The Beersheva District Court on Sunday, 23 Cheshvan, ordered another psychiatric evaluation of Asher Dahan, the accused murderer of Baba Elazar, Rabbi Elazar Abuchatzera zt�l in July 2011. While the suspect has already undergone a number of evaluations since the murder, there have been different results, compelling the court to order yet another evaluation. In […]
Much has been written in the past year or so regarding a new body of �legal science� known as �Forensic Loan Auditing�, borrowing the term from accountant�s �forensic auditing�. In many ways, the term �Forensic Loan Auditing� is as it implies — a forensic (detailed) review of the loan documents. The question is: what are […]
The family of the late Mir rosh yeshiva Hagon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZT�L, including the rebitzen and his sons, led by the new rosh yeshiva, HaRav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, visited the Bnei Brak home of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita as well as the home of HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita, as […]
The High Court of Justice on Monday, 24 Cheshvan, rejected an appeal filed on behalf of Shmuel Weissfish, a member of the Geula�s Vaad HaTznius. Shmuel was convicted of a number of acts of violence in targeting an area business that he deemed unsuitable. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment which he will be […]
Rabbi Rafi Yochai, who heads the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Kashrut Enforcement Division, is working to place a Rabbanut-certified mashgiach in the kitchen of yeshivas around the country. After receiving
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A lone wolf with an anti-American grudge was charged Sunday with plotting to kill cops and soldiers with bombs he was building in his
Perhaps a unique �seudas mitzvah� or a new trend, but whatever the case, bochrim of the Darkei Shalom Yeshiva in Telshe Stone on motzei Shabbos took part in a seudas mitzvah as they called it marking the burning of their cellular telephones. After a schmooze from the mashgiach of the yeshiva, HaRav Yerucham Schechter, the […]
President Shimon Peres visited Jerusalem�s Chareidi College, which was founded by Adina Bar-Shalom, a daughter of Maran Chacham Ovadia Yosef Shlita. The president addressed the audience and responded to questions. Regarding chareidim in the mainstream workplace, the president stated �just as there should not be religious coercion, they may not be non-religious coercion�, calling on […]
Nearly one-third of the state�s population will be on Medicaid in three years if ObamaCare is upheld by the US Supreme Court, state officials said. The number of New Yorkers covered by the program could skyrocket by 24 percent, raising the number of those collecting benefits to 6 million from the current 5 million, which […]
The vehicle carrying the Rachmistrivka Rebbe Shlita was involved in an accident as it traveled from Monroe, NY following a fundraising event. The rebbe was in Kiryas Yoel on Sunday, 23 Cheshvan, when he also visited with the Satmar Rebbe Shlita.� The accident occurred in New York City, in Manhattan, and while the rebbe appeared […]
[EARLIER UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARICLE] 8:00PM EST: A terror suspect accused of plotting to bomb NYPD patrol cars and postal facilities who also wanted to target U.S. soldiers returning home
Occupy Wall Street protestors plan to demonstrate for 24 hours outside Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Upper East Side townhouse, starting this afternoon. Organizers are bringing musical instruments, food, banners and sleeping
On erev Shabbos, YWN-ISRAEL reported a kashrus alert released by Hasalat regarding a new insect infestation in rice in Eretz Yisrael. The alert was released by HaGaon HaRav Yoel Schwartz,
Kol Chai military correspondent Kobi Fink on Sunday afternoon, 23 Cheshvan, questions why when IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz addresses new inductees about to serve three years in
Sen. Charles Schumer says he�ll do everything he can stop a bill in the House of Representatives that would allow telemarketers to flood personal cell phones. �There�s nothing more intrusive than telemarketers calling in the middle of dinner or when you�re in the middle of a heavy conversation with somebody,� Schumer says. Schumer is accusing […]
There is an avreich in Yerushalayim who remains in beis medrash until 11:30pm, every day. He explains that he is not such a masmid, but his wife has instructed him to remain outside the home until their daughter, 12 is asleep as part of his wife�s new modesty standards, a member in good standing of […]
On erev Shabbos, as he stood in front of the Mir L�Tzei�irim building in Ramat Shlomo, Yerushalayim, HaRav HaTzaddik Yitzchok Nosson Kupershtock zt�l collapsed. He was transported to Shaare Zedek Medical Center where he was pronounced dead a short time later, at the age of 90. Most who knew the niftar described him as a […]
While security around the home of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is always heavy, when there is a feeling that more needs to be done, those around the Gadol HaDor responsible for his security don�t take chances as threats are not taken lightly. As such, security for the Rav has been stepped-up in and […]
The family of 18-year-old Matan Ben-Simon z�l has released a statement denying that their late son�s organs were used to save the life of an avreich or anyone else for that matter. Last week, YWN-ISRAEL quoted a Chadrei Chareidim report that stated the organs of the young man killed in an accident in Eilat while […]
During his campaign early last year, Councilman David G. Greenfield called on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement a common-sense solution to the problem of drivers not being able
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