An Egged number 170 bus traveling on Route 60 near Migron was targeted in a drive-by rock-throwing attack on Tuesday, 27 Tishrei. A large stone struck the window next to the driver the daily HaMevaser reports, and B�chasdei Hashem the armor-plated bus designed to withstand gunfire also was able to withstand the large stone. However, […]
The former New York office for ACORN, the disbanded community activist group, is playing a key role in the self-proclaimed �leaderless� Occupy Wall Street movement, organizing �guerrilla� protest events and hiring door-to-door canvassers to collect money under the banner of various causes while spending it on protest-related activities, sources tell FoxNews.com. The former director of […]
Two Gush Dan area teenagers are in custody, apparently for making off with Bnei Brak area street signs. The youths are not sign collectors, but they take them for their metallic value. It began with phone calls to the city�s �moked� dispatcher, with residents reporting youths standing on a ladder, busying themselves with the street […]
Following the stormy televised debate between MK R� Yisrael Eichler and attorney Rabbi Dov Halbertal a number of days ago, Kikar Shabbat has interviewed the latter again, seeking clarification on some of the positions he espoused in that event. Following is a synopsis of the 19-minute interview. Halbertal explained that he was looking for a […]
Rajat K. Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs director who surrendered to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday morning, was charged with insider trading, the latest development in the government�s multiyear crackdown on illegal activity on Wall Street. Mr. Gupta, 62, is accused of leaking corporate secrets on Goldman Sachs to the hedge fund manager […]
According to Israel�s Reshet Bet Radio, the victim in the Wednesday morning chareidi lynching attack in Geula told people around him that rumors have it that the Gur Chassidim were coming to take revenge against him and others. Speaking on Reshet Bet, Meah Shearim resident Yosef Kroizer lamented the events; adding the beatings do nothing […]
Rav Nachman Kletzky, the father of Leiby A”H,�made a shiva visit to Maran HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita. Upon hearing of the petira of the rebitzen, Batsheva Esther Kanievsky ob�m on chol hamoed Sukkos, R� Nachman booked a flight for Eretz Yisrael, heading for Bnei Brak. He arrived to find a packed house, a short […]
Republican Josh Wander is running for the Pittsburgh city council, but on Tuesday, he dabbled on some carpentry while trying to use plywood to cover his windows. Wander said at
The Orthodox Jewish-run Brooklyn bus company that stuck women in the back seats is putting an end to the controversial practice after a reprimand from the city. The Private Transportation
It appears that a �clarification� appearing in the Wednesday, 28 Tishrei edition of Yated Ne�eman only serves to dig a larger hole for the newspaper following its Sukkos �interview� with HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita, who is the “Raavad” of the Eidah Charedis, . The story surrounds an interview that was published on erev Yomtov […]
A Toldos Aaron avreich was arrested on Tuesday, 27 Tishrei, in Meah Shearim in connection to an assault against a photographer. A HOT News TV crew arrived in the community
Israel�s response to yesterday�s (27 Tishrei) request for aid from Turkey was immediate, and efforts have been ongoing since Tuesday afternoon to prepare a 747 cargo plane to bring the badly-needed equipment to rescue workers in Turkey. A powerful earthquake earlier in the week has resulted in much devastation as the death toll closes in […]
Speaking on the Kol Berama Radio program hosted by Ami Maimon, Mekubal HaRav Yaakov Addis decided to address the bochrim from Yeshivat Be�er HaTorah, who at the beginning of the Elul zman received letters instructing them to seek a new yeshiva, explaining they violated the school takanah (regulations) by getting drivers licenses. The decision by […]
Muslims who change their names to sound more traditionally American, as immigrants have done for generations, or who adopt Arabic names as a sign of their faith are often investigated
An atzeres tefilla is scheduled to take place on Friday, 29 Tishrei, erev Rosh Chodesh Mar Cheshvan, at 15:00 in the Shomron community of Givat Assaf, a community established in
Earlier this month, YWN-Israel reported that tensions were rising between the sikrikim in Meah Shearim and Gerre Chassidim, resulting in disturbances in the Meah Shearim Shteibelach last Shabbos. In what
In a meeting with parents who are active in the dati education system and Minister of Education Gideon Saar, both sides expressed their commitment to work together towards preventing the �radicalization� of dati leumi schools, which basically means they are trying to prevent schools in the dati leumi network from becoming chareidi or chareidi-leaning in […]
The Israel cabinet on Tuesday, 27 Tishrei approved the Ilan Grapel prisoner exchange deal, calling upon Israel to release 25 non-security prisoners in exchange for Grapel, who is being held
While in Israel some are offering rewards, a bounty for the elimination of terrorists who were released in last week�s Gilad Shalit prisoner release deal, in Saudi Arabia an Islamic cleric is offering a $100,000 reward for the abduction of an IDF soldier. Saudi cleric Dr. Awed al-Qarni is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone […]
Dozens of Chabad avreichim will be entering the IDF and Israel police in the coming months in a special program coordinated between the agencies and Chabad, connected to the Shachar
Popular Posts
