklyn rabbi 16 years ago could walk out of court free today because the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office withheld evidence during his trial. Jabbar
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announced that New York City remains the safest big city in America, according to the FBIs Crime in the United States, the preliminary Uniform Crime Report for 2009. The report shows that total crime decreased by 5.1 percent in New York City during 2009, […]
The United States Supreme Court, it was announced today, will be hearing an appeal of a U. S. Court of Appeals decision that declared an Arizona school choice program unconstitutional.
Motorists are advised that the State Department of Transportation will be conducting lane closures on Route 17 eastbound and westbound between Exit 119 (Route 302) and Exit 116 (Route 17K)
The Transport Workers Union will file legal papers today to force the MTA to award planned raises to transit workers, according to the New York Daily News. The TWU is
7:50PM IL: As Deputy Prime Minister & Interior Minister Eli Yishai made his way to make a shiva visit at the Meah Shearim home of Maran R Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita, area hoodlums bombarded his vehicle with rocks. It is unclear at this time if the minister was out of the car completely, which appears […]
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