[UPDATES BELOW] Ein Geidi area rescue workers are indicating they are fearful for the lives of two Bnei Brak youths who have been listed as missing since early Friday. The
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam, HaGaon HaRav Meir Just ZATZAL, at the ripe age of 100, after a short hospitalization. HaRav Just ZATZAL, with whom an interview appeared in the Pesach issue of Sha’ah Tova, was born in Vizhnitz where his father was the Gabbai of the […]
Joel Pollak, the Republican nominee for Chicago’s 9th district, is thinking big. As a conservative candidate who once fought for a leftist agenda, he believes the country is headed in the wrong direction on core issues. Among his concerns: fighting terrorism, ending corruption, reforming education, creating new jobs, and most of all, treating Israel as […]
The following amazing interview appears in this weeks Sha’ah Tovah Magazine, and was given exclusively to YWN: When Yossi, the youngest of the three bachurim imprisoned in Japan for the
11:55PM EST: Flatbush Shomrim has just initiated a search for a missing elderly individual. Boro Park Shomrim, as well as the NYPD’s 70th Precinct have joined the search as well.
7:25PM EST: [UPDATE BELOW] Dozens of NYPD officers & members of Boro Park Shomrim (BSSP) are on the hunt for a black SUV wanted for an attempted abduction just moments
A small reception was held on Thursday afternoon as Flatbush Hatzolah was handed the keys to a brand new, state-of-the-art ambulance. The ambulance was donated by NY Community Hospital, located
New York – David Greenfield was officially sworn in as a member of the New York City Council Wednesday morning by the City Clerk and began his term replacing former-Councilman Simcha Felder. Councilman Greenfield, who ran on a position to make New York more affordable, has already committed to tackle the rising cost of education, […]
Brooklyn, NY – A controversial developer has added more affordable units to his proposed complex on the Williamsburg waterfront, but not enough to satisfy Councilman Steve Levin. In an attempt to win more support from Councilmembers who will vote on the project later this month, Rose Plaza developer Isack Rosenberg agreed to reduce the project’s […]
1:30PM EST: YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of 9-year-old Refoel Yoel Fried A”H, from massive head injuries sustained after being struck by a dump truck in Kiryas
The case pertains to two brothers, Arabs, residents of a Galil community. The two flew to the United States in February 2007, part of a group of insurance agents enjoying
A San Francisco man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because of her support for healthcare reform. Gregory Lee Giusti, 48,
Saint Vincent’s Hospital may be closing, but its emergency room might have a lifeline. The New York Daily News reports today that at least two health care companies, Mount Sinai
The Honorable Noach Dear has been appointed to the NYS Supreme Court last week, YWN has learned. The announcement was made by the administrative judge of the state courts of New York. Dear was appointed as an Acting Supreme Court Justice following his service in the civil court system since being elected two years ago. According to […]
One of the topics discussed during the March visit to Ichud Hatzalah Headquarters in Jerusalem by Mayor Nir Barkat included possibly training city inspectors in basic first aid to permit
German police opened an investigation after a large swastika was painted on a memorial for the victims of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp in Hamburg on Tuesday. Officials believe the vandalism
Deputy Health Minister R’ Yaakov Litzman insists that until he read Ynet report, he too was unaware that the liver transplant patient he assisted is a member of the chareidi community. The case in point refers to a Ynet report carried by YWN-Israel in which Litzman is accused of facilitating the operation, pushing the chareidi […]
Republicans yesterday accused President Obama of plotting to slap a hefty new European-style “value added tax” on Americans after one of his top advisers raised the idea. “To make up
The APP reports: Last week, following a rising tide of protests, the state Department of Environmental Protection ordered a site where thousands of trash bags full of sacred Jewish text
New Square – A top village official Wednesday disputed the Hillcrest fire chief’s contention that 20 students were trapped inside a Yeshiva with padlocked or dead-bolted exits during a fire.
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