Noisy tour buses that aggravate some New Yorkers are about to be a thing of the past. The City Council is expected a pass a law Thursday that would ban
Smashed in the head with a cinderblock on Friday, Miami-Dade detective Carlos Castillo has been in and out of a coma and remains in critical condition in the intensive care
As Binyamin Netanyahu continues efforts to block a Likud Central Committee vote, a vote that most predict will boost the representation of the Manhigut Yehudit faction of Moshe Feiglin, even the party ideologues are standing firmly at the party leader’s side. When it comes to protecting one’s powerbase, ideology apparently becomes secondary since Likud Ministers […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rav Efrayim Zuravin ZATZAL, (69) Rosh Kollel of Ahavas Torah Vchesed in Lakewood, following a serious illness R”L. Rav Zuravin was a Talmid of Hagon Rav Aron Kotler ZATZAL, and was in fact the Mechaber of his famous Seforim known as the “Mishnas Reb Aron”. Tragically, his […]
The dead man’s switch saved a G train full of passengers today when the subway motorman died of a heart attack while on the job. The subway pulled out of it’s terminal at Court Square today at 8:08 a.m., and the motorman was struck by the attack just after. Once he released his grip from […]
The following article is from WCBSTV: A controversial proposal has students horrified at a Bergen County middle school on Wednesday. The principal is asking parents to join a voluntary ban
An Iranian navy plane that approached a U.S. aircraft carrier last week was flying as low as 300 feet as it neared the USS Eisenhower, U.S. military officials said Wednesday.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address a United Nations conference in New York next month to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Iran is accused of violating in its apparent
This evening, the Lakewood community will join together for a mass urgent kinnus for men and women on behalf of R’ Sholom Mordechai ben Rivkah Rubashkin. The event will take
The Ulster County Industrial Development Agency has awarded the Town of Marlborough a $10,000 grant to conduct a feasibility study to expand the town’s municipal water services to the Kedem Winery operation. The project would include a two mile long water transmission line for Kedem, which employs over 50 people. IDA Chairman David O’Halloran said […]
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it sees further signs of improvement in the U.S. economy, but not enough to start raising its key interest rate from near 0% anytime soon.
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Sen. Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. and his son, Pedro Espada, claiming they both violated state labor laws
YWN regrets to inform you of the petira of the Munkatcher Dayan from London, HaRav HaGaon Rav Shimshon Glick ZATZAL, after suffering from a bitter illness R”L. Rav Glick is the son of the reknown mohel of London Rav Gavriel Glick and son in law of Harav Hagaon Rav Chaim Yosef Dovid Weis shlita Satmar Dayan of […]
Albany, NY – In his latest off-the-wall behavior, hothead Sen. Kevin Parker Wednesday morning accused Senate Republicans – and even some Democrats – of being white supremacists. Parker updated his
Speaking with reporters in Washington, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat denied any agreement to a construction freeze in areas of Yerushalayim, denying reports that such a situation exists. The mayor did
A prominent missionary personality was given unhindered airtime, 25 minutes, beginning at 9:15pm, permitting him to reach out to listeners in Israel and around the world with his video broadcast during prime time. Yad L’Achim’s Rav Sholom Dov Lifshitz Shlita did his utmost to prevent the broadcast, or at the very least, to have an […]
Pashkavilim are appearing around Yerushalayim regarding the bones located on the planned site of the new fortified emergency room of Barzilai Hospital, in Ashkelon. The posters speak in the name
Painful as it may be, it appears there is a significant chareidi involvement in the Holyland investigation. According to a Tuesday night Channel 10 News report, a check cashing store
A number of rabbonim turned to Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin requesting an urgent plenum discussion regarding the vehemently anti-chareidi and anti-settler remarks made last week by radio host Gabi Gazit.
The relationship between Israel and Turkey has been strained at best, but one cannot deny the strategic importance of the military cooperation that exists(ed) between Israel and her Muslim neighbor
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