New York City – Asked about President Obama’s upcoming Thursday visit, Mayor Bloomberg seemed a bit annoyed at not having gotten advance word about it from the White House this morning, the DN’s Frank Lombardi reports. “Well, I just saw on the blogs that he was coming, so I haven’t talked to anybody in the […]
The Jerusalem Administrative Court has ruled in favor of an organization affiliated with Israel’s Reform Movement against chareidi schools in Yerushalayim, supporting the organization’s allegations that schools affiliated with the chareidi community enjoy too large a portion of the budgetary pie. Joining the petition against chareidi schools recognized by the government was Menachem Mazuz, the […]
In an unprecedented move, a Kol Koreh on behalf of Sholom Rubashkin was signed by Gedolim from all sects of Klal Yisroel, asking the Tzibur to act. Never before in recent history have so many Rabbonim and Rebbes from Satmar, Lakewood, Chabad, and Litvish Roshei Yeshiva come together on a signed Kol Koreh. TRANSLATION OF LETTER SIGNED […]
The following amazing interview appeared in last weeks Sha’ah Tovah Magazine, and was given exclusively to YWN: Hagaon R’ Yitzchak Grodzinsky shlit”a, son of the mashgiach of Slabodka, Maran R’ Avraham Grodzinsky Hy”d, kept his recollections of the horrors he witnessed during the war years locked securely within him – until just a few short […]
A chareidi man arrested on the eve of Memorial Day for allegedly setting fire to an Israeli flag at Kikar Shabbos has been indicted. The man in his 20s allegedly
Click on the image to enlarge a photo of a daily shiur delivered by HaRav Pinchus Breuer Shlita, taking place for bochurim who have turned the Sadigura Beis Hamedresh in
As the nation prepares to observe Yom HaAtzma’ut, Israel Independence Day, the Bostoner Rebbe of Yerushalayim Shlita has released a letter explaining the minhag of the Bostoner Beis Medrash Givat Pinchas in Har Nof not to recite tachnun on the day. When the day, as is the case this year, is a ‘nidcha’ pushed off, […]
After failing to convince government authorities to cancel a “new age” Pesach festival that attracts thousands of Israeli 14-year-olds, Yad L’Achim dispatched teams of volunteers to the site to stymie the efforts of missionaries who target the event. The Boombamela festival, held on chol hamo’ed at the Nitzanim Beach near Ashkelon, offers “spirituality” – […]
Nobody was particularly surprised when the Director of the Center for Disease Control recently declared that obesity, caused by lack of physical fitness and poor eating habits, has just about caught up to tobacco smoking as the largest preventable cause of death in the United States today. While the general population is worried about Swine […]
As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority prepares to eliminate dozens of bus routes, the agency is also reportedly getting rid of hundreds of bus stops on the lines that remain. According
Today, Monday, Memorial Day in Israel, provides a break from the mundane, the common disputes and political discussions that seem to divide the nation – today is a day of remembering, reflecting and for many, one of pain and difficult memories. This Memorial Day in Eretz Yisrael, the 22,682 members of the IDF and other […]
Admiral Mike Mullen, who serves as the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff in an address to an audience in Columbia University stated and American military assault against Iran would indeed significantly set back Iran’s nuclear program. The commander added that nevertheless, America at present has no plans to attack Iran, stating this […]
El Al on Monday is resuming service to four European destinations as the volcanic cloud is dissipating over those areas. The areas to which service is being renewed are Sophia,
On Sunday April 18, 2010 at about 4:45 PM, Sheriff’s Deputy Blake Starner was on patrol in Swan Lake when he spotted several subjects exiting a residence on the grounds
Filling a void left by the shuttering of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Beth Israel Medical Center has been hit with a flood of patients, turning its emergency room into what can
The chaos and crisis caused by the Icelandic volcano is about to hit New York — hard. City officials are bracing for the loss of $250 million in tourism-related revenue
Top cops from some of the city’s most violent precincts are facing the NYPD’s “firing squad” over an escalating wave of shootings, sources said. A routine meeting last week turned
The Erlau Rebbe Shlita, a member of the Council of Torah Sages of Agudas Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael announced that the volcanic activity that halted air traffic over Europe sends
Sen. Charles Schumer announced Sunday that several major airlines have promised not to charge passengers for carry-on baggage. Schumer said he personally contacted officials at American Airlines, Delta Airlines, JetBlue,
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] Seven people were displaced after an early Shabbos morning blaze struck a home at 66 Main St., Ramapo police said. The fire was reported at 1:50 a.m.
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