The following statements were made by IDF Major-General Orna Barvibai, chief of the military�s manpower branch, in her address today, Tuesday, November 22, 2011, to the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee. �Women have the right to sing from every podium and at every ceremony as a policy of equality and permitting them to express […]
Airlines would no longer be allowed to charge passengers for their first checked bag under a bill being introduced in Congress ahead of the holiday travel season. Sen. Mary Landrieu,
Six cops suffered minor injuries today when two police cars smashed into each other in Brooklyn. Around 3 p.m., a marked NYPD vehicle was heading south on Milford Street in
Following an altercation at a sport training centre with five classmates from Moroccon origin, Oceane Sluijzer was beaten by the girls who shouted: �Shut up, you dirty Jew, and return to your country�. In shock, the young Jewish girl lodged a complaint to the Brussels police. The attackers have been identified and will be questioned. […]
Reports from Egypt indicate that three American nationals are among those arrested in today�s violence, Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Apparently they were throwing firebombs at a government building according to some reports, while other media sources state they were just filming local security forces, prompting their arrests. According to a CNN report, the American Embassy […]
The Women of the Wall have filed a formal protest with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rav of the Kosel and holy sites, demanding some type of protection from the winter
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] President Obama was heckled on Tuesday during an appearance at a New Hampshire high school. Obama had traveled north to the Granite State, which holds the nation�s first presidential primary, to discuss the economy and his proposal to extend a current payroll tax cut. Just as the president started his speech, […]
The Skulener Rebbe Shlita has been hospitalized in New York�s Mount Sinai Hospital after complaining he was not feeling well. Tefilos are ongoing in the beis medrash in Boro Park since the morning hours. In the hospital, the rebbe�s son, HaRav Yaakov Portugal, Av Beis Din of Meor HaGeula in Montreal, is also in need […]
The number of deadly police-involved shootings in the city is on the decline. According to statistics released Tuesday by the New York City Police Department, there were 33 percent fewer
Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Eli Shaked on Tuesday afternoon, spoke with Kol Chai Radio�s afternoon news program, addressing the instability and violence taking place in Cairo over recent days. The former ambassador explained that events taking place today are indeed significant, detailing that Egypt is not just �another Arab neighbor or another Arab nation�, […]
A women dressed in the latest burka fashion sparked a terrorist alert in downtown Yerushalayim today, 25 Cheshvan. The incident occurred on King George Street, as security guards spotted the
Fifty Israelis have been arrested by Canadian authorities for illegally selling Dead Sea products in malls, the daily Yediot Achronot reports. The report indicates most of the detainees were released
Los Angeles – YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of R’ Dov Landau Z”L, who was struck and killed by a vehicle on Tuesday morning. R’ Landau,
NJ Assemblyman Gary Schaer on Tuesday announced he has introduced legislation that would require a private adoption agency, a court or the state to maintain a child�s religious upbringing when placing a child with a guardian, into foster care or into an adoptive home. �A child�s religious and cultural backgrounds are significant aspects of determining […]
A man seeking a shidduch visited HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita seeking advice and a bracha, one of the many persons who visit with the Gadol HaDor during the afternoon
While his campaign against chareidi performers was not too successful, Rav Amnon Yitzchak appears to now be directing his energy against televisions in people�s homes. Apparently the rav is planning a major event next much, during which 1,000 televisions will be thrown into a giant dumpster, Chadrei Chareidim reports. The event is planned to take […]
State Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein�has announced he is instructing police to launch a criminal investigation against Tzfat�s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu for possibly violating laws prohibiting incitement. The attorney general accepted the position of the state prosecutor, who feels the rabbi crossed the permitted line in statements he made against the Arab community, statements […]
Newt Gingrich has rocketed to the top of a fourth national poll, surging past former frontrunner Mitt Romney, according to the Quinnipiac University poll of likely Republican voters released on
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is quoted in the Israeli today, Tuesday, as stating if the government removes any additional outposts or resumes the transfer of funds to the PA (Palestinian Authority), his party will break from the coalition. Lieberman spoke with Israel Radio�s Yaron Dekel, explaining the reports are simply �subjective� interpretation of his remarks. […]
Earlier this month, YWN-ISRAEL reported that Yediot Achronot correspondent Akiva Novik interviewed Meir Baranes, who threatened to murder Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita on 19 Kislev. Yediot has released additional information based on additional conversations with Barnes, indicating he came to the Kosel this past Tisha B�Av, planning to murder the gadol hador at […]
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